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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Hello everyone,</span></p>
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The Centre for Research in Education at Niagara College and the Centre for Educational Research in Languages and Literacies (CERLL) at OISE - University of Toronto in collaboration with </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Department of Languages and Cultures at Western University; </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Faculty of Education at Western University;</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Faculty of Education at York University; </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies of the University of Waterloo; </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Language Department of the University of Toronto Mississauga</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">are happy to announce that the sixth </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 66, 170);"><b>Symposium of the Southern Ontario Universities on “From Silos to Solidarity: Rethinking Languages and Literacies in Education through collaboration and care”</b> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">will take place in a hybrid mode
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 46, 122);"><b>October, 24-25, 2025</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> at Niagara College’s DJP campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 66, 170);"><i>Registration is free for all participants and presenters. </i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 66, 170); background-color: yellow;"><b>ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED: JULY, 15</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: yellow;"><b>Also new: Watch our
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); background-color: yellow;"><b><a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3EhuMDav6Q&t=4s" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAbe85205c-16a1-9e57-2bee-24993e01f911" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3EhuMDav6Q&t=4s">video</a> </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: yellow;"><b>about
the </b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>2025 Symposium!</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Please see the attached
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 66, 170);"><b>Call for Papers</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> for more details! </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">At this time, we are looking for online and in-person presentations, roundtable discussions or posters that contribute in various ways to the overall Symposium theme. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">You can find information on the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255);"><a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA7dcf1234-e543-b9ec-d3b8-0d45830d7b6a" target="_blank" href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025">CERLL
Website</a><a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA4d9b9f22-d9ed-429b-7088-2a788a3e80e6" target="_blank" href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025">.</a></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 66, 170); background-color: white;"><b>We are also happy to announce that we have secured two plenary speakers for the symposium: Dr. Sarah Mercer (University of Graz) and Dr. Geoff Lawrence (York University). Please find more information
in the call for papers and on the</b></span><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: white;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(4, 51, 255); background-color: white;"><a style="margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025#plenaryspeakers" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA527326a2-34fa-a739-09dc-7b345ecba264" target="_blank" href="https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/cerll/symposium-2025#plenaryspeakers">CERLL
website.</a></span></div>
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Thank you, and wishing you all a wonderful summer! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);">Faith Marcel, PhD, OCELT</span></p>
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</i>Centre for Research in Education</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black;">Niagara College, Canada</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: black; background-color: white;">Contact: (905)735-2211 Ext 7601<br>
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