Jennifer Burton is an Assistant Professor in Education in the TESL/Applied Linguistics Program at Concordia University, Canada. She completed her PhD in Language and Literacies Education with a collaborative specialization in Language Policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.  ​Her scholarship broadly centers on critical approaches to identity, ideology, and emotions in language practice and policy. 

​Drawing on nearly two decades of language teaching experience in diverse educational contexts in Korea and in Canada, Jennifer is interested in how our second language classrooms might become more inclusive of learners' multiple cultural, linguistic, and affective ways of knowing.

Jennifer loves to travel, connect with others, and write about life experiences. Sometimes this writing takes the shape of academic papers published in journals, and other times it’s in the form of short stories, poetry or spoken word art. Recently, she adopted Nikee, a Jindo dog from Korea.

You can read more about her work on Google Scholar. ​​

PROJECTS

• Addressing social-justice approaches to diversity through the lens of emotions with critical multilingual language awareness among pre-service ESL teachers
• Discrimination in academic settings at Canadian universities

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Bale, J., Rajendram, S., Brubacher, K., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M. A., Burton, J., Wong, W., Zhang, Y., Larson, E. J., Gagné, A., & Kerekes, J. (2023). More than “just good teaching”: Centering multilingual learners and countering racism in teacher education. Multilingual Matters.

Journal Articles

• ​Burton, J. (in press) “I am THAT refugee!” Raising critical multilingual language awareness through spoken word poetry with refugee-background learners. TESOL Quarterly.
• Burton, J. (2024). Critical pedagogy and antiracist practices in language teaching with spoken word poetry. Journal of Education, Language, and Ideology (JELI), 2(1), 18-42. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13931895
• Ojha, L., Burton, J., & De Costa, P. (2024). Critical teacher education for equitable learning in multilingual classrooms: A possible way forward. International Multilingual Research Journal, 18(3), 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2367812
• Burton, J., Rajendram, S., & Wong, W. (2024). Translanguaging for critical multilingual language awareness: Preparing teacher candidates to support multilingual learners in classroom. International Multilingual Research Journal [Special Issue], 18(3), 208–231. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2327809
• Burton, J. (2023). Supporting multilingual English language learners through spoken word poetry and multimodal identity text activities. COPAL [Special Issue], 7, 16-28. https://doe.concordia.ca/copal/documents/7_Burton.pdf
• Rajendram, S., Burton, J., Wong, W., & Bale, J. (2022). Examining teacher candidates’ pedagogical practices and stances towards translanguaging and multimodality in writing. Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 25(3), 33-65. https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2022.32597
• Gagné, A., Bale, J., Kerekes, J., Rajendram, S., Adjetey Nii-Owoo, Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Centering multilingual learners and countering racism in Canadian teacher education. OLBI Journal, 12(1), 59–73. https://doi.org/10.18192/olbij.v12i1.5982
• Rajendram, S., Burton, J., & Wong, W. (2022). Online translanguaging and multiliteracies strategies to support K‐12 multilingual learners: Identity texts, linguistic landscapes, and photovoice. TESOL Journal, Article e685. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.685
• Burton, J., & Van Viegen, S. (2021). Spoken word poetry with multilingual youth from refugee backgrounds. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 65(1), 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1178
• Kim, H., Burton, J. L., Ahmed, T., & Bale, J. (2020). Linguistic hierarchisation in education policy development: Ontario’s Heritage Languages Program. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 41(4), 320–332. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2019.1618318
• Burton, J., & Rajendram, S. (2019). Translanguaging-as-resource: University ESL instructors’ language orientations and attitudes toward translanguaging. TESL Canada Journal [Special Issue], 36(1), 21-47. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v36i1.1301
• Burton, J. L. (2016). “I’m still angry:” A Korean student’s self-negotiation in her Canadian classroom. in education, 22(2), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.37119/ojs2016.v22i2.306​

