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About L₂RIC

L₂RIC's mission is to play a pivotal role in second language education in Canada and abroad including teacher preparation, research, bilingual program evaluation and policy development.

Creating knowledge, supporting practice

• FSL/ESL teacher preparation
• Professional learning
• Research
• Bilingual program evaluation
• Policy analysis

Our partners

• Canadian Heritage
• Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (CAAL/ACLA)
• Canadian Association of Immersion Professionals (ACPI)
• Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT/ACPLS)
• Canadian Parents for French New Brunswick(CPF NB)
• New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (NB EECD)
• Teachers of English as a Second Language Canada (TESL Canada)
• Teachers of English as a Second Language New Brunswick (TESL NB)

Meet the research

Our history

2006 - present

Second Language Research Institute of Canada (L₂RIC)
Director: Paula Kristmanson, 2021 - present
Director: Joseph Dicks, 2008 – 2021
Director: Sally Rehorick, 2006 – 2008

1994 – 2006

Second Language Education Centre (SLEC)
Directors: Viviane Edwards, Sally Rehorick

1987 – 1994

French Second Language Teacher Education Centre (FSLTEC)
Founded by Doris Leblanc, Viviane Edwards and Dalton London