In Pursuit of Truth: Faculty of Education Researchers Present at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference 2023

Paper Sessions

• Educational Transformation and Relational Accountability in Education Change Networks  
  Leyton Schnellert, The University of British Columbia; Sara Florence Davidson, Simon Fraser University; Bonny-Lynn Donovan, University of British Columbia
• Family (Hi)Story in My Dancing Body 
  Carolina Bergonzoni, Simon Fraser University
• Interrogating Colonial/Postcolonial Educational Approaches in Working with Students Who Use English as Their Second Language 
  Michele Schmidt, Simon Fraser University, Kristina Berynets, City University of Seattle, Charles F. Scott, Simon Fraser University
• Journalism Education as a Site for Civic Reasoning: Conceptual Change and Moral Resistance  
  Robyn Ilten-Gee, Simon Fraser University; James Francom, Van Tech Secondary
• Learning Contexts in Science Education: Perspectives From Secondary School Students
  Dawit Asrat Getahun, Bahir Dar University, Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University, Henos Ejigu, Bahir Dar University, Getahun Tadesse, Bahir Dar University
• Linguistic Landscape of Vancouver: Multilingualism and Translanguaging 
  Aylar Adeh, Simon Fraser University
• Mapping Semiotic Cycles in the Trajectory of an International Student in a Canadian University 
  Pedro L dos Santos, Simon Fraser University
• New Language, New Identity: The Role of French in Group Belonging, Accent, and Identity Construction for British Columbia French Immersion Youths 
  Livia Poljak, Simon Fraser University
• Romantic Rewritings of Respair in Young Adult Sexual Assault Narrative Fan Fiction  
  Amber Moore, Simon Fraser University
• Teacher Education for Students with Refugee Experiences: A Literature Exploration 
  Amrit Kaur Cojocaru, Simon Fraser University
• Whole-Being Responses to Oppression: Toward Holistic-Contemplative Learning
  Leslie P. Shayer, University of British Columbia, Heather Williams, Simon Fraser University, Renata Cueto de Souza, Simon Fraser University, Heesoon Bai, Simon Fraser University, Karen Ragoonaden, The University of British Columbia, Oren Ergas, Beit Berl College and Hebrew University

Symposium

• Bridging the Research-Practice Gap: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teachers' and Schools' Engagement with and in Research
  Discussant: Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University
• Children's Augmented Storying With Trees: A Relational Inquiry
  Kristiina P. Kumpulainen, Simon Fraser University, Jenny Renlund, University of Helsinki, Jenny Byman, University of Helsinki, Chin Chin Wong, University of Helsinki
• Interrogating What Counts as an Inclusive Classroom: Toward Power, Participation, and Voice
  Inna Stepaniuk, Simon Fraser University
• Role of Objects-to-Think-With in an Online Distributed Teacher Professional Development
  Yumiko Murai, Simon Fraser University, Hiroyuki Murmatsu, Shinshu University
• What's in a Name? The Signifiers and Empty Signifiers of Environmental Sustainability Education: Implications for Teacher Education  
  Douglas David Karrow, Brock University; Xavier Eric Fazio, Brock University; David B. Zandvliet, Simon Fraser University

Roundtable Sessions

• A Place at the (Leadership) Table: Imagination as a Tool of Empowerment and Belonging  
  Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University; Meaghan Dougherty, Douglas College
• Beyond the Indexical Role of Contexts in Educational Research and Learning Design
  Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University, Addisu L. Bailie, Simon Fraser University, Joseph L. Polman, University of Colorado - Boulder
• Biodiversity in Science Museums: Forms of Representation and Science-Technology-Society-and-Environment Perspectives
  Ana Maria Navas Iannini, Simon Fraser University, Martha Marandino, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Educaçao, Erminia G. Pedretti, OISE/University of Toronto
• Community Connections: Understanding Preservice Teachers' Enactments of Community-Engaged Teaching Through Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies 
  Amrit Kaur Cojocaru, Simon Fraser University; Pooja Dharamshi, Simon Fraser University
• Dancing-Reading-Writing: An Embodied Arts-Based Research Practice 
  Carolina Bergonzoni, Simon Fraser University
• Opening Decolonizing Possibilities in Introduction to Educational Psychology Courses: A Multimodal Narrative Analysis of Syllabi
  Lorna Andrews, University of the Fraser Valley, Robyn Ilten-Gee, Simon Fraser University, Nikki Yee, University of the Fraser Valley
• Reconceptualizing Semiotic Resources in the Eco-Social System of an Online Language Tutoring Course 
  Qinghua Chen, Simon Fraser University, Angel Mei Yi Lin, Simon Fraser University
• Secondary School Teachers' Ways of Contextualizing Science Teaching and Learning  
  Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University; Dawit Asrat Getahun, Bahir Dar University; Getahun Tadesse, Bahir Dar University; Henos Ejigu, Bahir Dar University
• Teaching Materials in Teaching English as an International Language: Teachers' Perceptions
  Aylar Adeh, Simon Fraser University
• The Walking Curriculum: Just "Good Ideas for Walks" or First Steps Toward Imaginative Ecological Pedagogy?
  Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University
• Weaving Languages: Inuk's Truths About Her Plurilingualism
  Natacha Roudeix, Simon Fraser University

Poster Sessions

• A Science Exhibit About Mental Health: Expectations and Engagement Perspectives 
  Ana Maria Navas lannini, Simon Fraser University; Erminia G. Pedretti, OISE/University of Toronto; Kristen Schaffer, Mount Royal University; Daniel Atkinson, University of Toronto
• Designing for Critical Digital Literacy: Counter-Fairy Tales and lnstagram Shape-Shifters 
  Robyn llten-Gee, Simon Fraser University; Mark McLean, Vancouver School Board; Roberta Loo; James Francom, Van Tech Secondary
• Exploring and Promoting Cross-Faculty Collaboration Through Data Visualization 
  Nathalie Sinclair, Simon Fraser University; Quincy Wang, Simon Fraser University

Business meeting

• Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality SIG Business Meeting
  Officer: Angel Mei Yi Lin, Simon Fraser University