Storybooks Canada Launch

According to the 2016 Census, more than 7 million Canadians speak a language other than English or French as a mother tongue. To help children maintain the home language, as well as learn an official language, a UBC team in the Department of Language and Literacy Education led by Dr. Bonny Norton, Peter Wall Institute Faculty Associate, has developed a powerful interactive website called Storybooks Canada. Recent initiatives include Indigenous Storybooks and Global Storybooks.

Program:

3:00 PM

Opening: Dr. Gail Murphy, VP Research and Innovation
Welcome: Dean Blye Frank, Faculty of Education
Remarks: Dr. Janet Werker, Co-Director, Language Sciences

3:15 –

Panel presentation: Storybooks Canada: Local and Global
Chair: Dr. Bonny Norton, Language and Literacy Education
Discussant: Dr. Uchenna Okeja, PWIAS Invited Scholar
Q and A

4:15

Closing: Dr. Janet Jamieson, ECPS and CECER

4:30

Reception

This event is co-organized by Dr. Bonny Norton (LLED) and Dr. Janet Jamieson (ECPS).

Register: bonny.norton@ubc.ca.

Presenters

Wall Associate

Bonny Norton

May 3, 2021

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