May 27 2021 | Zoom | Free Registration
Learn more about multilingual assessment by accessing virtual presentations on demand sharing empirical work being conducted across diverse socio-cultural and -political contexts.
Register here to attend the live panel discussions below (unique Zoom links to each separate event will be sent to your email prior to the event):
Presenters | Date/Time | Time Zone Conversion |
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Opening | May, 27 10:00 am – 10:15 am EST | My Local Time |
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Elana Shohamy | May, 27 10:15 am – 11:00 am EST | My Local Time |
Panel 1: Multilingual School and Community Contexts | May, 27 11:15 am – 12:15 pm EST | My Local Time |
Panel 2: Indigenous Language and Community Contexts | May, 27 12:30 pm – 01:30 pm EST | My Local Time |
Panel 3: Critical Response – Canadian Context | May, 27 01:45 pm – 02:45 pm EST | My Local Time |
Symposium Program – May 27 2021
10:00- 10:15 Opening remarks
(facilitated by Saskia, Sunny, Angel)
10:15 -11:00 Keynote speaker: Elana Shohamy
(facilitated by Angel)
- Introduction
- Keynote
- Q&A
- Conclusion & thanks
- Break transition
11:00- 11:15 break
11:15-12:15 Panel 1: Multilingual school and community contexts
(facilitated by Saskia and Sunny)
- Panel Introduction
- Speakers
- Jerry Won Lee. University of California, Irvine (USA)
- Fauve De Backer, Ghent University (Belgium)
- Koen Van Gorp, Center for Language Teaching Advancement (USA)
- Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (Spain)
- Stef Slembrouck, Ghent University (Belgium)
- Durk Gorter, University of the Basque Country (Spain)
- Piet Van Avermaet, Ghent University (Belgium)
- Q&A
- Panel conclusion & thanks
- Break transition
12:15-12:30 Break
12:30- 1:30 Panel 2: Indigenous language and community contexts
(Facilitated by Saskia and Sunny)
- Panel Introduction
- Speakers
- Nicholas Limerick, Teachers College, Columbia University (USA)
- Jamie Schissel, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (USA)
- Mario Lopez Gopar, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca (Mexico)
- Constant Leung, King’s College London (UK)
- Q&A
- Panel conclusion & thanks
- Break transition
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45- 2:45 Panel 3: Critical Response – Canadian Context
(Facilitated by Saskia and Sunny)
- Panel Introduction
- Speakers
- Hieu Pham-Fraser, Richmond District School Board (British Columbia)
- Loretta Robinson, Naskapi Curriculum Coordinator (Québec)
- Mélanie Ducharme, Centre de services scolaire de Laval (Québec)
- David Cameron, Toronto District School Board (Ontario)
- Eunice Jang, OISE/University of Toronto (Ontario)
- Jim Cummins, OISE/University of Toronto (Ontario)
- Q&A
- Panel thanks & conclusion