About Us

Mission Statement

The Language and Literacy Education Department is a community of educators committed to excellence in scholarship, teaching, and professional leadership. Responsive to Canada's multicultural, multilingual context, the Department engages in research, provides instruction and collaborates with educational communities at the local, national, and international levels to advance the study of language in learning, and the teaching and learning of language, literacy, and literature in their broadest frames of reference. The Department endeavours to create an environment where collegiality is fostered, risk-taking is valued, and each participant has a voice.

Facts-at-a-glance

* 24 tenure-track faculty
* 3 Distinguished University Scholars
* 60 sessional instructors
* 180 graduate students
* a major role in the Faculty's teacher education program for both elementary and secondary teachers, in both English and French
* the home of the Centre for Research in Chinese Language and Literacy Education
* a leading role in the UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange program
* research projects active in Canada, the US, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central and South America