Symposium Structure 2023
The two-day symposium will be held in a hybrid mode (virtually and in-person) on the University of Toronto Mississauga Campus. Each day will begin with virtual/in-person coffee and registration, followed by our plenaries. Afterward, we will have several (possibly parallel) sessions for paper and poster presentations.
Call for Papers
Please read through our Call for Papers which includes important information about the symposium as well as details on how to submit an abstract.
In general, all abstracts (for presentations and posters) need to follow this guideline:
15 Words
300 words (for both papers and poster presentations)
- Relevance to the topic of the symposium
- Effectively grounded in relevant research, theory, practice and/or policy
- Comprehensive design and analysis (i.e., research question, sources, methodology and analysis for an empirical study; currency of supporting literature for a conceptual piece or systematic literature review)
- Quality of the proposal (as indication of a coherent, well prepared presentation)
You can find assessment criteria for abstracts on the last page of our Call for Papers.
Types of Presentations
As stated in our call for papers, we are looking for two types of presentations:
This strand includes the two Plenary sessions and the presentation sessions. Three presentation sessions will be organized which will be about current themes in language and literacies education.
According to the number of submissions that are received, there may be parallel sessions.
Poster sessions will also be featuring at the symposium as this will encourage exchange and networking. Participants will be able to put up poster displays describing their work and projects and distribute relevant information during the event. The posters can outline projects that are still in-progress. The poster sessions will allow close and personalized contact between the participants and the exhibitors.