About Us

Our Activities

Pilot Project: Emmanuelle Le Pichon & Jim Cummins conducted research in one school in Toronto, Canada – this springboarded everything!

SSHRC & MITACS Grants: More researchers joined the project and we started expanding beyond Ontario.

Today we are a research team of 15 + graduate students and professors, creating language friendly resources for math and science classrooms, offering workshops in schools and community centers for parents, and disseminating our learnings with everyone we can!

Framework

Language Friendly Pedagogy

Students learn better and faster when they also learn through their mother tongue.
Fostering inclusive and culturally responsive education environments benefit students, educators, parents, and the broader school community.
Language Friendly Schools gain access to resources, workshops, and effective pedagogical strategies.
Check out Language Friendly Schoolsfor more information.

Reciprocal Knowledge

Students have a lot to teach us.

Mission 3

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Meet the Team

Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman

Principal Researcher | Assistant Professor, OISE, University of Toronto

Jim Cummins

Principal Researcher | Professor Emeritus, OISE, University of Toronto

Antoinette Gagné

Co Chercheure | Associate Chair, Student Experience, OISE, University of Toronto

Nathalie Auger

Co chercheure | Professeur des universités, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 Unité de recherche LHUMAIN

Jérémi Sauvage

Co-applicant | Maitre de Conférences Habilité à Diriger les Recherches, Université Paul-Valéry – Montpellier 3 Laboratoire LHUMAIN

Carole Fleuret

Co Chercheure | Full professor, Faculty of Education, OISE, University of Ottawa

Alexandre Cavalcante

Speaker | Assistant Professor, OISE, University of Toronto

Dania Wattar

Project Manager | Lecturer, University of Toronto

Mai Naji

Research Assistant | EdD Graduate, OISE, University of Toronto

Rosalia Cha

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Leanne (Rempel) Adegbonmire

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Zahra Safdarian

Research Assistant | PhD Student, Language and Literacies Education, OISE, University of Toronto

Ye Jia

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Kanza Tariq

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Mehdia Hassan

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Sudhashree Girmohanta

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Xiaoyue Chen

Research Assistant | MEd Student, OISE, University of Toronto

S. Emre Ergüt

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Jhonel Morvan

Intern | Doctoral candidate, Brock University

Karam Noel

Research Assistant | PhD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Laurine Dalle

post-doctorante | Université Paul Valéry – Montpellier 3. Laboratoire LHUMAIN

Neha Kapileshwarker

Research Assistant | EdD student, LHAE, OISE, University of Toronto

Vivian Lee

Research Assistant | EdD Student, OISE, University of Toronto

Joyce Mgombelo

Brock University