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 |
| 8:45am - 9:15am | Opening Remarks |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Language Policy and Pedagogy Location: TB208 |
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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 |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Multilingualism in Education Location: TB210 |
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Language-in-education policies and practices in Aruba’s multilingual classrooms 1University of Aruba; 2Vrije Universiteit Brussel 9:45am - 10:15am
Beyond Adaptation: Proactive Language Management by a Pioneering Bilingual School in the Arabian Peninsula 1Harvard University; 2Zayed 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 |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Language policy and practice in the virtual sphere Location: TB446 |
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“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 |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Migration and Language policy Location: TB240 |
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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 |
| 9:15am - 10:45am | Language policy and minority languages Location: TB447 |
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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 |
| 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. |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch Location: TB Lobby |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Thematic Panel : Family Language Policy Location: TB208 |
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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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Francophonie canadienne et diversité (en français) Location: TB210 |
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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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Minority language: the case of Kurdish Location: TB446 |
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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 1Kayapinar Municipality, Diyarbakir, Turkey; 2Diyarbakir 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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Language policy and language status Location: TB240 |
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From Policy Rhetoric to Sociolinguistic Reality: The Historical Development of the Status of English in Morocco’s Language Planning Landscape 1Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Mohamed First University, Oujda, Morocco; 2Faculty 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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Language diversity : student experiences Location: TB447 |
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Swimming against the linguistic stream: Students’ as ESL policy arbiters. University of Toronto, Canada 1:30pm - 2:00pm
International Student Experiences, Language Diversity & Acquisition 1Algoma University, Canada; 2Unochapecó, 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) 1University of Ottawa, Canada; 2Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Break Location: TB Lobby |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Thematic panel: Indigenous Language planning in Ontario Location: TB208 |
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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 |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Language teaching and learning, diversity and inclusion Location: TB210 |
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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 1Jennifer MacDonald Education, Canada; 2University of British Colombia, Canada |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Language policy and multilingualism in Higher Education Location: TB446 |
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3:15pm - 3:45pm
“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 1McGill University, Canada; 2University of Auckland, New Zealand; 3Monash University, Australia 4:45pm - 5:15pm
Enhancing Trilingualism for Sustainable Development: Assessing Language Policy in MOUAU Michael Okpara University of Agriculture,Umudike, Nigeria |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Language attitudes, revitalization and standardization Location: TB240 |
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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 |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Politiques linguistiques éducatives (session in French) Location: TB447 |
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3:15pm - 3:45pm
Former à la décolonisation, l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion en français langue seconde : analyse d'un dispositif pédagogique pilote 1University of Ottawa, Canada; 2University of British Colombia, Okanagan Campus, Canada; 3Université de Sherbrooke, Canada 3:45pm - 4:15pm
Multilinguisme et politiques éducatives en Afrique subsaharienne : quels effets sur la littératie des élèves? 1Université Laval, Canada; 2Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso; 3Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France; 4Université Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso; 5Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, Sénégal 4:15pm - 4:45pm
Démarche participative en contexte plurilingue : quand les élèves repensent les politiques linguistiques éducatives 1Université Simon Fraser; 2Université de la Polynésie française; 3Conseil scolaire de Saanich 4:45pm - 5:15pm
Passage des élèves de la classe d’accueil à la classe ordinaire : passerelles ou impasses? 1Université de Moncton, Canada; 2Université 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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| Date: Thursday, 18/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 8:45am | Registration Location: TB Lobby |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Thematic Panel: Migration and linguistic integration Location: TB208 |
