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Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL)

At the Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL), our researchers cross disciplinary boundaries, innovate, and support multilateral exchanges and partnerships. Our activities are rich and inspiring. Our various stakeholders contribute to and benefit from our projects.

About the CCERBAL

The CCERBAL connects internationally recognized researchers in various fields, including language teaching and learning, assessment, technology, language policy, and family language policy. Our researchers cross disciplinary boundaries, innovate, and support multilateral exchanges and partnerships.

The Centre also serves as an advisory body on language policy and social cohesion in Canada and internationally. Its services are available to the academic community, to governments, and to non-governmental organizations with interest and responsibilities in the field of bilingualism, broadly defined.

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Our mandate

The CCERBAL was established by OLBI with a mandate to promote innovation and excellence in research. By supporting research chairs, research groups, an academic journal, conferences, symposia, special events, partnerships, and multiple other activities, the Centre fosters national and international interdisciplinarity exchanges. In addition to its core and associate members, CCERBAL also welcomes researchers in residence and student researchers who further contribute to the Centre’s richness and vitality.

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Our mission

We are community-builders and internationally recognized experts, prime consultants in dealing with issues related to language planning and social cohesion. We work with Canadian and international universities, all levels of government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations with interests and responsibilities in bilingualism, official languages, and pluri/multilingualism.

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Research groups

200+

Global participants per conference

15+

Years of research excellence

The Director

Valia Spiliotopoulos

Valia Spiliotopoulos (2024 - present)

Valia Spiliotopoulos is the director of the Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL), an associate professor at the University of Ottawa and the director of the Post Secondary Immersion Research Group.

Her current research interests focus on immersion/ content and language integrated learning and bi/multilingual students' academic achievement and sociocultural development in higher education. Doctor Spiliotopoulos has spent over 20 years teaching and supporting scholarship and innovation in universities and K-12 education in British Columbia, Quebec, and Ontario. She has also held leadership positions in the areas of English and French language education, teacher education, faculty development, and assessment.

Discover our research

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Research groups

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Research chairs

Meet our research chairs.
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Members

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Research forums

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Get access to the latest developments, thought-provoking discussions, and groundbreaking research in language teaching and learning, language assessment, emerging technologies in the context of language research, language policy, family language policy, and beyond. Stay informed, engage with our academic community, and become a part of a vibrant network of scholars, experts, and language research enthusiasts.
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OLBI Journal

Peer-reviewed proceedings and thematic issues.

Contact us

CCERBAL

70 Laurier Avenue East
Room 130
Ottawa, ON  K1N 6N5
Canada

Telephone: 613-562-5743
Fax: 613-562-5126
[email protected]