Please note that masks are mandatory for this event.
Connect to the meeting via the link below. This link will be used for both days of the event.
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84243041313
Meeting ID: 842 4304 1313
Passcode: 535463
Note: the below program is subject to change.
Day 1: Monday, June 20, 2022
| 9:00 EDT 6:00 PDT 7:00 MDT 10:00 ADT 14:00 BST | Check-in/Networking/Breakfast (provided for all attendees) | ||
| 10:00 EDT 7:00 PDT 8:00 MDT 11:00 ADT 15:00 BST | Welcome and Update on the PG Janet Werker, Project Director | ||
| 10:05 EDT 7:05 PDT 8:05 MDT 11:05 ADT 15:05 BST | Digital features and their relation to children’s digital reading comprehension Klaudia Krenca Emily Taylor, Hélène Deacon | ||
| 10:35 EDT 7:35 PDT 8:35 MDT 11:35 ADT 15:35 BST | Break | ||
| 10:40 EDT 7:40 PDT 8:40 MDT 11:40 ADT 15:40 BST | Linking speech perception and phonology to reading disability via neural phase locking to speech. Marc Joanisse Christine Moreau, Christina Van den Bosch der Nederlanden | ||
| 11:10 EDT 8:10 PDT 9:10 MDT 12:10 ADT 16:10 BST | Break | ||
| 11:30 EDT 8:30 PDT 9:30 MDT 12:30 ADT 16:30 BST | Reflections on scavenging for data and creating tools to support language learning. Carrie Demmans Epp | ||
| 12:00 EDT 9:00 PDT 10:00 MDT 13:00 ADT 17:00 BST | Lunch (provided for all attendees) | ||
| 13:00 EDT 10:00 PDT 11:00 MDT 14:00 ADT 18:00 BST | Mitacs / Mitacs Accelerate Program Rhianna Malcolm, Director, Business Development Hayley McKay, Business Development Specialist | ||
| 14:00 EDT 11:00 PDT 12:00 MDT 15:00 ADT 19:00 BST | Crossing the T(erritorie)s and Dotting the I(dentitie)s: Community Connections and Social Integration through Literacy for Newcomers to Canada Mark Turin, Robert Hanks | ||
| 14:30 EDT 11:30 PDT 12:30 MDT 15:30 ADT 19:30 BST | Break | ||
| 14:35 EDT 11:35 PDT 12:35 MDT 15:35 ADT 19:35 BST | Impact of interrupted schooling on the development of the brain’s capacity for reading: Examining a developmental sensitive period for reading in Syrian refugee children in Canada Kaja Jasińska Becky Chen | ||
| 15:05 EDT 12:05 PDT 13:05 MDT 16:05 ADT 20:05 BST | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:35 EDT 12:35 PDT 13:35 MDT 16:35 ADT 20:35 BST | NIRx Dr. Jeremy Burnison, US Scientific Consulting Lead | ||
| 16:05 EDT 13:05 PDT 14:05 MDT 17:05 ADT 21:05 BST | Research Café / Discussion | ||
| 17:30 EDT 14:30 PDT 15:30 MDT 18:30 ADT 22:30 BST | Closing remarks/End |
Day 2: Tuesday, June 21, 2022
| 8:30 EDT 5:30 PDT 6:30 MDT 9:30 ADT 13:30 BST | Check-in/Networking/Breakfast (provided for all attendees) |
| 9:30 EDT 6:30 PDT 7:30 MDT 10:30 ADT 14:30 BST | Deep Learning for Full Literacy Muhammad Abdul-Mageed |
| 10:15 EDT 7:15 PDT 8:15 MDT 11:15 ADT 15:15 BST | Break |
| 10:20 EDT 7:20 PDT 8:20 MDT 11:20 ADT 15:20 BST | Syntactic awareness and reading comprehension among English-French bilinguals Becky Chen Diana Burchell, Juwairia Sohail, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher |
| 10:50 EDT 7:50 PDT 8:50 MDT 11:50 ADT 15:50 BST | Break |
| 10:55 EDT 7:55 PDT 8:55 MDT 11:55 ADT 15:55 BST | Adventures with Age, Animacy, and Object-Similarity Embeddings Dawn McKnight Alona Fyshe, Suzanne Curtin, Henny Yeung, Janet Werker |
| 11:25 EDT 8:25 PDT 9:25 MDT 12:25 ADT 16:25 BST | Break |
| 11:30 EDT 8:30 PDT 9:30 MDT 12:30 ADT 16:30 BST | Poster Session Room: 199 (12th Floor) |
| 12:30 EDT 9:30 PDT 10:30 MDT 13:30 ADT 17:30 BST | Lunch (provided for all attendees) |
| 14:00 EDT 11:00 PDT 12:00 MDT 15:00 ADT 19:00 BST | Discussion/Planning/Research Café |
| 15:25 EDT 12:25 PDT 13:25 MDT 16:25 ADT 20:25 BST | Closing remarks |
| 15:30 EDT 12:30 PDT 13:30 MDT 16:30 ADT 20:30 BST | Wrap |
Please note that masks are mandatory for this event.
