GCLR Open Access Web Seminar with Dr. Bonny Norton
GCLR’s next web seminar features Dr. Bonny Norton from the University of British Columbia, Canada, who will speak to “Identity, Investment, and Multilingual Literacy (in a digital world)” on March 10, 2013; 7:00 p.m. USA (New York City Time Zone). Global Conversations in Literacy Research (GCLR) is a critical literacy project that is designed to provide free […]
LLED Research Seminar
A Legacy of Double Proposition: Current Issues in English Language Instruction in Malaysia Thursday, March 7, 12.30-1.30 Kuldip Kaur Karam Singh Professor, Open University Malaysia Fulbright Scholar, Penn State University Over the past few decades, teaching and learning English in Malaysian public schools has been profoundly impacted by shifts in language policy, changes in syllabi […]
Dr. Mary Bryson awarded 2012 Significant Body of Work award
Awarded by the Queer Studies Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, The Significant Body of Work award annually recognizes a renowned scholar in LGBT / queer studies for her or his contribution to the field, in terms of scholarly research and activism work for the LGBT / queer community. This is a […]
Dr. Candace Galla awarded TLEF grant
Congratulations to Dr. Candace Galla and her associates for being awarded a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) grant, for the project titled: Enhancing Indigenous Language and Culture Education across the Curriculum: Engagement of Students and Faculty through Multimedia Technology.
Faculty of Education and LLED co-host Dr. Carl James for intimate Q&A
On February 8th, the Faculty of Education and and Department of Language and Literacy Education co-hosted Dr. Carl James from York University, Toronto, Ontario, for an intimate discussion and Q&A session based on his book, Life at the Intersection, a study of schooling in the Jane-Finch community of Toronto. Thirty attendees participated in an animated discussion on race, equity, […]
Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable
Illustrator’s Breakfast with Oliver Jeffers. For more information, click here. Date: Sat, 02/23/2013 – 08:30
Carol L. Tilly – “Children, Comics, Critics, and a Researcher”
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, the iSchool at University of British Columbia, is pleased to welcome Carol L. Tilly, Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the next speaker in our 2012-13 Colloquium Series. She is speaking Wednesday, January 30, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the topic of “Children, Comics, Critics, and […]
Equity in Education Reflections on Ontario’s Improvement Strategy
Dr. Avis Glaze Ontario’s First Chief Student Achievement Officer & Founding CEO of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat DLC (Digital Learning Centre), Room 103 Ponderosa Annex F Everyone is welcome! Date: Mon, 12/03/2012 – 12:00
Linguistic Landscape of Vancouver
Listen to LLED faculty member Bonny Norton discuss her insights on recent census data to a CBC Radio interview with Mark Forsythe.
LLED Department Meeting – September 20, 2012, 12:30pm
Date: Thu, 09/20/2012 – 12:30