Conference History Table

 

The following is a table with a history of TESL conferences, from 1979-current.

 

No.

Year

Date

Location

Title

25 2015 October 29 - 31 Lake Louise

Elevating Language Learning to New Heights

Keynote Speakers:

Diane Larsen-Freeman
Randi Reppen
Jane Willis

24 

2014

May 8-10

Regina

Land of Living Languages

Keynote Speakers:

Suresh Canagarajah                                         Sara Cushing Weigle                                       Margaret Early

23

2012

October 11 - 13

Kamloops

TESL Interiors; Landscapes of Languages  

Keynote Speakers:                                               Dr. Steven Pinker                                                 Dr. Michael McCarthy                                             Penny Ur

22

2011

May 28-30

Halifax

Standing Corrected: Fluency, Accuracy and Reality
Guest Speakers: 
Michael Swan
Roy Lyster

21

2009

Oct 1-3

Banff

Weaving Pathways: Intercultural and Language

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Bonny Norton

Lionel Laroche, PhD, PEng

20

2008

May 29-31

Moncton

Uncovering Discourse

Guest Speakers:

Scott Thornbury

Jeremy Harmer

19

2006

Oct 19-21

Winnipeg

Landmarks & Landscapes

Guest Speakers:

Dr. Anne Burns, Macquarie University

Dr. Hetty Roessingh, University of Calgary

18

2005

May 26-28

Ottawa

Building a Profession:  Building a Nation

Guest Speakers:

Elana Shohamy, Tel Aviv University

Karen E Johnson, Penn State University

17

2003

Nov 13-15

Vancouver

Connecting Communities: Inspirations and

Aspirations

Guest Speakers:

Mary Ashworth, Professor Emeritus, UBC

Carol Tator, York University

Rebecca Oxford, University of Maryland

16

2002

May 16-18

Regina

Catch the Dream

Guest Speakers:

David Nunan

Virginia Sauv

15

2000

Sept 23-30

Halifax

Changing Faces: Facing Change

Guest Speakers:

Diane Larsen-Freeman (Vermont, USA)

Jim Cummins (OISE, Toronto)

14

1999

May 13-15

Banff

Meeting the Millennium

Guest Speakers:

Dave Sperling (California, USA)

Jill Bell (York Univ., Toronto)

Jan Wong (Toronto)

13

1997

Nov 7-9

Victoria

World Skills: Language & Living

Guest Speakers:

David Nunan (Univ. of Hong King)

Stephen Krashen (Univ. of S. California, USA)

Mary Ashworth (UBC, B.C.)

12

1996

May 10-11

Winnipeg

Linking the Nations

Guest Speakers:

JoAnn Crandall (Maryland, USA)

Marianne Celce-Murcia (Los Angeles, USA)

11

1994

Nov 24-26

Toronto

Networking for the ‘90s

Guest Speakers:

Rebecca Oxford (Univ. of Alabama, USA)

Fred Genesee (McGill Univ. Quebec)

Mary Ashworth (UBC, B.C.)

10

1993

May 13-15

Halifax

Tradition & Change

9

1991

May 2-4

Saskatoon

Part of the Picture!

Guest Speakers:

Mary Ashworth (UBC, B.C.)

Diane Larsen-Freeman (Vermont, USA)

Gill Sturtridge (Reading, UK)

8

1989

Nov 2-4

Calgary

Language Development in the Canadian

Community

Guest Speakers:

Dick Allwright (England)

Jean Handscombe (North York Board

Education)

Shirley Brice-Heath (Stanford)

Mike Torbey (Nottingham, UK)

7

1988

Jun 15-18

Quebec City

6

1987

Mar 12-14

Vancouver

Pacific Perspectives

5

1985

Nov 21-24

Toronto

4

1984

Feb 9-11

Winnipeg

Language:  The Key to Canadian Living

Guest Speakers:

Richard Allwright

Stephen Krashen

Sandra Nicholls

Frank Smith

3

1982

Nov 11-13

Alberta

Guest Speakers:

Susan Davis (UNHCR)

Keith Johnson (UK)

2

1981

Mar 12-14

B.C.

 

1

1979

May 23-27

Montreal

TESL Canada’s First National Conference

Guest Speakers:

S. Pit Corder (Univ. Of Edinburgh,UK)

Evelyn Hatch (Univ.of  California, USA)

Gerald Neufeld (Univ. of Ottawa. Can)