Book Chapters

• Rajendram, S., & Burton. J. (in press). Myth: “Students’ first language should be banned from the additional language classroom.” In V. Viana (Ed.), Language education myths. Cambridge University Press.
• Burton, J., Wong, W., & Rajendram, S. (2020). Creative poetry, digital, and spoken word activities to support multilingual English language learners in K-12 classrooms. In H. Elsherif & M. Masson (Eds.), Every teacher is a language teacher (Vol. 1). University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c). https://doi.org/10.20381/an3d-6k16
• Burton, J. (2019). “Make yourself look as White as possible!” Navigating privilege in English language teaching in South Korea, an autoethnography. In. A. S. M. Al-Issa & S. A. Mirhosseini (Eds.), World English language education today: Ideologies, policies and practices. Routledge Taylor & Francis.

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Book Reviews

• Ojha, L., & Burton, J. (under review). (Re)imagining translanguaging pedagogies through teacher–researcher collaboration (Edited by L. Shepard-Carey & Z. Tian). Bilingual Research Journal.
• Burton, J. (2022). Plurilingual pedagogies: Critical and creative endeavours for equitable language in education. TESL Canada Journal, 38(2), 228–230. https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v38i2.1351
• Burton, J. (2018). Identities, experiences, and practices of foreign language teachers: The multilingual instructor book review [Review of the book The Multilingual Instructor, by C. Kramsch & L. Zhang]. The Linguist List.
• Khanam, R. & Burton, J. (2015). From the classroom to the bedroom: A review of Language Learning, Gender and Desire—Japanese Women on the Move [Review of the book Language Learning, Gender and Desire—Japanese Women on the Move, by K. Takahashi]. in education 21(1), 161. 

PRESENTATIONS

• Rajendram, S., & Burton, J. (2024, June). Examining Teacher Candidates’ Understanding of Critical Multilingual Language Awareness and Anti-Racist Translanguaging Practices. ACLA/CAAL 2024 Conference, Montreal, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2024, March). “I am THAT refugee!” Spoken word poetry for critical language awareness with multilingual students. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024 Conference. Houston, Texas, United States.
  
• Ojha, L. P., & Burton, J. (2024, March). What counts as ‘critical’ language awareness? A review of teacher education research in multilingual contexts. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024 Conference. Houston, Texas, United States.
  
• Rajendram, S., Burton, J., Wong, W., & Bale, J. (2023, June). Preparing teacher candidates to support multilingual learners in K-6 classrooms. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference, Portland, United States.
  
• Burton, J. (2023, June). Engaging an expansive translanguaging perspective in a spoken word poetry pedagogical innovation for language teaching and learning. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Conference, Portland, United States.
  
• Bale, J., Rajendram, S., Brubacher, K., Adejetey-Nii Owoo, M., Burton, J., Wong, W., Larson, E., Zhang, Y., Gagńe, A., & Kerekes J. (2022). Centering multilingual learners and countering racism in teacher education. International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA).
  
• Burton, J. (2022, August). Redistributing expertise in the English-for-academic purposes classroom through spoken word curricular activities with multilingual learners. Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada.
  
• Rajendram, S., Wong, W., Burton, J., & Bale, J. (2022, May). Examining teacher candidates' translanguaging and multilteracies orientations and pedagogical knowledge in supporting multilingual learners' writing. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference 2022.
  
• Burton, J. & Theaker, N. (2022, June) Translanguaging and Affective Pedagogies in Spoken Word Poetry for Multilingual Learners in an English for Academic Purposes Class. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference 2022.
  
• Rajendram, S., Burton, J., Wong, W., & Bale, J. (2022, March). Preparing teacher candidates to support multilingual learners in their writing through translanguaging and multiliteracies. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2022 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
  
• Burton, J. (2021, August). Translanguaging with spoken word poetry: A pedagogical innovation in an English-for-academic purposes course. Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada.
  