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Migration and linguistic integration: on the benefits of a normative language policy approach Presentations of the Symposium ‘Learn the language’? A normative language policy approach to the ethics of linguistic integration ‘I think that’s fair’: English proficiency and linguistic integration in England Linguistic integration in a globalised world: ethical challenges in intercultural Québec Linguistic justice in a bilingual sub-state: rethinking linguistic integration in Wales |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Multilingualism, language policy and schools Location: TB210 |
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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 |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Social inclusion and linguistic justice Location: TB446 |
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It’s All Connected: Language and Housing Activism and Policy in Wales University of Ottawa, Canada 9:15am - 9:45am
Social inclusion in the global south: rethinking literacy in the island territory of Bonaire. University of Aruba, Aruba (The Netherlands) 9:45am - 10:15am
Why do languages matter to people in medical encounters? Linguistic justice in Catalan healthcare Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 10:15am - 10:45am
An environmental scan of policies and interventions to improve access to dementia care for English-speaking minority communities in Quebec 1Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa; 2Department of Family Medicine, McGill University; 3School of Public Health, University of Montreal; 4Department of Psychology, McGill University |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Indigenous languages and language policy Location: TB240 |
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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 1Carleton University, Canada; 2York 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 1Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, Indigenous Services Canada, Carleton University; 2Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Multilingualism in Higher Education Location: TB447 |
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Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla Linguistic Situation 1Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico; 2Universidad Intercultural del Estado de Puebla, México 9:15am - 9:45am
Language in English Education in South Asia: The Future of Bi/Multilingual Education Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India, India 9:45am - 10:15am
AI and the Democratization of Language Policy: Towards Participatory Policymaking in Moroccan Higher Education 1Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Oujda. Morocco; 2Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Oujda. Morocco 10:15am - 10:45am
Multilingualism as transformation in South African higher education Rhodes University, South Africa |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Break Location: TB Lobby |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Language policy, race and colonialism Location: TB208 |
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11:00am - 11:30am
What makes (a) language colonial? University of British Columbia, Canada 11:30am - 12:00pm
Producing New Meanings of Language Policy: Oral History in the Intersection of Language and Race OISE / University of Toronto, Canada 12:00pm - 12:30pm
‘The way to proceed’: From the disconnect between systems to community proposals for the implementation of Indigenous Language policies in Manitoba 1Central Connecticut State University; 2Indigenous Services Canada; 3University of IL- Chicago; 4Hollow Water First Language, Elder Language Workgroup |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Language policy, immigration and multilingualism Location: TB210 |
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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 1Carleton University, Canada; 2University of North Carolina Greensboro 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Francisation Québec: Imagined, failed, redesigned? University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States of America |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Language teaching and learning Location: TB446 |
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Empowering Language Learners: Motivation and Identity in a Community ESL Context McGill University, Montreal, Canada 11:30am - 12:00pm
Mapping Motivation in L2 Learning: A Case Study of International Students Learning German Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Rethinking Deductive Grammar through Positive Psychology: Emotional Engagement in Language Learning 1University of Ottawa, Canada; 2University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Thematic Panel : Les enjeux de justice linguistique dans l'administration publique multilingue (en français) Location: TB240 |
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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. |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Language policy and planning: theoretical perspectives Location: TB447 |
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Language Policy, Ideology and Nation Building Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada 11:30am - 12:00pm
Language learning for refugees in displacement: The case of Dadaab, Kenya York University, Canada 12:00pm - 12:30pm
On applying Signalling Theory to Language Policy and Planning research Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Poster session |
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Language Hierarchies, Plurilingualism, and Translanguaging in Ghana: Moving Beyond Classical Diglossia University of Ottawa, Canada Politiques linguistiques familiales et intégration : balade linguistico-artistique avec un migrant de la génération 1.5 Université d'Ottawa, Canada Language Learning and Integration: Experiences of Adult Syrian Refugees in Ottawa University of Ottawa, Canada Two-Eyed Seeing in Practice: Pedagogical Pathways for Learning Polysynthetic Verb Morphology Carleton University, Canada Revisiting Language Policy for a Connected World University of Hassiba Benbouali, Chlef , Algeria, Algérie The Language of Linguicism: A Psycholinguistic Examination of Speech on Black Youth University of Ottawa, Canada |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch Location: TB Lobby |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Language policy and planning and indigenous languages Location: TB208 |
