Multidisciplinary Approaches in
Language Policy and Planning
Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | June 17 - 19, 2026
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Wednesday, 17/June/2026 | |||||
| 8:00am - 8:45am |
Registration Location: TB Lobby |
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| 8:45am - 9:15am |
Opening Remarks |
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| 9:15am - 10:45am |
Language Policy and Pedagogy Location: TB208 Enacting Equity in L2 Writing Assessment: Teacher Agency and Language Policy in Practice McGill University, Canada 9:45am - 10:15am From Theory to Practice: Negotiating Identity through Plurilingual Writing Pedagogy McGill University, Canada 10:15am - 10:45am Decolonising Language Education in South Asia: The Futurity of Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice in ELT Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, India |
Multilingualism in Education Location: TB210 Language-in-education policies and practices in Aruba’s multilingual classrooms 1: University of Aruba; 2: Vrije Universiteit Brussel 9:45am - 10:15am Beyond Adaptation: Proactive Language Management by a Pioneering Bilingual School in the Arabian Peninsula 1: Harvard University; 2: Zayed University 10:15am - 10:45am Repositioning Multilingual Identities through Language Policy Awareness and Reflective Practices: Towards Critical and Democratic Education Columbia University, New York, United States of America |
Language policy and practice in the virtual sphere Location: TB446 “Can language police shut up?!”: A sociolinguistic investigation of anti-language-policing videos across Chinese social media City University of Macau, Macau S.A.R. (China) 9:45am - 10:15am Visible and Invisible Language Regulation: Authority, Ideology, and Contestation in Virtual Spaces Washington and Lee University, United States of America 10:15am - 10:45am Regulating online hate speech in Canada: Legislative policymakers’ conceptions of speech management York University, Canada |
Migration and Language policy Location: TB240 Relational Accountability Lens on International Languages Program: A Bengali-Canadian Case OISE, Canada 9:45am - 10:15am Reconsidering Iran’s Language Policy in the Context of Increasing Migration: An Interdisciplinary Approach to National, Cultural and Educational Strategies Islamic Azad University - Science and Research Branch, Iran, Islamic Republic of 10:15am - 10:45am Governing Through Language: How Shifting Policies Reshape International Students’ Linguistic Lives University of Toronto, Canada |
Language policy and minority languages Location: TB447 Language policy legislation and the Irish language in Northern Ireland Jawaharlal Nehru University, India 9:45am - 10:15am An Institutional Analysis of Language Policy in the Iparralde (French Basque Country) University of London, Institute in Paris, France 10:15am - 10:45am Paradoxes of LPP in a semi-independent small island nation: the case of Manx University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
| 10:45am - 11:00am |
Break Location: TB Lobby |
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| 11:00am - 12:00pm |
Keynote by Robert Falcon-Ouellette: "Indigenous Language Inclusion Across Institutions" Location: TB360 Robert-Falcon Ouellette is from Red Pheasant Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. He is a dedicated community organizer, educator and anthropologist doing research in the areas of Indigenous education, military ethics and political science. He recently helped create the new Yellowquill University College, the only Indigenous post-secondary institution in Manitoba. He has a PhD and two Master's degrees from Laval University in Quebec City, and was only the second Indigenous person to graduate from Laval with a PhD in 350 years. He is a former Member of Parliament. During his mandate, he obtained unanimous consent to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons for the full inclusion and interpretation of Indigenous languages. Professor Ouellette was the Chair of the Indigenous Caucus and helped lead change in Child and Family Services and languages legislation, as well as other initiatives focused on advancing reconciliation. His keynote address will focus on issues surrounding indigenous languages rights in the Canadian context. |
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| 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Location: TB Lobby |
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| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Thematic Panel : Family Language Policy Location: TB208 Family Language Policy: Questions and Actions Presentations of the Symposium Language beliefs amongst parents raising bilingual children with different language constellations The impact of school-entry on parents’ beliefs about child multilingualism: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of concerns regarding multilingual child-rearing among parents in Quebec Balancing Research and Practical Advice in Family Language Policy: Insights from Ontario Families Sacred Language Anxiety in Immigrant Families from Indian background in Finland and Norway |
Francophonie canadienne et diversité (en français) Location: TB210 Entre droits constitutionnels et revitalisation culturelle : l’article 23 à l’épreuve du terrain yukonnais Commission scolaire francophone du Yukon, Canada 1:30pm - 2:00pm L’hygiène verbale de l’inclusion : le cas du milieu associatif francophone du Canada. Université d'Ottawa, Canada 2:00pm - 2:30pm Littérature autochtone de langue française et glottophagie Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada 2:30pm - 3:00pm L'enseignement de l'espagnol comme langue d'origine à Montréal: panorama et perspectives Université de Montréal, Canada |
