{"id":116,"date":"2024-11-18T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T21:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tgrc\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:06:14","slug":"critical-conversation-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tgrc\/critical-conversation-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Conversation Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019re thrilled to announce the launch of our <strong>Critical Conversation Series<\/strong>, a platform for dialogue and critical engagement with issues related to language education. This series aims to bring together voices from across the globe\u2014including scholars and researchers at various stages of their career trajectories and whose work focuses on anti-oppressive practices in language learning, teaching, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the first few sessions are currently exclusive to UBC&#8217;s Faculty of Education members, we plan to expand access for broader audiences in future sessions. We also plan to share recordings of the online sessions on our upcoming YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned for the updates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Third Session <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third session of the Critical Conversation Series will feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/education\/staff\/denizortactepehart\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholars.latrobe.edu.au\/groche\"><strong>Dr. Deniz Orta\u00e7tepe Hart<\/strong><\/a> as our esteemed speaker. Dr. Orta\u00e7tepe Hart&#8217;s work focuses on language learner and teacher identities, intersectionality, and social justice in language education, among other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tgrc\/critical-conversation-series\/the-third-session-of-the-critical-conversation-series-2\/\">Click here for event details.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Second Session <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second session of the Critical Conversation Series featured <a href=\"https:\/\/scholars.latrobe.edu.au\/groche\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholars.latrobe.edu.au\/groche\"><strong>Dr. Gerald Roche<\/strong><\/a> as our esteemed speaker. Dr. Roche&#8217;s work focuses on the ongoing destruction of global linguistic diversity, and how language is used to dominate, coerce, and harm people, among other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tgrc\/the-second-session-of-the-critical-conversation-series\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"428\">Click here for event details.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First Session<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first session of the Critical Conversation Series featured&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.tau.ac.il\/en\/persons\/muzna-awayed-bishara\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cris.tau.ac.il\/en\/persons\/muzna-awayed-bishara\">Dr. Muzna Awayed-Bishara<\/a><\/strong>. Dr. Awayed-Bishara is an esteemed scholar whose work focuses on multilingualism, minority education, and how power imbalances are (re)produced and\/or contested through semiotic means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/tgrc\/the-first-session-of-the-critical-conversation-series\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"417\">Click here for event details.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce the launch of our Critical Conversation Series, a platform for dialogue and critical engagement with issues related to language education. 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