webinar
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Webinar: The Impact of Global English on Higher Education and Beyond: A Conversation with Scholars in the Open Society University Network (Recording available)
This webinar explored the English-language experiences of academics from diverse regions of the world, all of whom work in institutions that are part of the Open Society University Network. Through a facilitated conversation, these scholars addressed questions such as the following: What challenges and opportunities does the increasing pressure to publish academic work in English…
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Webinar: Interpretation in Critical Contexts: Issues of Access and Quality (Recording available)
This webinar explored the vital role of language interpretation in diverse settings where the stakes for achieving successful communication are high. Whether the circumstances involve a public health emergency, displacement due to conflict, or a medical or legal proceeding, individuals should be entitled to the services of a competent, and ideally professionally certified, interpreter. Yet…
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Toward Language Justice in Higher Education (Recording available)
The goal of this webinar was to explore ways in which linguistic bias, standard language ideologies and monolingual assumptions affect various aspects of higher education. One of the challenges with pursuing linguistic justice at the university level is to balance multilingual ideologies and a linguistically additive approach with the pragmatic and very real linguistic needs…
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Rights, Rules and Rhetoric: Exploring Language for and About Migrants in Australia, Europe and North America
This online event explored and compared diverse language-related facets of the migration experience in Australia, Europe and North America. These facets can be grouped along three axes: 1. The rights enacted through laws or directives ensuring procedural fairness for migrants, including their ability to access critical information in their languages through translated documents or interpretation.…
