Symposium 2025 Programme

Image
Symposium 2025 Programme

Welcome to the programme and links page. Click on the underlined titles to read the abstract of all our presenters. Online participants, please use a zoom name that resembles the one who used during the registration process. Please note that presentation times are subject to change. Please check back regularly.

October 24, 2025

9:00 - 9:20am

Joining and Registration

9:20 - 9:35am

Welcome and Symposium Opening

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

9:45 - 11:00am

11:15 - 11:45am

Coffee Break & in-person Poster Session

Room:
in front of Yerich auditorium

11:45am - 1:05pm

Emotional well-being, self-efficacy & motivation

Presentation Session 1A (Room: Yerich Auditorium E101)

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

In-person chair: Stephanie Samboo
Online chair: Nawreen Akhter

Language & language teaching

Presentation Session 2A (Room: N136)

Room:
N136

In-person chair: Sarah Jones
Online chair: Nadia Maqbool

Artificial Intelligence

Presentation Session 3A (Room: N137)

Room:
N137

In-person chair: Elena Danilina
Online chair: Leanne Hill

Critical literacy

Presentation Session 4A (Room: N138)

Room:
N138

In-person chair: Michelly Alves Peixoto Pedrosa 
Online chair: Dr. Ajemba Oziomachukwu Akunna

1:05 - 2:00pm

Lunch (N139) & online Poster Session (N136, N137, N138)

2:00 - 3:20pm

Plurilingualism & digital learning

Presentation Session 1B (Room: Yerich Auditorium E101)

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

In-person chair: Giulia Guadagni
Online chair: Nataliya Borkovska 

Higher Education

Presentation Session 2B (Room: N136)

Room:
Room: N136

In-person chair: Yaseen Ali 
Online chair: Projita Giri

Online learning

Presentation Session 3B (Room: N137)

Room:
N137

In-person chair: Sonia Martin
Online chair: Sunaina Sharma

2:00 - 3:00pm

Policy

Presentation Session 4B (Room: N138)

Room:
N138

In-person chair: Michael Koslowski
Online chair: Richard Martinez Loyola

October 25, 2025

9:15 - 9:45am

Joining and Registration + Coffee and Snacks

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

9:45 - 11:00am

11:00 - 11:30am

Light Lunch (N139) & online Poster Session (N136, N137, N138)

11:30am - 12:00pm

Online Roundtable Discussions

Room:
in-person attendees can join from Yerich Auditorium E101 on their own devices

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N136)

Room:
N136

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N137)

Room:
N137

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N138 )

Room:
N138

12:10 - 1:30pm

Immigration & learning

Presentation Session 1C (Room: Yerich Auditorium E101)

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

In-person chair: Julianna Marcel
Online chair: Bhawna Malik 

Local perspectives

Presentation Session 2C (Room: N136)

Room:
N136

In-person chair: Douglas Savero
Online chair: Latifa Soliman

Multimodality, collaboration & reflection

Presentation Session 3C (Room: N137)

Room:
N137

In-person chair: Tatiane Barros
Online chair: Nadeen Sullivan

Ethnography, Duo-ethnography & Dialogue

Presentation Session 4C (Room: N138)

Room:
N138

In-person chair: Anna Bartosik 
Online chair: Sudhashree Girmohanta

1:30 - 1:50pm

Closing

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101
(Presenter: in-person, online access)