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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">We invite you to submit abstracts for the </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">2018 Conference of the </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Centre
for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies, whose theme will be </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><i>Language and Identity in Francophone Canada,
</i>and for which we would very much welcome contributions on language policy and planning. The conference will take place at </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Senate House, London, on </span><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">5th
and 6th July 2018.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">With best wishes,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Ruth and Craig</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><b>Call for papers:</b></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">When Justin Trudeau told the New York Times that ‘there is no core identity, no mainstream in Canada’, this caused little commotion among
Canadians. With all of its cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity, Canada may well be the ‘first post-national state’ (Foran, 2017). Being Canadian can thus mean many things – and Canadians construct, express and perceive their various identities in a multitude
of different ways. Based on a large body of research evidence, it has long been acknowledged that language is an important symbol of identity (e.g. Grosjean, 1982). The link between language and identity is an issue that continues to engage researchers from
all disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Education Studies and Social Sciences – and it is of particular interest where Francophones in Canada are concerned. A linguistic majority in Quebec but a minority in all other provinces and in the country as a whole,
Francophone communities across Canada are highly heterogeneous. From British Columbia to Newfoundland, these communities have different histories and traditions, they vary in size and in ethnolinguistic vitality, and they differ in their composition of native-born
Canadians and newcomers to the country. This heterogeneity of the Francophone communities is reflected in their identities. For this interdisciplinary conference, we invite contributions from researchers of all levels and from all disciplines, whose work focuses
on any aspect of language and identity in any part of Francophone Canada.</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Please send abstracts (250-300 words) in either English or French to this email address <</span><a href="mailto:cqfcs2018conference@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">cqfcs2018conference@gmail.com</a><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><wbr>>
by <b>1st December 2017</b>, specifying a title, the name of the speaker(s) and their institutional affiliation. </span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><b>Facebook event page:</b> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/Language_and_Identity_in_Francophone_Canada" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=http://bit.ly/Language_and_Identity_in_Francophone_Canada&source=gmail&ust=1510323268805000&usg=AFQjCNEeeL0Q-EgLjCcPZJ1RdQXhk7KQQA" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">http://bit.ly/Language_<wbr>and_Identity_in_Francophone_<wbr>Canada</a><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><b>Confirmed keynote speakers:</b></span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Krista Byers-Heinlein, Concordia University</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Matthew Hayday, University of Guelph</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Leigh Oakes, Queen Mary University of London</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;"><span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Sherry Simon, University of London</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><b>Conference organisers:</b></span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Ruth Kircher, Liverpool Hope University (lead organiser)</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">Craig Moyes, Kings College London</span><br style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">
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<span style="font-size: 13.333333015441895px;">This conference is generously sponsored by the Canada-UK Foundation as well as the University of London's Cassal Endowment Fund, and it will include a reception sponsored by the Quebec Government Office.</span></p>
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