Multidisciplinary Approaches in
Language Policy and Planning
Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | June 17 - 19, 2026
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview | |
| Location: TB210 |
| Date: Wednesday, 17/June/2026 | |
| 9:15am - 10:45am |
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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
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 |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
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 |
| Date: Thursday, 18/June/2026 | |
| 8:45am - 10:45am |
Multilingualism, language policy and schools Location: TB210 Implementation of Language Policy in Primary Schools: A Janus-Faced Obafemi Awolowo University 9:15am - 9:45am Language policy as discourse management and the co-construction of schoolscapes Prince of Songkla University, Thailand 9:45am - 10:15am Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Language Assessment: Examining Multilingual Children University of Alberta, Canada 10:15am - 10:45am Heritage Languages: How Can Valuing Heritages Languages Contribute to Positive Social Outcomes? Concordia University, Canada |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Language policy, immigration and multilingualism Location: TB210 Cross-linguistic transfer and test bias: lessons for best practices for a multilingual population Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada 11:30am - 12:00pm Language Tests as Policy Instruments: A Critical Examination of Immigration Regimes 1: Carleton University, Canada; 2: University of North Carolina Greensboro 12:00pm - 12:30pm Francisation Québec: Imagined, failed, redesigned? University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm |
Politiques linguistiques en contexte canadien (in French) Location: TB210 Pratiques langagières de familles immigrantes à Gatineau en contexte d’adoption de la loi 14 Université d'Ottawa, Canada 2:00pm - 2:30pm Le citoyen dans la gouvernance communautaire dans la francophonie canadienne et en Acadie 1: Université de Moncton, Canada; 2: Institut canadien de recherche sur les minorités linguistiques, Canada 2:30pm - 3:00pm Accès à la justice dans la langue officielle en situation minoritaire au Canada : deux poids, deux mesures? 1: Université de Montréal, Canada; 2: Université McGill, Canada 3:00pm - 3:30pm Gérer la langue de travail au sein de la fonction publique fédérale / Managing Language of Work in the Federal Public Service Commissariat aux langues officielles / Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages, Canada |
| Date: Friday, 19/June/2026 | |
| 8:45am - 10:45am |
Language policy and the value of English Location: TB210 The Economic Value of English: Insights for Language-in-Education Policy British Council 9:15am - 9:45am What Language? Whose Language? University of Regina, Canada 9:45am - 10:15am From Symbolic Bilingualism to Pedagogical Reality: Reframing EMI through Spolsky’s Language Policy Theory in China McGill University, Canada 10:15am - 10:45am Pinpointing Neoliberal Discourses in Course Guides in Pakistan McGill University, Canada |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Language policy, diversity and inclusion Location: TB210 Words to be told: language policies and hermeneutical injustice Université de Montréal, Canada 1:30pm - 2:00pm Canada’s Commitment for Official Bilingualism and Global Cooperation to Protect Linguistic and Cultural Diversity UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO, Sri Lanka 2:00pm - 2:30pm AI and Digital Technologies in Language Policy: Multidisciplinary Innovations, Challenges, and Ethical Considerations Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria 2:30pm - 3:00pm On the concept of power in language policy research Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
Politiques linguistiques et langues officielles Location: TB210 Colonialité, pouvoir et identités linguistiques : une analyse critique du bilinguisme officiel au Cameroun et au Canada Fonction publique, Canada 3:45pm - 4:15pm La langue amazighe au Maroc, l’histoire d’une langue en évolution Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe, Maroc 4:15pm - 4:45pm Évolution des politiques linguistiques en Guinée équatoriale : enjeux et perspectives Laboratoire 3L.AM-Langues, Littératures, Linguistique, Université du Mans (France), France |