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Bannock, Tea and Teaching: Duoethnography and the Implications for Language Planning and Policy for Indigenous Languages University of Regina, Canada 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Co-Constructing Visibility: Indigenous Language Speakers’ Perspectives in the Interactive Linguistic Landscape Project Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Supporting Indigenous Languages in Mexico through English Language Teaching: Curriculum and Language Planning 1Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca; 2Carleton University, Canada 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Language Ideologies Of Atacamenean Women Towards The Ckunza Language in Chile Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Politiques linguistiques en contexte canadien (in French) Location: TB210 |
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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 1Université de Moncton, Canada; 2Institut 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? 1Université de Montréal, Canada; 2Université 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 |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Family Language Policies Location: TB446 |
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Immigrant Mothers Navigating Distance, Disruption, and Belonging: Family Language Policy amid Crisis-at-a-Distance University of Calgary, Canada 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Official and family language policies in Nordfriesland and Fryslân 1European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Germany; 2Fryske Akademy / Mercator Research Centre, Netherlands; 3Afûk, Netherlands; 4Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Sociolinguistic Motivation Shaping Family Language Policy in a Zapotec Community in Mexico National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Language Family Policies and Planning: Sustaining Heritage Languages in Multilingual Families Indiana University Bloomington, United States of America |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Language vitality and language value Location: TB240 |
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Assessing the Vitality of Arabic in Qatar through Indicators 1Ulster University, United Kingdom; 2Qatar 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 |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Language policy, exclusion, race and migration Location: TB447 |
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Igbo Proverbs as Vernacular Policy in Migration Discourses National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria 2:00pm - 2:30pm
"Not Real" Mexicans: Monolingual Policy and the Marginalization of Generation 0.5 Returnees Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Mexique 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Contested histories: the erasure of Black Afrikaans speakers Nelson Mandela University, South Africa 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Divisions and Fusions through a Shared Language: Language Policy and Raciolinguistic Projects in Post-Apartheid Afrikaans University of Toronto, Canada |
| 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Break |
| 5:00pm - 6:00pm | Keynote by Mario López-Gopar "Language Politics and Decolonial Praxis: Mexican Indigenous Peoples Historical Resistance" Location: University of Ottawa Mario López-Gopar (Ph.D., OISE/University of Toronto) is a Professor at the Facultad de Idiomas at Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, México. Mario's main research interests are intercultural and multilingual education of Indigenous peoples in Mexico, as well as decolonizing pedagogies for young learners of the "English" language in Mexico. He has received over 15 academic awards. His Ph. D. thesis was awarded both the 2009 AERA Second Language Research Dissertation Award and the 2009 OISE Outstanding Thesis of the Year award. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Language Education and Identity, Applied Linguistics, ELT Journal, and the International Journal of Multilingualism, among others. He has also published numerous book chapters. His latest books are Decolonizing Primary English Language Teaching (Multilingual Matters, 2016) and International Perspectives on Critical Pedagogies in ELT (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019). |
| 6:00pm - 9:30pm | Gala Location: University of Ottawa |
| Date: Friday, 19/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 8:45am | Registration Location: TB Lobby |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Politiques linguistiques, revitalisation et standardisation dans la francophonie |
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Après la reconnaissance du francoprovençal par le ministère de l’éducation français (2021) : quelles perspectives de revitalisation ? Université de Montréal - Département de littératures et de langues du monde, Canada 9:15am - 9:45am
Politique linguistique à Madagascar : quand la modernisation ne suffit pas. Réflexions sur la nécessaire standardisation de la langue nationale officielle. Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar 9:45am - 10:15am
SITUATION DE LA POLITIQUE LINGUISTIQUE DE LA CÔTE D’IVOIRE ET PRISE EN CHARGE DES PATHOLOGIES DU LANGAGE DANS UNE PERSPECTIVE PSYCHOLINGUISTIQUE Université Clermont Auvergne ( France), France |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Language policy and the value of English Location: TB210 |
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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 |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Politiques linguistiques, diversité et inclusion Location: TB446 |
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Entre normes et pratiques : mise en oeuvre des politiques linguistiques éducatives entre la ville de Santa Cruz et la Chiquitanie, à l’est de la Bolivie Université de Montréal, Canada 9:15am - 9:45am
