Dr. Mela Sarkar organized a symposium titled Addressing Social Inequity: Local and International Perspectives on How to Empower and Support Second Language Teachers
and Learners at the 2019 EducLang Conference in Ottawa, Sept 26-28. The symposium was sponsored by the Equity Knowledge Network (RSEKN) and brought together 4 presentations from members of the BILD research group:
When English language proficiency isn’t enough: Equity and ESL teachers in Quebec, by Dr. Caroline Riches
Dialectal input in the L2 classroom: Whose language is it, anyway?, by Rhonda Chung
Plurilingual pedagogy for social justice and transformation: Empowering teachers and learners in second language education, by John Wayne dela Cruz and Dr. Angelica Galante
The streets and the classroom as relational spaces: An international perspective on learning English through social action, by Yecid Ortega
