Ensuring Full Literacy is a team of Canadian and international scholars and industry, community and outreach partners working to bridge the many dimensions of literacy acquisition in our multicultural and digitally-connected world.
Ensuring Full Literacy is a team of Canadian and international scholars and industry, community and outreach partners working to bridge the many dimensions of literacy acquisition in our multicultural and digitally-connected world.
Our researchers bring expertise in the skills central to literacy development, such as oral language and culture, and in new, cutting-edge methodological approaches, including digital media, neuroimaging, and computational analysis.
Our goal is to generate the scientific knowledge necessary to ensure full literacy – the deep text comprehension needed to succeed in our rapidly-evolving knowledge economy – in increasingly diverse workspaces and communities.
Bridging the Gap: How the EFL-Shoelace Learning Partnership is Revolutionizing Literacy Education
In a rapidly evolving digital world where children are more connected to screens than ever before, the need for innovative solutions to improve literacy skills has never been more critical. Enter the Ensuring Full Literacy (EFL) team’s partnership with Shoelace Learning, a company dedicated to transforming reading comprehension education through an engaging games-based online platform.
The Task Matters: A Scoping Review
Reading comprehension is a multifaceted cognitive process that involves several intricate steps including visually processing words, grasping meanings, interpreting sentences, and piecing together narratives. The culmination of these steps is a deep understanding of the text’s content. However, for individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), this process can be quite challenging.
Ensuring Full Literacy Mid-Point and Annual Meeting Update
After another very successful annual meeting, the Ensuring Full Literacy (EFL) team, a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional group formed by a shared Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership Grant, is reaching their mid-point with exciting research and initiatives unfolding.
Dr. Janet Werker awarded the prestigious 2024 Benjamin Franklin Institute Medal
Congratulations to Dr. Janet Werker, University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, on being selected for the 2024 Benjamin Franklin Institute Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science! This highly esteemed award, presented by The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, is a testament to Dr. Werker’s…
Learn MoreDr. Abdul-Mageed named Canada Research Chair in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
Congratulations to Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed for being named a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in the 2022 round of CRC appointments! Dr. Abdul-Mageed is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information and Department of Linguistics and an Associate Member in Computer Science at UBC. He is also a…
Learn MoreMay 2022 Presentation
The fourth presentation in the Literacy and Technology & New Media Themes: Speaker Series will be given by Dr. Guofang Li . This presentation will take place at 12pm EST on May 17th, 2022. See a brief abstract below. For recordings of past presentations in this series, see here.
Learn MoreOur interdisciplinary team of researchers and partners focus on factors critical to achieving full literacy in an increasingly digital and multicultural world. Our goal is to create knowledge, programs, services, and products that ensure success for all readers, but with special attention on those readers whose challenges might not yet be recognized or understood.