Étude des politiques linguistiques familiales face à la vulnérabilité linguistique dans la diaspora kurde : stratégies et motivations pour la transmission du kurde aux enfants Université Paul Valéry 3, France 9:45am - 10:15am
Suspicion, altérisation et voix étouffées : analyse praxématique des discours publics et scolaires autour des MNA. Cas du projet d'un village MNA en Ile-de-France Laboratoire Lacnad, Inalco Paris et UVSQ, France |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 |
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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 |
| 8:45am - 10:45am | Official language policy and multilingualism Location: TB447 |
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State tradition and language policy: the case of Brussels’ administrative bilingualism Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium 9:15am - 9:45am
The Language of Urban Regulation in Haiti: French, Kreyòl, and the Politics of Exclusion University of Ottawa, Canada 9:45am - 10:15am
Debating the Tower of Babel: Language Policy and the United Nations 1Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom; 2Carleton University, Canada 10:15am - 10:45am
A Plurilingual Turning of the Tide on Monolingual Institutional Policies University of Toronto, Canada |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Break Location: TB Lobby |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Keynote by Annette Boudreau: "Aménagement linguistique : quelles politiques pour quels lieux ? L’exemple de l’Acadie" Location: TB360 Annette Boudreau, professor emeritus of sociolinguistics at the University of Moncton, is renowned for her work on linguistic insecurity in French-speaking Canada, its manifestations, consequences, and ways to counter it. She has published numerous articles on the subject and on the Acadian Francophonie in general. She is the author of several books on linguistic issues in Acadie: "À l'ombre de la langue légitime. L'Acadie dans la francophonie" (2016), "Dire le silence. Insécurité linguistique en Acadie. 1867-1970" (2021), "Insécurité linguistique dans la francophonie" (2023), and "Parler comme du monde" (2024). Her plenary keynote address (in French) will address the challenges (and joys) of doing sociolinguistic and applied research in a linguistic minority context. |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch Location: TB Lobby |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Language ideologies and attitudes and language teaching Location: TB208 |
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The appropriation of Intercultural Bilingual Education and language varieties in México: Teachers’ ideologies and discourses Universidad de Montemorelos, Mexico 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Beyond the Rhetoric of Inclusion: Spanish as Heritage Language and the Language Policy in the Italian Educational Context University of Milan, Italy 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Becoming English Language Teachers in Quebec: Revealing Pre-service Teachers' Entanglements through Multimodal Reflections McGill University, Canada 2:30pm - 3:00pm
The challenges of language policy implementation: EFL lectures’ perspectives on translation use in the Kurdistan Region public universities classrooms 1University of Sulaimani, Iraq; 2Sulaimani Technical Institute, Iraq |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Language policy, diversity and inclusion Location: TB210 |
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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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Translanguaging Location: TB446 |
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From Pedagogical Concept to Token of Commerce: Social Performance of Translanguaging on Xiaohongshu 1University of Macau, Macau S.A.R. (China); 2City University of Macau 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Combating the Residual Impacts of English-Only Law, Proposition 227, in California Through Translanguaging California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, United States of America |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 |
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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 |
| 1:00pm - 3:00pm | Discrimination linguistique, sécurité et insécurité linguistique Location: TB447 |
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Réagir à la glottophobie : penser et construire des espaces d’affirmation linguistique Université d'Ottawa, Canada 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Vers une définition de la sécurisation linguistique University of Toronto, Canada 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Ségrégation scolaire et insécurité linguistique : l’exemple de deux collèges de région parisienne Sorbonne Université, France 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Pour un aménagement linguistique inclusif: Le défi du linguicisme en milieu professionnel en Algérie Université de Mascara - Algérie |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Break Location: TB Lobby |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Roundtable Location: TB208 |
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Cultivating Purpose and Belonging: Teacher Identity, Community, and Retention in Canadian ESL/FSL Contexts Presentations of the Symposium Resilience Through Connection: Supporting New ESL Teachers From Policy to Practice: Leadership & Innovation in FSL Possibilities for promoting retention across the FSL teaching career span Language Programs on Purpose, Not by Accident: Aligning Policy and Planning for Lasting Impact |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Politiques linguistiques et langues officielles Location: TB210 |
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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 |
| 3:15pm - 5:15pm | Language-in-education (part 3) Location: TB240 |
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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 |
| 5:15pm - 5:45pm | Closing Remarks |