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Anti-Racism Statement

TESL Canada is comprised of, and supports the active expression of, different voices, identities, cultures and worldviews. This is part of our identity as an organization. The TESL Canada National Board knows that Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Lives Matter. We stand against racism, discrimination and injustice in all their forms, and commit to reviewing our policies and practices with an anti-racist lens and to promoting anti-racist pedagogies. We ask that our members continue to hold us accountable in this commitment.

 
 
 

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TESL Canada Journal

Call for Proposals: 2025 Special Topic Issue

Dear Colleague,

The TESL Canada Journal (http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca) is soliciting proposals from prospective guest editors for the 2025 Special Issue. The TESL Canada Journal is an open access, refereed journal for practicing teachers, teacher educators, graduate students, and researchers. As the federally funded flagship journal of the TESL Canada Foundation since 1984, its mandate is to publish articles that contribute to the advancement of the teaching and learning of English and French as second languages in Canada; second language teacher education; and the maintenance and development of minority, heritage, or Aboriginal languages. All published articles receive DOIs and are archived by the PKP Preservation Network.

The TESL Canada Journal (TCJ) publishes one (or two) Special Issue (in the late autumn) and two regular issues. Special Issue topics are selected by the Journal Advisory Committee.

Guest editors are responsible for the review process and the selection of content. Special Issues are published online only, on the TESL Canada Journal’s open access website.

Previous Special Issue topics include the following:

2024 (1):

Preparing Teachers to Support Multilingual Learners and Counter

Raciolinguistic Ideologies in Teacher Education

2024 (2):

Teaching Grammar in the 21st Century: Revisiting the Old and Envisioning the New

2023:

Second Language Writing in Canada: Research, Theory, and Instruction

2022:

Plurilingualism and Translanguaging: Pedagogical Approaches for Empowerment and Validation

2020:

Corrective Feedback in Language Teaching and Learning: Connecting

Research and Practice

2019 (1):

Language and Higher Education

2019 (2):

Building Capacity for 21st Century Digital ELT Practices

2018:

The Shifting Landscape of Professional Self-Development for ELT Practitioners in Canada

2017:

Formulaic Language in English Language Acquisition and Teaching

2016:

Refugees in Canada: ESL for Resilience and Empowerment

2015:

Language Assessment in Canada: Critical Issues and Research Agenda

2014:

Task-Based Language Teaching and Learning

2013:

Teaching and Learning Pragmatics in TESL

 

2012:

Generation 1.5 in Canada: Multiple Perspectives on a Shifting

Demographic Landscape

2011:

Ethics in Cross-Cultural, Cross-Linguistic Research

 

Please include the following details in your proposal:

  1. Proposed title
  2. Guest Editor(s), Affiliation, Contact information
  3. Rationale for a Special Issue on this topic (including its current relevance to TESL in Canada) (maximum 4 pages; please place references at the end of the proposal)
  4. Overview of proposed contents: a brief description of the theme, with topics to be included
  5. List of possible contributors and proposed means of soliciting submissions (including conferences)
  6. Qualifications of the Guest Editor(s) (including previous related experience and familiarity with the TESL Canada Journal; reviewer experience with other journals; publishing experience outside of authorship)
  7. Proposed timeline for Fall 2024 publication
  8. References

Please submit your proposals to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by August 15, 2024.

In the subject line, please insert “TESL Canada Journal 2025 Special Issue Proposal”. Please direct questions regarding proposals to Farahnaz Faez at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Antonella Valeo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sincerely,

Farahnaz Faez and Antonella Valeo Editors, TESL Canada Journal

President's Message

April 19, 2024
 

Dear TESL Canada Board, Staff, and Members, 

I was very honoured to receive a nomination for the role of TESL Canada President in the summer of 2023. I joined the TESL Canada Board in 2014 and have served on various committees as TESL Manitoba representative since then. 

I have been very grateful for all your support during my transition period as the TESL Canada President since October 2023. It has been a privilege to collaborate with you on determining the right paths to achieve TESL Canada Strategic Planning priorities.

I would like to thank the outgoing Board members for their talents, contributions, and inspirations in fostering TESL Canada's mission and vision. Thank you very much!
I am looking forward to learning more about your dreams, aspirations, and innovations in making the TESL field thriving. Let’s collaborate!

Irina Volchok, MA
President
TESL Canada 

 

 

 

 

TCEF Fall Professional Learning Grants and TCEF TESL Canada Scholarship Available for TESL Canada Members

Members, please note that there are two professional learning grants currently open for application! Applications for the professional learning grants will be accepted until the deadline of July 22, 2024. See details, including application forms, on the TESL Canada Educational Foundation page.