• Bale, J., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Rajendram, S., & Wong, W. (2021, May). Getting beyond translanguaging as pedagogy. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference 2021.
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Kerekes, J., Rajendram, S., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Larson, J., Adobea Nii Owoo, M., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y (2021, May). CATE Symposium-Panel: Mainstream Teacher Education and Linguistically Responsive Teaching. Canadian Society for Study of Education (CSSE). Annual Conference 2021.
  
• Bale, J., Rajendram, S., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W. (2021, May). Who are multilingual learners in Ontario imagined to be? Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference 2021.
  
• Burton, J. & Desyatova, Y. (2021, April). Adult Language Learners’ Experiences with a Mandatory Assessment Protocol: Policy Aspirations and Empirical Findings. American Educational Research Association (AERA).
  
• Burton, J. & Rajendram, S. (2021, April). Enacting a Translanguaging-as-Resource Orientation in Higher Education: Ideological, Pedagogical, and Institutional Challenges and Opportunities. American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Virtual Conference.
  
• Burton, J. (2021, April). Critical Mo(ve)ments Mentoring Group. American Educational Research Association (AERA). 2021 Virtual Conference.
  
• Bale, J., Rajendram, S., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W. (2021, April). Who are multilingual learners in Ontario imagined to be? 2021 Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) Conference.
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Rajendram, S., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021, April). More than “just good teaching”: Centering multilingual learners and countering racism in Canadian teacher education. 2021 Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) Conference. (Featured event)
  
• Theaker, N., Burton, J., & Rajendram, S. (2021, April). Challenges and Opportunities in Enacting a Translanguaging-as-Resource Orientation in University ESL Classrooms. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference.
  
• Bale, J., Burton, J., Zhang, Y., & Larson, E. (2021, April). Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Assessing K-12 Teacher-Candidate Learning About Linguistically-Responsive Teaching. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
  
• Burton, J. & Desyatova, Y. (2021, April). Adult Language Learner Autonomy in Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA). American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL).
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Rajendram, S., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2021, March). Mainstream teacher education and linguistically-responsive teaching: Critical perspectives on teacher-candidate learning about supporting multilingual learners. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference.
  
• Bale, J., Rajendram, S., Adjetey-Nii Owoo, M., Burton, J., Larson, E. J., Wong, W. (2021, March). Who are multilingual learners imagined to be? American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference.
  
• Burton, J. (2020, August). Translanguaging Pedagogy with Spoken Word Poetry: An Innovative Approach to English Language Teaching and Learning. Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada. (Conference canceled)
  
• Burton, J. (2020, August). Spoken Word Poetry as Pedagogy: Examining the English Language Learning Affordances of an Innovative Approach to English Language Teaching. The 19th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Groningen, Netherlands. (Conference canceled)
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Kerekes, J., Rajendram, S., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Collura, D., Larson, J., Adobea Nii Owoo, M., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2020, June). Mainstream teacher education and linguistically responsive teaching: Critical perspectives on teacher-candidate learning about supporting English learners. Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) XLVIII Annual Conference, London, ON, Canada. (Conference cancelled)
  
• Burton, J. (2020, June). Engaging Students’ Linguistic and Cultural Resources with Translanguaging in Spoken Word Poetry Pedagogy. (Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) Annual Conference, London, ON., Canada. (Conference canceled)
  
• Kawaguchi, M. Burton, J. Yanes, M. Zhang, Y. (2020, June). Policy genealogy as a methodology for historical research: Interpretive communities and oral histories of the policy of heritage language education (Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) Annual Conference, London, ON., Canada. (Conference canceled)
  
• Burton, J. (2020, June). Spoken Word Poetry: Exploring Multilingual Possibilities with an Innovative Approach to English Language Teaching. Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE). London, ON, Canada. (Conference canceled)
  
