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<div dir="ltr"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium;padding:0px"><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues, </span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></div></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This is a call for <u>paper proposals</u> to
 the symposia hosted by the Language Policy Research Network 
(LPReN) associated with the 2027 AILA World Congress, to be held in 
Vancouver, Canada. Please note, the conference will be 
place-based.  Submissions for online presentations will <b><u>not</u> </b>be accepted. LPReN is a <a href="https://aila.info/research/list-of-rens/" target="_blank">ReN</a> associated with the </span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> or </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">International Association of Applied Linguistics (</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">AILA).</span></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></font></span></div></div></blockquote></div><div><div></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:medium;padding:0px"><div><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA) </span></b><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">will host AILA 2027 World Congress  AUGUST 9 - 13, 2027 in VANCOUVER, CANADA</span></b><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><br><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">**Please submit LPReN Paper proposals via this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGJcGgNzjfErb90QdklQPTh9GpcDUJ4fEb4qWGLWROkfLyCw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107334303784367330524" target="_blank">form </a>by 30th June 2026: </b><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGJcGgNzjfErb90QdklQPTh9GpcDUJ4fEb4qWGLWROkfLyCw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107334303784367330524" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGJcGgNzjfErb90QdklQPTh9GpcDUJ4fEb4qWGLWROkfLyCw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107334303784367330524</a><br><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Important Dates:</font></b><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">LPReN Symposia proposal submission deadline: </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">30 June</b> <b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2026</b><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Notification of Proposal Accept/Reject: </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">September 2026</b><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Detailed information is available on the AILA 2027 World Congress </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">website at:</span><a href="http://goog_190850/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.aila2027.com/AILA-2027-World-Congress" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.aila2027.com/AILA-2027-World-Congress</a><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We will use the same guidance on paper proposals as is available from the conference website: </span><a href="https://www.aila2027.com/aila-2027-world-congress/papers" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://www.aila2027.com/aila-2027-world-congress/papers</a><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">HOWEVER, our Language Policy ReN review process is </span><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><u>independent</u><i> </i></b><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">from the main conference platform. </span><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We
 hope for a robust representation of papers addressing Language Policy 
related issues as part of the AILA 2027 World Congress LPReN symposia.</span><br><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center">DO NOT submit your LPReN-hosted paper proposal to the open AILA 2027 platform; instead,</b><u style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"></u><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center"> submit your proposal via this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGJcGgNzjfErb90QdklQPTh9GpcDUJ4fEb4qWGLWROkfLyCw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=107334303784367330524" target="_blank">form </a>by 30th June</b><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">With best wishes,</span><br><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">LPReN Co-Convenors: Sarah CK Moore, David Cassels Johnson, Francis M. Hult</font></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>

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