Symposium 2025 Programme

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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 25, 2025

9:30 - 9:45am

Joining and Registration

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101

11:00 - 11:30am

Coffee Break (TBD) & online Poster Session

  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am

    Anna Konar, MEd student at the University of Toronto, she/her

    Room
    TBD
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am
    • Ivonne Londono, PhD student at the University of Valle in Colombia, she/her
    Room
    TBD
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 11:00 am - 11:30 am
    Survey on Technology-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching in Sri Lankan Classrooms
    • Jayamini Ratnayake
    Room
    TBD
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)

11:30am - 12:00pm

Online Roundtable Discussions

Room:
in-person attendees can join from Yerich Auditorium E101 on their own devices
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Ziyan (Albion) Liu, MEd student at 91ÖÆÆ¬³§, the University of Toronto, he/him

    Room
    Break-out Room 1
    (Presenter: online, online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • María Victoria Cantero-Romero, Interina Lecturer and PhD student at the University of Jaén, she/her

    • Salud María Jiménez-Zafra, Lecturer at the University of Jaén, she/her

    Room
    Break-Out Room 2
    (Presenter: online, online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Tiziana Lorenzet, PhD student at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, she/her

    Room
    Break-Out Room 3
    (Presenter: online, online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm

    Presenting authors: 

    • S. Nivetha, Assistant Professor of English, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India , she/her

    Non presenting authors: 

    • Dr. Mirza Jahanzeb Beg, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, India, he/him
    Room
    Break-Out Room 4
    (Presenter: online, online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Mitali Patle, Research Scholar, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA)
    Room
    Break-Out Room 5
    (Presenter: online, online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Jennifer Walsh Marr, PhD candidate at OISE, lecturer at UBC, she/her
    Room
    Break-Out Room 6
    (Presenter: online, online access)

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N136)

Room:
N136
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Plamen S. Kushkiev, EdD Professor at Sheridan College, he/him
    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • José Luis Ortiz Soria, PhD candidate at York University, he/him

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Nawreen Akhter, PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Ana Kanza Tariq, PhD at University of Toronto, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm

    Presenting author:

    • Thu Le, Director of Academic Research at Yorkville University, she/her

    Non-presenting author: 

    • Pham Thi Kim Anh, Lecturer at HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
    • Giulia Guadagni, PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N137)

Room:
N137
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Justin C. Taylor, PhD student at York University, he/they

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Michelly Peixoto, PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am

    Presenting author: 

    • Nadia Maqbool, PhD candidate at the University of Saskatchewan, she/ her

    Non-presenting author: 

    • Dr. Gordon Martell, Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Research Advisor, he/ him

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm

    Presenting author: 

    • Jingjing Xing, MA student at the Univeristy of Toronto, she/her

    Non-presenting author: 

    • Lingyao Shu, MA student at the Univeristy of Toronto, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:45 am - 12:00 pm

    Mercedes Veselka, PhD Student at York University, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)

Roundtable Discussions (Room: N138 )

Room:
N138
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Fernanda Carra-Salsberg, Assistant Professor at York University (she/her)
    • Olga Makinina, Associate Professor at York University (she/her)
    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)
  • 11:30 am - 11:45 am
    • Nyein Mya, PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa, she/her

    (Presenter: in-person, no online access)

12:00 - 1:20pm

Immigration & learning

Presentation Session 1C (Room: Yerich Auditorium E101)

Room:
Yerich Auditorium E101
  • 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
    • Katherine Rehner, Professor, University of Toronto Mississauga, she/her

    • John Ippolito, Associate Professor, York University, he/him

    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 9:30 pm - 12:40 pm
    • Mehdia Hassan, PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, she/her
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm
    • Madhav (Maddy) Ajayamohan, Undergraduate student at the University of Toronto Mississauga, he/him
    • Rutwa Engineer, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Mississauga, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
    • Rebeca Capanema, MA student in Applied Linguistics at Western University, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
Local perspectives

Presentation Session 2C (Room: TBD)

Room:
N136
  • 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
    • Le Chen, Independent Researcher, she/her/hers; Yihao Fang, Independent Researcher, he/him/his
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
    • Vandana Singh, Ph.D. Scholar at the National Institute of Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA), She/Her
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm

    Presenting authors: 

    • Zhe Chen, PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her

    Contributing authors: 

    • Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
    • Dr. Sunaina Sharma Assistant Professor, (PhD, M.Ed., B. Ed.)
      Department of Educational Studies, Brock University, she/her

    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Multimodality, collaboration & reflection

Presentation Session 3C (Room: N137)

Room:
N137
  • 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
    • Nawreen Akhter, PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her
    • Umme Kulsum,PhD student at the University of Toronto, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
    • Stephanie Samboo, PhD graduate from the University of Waterloo; Associate Dean at Sheridan College, (she/her)
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm
    • Sonia Martin, PhD candidate at York University, she/her
    • Kristi Talbot, Mohawk Language Consultant at Teach Native Culture, she/her
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
    • Laura Brass, PhD, she/her
    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
Ethnography, Duo-ethnography & Dialogue

Presentation Session 4C (Room: N138)

Room:
N138
  • 12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
    • Aivy Luo, MA graduate at York University, she/her
    • Munise Gultekin, MA graduate at York University, she/her
    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 12:20 pm - 12:40 pm
    • Chuan Liu, PHD Candidate at Western University, he/him

    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)
  • 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm
    • Anwar Ahmed, Assistant Professor, UBC

    (Presenter: in-person, online access)
  • 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm
    • Nikita Goel, PhD student at The English and Foreign Languages University, she/her

    (Presenter: online, in-person and online access)

1:20 - 1:45pm

Closing

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