• Bale, J. Kawaguchi, M., Burton, J., Zhang, Y., & Yanes, M. (2020, May). History, Genealogy, and Language-Policy Research Centre canadien d'études et de recherche en bilinguisme et aménagement linguistique (CCERBAL). Ottawa, ON. Canada. (Conference canceled)
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Kerekes, J., Rajendram, S., Brubacher, K., Burton, J., Collura, D., Larson, J., Adobea Nii Owoo, M., Wong, W., & Zhang, Y. (2020, May). Mainstream teacher education and linguistically responsive teaching: Critical perspectives on teacher-candidate learning about supporting English learners. Canadian Centre for Studies and Research on Bilingualism and Language Planning (CCERBAL) 2020 Conference, Ottawa, ON, Canada. (Featured event) (Conference cancelled)
  
• Rajendram, S. & Burton, J. (2020, April) Ideological, Pedagogical, and Institutional Challenges and Opportunities in Enacting a Translanguaging-as-Resource Orientation in Higher Education [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/txeupxk (Conference Canceled)
  
• Desyatova, Y. & Burton, J. (2020, April). Examining Learner Autonomy in Portfolio-Based Language Assessment: Adult Student Experiences. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Denver, CO, USA. (Conference Canceled)
  
• Burton, J. & Rajendram, S. (2020, April). Translanguaging-as-Resource: Exploring University ESL Instructors’ Attitudes Towards Translanguaging. American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL). Denver, CO, USA. (Conference canceled)
  
• Burton, J. (2019, December). Translanguaging in Spoken Word Poetry: Engaging Students’ Diverse Linguistic and Cultural Resources in Language Pedagogy. Multilingual and Multicultural Language Planning and Policy (MMLPP) Conference. Prague, Czech Republic.
  
• Burton, J. L. & Desyatova, Y (2019, December). Learning English with PBLA: What LINC Students Say. TESL Ontario Annual Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. L., & Desyatova, Y. (2019, September). “I didn’t care about the assessments”: Examining Student Experiences of Portfolio-Based Language Assessment in Immigrant English Language Programs in Canada. Paper presented at the 2019 EducLang Conference. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. L., & Desyatova, Y. (2019, August). Student Experiences with Portfolio-based Language Assessment (PBLA) Policy in Adult English Language Learning Programs in Canada. Paper presented at the 2019 Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Kim, H., Burton, J. L., Ahmed, T., & Bale, J. (2019, August). Linguistic hierarchization in education policy development: Ontario’s Heritage Languages Program. Paper presented at the 2019 Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy & Planning Conference. Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Rajendram, S., & Burton, J. (2019, June). “Live your Life in English": University ESL instructors' language orientations and attitudes towards translanguaging. Paper presented at the Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC., Canada.
  
• Bale, J., Kerekes, J., Brubacher, K., Nii Owoo, M., Rajendram, S., Wong, W., Burton, J., & Zhang, Y. (2019, June) Teacher-Candidate Learning as Measured by a Pedagogical Content Knowledge Test on Supporting English Learners. Paper presented at Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC., Canada.
  
• Burton, J. & Desyatova, Y. (2019, May). Adult English Language Learning Experiences with Portfolio-based Language Assessment (PBLA). Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC), Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Bale, J., Kerekes, J., Brubacher, K., Nii Owoo, M., Rajendram, S., Wong, W., Burton, J., & Zhang, Y. (2019, April). Teacher-Candidate Learning as Measured by a Pedagogical Content Knowledge Test on Supporting English Learners. Paper presented as part of a symposium on Teacher Education Policies and Linguistic Diversity: An Investigation of Teacher Education for Supporting English Learners at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Toronto.
  
• Bale, J., Gagné, A., Kerekes, J., Brubacher, K., Nii Owoo, M., Rajendram, S., Wong, W., Burton, J., & Zhang, Y. (2019, April). Teacher Education Policies and Linguistic Diversity: An Investigation of Teacher Education for Supporting English Learners. Paper presented at the CAN–Germany Workshop on the Integration of Refugees, OISE.
  
