Symposium 2024 Programme
Welcome to the programme and links page. Click on the underlined titles to read the abstract of all our presenters. The link to the Zoom link will be posted via email to registered participants. Online participants, please use a zoom name that resembles the one who used during the registration process.
ݮƵ 4, 2024
9:30 - 9:45am
Joining and Registration
9:45 - 10:00am
Welcome and Symposium Opening
Organizing Committee
10:00 - 11:15am
Walcir Cardoso
11:15 - 11:45am
Coffee Break (UC 3100) & Poster Session 1
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Kiana Kishiyama, Master's student, McGill University
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Niloufar Ataeepour, PhD Candidate, UQÀM (she/her)
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Sheila Batacharya, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Writing Studies, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, ݮƵ Mississauga
RoomUC 3105(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Jessica Ing, MEd student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her/hers)
RoomUC 3105(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Yaseen Ali, PhD Candidate, Language and Literacies Education Program, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (he/him)
RoomUC 3105(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Sara Pagliaro, PhD student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 3105(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Xiaoyue Chen
RoomUC 3105(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
11:45am - 1:05pm
Presentation Session 1A (Room UC 2105)
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm
- Mercedes Veselka, MEd student, York University (she/her)
- Dr. Mary Ott, Assistant Professor, York University (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Wenxuan (Rachael) Cai, MA student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:25 pm - 12:45 pm
Lina Abraitienė, Lecturer, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
- Rutwa Engineer, Assistant Professor, ݮƵ Mississauga (she/her)
- Dr. Lesley Wilton, Assistant Professor (R), York University and Sessional Lecturer (III), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 2A (Room: UC 3120)
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Bojan Prosenjak, PhD, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (he/him)
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
- Karam Noel, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (he/him)
- Enrica Piccardo, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:25 pm - 12:45 pm
Julia Garcia, PhD Candidate, Western University
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
- Grace Chin-Wen Chien, Associate Professor, National Tsing Hua University (she/her)
- Liang-Chen Sun, Associate Professor, National Tsing Hua University (he/him)
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 3A (Room: UC 2120)
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm
- Enrica Piccardo, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ
- Danielle Hunter, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ
- Sanzana Rahman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ
- José Luis Ortiz Soria, York University
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Giacomo Folinazzo, PhD, Tenured Professor, Niagara College
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:25 pm - 12:45 pm
- José Luis Ortiz Soria, York University
- Karam Noel, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ
- John Wayne dela Cruz, McGill University
- Geoff Lawrence, York University (he/him)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
- Danielle Hunter, PhD student, ݮƵ (she/her)
- Michelle Courville, FSL Consultant, Durham Catholic DSB (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access)
Presentation Session 4A (Room: UC 2115)
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11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Jeff Bale, Professor, ݮƵ
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:05 pm - 12:25 pm
Gloria Romero, Assistant Professor, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
12:25 pm - 12:45 pm
- Mingrui Qiao, Master student, ݮƵ (she/her)
- Menghong Lin, Master student, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
12:45 pm - 1:05 pm
Imene Medfouni, Assistant Professor, Middle East University, Jordan (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
1:05 - 2:00pm
Lunch (Room UC 3100) & Poster Session 2
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- Kayvan Shakoury, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Central Oklahoma (he/him/his)
Frank Boers, Professor, Western University
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
- Jessica Lovett, PhD student, Brown University (she/her)
- Stéphanie Gaillard, Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Brown University (she/her)
Andrew Clark, PhD student, Brown University (he/him)
RoomUC 3120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Aicha Adoui, Assistant Professor
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Geettana Srithayananthan, MA student, York University (she/her)
RoomConron Hall UC 3110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Majid Farham, PhD student, York University
RoomConron Hall UC 3110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Lingyao Shu, MEd student, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomConron Hall UC 3110(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
2:00 - 3:20pm
Presentation Session 1B (Room UC 2105)
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2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
- Le Chen, Researcher (she/her)
- Enrica Piccardo, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomRoom UC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Dr. Marlon Valencia, Associate Professor, Glendon College-York University (he/him/il/él)
RoomRoom UC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Rebecca Schmor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomRoom UC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
- Alexis Skopelitis, Teacher Candidate, Glendon College, York University (she/her)
- Marlon Valencia, Associate Professor, Glendon College, York University (he/him)
RoomRoom UC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access)
Presentation Session 2B (Room: UC 3120)
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2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Stephen Davis, Assistant Professor, University of Regina (he/him)
RoomRoom: UC 3120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Hannah Keim, MA student, McGill University (she/her/elle)
RoomRoom: UC 3120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Nadine de Moras, Associate Professor, Western University (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 3120(Presenter: in-person, online access)
Presentation Session 3B (Room: UC 2120)
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2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
- Nemira Macianskiene, Professor, Dr., Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania (she/her)
- Non-presenting: Vilma Bijeikiene, Associate Professor, Dr., Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
