Enrica Piccardo
Associate Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on plurilingualism and she is proficient in French, English, Italian and German.
Aline Germain-Rutherford
Full Professor in the Linguistics program and Chief Learning Officer of Interactive Languages at Middlebury College. Her research includes the integration of technologies in language education and plurilingualism.
Geoff Lawrence
Assistant Professor at York University, Toronto. Geoff examines emerging technologies to create engaging learner-centred, language learning and teacher education communities that deepen language and intercultural learning and teaching processes.
Anette Guse
Associate Professor and leader of curriculum development and undergraduate advising at the University of New Brunswick and former coordinator of multi-sectional undergraduate German program.
Coralie Payre-ficout
Associate Professor in second language teaching at Université of Grenoble Alpes. She is responsible for English teaching for non-specialist students and for future primary school teachers.
Alan Corbiere
An Anishinaabe from M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island. With an MA in Environmental Studies at York University, he focuses on Anishinaabe narrative and language revitalization.
Norman Sieweke
Language educator at the Institute for Innovation in Second Language Education. He is a specialist of German, a teacher consultant in bilingual programs and in the use of technology in second language education.
Alana Johns
Full Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Director of Aboriginal Studies and the Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives at University of Toronto. She has worked with Indigenous languages of Canada throughout her career.
Nicola Townend
Teacher of German and French at the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) and Past-President of the Canadian Association of Teachers of German. Her interests include the CEFR, Equity and inclusive education and the integration of indigenous perspectives and pedagogies in language teaching.
Tim Goodier
Head of Academic Development for the Eurocentres Foundation, coordinating Eurocentres’ ongoing NGO consultancy to the Council of Europe for language learning and the development of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Mary Ann Corbiere
Waa-zhi-Nishnaabemang ndaknoomage. I teach how to speak in the language of the Nishnaabek (aka Ojibwe), which I have been doing in the Indigenous Studies department at the University of Sudbury since 1989. I’m also striving to finish the Nishnaabemwin-English dictionary as part of the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas project.
Angelica Galante
Assistant Professor at McGill University in Montreal. Angelica speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish. Her research interests are classroom research, drama in language learning and plurilingual instruction.
Sara Potkonjak
PhD candidate at York University (Toronto) and Research Assistant for LINCDIRE.
Kimberly Cho
MA student at OISE/University of Toronto and research assistant for LINCDIRE.
Michael Koslowski
Michael is a long-time ESL/EFL teacher and a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. On the LINCDIRE project, he works as the Research and Technology Coordinator.
ChengDa Zheng
ChengDa is the Lead Developer on the LINCDIRE Project. He is interested in how data techniques can be used in the field of environmental studies.
Faith Marcel
PhD Candidate in Language and Literacies Education in the collaborative Knowledge Media Design program at OISE, University of Toronto. Faith speaks English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. She teaches English for Academic Preparation at Niagara College in the School of English Language Studies, and she is also a Research Assistant on the LINCDIRE Project.
Banafsheh Karamifar
Part Time Professor in education, scientific writing and French as a second language at University of Ottawa. Her research interests include the integration of technologies in educational contexts. On the LINCDIRE project she is a Research Assistant.
Heba Khalil
Heba Khalil is a Part-Time English for Academic Purposes Professor at Algonquin College’s Language Institute and a Ph.D. student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education. She is also a research assistant for the LINCDIRE project. Her research interests include language learning and teaching, discourse analysis, and refugee education.
Jayson Moore
Jayson is an OCT certified teacher working in the primary/junior strand. He is currently an MA student at the Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study at OISE and a research assistant for LINCDIRE.
Giacomo Folinazzo
PhD student at OISE, University of Toronto. He is an EAP instructor at Niagara College, Academic Coordinator, and Faculty Representative on the Board of Governors. He speaks Italian and Spanish. His research interests are Second Language Acquisition and Applied Linguistics.
Adriana Ortiz
