Refereed Conference Presentations (Selected)
Ilieva, R. with Arora N. (2024, August). Participating through silence: A decolonial perspective. Presentation at AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ilieva, R. with Suhr C. (2024, August). Informal leadership in scholarly collaborations of applied linguists and content faculty for equitable learning experiences of multilingual students. Presentation at AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ilieva, R. with Berynets K. (2024, August). “You have to really have a heart to see them”: Relational and humanizing approaches in language teacher education. Presentation at AILA World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Ilieva, R. with Beck K. & Ferreira J. (2024, June). International Students, Faculty, Non-Academic Staff and the State of Internationalization. Presentation at CSSE Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
Ilieva, R. with Philpott R. (2024, June). Cultivating teacher identity in a graduate program: A holistic approach. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference, Montreal, QC
Ilieva, R. with Beck K., Ferreira J., Suhr C. & Arora N. (2023, May). Is re-imagining possible? Internationalization in pandemic times. Presentation at CSSE Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
Ilieva, R. with Arora N. (2023, March). Decolonizing classroom participation through the ‘presence’ of silence. Presentation at AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Ilieva, R. with Suhr C. (2023, March). Scholarly collaboration in curriculum design as opportunity for internationalization of curriculum and multilingual student support in higher education. Presentation at AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Ilieva, R. with Beck K., Ferreira J., & Suhr C. (2022, May). Post-pandemic futures for internationalization of the university. Presentation at CSSE Annual Conference (virtual)
Ilieva, R. with Arora N. (2022, May). Decolonizing Classroom Participation: Cultures of Silence. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference (virtual)
Ilieva, R. with Suhr C. (2022, May). Informal leadership in scholarly collaborations of applied linguists and content faculty in support of multilingual students. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference (virtual)
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran A. (2021, August). Pedagogies in the Act: Movements of Teacher-Becomings in Second Language Education. Presentation at AILA Congress, Groningen, The Netherlands – postponed from August 2020 (virtual).
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A. & Spilitopoulos V. (2021, August). The CLIL “dance”: Collaborations between language and content faculty as a linguistically responsive pedagogy in the internationalized university. Presentation at AILA Congress, Groningen, The Netherlands – postponed from August 2020 (virtual).
Ilieva, R. with Spiliotopoulos V. & Wallace A. (2021, June). Beyond EAP: Sustaining EAL/multilingual student transition into mainstream disciplinary university programs. Presentation at CSSHE Annual Conference, London, Ont. – postponed from Congress 2020 (virtual).
Ilieva, R. with Arora N. (2021, May). Examining cultures of learning and their perceived impact on the learning of international students in a graduate course in Education. Presentation at CSSE 2021 Conference (virtual).
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A. (2019, October). Integrating language and literacy support at the curricular core: Models of interdisciplinary collaboration between applied linguists and content-area faculty. Presentation at ICLHE conference, Castellon, Spain.
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A. & Spiliotopoulos V. (2019, June). Language Faculty in Cross-disciplinary Collaborations for Multilingual Student Success. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. with Zappa-Hollmann, Seror J., & Spiliotopoulos V. (2019, March). A cross-case inter-institutional analysis of content and language faculty collaboration from a leadership perspective. Presentation at AAAL Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A. (2018, June). Conceptualizing English-as-a-dominant language contexts within the internationalization of higher education in dialogue with Dafouz and Smit’s ROAD-MAPPING Framework. Presentation at 22nd Sociolinguistics Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ilieva, R. (2018, June). Content area faculty and language matters in times of internationalization. Presentation at 22nd Sociolinguistics Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran A. (2018, May). Affective Affordances, Desires, and Assemblages: A Study of International Graduates of a TESOL Program in Canada. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference, Regina, SK.
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A. (2018, May). Conceptualizing English as a dominant language contexts within the internationalization of higher education. Presentation at CAAL Annual Conference, Regina, SK.
