Plurilingual Lab

03/25/2026

Happening this Thursday! Remember to register to receive the Zoom link.

You're invited to our next virtual Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series event: Plurilingual Perspectives on Scholarly Writing for Publication: Within, Através, y au delà des Frontières "nas Américas" Abstract This polyvocalic, plurilingual volume investigates scholarly writing for publication practic...

03/13/2026

How do scholars write, publish, and negotiate knowledge across languages in an unequal academic world?

Join our next Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series on March 26, 3:00–4:30 PM (EST, Montreal):�Plurilingual Perspectives on Scholarly Writing for Publication: Within, Através, y au delà des Frontières "nas Américas"
Online via Zoom.

Registration required: https://forms.gle/4GaE3i5zh7Dpac3s7

More info: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/article/plurilingual-lab-speaker-series-march-plurilingual-perspectives-scholarly-writing-publication-within
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You're invited to our next virtual Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series event: Plurilingual Perspectives on Scholarly Writing for Publication: Within, Através, y au delà des Frontières "nas Américas" Abstract This polyvocalic, plurilingual volume investigates scholarly writing for publication practic...

03/13/2026

How are pedagogical practices developed when formal guidance and teaching resources are scarce?

Join Katherine Hardin for our next Grad Talk:
Reading the (class)room: Educational Practice as Folklore and Text
March 18, 12:00–1:00 PM (EST, Montreal)

Register here: https://forms.gle/QvCHtdJeNPexopxAA

More info: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/grad-talks

02/05/2026

Upcoming Speaker Series 🎉
Join us for an online talk by Mario López-Gopar (Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca).
This talk explores how Indigenous and Afro-Latin American communities in Latin America and the Caribbean resist colonial impositions through multilingual and multimodal artistic practices, including literature, music, and performance shared across digital platforms.

🗓 Feb 26, 2026 (Thu)
🕙 10:00–11:30 AM (EST | Montreal)
💻 Live on Zoom
🗣 English (with examples in other languages)

Registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ5XTtLXkExbNwCLY47nWcTt_ztwqQvEVjiwtgcunVHAsMmA/viewform

More details: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/article/plurilingual-lab-speaker-series-voices-latin-america-decolonial-multilingual-and-multimodal

📺 A recording will be available after the event.

02/02/2026

Join us for the next GradTalks session, featuring two graduate researchers, Jiayi Zhang and Yuto Aki, as they explore how emotions shape language learning and use.

🗓️ Thursday, Feb 19
🕢 7:30 to 8:45 PM (EST)
💻 Via Zoom
🔗 Register here:
https://forms.gle/uZ5deY4XTUtVHzK37

More details, including the presenters’ abstracts, are available here:
https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/grad-talks

01/31/2026

We're pleased to share that the recording of the talk Plurilingual, Decolonial and Digital (PluriDigit) Pedagogy: From Critical Practice to Learner Empowerment is now available on YouTube⬇️
https://youtu.be/gJ_d68Q27pU?si=sR8r9Og68rNcJHz8

01/30/2026

A huge thank you to Drs. Angelica Galante, Enrica Piccardo, Faith Marcel, John Wayne dela Cruz and Lana Zeaiter for their excellent talk on the PluriDigit Project. We would also like to thank all attendees for your support and participation in the discussion. The recording of the talk will soon be available on the Plurilingual Lab YouTube.

01/28/2026

Happening tomorrow! Remember to register to receive the Zoom link.

Join us for the January Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series on Zoom! 🎉

We’ll share findings from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded collaborative study in Brazil on PluriDigit (plurilingual + decolonial + digital pedagogy) and the DARE (Decolonial, Agentive, Relational, and Empowering) pedagogical framework.

Speakers: Angelica Galante | Enrica Piccardo | Faith Marcel | Lana F. Zeaiter | John Wayne dela Cruz

📅 Jan 29, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM (EST/Montreal)

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTLCCUA6qUH4mkeP2BMW8Gv17J-_H6A6H3BAFAEFgizZ0ezg/viewform

More info:
https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/article/plurilingual-lab-speaker-series-plurilingual-and-decolonial-pedagogies-digital-spaces-pluridigit

01/17/2026

Join us for the January Plurilingual Lab Speaker Series on Zoom! 🎉

We’ll share findings from a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)-funded collaborative study in Brazil on PluriDigit (plurilingual + decolonial + digital pedagogy) and the DARE (Decolonial, Agentive, Relational, and Empowering) pedagogical framework.

Speakers: Angelica Galante | Enrica Piccardo | Faith Marcel | Lana F. Zeaiter | John Wayne dela Cruz

📅 Jan 29, 2026 | 12:00–1:30 PM (EST/Montreal)

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTLCCUA6qUH4mkeP2BMW8Gv17J-_H6A6H3BAFAEFgizZ0ezg/viewform

More info:
https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/article/plurilingual-lab-speaker-series-plurilingual-and-decolonial-pedagogies-digital-spaces-pluridigit

01/12/2026

How do race and language shape who teachers become?

Join our January Grad Talk with Tin Yuet (Tiffany) Tam (University of Toronto) ([email protected]) on multilingual teacher identities in Ontario teacher education.

📅 12-13 (EST, Montreal) Jan 15 | 💻 Zoom | 🔗 Registration required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScVdpAh9GxZLynQ3waCO17FLBkX5_fmGZtJ5euaskuA2I0jIw/viewform?usp=publish-editor

12/03/2025

🌟 December Grad Talks
🗓️ Thursday, Dec 18, 2025
⏰ 12:00–13:00 EST | Zoom

Join us for two short presentations on inclusive EFL practices and heritage language learning, featuring:

🔹 Siyuan Li (University of Vigo) – Birth language reacquisition among Chinese adoptees in Spain
🔹 Zihan Liao (McGill University) – Gender-inclusive language in the Chinese EFL classroom

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdVKs84C53MCP12aiNgAVV2YOUoN5-RbHPJ4jW_m-TtFXQuA/viewform?usp=dialog

Presenter abstracts: https://www.mcgill.ca/plurilinguallab/grad-talks