• Barron, C., Burton, J. L., Jang, E. E., Russell, B., Vincett, M., Kim, H., & Donato, A. (2019, April). Standardized language test profiles and international students’ preparedness for academic language demands: A mixed-methods analysis. Paper presented at the 9th Canadian Association of Language Assessment (CALA) Symposium. Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Rajendram, S., Wong, W. & Burton, J. (2019, March). Supporting English Language Learners through Multilingual Storytelling and Writing Activities, TESOL 2019 International Convention & English Language Expo. Atlanta, USA. 
  
• Burton, J., & Kim, H.A. (2018, September) A comparative policy analysis of multilingual education in Ontario and Saskatchewan, Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Planning & Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada. 
  
• Rajendram, S., & Burton, J. (2018, August). The language orientations of English as a second language (ESL) instructors and their pedagogical implications for classroom language policy, Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Planning & Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada. 
  
• Burton, J., & Kim, H. A. (2018, August). What can Ontario learn from Saskatchewan’s approach to multilingual education, Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Planning & Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2018, May). Positioning of South Korean Students at a Canadian University: “ESL Title Is Pretty Embarrassing”, Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL), Regina, SK, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2018, May). “I’m still angry! A Korean student’s self-negotiations in her Canadian classroom, Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE), Regina, SK, Canada.
  
• Burton, J., & Rajendram, S. (2018, April). Instructor attitudes towards linguistic diversity in university classrooms, Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC), Toronto, ON, Canada.
  
• Kawaguchi, M. & Burton, J. (2018, April). Thinking through research: The project of Heritage Languages Program in Ontario, Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC), Toronto, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2018, March). “Fantasy of…Canadian culture” Two South Korean students’ self-negotiation in the global north, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Mexico City, Mexico.
  
• Burton, J. (2017, July). Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian University, The 18th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Rio, Brazil.
  
• Burton, J. (2016, May). Socio-positioning of South Korea university students in a Canadian university, Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL), Calgary, AB, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2016, May). Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian university, ShenKuo Research Exchange Program Presented by Hunan University and the University of Regina, Changsha, China.
  
• Burton, J. (2016, May). Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian University, University of Regina ShenKuo Program and North China Electric Power University International Academic Forum, Beijing, China.
  
• Burton, J. (2016, April). Positioning of South Korean Students in a Canadian University, 3MT, Regina, SK, Canada.
  
• Burton, J. (2014, May). [De]institutionalizing English, TESL Canada Conference, Regina, SK. Canada.​​

INVITED presentations, SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

• Burton, J. & Ojha, L. P. (2024, August). Critical (multilingual) language awareness in teacher education: Insights from global contexts. Invited talk in a webinar organized by TESOL International Association, Bi/Multilingual Interest Section. [Virtual] https://youtu.be/Ec7hDPKAWqY
• Burton, J. (2024, May). When Our Students Speak their Truth: Engaging Critical and Creative ESL Teaching Through Spoken Word Poetry. For Researchers and Educators of English as an Additional Language Webinars [Virtual] https://youtu.be/Mu5FIOSK618
• Burton, J. (2022, November). Translanguaging in English as a Second Language Programs in Higher Education: Tensions, Challenges, and Research-Based Strategies. Invited talk for Howard Community College.
• Burton, J. (2022, April). Spoken word poetry and multimodal activities for language teaching. Conversations that Include Interactive Workshop Series. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
• Sarkar, M., Phipps, H., Chung, R., Burton, J., dela Cruz J. W., Meighan, P., Riches, C. Cale, B., & Hardin, K. (2022, March). The Belonging, Identity, Language and Diversity (BILD) Group: Critical Sociolinguistics Reach out from Montreal to a Wider World. Multiʻōlelo 2022 Webinar Series. Hawai’i, U.S (75-minute Invited Presentation)
  