Ilieva, R. with Wallace A., and Spiliotopoulos V. (2018, March). Experiences of language education faculty involved in interdisciplinary collaborations for multilingual student success. Presentation at AAAL Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Ilieva, R. with Beck, K., Uppal, J., & Miranda, C. (2017, May). Being vulnerable to the world: Learning and teaching in the internationalizing university. Symposium at CSSE Conference, Toronto, ON.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran, A. (2017, May). Cartographies of desire and affect: A study of international graduates of a TESOL program in Canada. Presentation at CAAL Conference, Toronto, ON.
Ilieva, R. with Spiliotopoulos, V., & Wallace, A. (2017, May). Experiences of language education faculty involved in interdisciplinary collaborations for multilingual student success. Presentation at Language in the Canadian University Colloquium, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran, A. (2017, March). Negotiating Academic Spaces to Navigate Professional Spaces: Examining Experiences of International TESOL Graduates in a Host Country Context. Presented at AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Ilieva, R. with Miranda, C. (2017, March). Language ideologies in an anglophone university and students’ experiences of internationalization. Presented at AAAL Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Ilieva, R. with Beck, K., Laird, C., & Miranda, C. (2016, July). Interrogating Internationalization. Symposium at Internationalization of Higher Education 50th SFU Anniversary Conference, CRIE, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran, A. (2016, July). "I feel I am a cultural transformer": Internationalisation as intercultural capital. Presentation at Internationalization of Higher Education 50th SFU Anniversary Conference, CRIE, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. with Schmidt, C., Marom, L., Mizzi, R., Cho, C., & Rosehart, P. (2016, June). Diversifying the Canadian Teaching Force: Critical Conversations. Symposium at CSSE Annual Conference, Calgary, AB.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran, A., Berynets, K., & Fotovatian, S. (2016, June). International students settling in Canada: exploring the experiences of graduates of one TESL program. Presentation at CSSE Annual Conference, Calgary, AB.
Ilieva, R. with Beck, K., Laird, C., & Miranda, C. (2016, May). Experiences of internationalization: Staff in “third space”. Symposium at CSSE Annual Conference, Calgary, AB.
Ilieva, R. with Ravindran, A., Berynets, K., & Fotovatian, S. (2016, March). International Students Navigating the Canadian Context of Work and Settlement. Presentation at Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 60th Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. (2016, March). Language issues in times of internationalization: Perspectives of content area faculty in a Canadian university. Presentation at Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 60th Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Fotovatian, S. & Ilieva, R. (2015, July). Ethical internationalization in TESOL education: Interrogating our practices. Presentation at COSA Conference, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS.
Ilieva, R. with K. Beck, Z. Zhang, P. Sales, A. Larkyn, F. Martin, K. Zabihollahi. (2015, June). Seeking an ethical internationalization. Symposium at the CSSE Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Ilieva, R. with S. Stille, L. Huang, B. Russell, P. Kinnear, J. Williams, T. Missere-Mihas. (2015, March). Teaching and learning English for Academic Purposes (EAP) across disciplines: Perspectives from the Canadian university context. Panel at the TESOL International Convention, Toronto, ON.
Ilieva, R. (2014, August). Emergent multimodal curriculum as social justice education: Towards successful integration of older immigrant youth. Presentation at the 17th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Brisbane, Australia.
Ilieva, R. with S. Fotovatian (2014, August). Native speaker ideology, agency, and international students’ identity negotiation in a TESOL program in Canada. Presentation at the 17th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Brisbane, Australia.
Ilieva, R. with K. Beck, Z. Zhang; K. Brennan, S. Takacs, P. Sales (2014, May). Student experiences from a global campus. Symposium at the CSSE Annual Conference, St Catherines, ON.
Ilieva, R. (2014, March). Internationalization of education and language issues: Examining the perspectives of content area faculty in a Canadian University. AAAL Conference, Portland, OR.
Ilieva, R. (2013, September). How do we fare in recognizing linguistic and cultural diversity in public schools?: Policies and practices impacting EAL students in Vancouver. Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference, Calgary, AB.
