Call for papers: 16th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Saskatoon, Canada, 14-18 June 2027. Deadline: symposium submission: 30 June 2026; paper submission: 1 October 2026.
The theme for ISB 16 is Languages in Academia and in Communities, reflecting both scholarly excellence and community engagement. The theme is aimed at meeting ISB’s mission to create a space for researchers with a diverse range of interests to share their knowledge and gain new perspectives, and to foster meaningful cross-disciplinary collaborations. Organizers hope to bring together researchers working on different faces of bilingualism, including different research areas, methodological approaches, and populations. In line with this aim, they have invited key-note speakers who represent different faces of bilingualism. This broad theme reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the organizing committee and multilingualism of our communities.
To capitalize on this expertise, ISB16 will feature the Community Outreach Event to engage with parents, language teachers, practitioners and general public on issues of bilingualism and multilingualism. Reflecting the home of the conference, our special focus is on linguistic inclusion and diversity, as we have distinct areas of Indigenous languages as well as bilingualism and multilingualism in official, heritage, immigrant, regional and other minority languages.
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