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: TB240 |
| Date: Wednesday, 17/June/2026 | |
| 9:15am - 10:45am |
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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
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 |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
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 |
| Date: Thursday, 18/June/2026 | |
| 8:45am - 10:45am |
Indigenous languages and language policy Location: TB240 Speaking Rights: Indigenous Language Rights Discourse in Parliament (2019) Carleton University, Canada 9:15am - 9:45am Revitalizing Indigenous Languages, Fostering Self‐Governance, Overcoming the Indian Act: A Case Study of Lil'wat Nation Carleton University, Rebuilding First Nations Governance, Canada 9:45am - 10:15am Indigenous Language Rights from Talk to Action 1: Carleton University, Canada; 2: York University, Canada 10:15am - 10:45am When Bilingualism Meets Reconciliation in the Federal Public Service: Challenging Colonial Legacies in Canada’s Official Languages Act and the Indigenous Inclusion Illusion 1: Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, Indigenous Services Canada, Carleton University; 2: Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Thematic Panel : Les enjeux de justice linguistique dans l'administration publique multilingue (en français) Location: TB240 Les enjeux de justice linguistique dans l’administration publique multilingue : entre théorie et pratique. Presentations of the Symposium Disparités linguistiques structurelles au sein de l’appareil d’État et de l’administration publique : perspective internationale Combler le fossé : outils et gouvernance de la mise en œuvre des politiques linguistiques au sein du gouvenment fédéral Des principes à la pratique : enjeux et défis d'une politique bilingue au sein de l'administration publique. |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm |
Language vitality and language value Location: TB240 Assessing the Vitality of Arabic in Qatar through Indicators 1: Ulster University, United Kingdom; 2: Qatar University, Qatar 2:00pm - 2:30pm The inefficiency and injustice of the percentage rule for allocating minority rights Andrássy-Universität Budapest, Hungary 2:30pm - 3:00pm Non-market value in LPP: identification and measurement UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE, Suisse 3:00pm - 3:30pm An Ancient Language without its Native Speakers: Approaches to Geez Language Policy and Planning in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia |
| Date: Friday, 19/June/2026 | |
| 8:45am - 10:45am |
Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 Language-in-education policies and sociolinguistic hierarchies: What do we know and where do we go from here? Presentations of the Symposium Les idéologies linguistiques dans politiques linguistiques des centres de services scolaires au Québec : regard croisé sur l’équité et la justice sociale en éducation Encadrements linguistiques concernant le recours à d’autres langues que le français à l’école québécoise : état de lieux et réflexions à la lumière de la perspective raciolinguistique Analyse du discours écrit sur l’intégration linguistique, scolaire et sociale au Québec en lien avec le modèle de service des classes d’accueil |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 Language-in-education policies and sociolinguistic hierarchies: What do we know and where do we go from here? Presentations of the Symposium “C’est un peu incompréhensible” : Francisation and the paradox of excluding to include Language Assessment and Citizenship: Validity and Authenticity Les politiques linguistiques québécoises comme instruments de pouvoir : impacts sur les parcours d’apprentissage du français des personnes immigrantes |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm |
Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 Language-in-education policies and sociolinguistic hierarchies: What do we know and where do we go from here? Presentations of the Symposium Politiques, idéologies et diversité linguistiques : tensions et pratiques en contexte régional québécois Negotiating Identity in Franco-Ontarian Minority Language Settings for All Learners Ontario’s Steps to English Proficiency (STEP) for Students from Refugee Backgrounds: An Interpretive Policy Analysis |