In 2023, the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Right to Read Inquiry Report emphasized that all children in all education programs have the fundamental right to learn to read. In collaboration with Ontario school boards encompassing all 5 regions of the province, a diagnostic assessment tool targeted at early years French immersion students was created as a response to such need for French-as-an-additional-language assessment tools. This tool assesses French immersion students’ skills in phonological awareness, phonics, and word reading.
Meet the Team
Dr. Becky Xi Chen – Professor
Dr. Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher – Senior Research Officer
Diana Burchell – Research Assistant, Applied Psychology and Human Development
Meng-Hsun Lee - Research Assistant, Applied Psychology and Human Development
Hilary Walton - Research Assistant, Department of French
Carolyn White - Research Assistant, Applied Psychology and Human Development
Angeline Humber - Teacher Consultant, Greater Essex County District School Board, Project Lead
Renata Dean – Curriculum Consultant, French as an Additional Language and Modern Languages, Halton Catholic District School Board
Haley Brooks – French as a Second Language Learning Coach, District School Board Ontario North East
Kirsten Johnston – Program Coordinator, French Language Programs, Classical and International Languages, Toronto District School Board
Patricia Renaud – French as a Second Language Catholic Curriculum Coordinator, Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board
Jordan Sloan – Bilingual Literacy Coach, Renfrew County District School Board
Tanya Vincze – System Principal of K-6 Learning and Teaching and K-12 French as a Second Language, District School Board Ontario North East
Lesley Doell, National French Immersion Consultant/ Conseillère pédagogique nationale en immersion française, Canadian Association of Immersion Professionals/ Association canadienne des professionnels de l’immersion
Dr. Caroline Erdos – Professional Coordinator of Speech-Language Pathology, Sir Wilfrid
Laurier School Board
Dr. Josée Le Bouthillier, Research Associate / Associée à la recherche, Institut de recherche en langues secondes du Canada / Second Language Research Institute of Canada, University of New Brunswick
Una Malcolm – President, International Dyslexia Association Ontario
