Intended audience: faculty, staff, teaching assistants

Description: We all come to post-secondary classrooms with different linguistic and academic experiences; however, at most post-secondary institutions in Canada, certain varieties of English are valued more than others. As instructors at Queen’s attempt to create more inclusive learning experiences, they are encouraged to consider how to best support multilingual students with their academic success. Linguistic justice, and the decolonization of language, focuses on the inequitable systems and structures that inhibit multilingual students from thriving in their learning. In this workshop, participants will engage in activities to develop an understanding of linguistic justice concepts and explore strategies for creating linguistically responsive assessments.  

Facilitators:

• Yunyi Chen, Educational Developer-Program & Curriculum Globalization, Centre for Teaching & Learning, Queen’s University 
• Lydia Skulstad, Intercultural Academic Support Coordinator, Student Academic Success Services and the Queen’s University International Centre, Queen’s University 

This event is part of the Global Education at Queen's Conference. All are welcome to register.

Join Principal Patrick Deane at the QUIC for lunch and chat with other members of the community while enjoying delicious soup and refreshments. Seating is not guaranteed.

This panel is part of the Global Education at Queen's Conference. Registration is required (free).

Intended audience: faculty, students, staff. Registration Required.

Moderator:

Dr. Sandra den Otter, Vice-Provost, Global Engagement

Panelists:

• Adesoji Babalola, PhD Candidate, Cultural Studies and Teaching Fellow, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
• Dr. Jennifer Hosek, Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Arts and Science
• Dr. Claudio Palomares Salas, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
• Amir Hossein Sojoodi, PhD Candidate, Engineering.

Description: International students are often told to adapt to eurocentric ways in order to be successful at university in Canada, but what happens if we challenge the primacy of the eurocentric approach? Join us at this session to hear from students and faculty about the skills they’ve developed as intercultural communicators and how we can be better listeners to ideas from other academic cultures. 

This panel is part of the Global Education at Queen's Conference. All are welcome to register.