APHD Belonging & Solidarity Social Series
Language, Culture, and Lunar New Year
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252 Bloor Street West
9th Floor Student Lounge
Toronto ON M5S 1V6
Canada
All are welcome to enjoy a festive and meaningful gathering featuring traditional Chinese calligraphy (writing 鈥滅 / Fu鈥 for good fortune), light snacks, and hear a talk from Dr. Becky Chen, Tier 1 Research Chair in Literacy Development of Bilingual and Multilingual Children.
Dr. Chen will share her path to excellence in APHD, describe her current research activities, and share her vision for future research in multilingualism.
Event Agenda
12:30 鈥 12:35 PM 鈥 Welcome and opening remarks
12:35 鈥 1:00 PM 鈥 Dr. Becky Chen shares her path to excellence in APHD, her current research, and her vision for future work in multilingualism
1:00 鈥 2:30 PM 鈥 Chinese Calligraphy Workshop: Writing 鈥滅鈥 for Good Fortune
About the Speaker
Dr. Becky (Xi) Chen
Dr. Becky (Xi) Chen is a Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development and Tier 1 Research Chair in Literacy Development of Bilingual and Multilingual Children. She is co-editor-in-chief for Annals of Dyslexia.
Her research specializes in reading development and difficulties in bilingual children. In recent years, most of the studies conducted in her Multilingualism & Literacy Lab involves children in French immersion programs, including both English-French bilinguals as well as trilingual children who speak a minority language at home.