Minority language: the case of Kurdish Location: TB446 Constitutional Constraints and Linguistic Inequality: Policy Challenges of Kurdish Mother-Tongue Education in Turkey Self 1:30pm - 2:00pm Municipal Language Policy and Planning in Diyarbakır: Local Practices for Kurdish as a Non-Status Language 1: Kayapinar Municipality, Diyarbakir, Turkey; 2: Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality, Languge Development and Protection Department, Turkey (Türkiye) 2:00pm - 2:30pm From Policy to Practice: Implementing Kurdish Language Education in Iraqi Higher Education Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq, Iraq |
Language policy and language status Location: TB240 From Policy Rhetoric to Sociolinguistic Reality: The Historical Development of the Status of English in Morocco’s Language Planning Landscape 1: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco; 2: Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco 1:30pm - 2:00pm Language Planning and the Status of English in South Asia Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, India 2:00pm - 2:30pm REASSESSING THE 2025 NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION OF NIGERIA: THE SOCIOPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVES Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka Nigeria, Nigeria 2:30pm - 3:00pm From Marginalization to the Palace: The Contested Ascendancy of Afaan Oromo in Ethiopia Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia |
Language diversity : student experiences Location: TB447 Swimming against the linguistic stream: Students’ as ESL policy arbiters. University of Toronto, Canada 1:30pm - 2:00pm International Student Experiences, Language Diversity & Acquisition 1: Algoma University, Canada; 2: Unochapecó, Brazil 2:00pm - 2:30pm Reclaiming Legitimacy in Canadian Adult ESL: Governance, Equity, and Structural Accountability Carleton University, Canada 2:30pm - 3:00pm Bridging Language(s): Undergraduate Maya Students´ Language(s) Use(s) 1: University of Ottawa, Canada; 2: Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm |
Break Location: TB Lobby |
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| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
Thematic panel: Indigenous Language planning in Ontario Location: TB208 Indigenous language planning at different scales and spaces in southern Ontario Presentations of the Symposium Visiting and kitchen table logic: language planning among adult Anishinaabemowin learners Adult learners as contributors to Anishinaabemowin reclamation Being an Anishinaabemowin learner-teacher in universities and grassroots community spaces Understanding language ideologies in Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) adult language programs |
Language teaching and learning, diversity and inclusion Location: TB210 Refugee-background students in Canadian French immersion programs: Creating equitable language-in-education policy University of Regina, Canada 3:45pm - 4:15pm Challenging Inequities in French Immersion: Beliefs, Discourse, and Barriers to Inclusion Carleton, Canada 4:15pm - 4:45pm The case of faculty-based professional development characteristics centering heritage language learners Montgomery College, United States of America 4:45pm - 5:15pm Unintended consequences: Immigration policy change and damage to the field of EAP in Canada 1: Jennifer MacDonald Education, Canada; 2: University of British Colombia, Canada |
Language policy and multilingualism in Higher Education Location: TB446 “Language-in-Education Policy in Afghan Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities.” Bamyan University, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 3:45pm - 4:15pm Multilingual Teaching as a Pathway to Social Justice in Higher Education Rhodes University, South Africa 4:15pm - 4:45pm Resisting linguistic discrimination: A systematic review of recommendations for policy and planning in higher education 1: McGill University, Canada; 2: University of Auckland, New Zealand; 3: Monash University, Australia 4:45pm - 5:15pm Enhancing Trilingualism for Sustainable Development: Assessing Language Policy in MOUAU Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,Umudike, Nigeria |
Language attitudes, revitalization and standardization Location: TB240 Standard Austrian German and representative speaker attitudes: dialectology vs pluricentric linguistic justice? UBC, Canada 3:45pm - 4:15pm Implementing standardization in Picard: What can language planners learn from LPP theory? Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America 4:15pm - 4:45pm Awakening Hand Talk in Language Reclamation Efforts: Linguistic Healing through Multimodal Translanguaging University of New Mexico, United States of America |
Politiques linguistiques éducatives (session in French) Location: TB447 Former à la décolonisation, l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion en français langue seconde : analyse d'un dispositif pédagogique pilote 1: University of Ottawa, Canada; 2: University of British Colombia, Okanagan Campus, Canada; 3: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada 3:45pm - 4:15pm Multilinguisme et politiques éducatives en Afrique subsaharienne : quels effets sur la littératie des élèves? 1: Université Laval, Canada; 2: Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso; 3: Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France; 4: Université Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso; 5: Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, Sénégal 4:15pm - 4:45pm Démarche participative en contexte plurilingue : quand les élèves repensent les politiques linguistiques éducatives 1: Université Simon Fraser; 2: Université de la Polynésie française; 3: Conseil scolaire de Saanich 4:45pm - 5:15pm Passage des élèves de la classe d’accueil à la classe ordinaire : passerelles ou impasses? 1: Université de Moncton, Canada; 2: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada |
| 5:30pm - 8:00pm |
Strolls & Hops (Fun Walk) to Dow’s Lake Location: TB Lobby Date: Wednesday, June 17th Time: 5:30 PM Distance: Under 3 Kilometers Meeting Point: Tory Building (Lobby) Route: Join us for a delightful stroll from Carleton Campus to the scenic Dow’s Lake. We’ll end our walk in Little Italy, where you can unwind, socialize, and enjoy a refreshing drink $ at a local bar.
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