This site presents findings and resources from a two-year research project on English for Academic Purposes writing in Canadian higher education. The project examines how monolingual bias and the legacy of Colonial English shape academic writing instruction for international students, and how plurilingual approaches can support more equitable and inclusive learning.
This website introduces the Decolonizing Options Pedagogical Toolkit (DOPT), which offers research-informed, adaptable resources for both instructors and students. Rather than prescriptive methods, the toolkit provides flexible pedagogical s that supports that can be integrated into academic reading, writing, revision, paraphrasing, and vocabulary development across diverse contexts.
Grounded in plurilingual perspectives, the site supports intentional, context-sensitive language practices that recognize students’ full linguistic repertoires as resources for learning and participation in academic life.
It allows students to leverage all of their linguistic resources as tools