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Language Policy, (Anti-)Racism, and Change
Mar
25

Language Policy, (Anti-)Racism, and Change

webinar by Jeff Bale
This session begins with findings from a policy genealogy (Gale, 2001) of the Heritage Languages Program (HLP) in Ontario and the racialized conflicts over it between 1977–1987. Heritage-language education policies emerged across Canada in the 1970s, just after federal policies for official bilingualism (1969) and multiculturalism (1971) were established. As Haque (2012) argues, official bilingualism was only possible by excluding demands of Indigenous and other racialized communities for their own linguistic and cultural rights. The HLP challenged the logic of official bilingualism, and thus became the site of extended, racialized conflicts over fundamental questions of (1) whose language and culture ...

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Leveraging AI tools for PBLL

demo by Rachel Mamiya Hernandez
March 13, 2024
Have you ever wanted to try project-based language learning (PBLL), but felt that it is too overwhelming or time consuming? Then, this D&D is for you! In this session, we will use the High Quality PBL framework as a guide ...

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