About me
I am a professor of Linguistics in the Department of French Studies at York University. Over the past 20 years I have been awarded multiple government and Academic Innovation Grants to engage academic and professional communities in the nurturing of bilingual educational systems in Canada and the francophone world.
My career has allowed me to advocate for the creation of linguistic, cultural and educational tools that give voice to marginalized communities and foster intercomprehension and intercultural fluency. My research in psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, conversations, media and language systems (natural, artistic
and computational) shaped my later work on critical pedagogies that foster creation of and access to inclusive open educational resources (OERs) and knowledge products with a focus on community-designed metadata sets and learner-centered environments that nurture open pedagogy.
I am currently co-leading the York University FSL Hub Camerise (https://camerisefsl.ca/), a non-profit initiative with a vision to create a hub where members have access to inclusive, engaging, peer-assessed FSL OER. It is run by a network of teachers and professors from across Canada who are motivated to ensure that bilingual and plurilingual Canadians have the support they need to reach their full potential.