Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 27/June/2024
3:30pm
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4:00pm
Registration
Location: CDCC
4:00pm
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4:30pm
Opening remarks
Location: CDCC
4:30pm
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6:30pm
Roundtable to honour the work and life of Tove Skutnabb-Kangas with Keynote speaker Jim Cummins
Location: CDCC
Chair: Jaffer Sheyholislami, Home
Featured roundtable with invited keynote speaker Jim cummins and panelists Robert Phillipson (vidéo), Hassan Ghazi (vidéo), Salih Akin, Ahmad Kabel (vidéo), Amir Kalan and Shelley Taylor. The session will be chaired by Jaffer Sheyholislami.
6:30pm
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8:30pm
Reception
Location: CDCC
Reception with local jazz band. Snacks and beverages will be served.
Date: Friday, 28/June/2024
8:00am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
9:00am
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10:00am
Keynote (in French): Amal Madibbo "Francophonie, ère de décolonisation"
Location: Richcraft Hall 2200
Chair: Emilie Urbain, Carleton University
10:00am
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10:20am
Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
10:20am
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12:20pm
Thematic panel on anti-bilingualism (in French)
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Rémi Léger, Simon Fraser University
 

Bilinguisme et anti-bilinguisme au Canada

Chair(s): Rémi Léger (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Débats sur les langues officielles à la Législature albertaine, 1964-2023

Valérie Lapointe-Gagnon
University of Alberta

 

Blaine Higgs et l’érosion du compromis néo-brunswickois sur les langues officielles

Stéphanie Chouinard1, Rémi Léger2
1Collège militaire royal / Queen's University, 2Simon Fraser University

 

Révision de la Loi sur les langues officielles du Nouveau-Brunswick : Diversion et polarisation

Michelle Landry
Université de Moncton

 

Retour sur le Québec bashing : la critique politique et les concepts contestés

Timothy van den Brink
Simon Fraser University

Family Language Policy
Location: Richcraft Hall 2224
Chair: Andrea Banicki, Carleton University
 

Home Language Input: The Narrative Elaboration Styles of Parents During a Joint Storytelling Task

Tayden Bourguignon, Isa Godoy, Janmarie Sibayan, Kamala Muthukumarasamy, Alaa Azaam, Tamara Sorenson Duncan

Carleton University, Canada



Language Needs of Plurilingual Families: A Case for Socially Just Parent Engagement Policies

Marina Antony-Newman1, Max Antony-Newman2

1: University College London Institute of Education, UK; 2: University of Glasgow, UK



‘I don’t like them to know I’m Syrian’: Family language policy amongst Syrian refugees in Turkey

Mohammed Ateek

University of Leicester, United Kingdom



Between Bottom-up and Top-down policy: The linguistic negotiation between Taiwanese language family and the school

HUANG-LAN SU

National Taitung University, Taiwan

Early Education, childhood and LPP
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Youssef Bouaddi, Carleton University
 

Exploring the impact of the growing immersion of Francophone children in the Anglophone sub-system of education on the Anglophone /Francophone (self-identification) divide in multilingual Cameroon

Alain Flaubert Takam1, Innocent Mbouya Fasse2

1: University of Lethbridge, Canada; 2: University of Douala



Digitalization Across Borders: Language and Literacy Research in Diverse Multilingual Children

Insiya Bhalloo1, Diana Burchell2, Andrea MacLeod2, Monika Molnar1

1: University of Toronto, Canada; 2: University of Alberta



What about when they go to school? : Education-related family language policies among Quebec-based parents raising young multilinguals

Erin Quirk1, Andréanne Langevin2, Soria Blumer3, Alexa Ahooja2, Susan Ballinger2, Melanie Brouillard1, Linda Polka2, Krista Byers-Heinlein1, Ruth Kircher3

1: Concordia University; 2: McGill University; 3: European Center for Minority Issues

Official Languages and Government Policies
Location: Richcraft Hall 3201
Chair: Angel Arias, Carleton University
 

Assessment of the programme theory of Norwegian official language policy

Nina Teigland

University of Bergen, Norway, Norway



Challenging the Policy-Practice Mismatch: Discourses about the Revitalisation of Meänkieli

Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi1,3, Elina Kangas2

1: Uppsala University, Sweden; 2: The Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, Sweden; 3: ; University College London, UK



Analytical heuristics in policy discourse analysis: A case of the Japan Foundation’s international promotion of the Japanese language

