<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-f01a1f7f-6bc1-8876-843a-4c93d4f12300" class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dear colleagues,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are thrilled to announce the publication of </span><a href="http://bild-lida.ca/journal/current-issue/" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Volume 2(1) of J-BILD</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language, and Diversity) / R-LIDA (Revue de langage, d’identité, de diversité et d’appartenance).  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">J-BILD is now welcoming submissions for the Fall 2018 issue. The deadline for submission is </span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">July 31, 2018</span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Please see the </span><a href="http://bild-lida.ca/journal/call-for-papers/" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">call for papers</span></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> for details.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">J-BILD recruits peer mentors on an ongoing basis. Peer mentors work with authors to support them through the review and revision of their submission. To apply to become a J-BILD peer mentor, please fill in this </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYfLhWiPCnM_YB3jWbdjUAeJyLXkqOk_1U55TMj8C58ZtmcQ/viewform?c=0&w=1" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">webform</span></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We encourage you to share this information widely within your networks. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We hope you enjoy the issue and look forward to reading your comments (yes, you can comment on articles). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sincerely,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">J-BILD Editorial Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dr. Alison Crump, Senior Managing Editor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dr. Lauren Godfrey-Smith, Managing Editor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt;background-color:#ffffff;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dr. Mela Sarkar, Senior Advisor</span></p><span style="color: rgb(43, 170, 223); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:editor@bild-lida.ca" class="">editor@bild-lida.ca</a></span><span style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></span></body></html>