CILS 11th Symposium update
11th Annual Symposium Bilingualism Across the Lifespan Friday, May 1, 2015 10:00am-4:00pm Asian Studies Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver Symposium Program CILS 11th annual Symposium took place on May 1st, 2015. With over 130 participants, many of whom were first-time attendees, the Symposium was a great success, marking the end of CILS academic programming for […] read more
A public lecture by Dr. Darla Deardorff
Centre for Intercultural Language Studies (CILS) UBC Vantage College UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs UBC Continuing Studies Exploring intercultural competence in international education A public lecture by Dr. Darla Deardorff Date: March 10, 2015 Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Location: Room 101, The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC […] read more
In appreciation of Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman’s work at CILS
CILS would like to say good-bye and express our warmest thanks to Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman for her tireless dedication and great enthusiasm as a member of the Advisory Committee. Sandra worked at CILS for many years, starting as an Administrative Coordinator in 2002 and progressing to be a Member of the CILS Advisory Committee. Throughout […] read more
CILS is happy to announce that keynote address delivered by Dr. Galina Elizarova at 20 CILS 10th Annual Symposium Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward has been uploaded to our website. Please use the following link to view both the talk and the PowerPoint presentation: National Cultural Values and International Education in English: Conflict Resolution read more
Welcome to our new advisory committee members!
Is with great pleasure that CILS welcomes three new members to our advisory committee: Dr. Carla Hudson Kam is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Acquisition in the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on the role of the input on developmental language production and processing. […] read more
CILS supported workshop for UBC Learning Exchange
On June 9th, 2014 Natalia Balyasnikova – CILS Graduate Administrative Assistant – was invited to UBC Learning Exchange to facilitate a workshop titled “Intercultural Approach to Teaching English as a Second Language”. Ms. Balyasnikova created this workshop for UBC Learning Exchange volunteers who work with ESL learners with diverse cultural backgrounds. The workshop was attended by ten […] read more
May 9th, 2014
CILS 10th Annual Research Symposium update
CILS 10th Annual Symposium Intercultural Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward Friday, May 9, 2014 | 8 am – 5 pm The University of British Columbia Keynote address by Dr. Galina Elizarova National Cultural Values and International Education in English: Conflict Resolution This talk will focus on why Russian exchange students with a perfect command of […] read more
March 13, 2014
Presentation of the “Revised UBC Tandem Language Learning Handbook”
Dr. Monique Bournot-Trites and Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman presented the “Revised UBC Tandem Language Learning Handbook,” a TLEF-funded project conducted by a group of CILS members. UBC Tandem Language Learning (UBC TLL) is a campus-wide initiative that brings together hundreds of students into a unique collaborative language learning experience. CILS has provided administrative support to this […] read more
February 25-26, 2014
CILS Twentieth Anniversary Celebrations
CILS hosted two events to commemorate its twentieth anniversary, celebrated in 2014. The 20th Anniversary Celebrations of the Centre for Intercultural Language Studies were made possible with the generous support of the following University of British Columbia contributors: Office of the President, Continuing Studies through the English Language Institute, Faculty of Education Office of Graduate […] read more
January 31, 2014
CILS Retreat
CILS retreat was the first of many celebratory events planned for 2014, the year when CILS is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. On January 31st, past and current advisory committee member and other contributors to CILS gathered together to mark the start of the anniversary year. Activities included a brainstorming session regarding the future directions of […] read more