LLED Research Seminar Series: New/digital literacies and the socio-economic empowerment of women: A case study of a Botswana basket-weaving cooperative
LLED Research Seminar Series invites you: New/digital literacies and the socio-economic empowerment of women: A case study of a Botswana basket-weaving cooperative Theresa Rogers, Penelope Moanakwena, and Brigid Conteh, UBC (with Pierre Walter, UBC and Glorious Bolokwe, UB, Ernesto Pena, DLC) Date/Time: Thursday, April 24, 2014 – 12:30-1:30pm Location: Digital Literacy Centre, Pon F, room […]
“The intersection of language, learning, and culture in early childhood” workshop blog
Last May, LLED hosted a SSHRC funded workshop, The intersection of language, learning, and culture in early childhood. Videos and pictures from the event are now up on the workshop’s website. Work with the participants is ongoing. For more information, contact the workshop organizers.
Christi Kramer – Doctoral Exam
LLED’s Christi Kramer’s doctoral exam will be held Monday, March 31st, 9:00 a.m., in Scarfe room 310. (Latecomers will not be permitted; doors lock at 9:00 a.m.) All are welcome. Title: Poetics of Return: Toward Poetic Imagination and Peacebuilding Abstract: Toward a deeper understanding of poetic imagination, this poetic inquiry explores the creative process itself […]
MA Thesis Defense of Elisabeth Williams
Everyone is welcome to the MA thesis defense of Elisabeth Williams on Friday April 4 at 10:00 am in PONE Boardroom. “If you wait, nothing will come”: Returned Japanese Student Sojourners’ Shifting Identities and Perceptions of English Abstract: In Japan, discourses of globalization and the necessity of English have led to the assertive promotion of participation […]
RITS Brown Bag Series continues Monday, March 17, 12pm
The RITS Brown Bag Series is continuing with three talks by LLED Grad students. Monday, March 17th 2014 12- 2 PM Rits Lab – Ritsumeikan Building, 6460 Agronomy Rd. A light lunch will be provided Linguistic Minorities and Multilingual Identities Presenter: Bong-gi Sohn, PhD Candidate- LLED Source Use Practices of Graduate Students in Academic Writing Presenter: […]
Grad Student Research Conference in Children’s Literature, “I Will Be Myself”: Identity in Children’s Literature, Media and Culture – Registration now open
LLED is pleased to support the 2014 UBC Graduate Student Research Conference in Children’s Literature, “I Will Be Myself”: Identity in Children’s Literature, Media and Culture. Registration for the conference is now open. The conference will take place on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the IrvingK. Barber Learning Centre, Vancouver campus, […]
Dr. Mary Bryson featured speaker at National LGBT Cancer Summit
Dr. Mary Bryson will be a featured speaker this Saturday, January 18, 2014 at the Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Centre in New York, giving a talk titled “The experience of cancer for LGBT patients: From medical decision making through survivorship” based on the ongoing Cancer’s Margins project research. This project brings together co-investigators and collaborators from across the country in public […]
Klara Abdi Ph.D. proposal presentation
Klara Abdi (TESL) will present her Ph.D. proposal, titled: Bilingual Language Socialization across Transnational Social Fields: An Ethnographic Multiple Case Study of Chinese-Canadian Returnee Families. (Abstract available here.) Date: Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Location: Ponderosa Annex E Boardroom (room 105) Time: 9:30am – 10:30am We will have approximately 20-25 min for the presentation itself and […]
LLED Student Orientation and Wine & Cheese
On Friday, September 6th, we will be welcoming all incoming graduate students to our department with an orientation and wine-and-cheese gathering. The agenda for the day is as follows: 12:00pm-2:00pm LLED Student Orientation with your Peer Advisors (and guest speakers) 2:00pm-2:30pm Walking Tour of Campus 3:00pm-5:00pm LLED Wine & Cheese Social If you are planning to attend the LLED […]
JonArno Lawson – A Talk from the Bottom of the Box: Reflections of an Award-winning Poet for Youth
UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program presents a talk and reading from the work by Canadian poet for children and young adults, JonArno Lawson. Title: A Talk from the Bottom of the Box: Reflections of an Award-winning Poet for Youth When: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013, 12:00 – 1:00 pm Where: The Dodson Room, […]