Ilieva, R. (2013, June). Curriculum and instruction for social justice in a transitional program for older immigrant youth in Canada. ISLS conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Beck, K., Ilieva, R., Zhang, O., Tait, S., Takacs, S., Brennan, K., Sales, P. (2013, May). The everyday of internationalization: What do the faculty say? Symposium. CSSE Annual Conference, Victoria, BC.
Ilieva, R. (2013, March). Recognizing cultural and linguistic diversity in educational settings: Are we there yet?: An examination of ESL policies and practices in BC. 15th National Metropolis Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Ilieva, R. (2012, July). Questioning curriculum discourses within a TESOL Masters program for international students. International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) 4th World Curriculum Studies Conference , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Beck, K, Ilieva, R., Pullman, A., Zhang, O., Waterstone, B., Tait, S. (2012, May). Illuminating the everyday practices of internationalization. Symposium at the Canadian Society for Studies in Education (CSSE) Annual conference, Waterloo, ON.
Ilieva, R. (2012, May). The place of multimodality in a transitional program for older immigrant youth. CSSE Annual conference, LLRC pre-conference, Waterloo, ON.
Waterstone, B. & Ilieva, R. (2012, April). Decolonizing curriculum discourses? Identities and ideologies within a TESOL Masters program for international students. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. (2012, March). Drumming to the beat of life: Towards curriculum for the successful integration of older immigrant youth. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual conference, Boston, MA.
Ilieva, R., Li, A., Li, W. (2011, August). Negotiating TESOL discourses and EFL teaching contexts in China: Exploring the professional identities and practices of a TESOL program graduates. 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Beijing, China.
Ilieva, R. (2011, June). Towards exploring the value of heritage languages and cultures in the public school context: The case of Mandarin classes in a secondary school in BC, Canada. Biannual conference of International Society for Language Studies (ISLS), Aruba.
Ilieva, R. (2011, June). Exploring emergent multimodal curriculum in a transitional program for older immigrant youth. Canadian Association for Applied Linguistics (CAAL) Annual conference, Fredericton, NB.
Beck, K., Ilieva, R. Waterstone, B. Hill, C., Zhang, O. (2011, May). Reducing emissions: Towards sustainable practices of internationalization in higher education. Symposium. CSSE Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB.
Beck, K., Ilieva, R., Waterstone, B. (2011, May). Complicated conversations, containment and border-crossings: Curriculum as international text. Panel at the CSSE Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB.
Ilieva, R. & Waterstone, B. (2010, July). Non-native English speakers, native-speaker ideology and TESOL programs: Negotiating graduate and professional identities and discourses. 16th International Annual Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. (2010, March). Valuing Heritage Languages and Cultures in Public Schools: Policy, Practice and Challenges in Mandarin Classes in One Secondary School. AAAL Annual conference, Atlanta, GA.
Ilieva, R. (2009, May). Constructions of culture(s) in adult ESL classrooms. Canadian Association for Applied Linguistics (CAAL) Annual conference, Ottawa, ON.
Ilieva, R. (2009, March). Exploring the material effects of a TESOL program on the professional identities and practices of NNESTs in their local contexts. AAAL Annual conference, Denver, CO.
Ilieva, R. (2008, June). Negotiating program discourses in constructing professional identity: Non-native English speaking teachers in a MEd TESOL program. International Conference on Language Issues in English Medium Universities: A Global Concern, Hong Kong.
Ilieva, R. (2008, June). Culture(s) as site of identification: Exploring adult immigrant ESL learners’ engagements with Canadian culture(s). CAAL Annual conference, Vancouver, BC.
Beck, K, Ilieva, R. Scholefield, A., Waterstone, B. (2008, May). In search of Gold Mountain: Curriculum in the ‘inter”. CSSE Annual conference,CACS Pre-conference, Vancouver, BC.
Ilieva, R. (2007, April). Non-native English speaking teachers’ constructions of professional identity in a Master’s program in TESL. Biannual Conference of ISLS, Honolulu, HI.