• Burton, J. (2022, March). When Our Students Speak Their Truth: Creative and Critical Spoken Word Poetry Activities to Support Language Learning. TESL Saskatchewan. (90-minute Invited Workshop)
• Rajendram, S., Burton, J., Wong, W., & Bale, J. (2022, January). Preparing teachers to support multilingual learners through translanguaging and multiliteracies pedagogies in K-12 classrooms. Invited talk for the Centre for Educational Research in Language and Literacies (CERLL) Teatime Research Circle Talk, OISE, University of Toronto
• Burton, J. (2021, May). How to apply for SSHRC. Invited panel for SSHRC Doctoral Application. Curriculum, Teaching and Learning (CTL), University of Toronto, Canada
• Wong, W., Rajendram, S., & Burton, J. (2021, January). Linguistic landscapes, photovoice & identity texts: Activities to support English language learners across the Curriculum, University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c).
• Burton, J. (2021, January). Spoken Word Poetry as a Critical Affective Literacy. Presented at SCOLAR, Research group led by Dr. Merrill Swain, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2020, December). Spoken Word Poetry as a Pedagogy for English Language Teaching and Learning. Presented at Dr. Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman’s Dissertation thesis group, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2020, September). Emotions in English Language Learning with Spoken Word Poetry Pedagogy. Presented at SCOLAR, Research group led by Dr. Merrill Swain, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2020, January). Creative Writing Activities to Support Multilingual English Language Learners in K-12 Classrooms, University of Ottawa Second Language Education Cohort (cL2c).
  
• Burton, J. (2019, November). Emotions in English Language Learning with Spoken Word Poetry Pedagogy. Presented at SCOLAR, Research group led by Dr. Merrill Swain, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2019, September). Thinking Outside the Academic Box: The Alternative Dissertation Panelists. Invited Symposium, EducLang, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Co-Panelists: Keri Cheechoo, Heba Elsherief, Julie Vaudrin Charette
• Burton, J., Rajendram, S., & Wong, W. (2018, October). Multilingual writing activities for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Invited Lecture in ED9300 Understanding Second Language Learning & Teaching, MPEd Field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Western University, Canada.
• Burton, J. L. & Kim, H. (2019, February). Policy genealogy as an approach to historical analysis: The Heritage Languages Program of Ontario. Presented at Theory & Method Seminar Series, Faculty of Education, University of Regina, Regina, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2019, November). Spoken Word Poetry Pedagogy for Language Teaching and Learning. Presented at Informal Seminar Series of Center for Educational Research on Language and Literacies (CERLL), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada.
• Burton, J. L. & Kim, H. (2018, September). A comparative policy analysis of multilingual education in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Presented at Informal Seminar Series of Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies (CERLL), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada.
• Burton, J. (2018, February). Positioning of South Korean Students at a Canadian University: “ESL Title Is Pretty Embarrassing”. Presented at Informal Seminar Series at Center for Educational Research on Language and Literacies (CERLL), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada.
• Burton, J., & Sterzuk, A. (2015, November). How to Apply for SSHRC Workshop, Invited Lecture, University of Regina, Canada.

MEDIA RELATIONS & OUTREACH

• ​Burton, J. (February 2025). The shape of belonging [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group]. 
• ​Burton, J. & Bale, J. (January 2024). Publication alert! Supporting multilingual learners in schools AND ethical publication practices [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group]. 
• Burton, J. BILD-ing over ten yeas: What it has meant to the builders (by 17 bloggers) [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (January 2023). Talking matters as knowledge mobilization (and why every graduate student needs a mentor): A tribute to Merrill Swain [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (May 2022). Shifting from safe spaces to brave spaces: Re-conceptualizing dialogue on social justice and diversity in classrooms [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group]. 
• Burton, J. (October 2022). Linguistic landscapes as an activity to support multilingual learners in mainstream classrooms [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (November 2021). The untranslatable: Squid game*, positioning theory, and classroom language teaching [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group]. 
• Burton, J. (November 2020). Lessons from a Korean mother-in-law [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (November 2019). Spoken word poetry and language learning and teaching [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (September 2019). The International Doctoral Summer School in TESOL and Applied Linguistics in Malta [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (May 2019). On be(come)ing a critical English language teacher researcher: A personal reflection [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].
• Burton, J. (November 2015). [De]institutionalizing English [Web blog post on Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity research group].​

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