Kyoko Motobayashi

University of Tokyo, Japan



Language Integration Complexities: A Scholarly Examination of Malta's Bilingual Landscape and Migrant Integration Strategies

Phyllisienne Gauci

University of Malta, Malta

Multilingualism in Schools and Inequalities
Location: Richcraft Hall 3110
Chair: Mela Sarkar, McGill University
 

Silenced Language An Experiential Perspective on the Impact of Subtractive Language Policies on Student Identity

Francisca Sanchez1, Liliana Sanchez1,2

1: META: Multilingual Educators Transforming Education, United States of America; 2: Spelman College



Linguistic Inclusion at the Centre: Developing whole-system language policy in education

Eowyn Anne Crisfield

Oxford Brookes University/Crisfield Educational Consulting, United Kingdom



Pakistani English language teachers and raciolinguistics experiences

Kashif Raza

University of Calgary, Canada

12:20pm
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1:40pm
Lunch Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
1:40pm
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3:40pm
Poster Session
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
 

Interprétation et appropriation des politiques d’intégration linguistique dans les villes multilingues : le cas de Montréal et de Bruxelles

Cynthia Barré-Benoit1,2

1: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2: Université de Namur, Belgique



A Literature Review of Child Agency in Family Language Policy

Selçuk Emre Ergüt

University of Toronto, Canada



Reducing Linguistic Racism in Writing Education: A Comparative Study of Canadian and Chinese Universities

Sitong Wang

McGill University, Canada

LPP in la francophonie (in French)
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Coraline Pradeau, Université de Rouen Normandie
 

Discours et représentations linguistiques dans la planification du prestige

Salih Akin

Université de Rouen-Normandie, France



Enjeux historiques de maintien et de valorisation de droits linguistiques au sein de la communauté francophone de la Saskatchewan

Michael Akinpelu1, Michael Poplyansky2

1: University of Regina, Canada; 2: University of Regina, Canada



Crise identitaire et politique linguistique au Cameroun: regard sur la gestion des identités linguistiques en contexte bilingue

Gatsi Tazo1,2

1: Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies for Development (IISD), Cameroon; 2: University of Buea

Indigenous Languages
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Ann-Sophie Boily, Carleton University
 

Ckunza Language Policy And Planning Developed By The Lickan Antai Community Of San Pedro De Atacama

Elizabeth Torrico-Ávila

Universidad de Atacama, Chile



How investigation and documentation came together: From COVID-19 to language policy

Helen Koulidobrova1, Liliana Sánchez2, Keyra Colón Rodriguez1, Jefferson Imbaquingo2

1: central connecticut state university, United States of America; 2: university of illinois-chicago, United States of America



The Dilemma of a National Language in Uganda: Who is to Blame?

Nicholas Isaac Mukwana, Prosperous Nankindu

Kyambogo University, Uganda

LPP and Political Theory
Location: Richcraft Hall 3201
Chair: Peter Ives, University of Winnipeg
 

The Language Freedom Index: A Metric for Policy Evaluation

Stanley Dubinsky, Michael Gavin

University of South Carolina, United States of America



Examining the role of political ideologies in language governance in Canada

Timothy Van Den Brink, Rémi Léger

Simon Fraser University, Canada



Determining the size of jurisdictions for implementing language rights

Bengt-Arne Wickström

Andrássy-Universität, Hungary



Language Policy Tools: The Multidimensional Linguistic Justice Index

Cecilia Gialdini

Centre for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems

English as a Global Language
Location: Richcraft Hall 3202
Chair: Angel Arias, Carleton University
 

From “Bilingual 2030” to “English-friendly, multilingual Taiwan”: Unpacking problem, rights, and resource orientations in language policymaking

Sin-Yi Chang1, One-Soon Her2

1: National Taiwan University, Taiwan; 2: Tunghai University, Taiwan



Balancing languages in Kazakhstan’s Trilingual Education Policy: Perspectives and Practices of EFL Teachers, Teacher Candidates and Teacher Educators

Gulzhana Kuzembayeva1, Stephen A. Bahry2

1: K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University, Kazakhstan; 2: OISE, University of Toronto, Canada



Defining “Good Writing”: Attitudes and Ideology in Anglophone Canadian University Language Policy

