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RESOURCES FOR CHANGE

From public memory to public scholarship.

The LARCH Project starts from the premise that academic research should inform and inspire concrete change in society. This section is designed to make more explicit how we’ve conducted our research, both in terms of the methodological design and in the theories informing our analysis.

What you'll find here

Archival documents, publications, bibliographies, and research process insights to help you connect academic work with public audiences.

Archival documents

Access publicly available material in the Omeka archive within the University of Toronto Library.

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Bibliographies

Explore the key sources that shaped the LARCH Project’s research.

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Our publications

Explore academic articles, reports, and peer-reviewed writing that shaped the LARCH Project.

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Our research approach

Gain insights into our research process, including community partnerships, methods, and other considerations.

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Why does this all matter?

Research on heritage-language education more or less came to a halt in Canada in the 1990s. This has begun to change, but there is much, much more work to do. In addition, research that carefully and intentionally theorizes the relationship between language and race and how that relationship has shaped what is possible for language education in Canada is still sorely needed. We hope these resources provide you with concrete tools to inform your own work on these important topics.

If you’re a researcher looking to contribute, collaborate, or build your own public-facing archive, we invite you to get in touch.