- Prof. Tamara Turza-Bogdan, PhD, Full Professor, University of Zagreb (she/her)
- Prof. Lidija Cvikic, PhD, Full Professor, University of Zagreb (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
- Stela Letica Krevelj, Associate Professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (she/her)
- Nives Kovačić, Research Assistant, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
2:00 - 3:00pm
Presentation Session 4B (Room: UC 2115)
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2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
- Liaquat Ali Channa, Assistant Professor in English, College of Arts and Applied Sciences, Dhofar University, Oman (he/him)
- Non-presenting author: Muhammad Yasir Khan, PhD student, Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
RoomRoom: UC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Mili Saha, Associate Professor of English, Jagannath University and PhD student, University of Wollongong Australia
RoomRoom: UC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
ݮƵ 5, 2024
9:30 - 9:45am
Joining and Coffee (Room: UC 3100)
9:45 - 10:15am
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2105)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Majid Fatahipour, Assistant Professor (he/him)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
- Anastasia J. Khawaja, PhD, The Arab American University
- Kiley Marouf, Msc, The Palestine Clinic
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2110)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
- Anna Bartosik, Professor, George Brown College (she/ona/elle)
- Kathleen Kinsella, Professor, George Brown College (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Tin Yuet (Tiffany) Tam, MA student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
S M Sanzana Rahman, PhD student, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2115)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Gabrielle Forget, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Rob Grant, PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Stephanie Salib, MA student, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
- Mahnaz Dehghantezerjani, PhD student, York University (she/her)
- Mahdieh Roshanbin, PhD student, University of Tehran (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
- Lingzi Zhuang, Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream, Department of Language Studies, ݮƵ Mississauga
- Yuhan Liu, Undergraduate student, ݮƵ Mississauga
- Bolun Li, Undergraduate student, ݮƵ Mississauga
- Non-presenting authors:
- Ian Turner, PhD student, Department for the Study of Religion, UTSG
- Christoph Emmrich, Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religion, UTSG
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
Roundtable Discussions (Room: UC 2120)
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9:45 am - 10:00 am
Richard Martinez, MA student, Western University (he/him)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Elianis Paez Concepcion, MA student, Western University (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Yuou Sheng, MA student, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Germaine Tondji, Doctoral Candidate, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (she/her)
RoomRoom: UC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
10:15 - 11:15am
Presentation Session 1C (UC 2105)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Taha Kuzu, PhD, Junior-Professor, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
- Anna V. Sokolova Grinovievkaya, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
- Non-presenting authors:
- María del Carmen Gomez Pezuela Reyes, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
- María Virginia Mercau, Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Rana Haidar, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: in-person, online access)
10:15 - 11:35am
Presentation Session 2C (UC 2110)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Michael Koslowski, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
- Shanshan He, PhD student, Western University (she/her)
- Chuan Liu, PhD student, Western University (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Laura Hermans-Nymark, PhD, Assistant Professor, Niagara University Ontario (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Paweł Andrejczuk, PhD, University of Valencia, Spain (he/him)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 3C (Room: UC 2120)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Shaden S. Attia, Writing and Communication Professor, Fanshawe College
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
- John Ippolito, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, York University (he/him)
- Katherine Rehner, Professor in the Department of Language Studies, ݮƵ Mississauga (she/her)
- Gabrielle Forget, PhD Candidate, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
- Claire Gouveia, PhD student, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
- Ivan Lasan, PhD graduate, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (he/him)
- Non-presenting authors:
- Sarah Jones, PhD student, Language and Literacies Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
- Yifan Liu, PhD student in Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Jason R. Holmes, PhD Candidate, York University (he/him)
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Presentation Session 4C (Room: UC 2115)
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10:15 am - 10:35 am
Anwar Ahmed, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia (he/him)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Mahdi Ghadamgahi, PhD student, York University (he/him)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: in-person, online access) -
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Izza Tahir, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 2115(Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
11:35am - 12:05pm
Lunch (UC: 3100) & Poster Session 3
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Libera Maria Lai
RoomUC 2120(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
- Stéphanie Gaillard, French Lecturer, Brown University (she/her)
Marie Culpepper, PhD student, University of Iowa (she/her)
RoomUC 2110(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
- Bakht Ullah, BS student, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (he/him)
Hikmat Ullah, BS student, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering, and Management Sciences (he/him)
RoomUC 2105(Presenter: online, in-person and online access) -
Trisha Dowling, Lecturer, University of Michigan- ELI and PhD student, ݮƵ (she/her)
RoomUC 3100(Presenter: in-person, no online access) -
Kanika Verma, Lecturer, ݮƵ Mississauga (she/her)
RoomUC 3100(Presenter: in-person, no online access)
12:05 - 1:20pm
Constanza Tolosa
1:20 - 2:00pm
Invited Panel: CERLL and Plurilingual Lab: "Learning, for, from and with each other"
- Dr. Angelica Galante (Centre Head, Plurilingual Lab)
- Jon Wayne dela Cruz (Plurilingual Lab)
- Yunjia Xie (Plurilingual Lab)
- Dr. Enrica Piccardo (Centre Head, CERLL)
- Dr. Jim Cummins (CERLL)
- Aisha Adebayo (CERLL)
- Lisa Lackner (CERLL)