Man Lau, Bishop's University

Research

plurilingualism critical literacy second/bilingual education translanguaging participatory/action research multiliteracies literacy across the curriculum cross-language teacher collaboration

Latest funding

Location Bias when Assessing Foreign Credentials in Hiring Decisions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$62,628
Integrated Plurilingual Teaching and Learning
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$215,000

All 2 grants and awards

Location Bias when Assessing Foreign Credentials in Hiring Decisions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ng, Eddy S.

Keywords: Implicit Bias; Foreign Credentials; Hiring Decisions; Diversity Equity and Inclusion; Human Resource Management

$62,628

Integrated Plurilingual Teaching and Learning

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Lau, Man Chu (Sunny)

Keywords: plurilingualism; critical literacy; second/bilingual education; translanguaging; participatory/action research; teacher education; multiliteracies; literacy across the curriculum; cross-language teacher collaboration; teaching English as a second language; intercultural education; classroom ethnography

$215,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: plurilingualism Dear Professor Lau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on plurilingualism connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Integrated Plurilingual Teaching and Learning" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]