Jennifer MacDonald

Independent, Canada

3:40pm
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4:00pm
Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
4:00pm
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5:30pm
Social media and LPP
Location: Richcraft Hall 2224
Chair: Rachelle Vessey, Carleton University
 

Free Speech, Social Media: What Language Policy Can Offer

Peter Ives

University of Winnipeg, Canada



Social Media and the Clash of Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identities: the Case of Persian in Iran

Taraneh Sanei

McGill University, Canada



Yiddish in the digital diaspora: heritage language socialization in secular metalinguistic communities on TikTok

Hannah Lukow

The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

History and Theory of LPP
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Angel Arias, Carleton University
 

History, (Dis-)Continuity and Language Policy

Jeff Bale

University of Toronto, Canada



The anachronistic state? Language policy formulation, discursive (dis)continuity and "la langue de l'autre" in Belgian education

Ilias Vierendeels, Laurence Mettewie

NaLTT Research Institute, Université de Namur, Belgium



Theorizing Language Problems in China

Shanhua He

Yangzhou University, China, People's Republic of

Minority and Heritage Languages
Location: Richcraft Hall 3201
Chair: Ruth Kircher, European Centre for Minority Issues
 

The current Language in Education Policy debates in Africa. A case of Uganda.

Prosperous Nankindu1, Peter Sserubidde2

1: Kyambogo University, Uganda; 2: Kyambogo University, Uganda



Investigating the agency of minority language users in the revitalization of a contested language

Jennifer Cox

Indiana University, United States of America



Reading between the policy lines: Conceptualizations of migrant-background students’ sociolinguistic identities and integration into Quebec schools

Alexa Ahooja

McGill University, Canada

Language Attitudes and Education
Location: Richcraft Hall 3110
Chair: Andrea Banicki, Carleton University
 

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teacher Language Policies

Casey Richardson

Western Colorado University, United States of America



Teachers’ languaging beliefs translate to classroom language policy: Stories from local English teachers of an internationalised school in the Global South

Cris Delatado Barabas

McGill University, Canada



“Kwéyòl is a way of life, not only the language”. Performativity as educational language policy in a primary school in Saint Lucia.

Hector Rafael Castrillon-Costa

The University of Texas at San Antonio, Puerto Rico (U.S.)

 
6:00pm
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7:00pm
Strolls & Hops (Fun Walk) to Dow’s Lake
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
Distance: Under 3 Kilometers Meeting Point: Richcraft Building (Atrium) Route: Join us for a delightful stroll from the Richcraft Building to the scenic Dow’s Lake. We’ll end our walk in Little Italy, where you can unwind, socialize, and enjoy a refreshing drink $ at a local bar. Wear comfortable walking shoes for an enjoyable stroll. The route will be relaxing, fun, and suitable for all...
Date: Saturday, 29/June/2024
8:00am
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9:00am
Registration
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
9:00am
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10:00am
Keynote: Tommaso Milani "Language policy: Colonial logic and affective resistance"
Location: Richcraft Hall 2200
Chair: Rachelle Vessey, Carleton University
10:00am
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10:20am
Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
10:20am
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12:20pm
LPP and Social Justice
Location: Richcraft Hall 2224
Chair: Mela Sarkar, McGill University
 

Analysing, planning and designing Language teaching materials for diversity and social justice

Tatiana Becerra1,2, Anamaria Sagre2, Paula Garcia2, Leonardo Pacheco2

1: McGill University, Canada; 2: Universidad de Cordoba



Towards a political economy of immigrant languages for social justice: A case study of South-Asian diaspora in Alberta

Kashif Raza

University of Calgary, Canada



Language Discrimination is Discrimination on Grounds of Ethnic Origin – A Critique of the Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice

Manfred Herbert

Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Germany



Sociolinguistic Justice and Language Barriers: Addressing Linguistic Unease in Public Healthcare

Nicole Marinaro

Ulster University, United Kingdom

Multilingualism and Language Choice
Location: Richcraft Hall 3201
Chair: Alaa Sarji, Carleton University
 

Language choices in staff recruitment for European institutions as legal disputes

Vit Dovalil

Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic



Parenthood and gender diversity: crossovers between language and law

Alexandra Dupuy

Université de Montréal, Canada



Agency and positioning in United Nations language policy

Rachelle Vessey1, Lisa McEntee Atalianis2

1: Carleton University, Canada; 2: University of London

LPP in la Francophonie (in French)
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Salih Akin, Université de Rouen-Normandie
 

La fracture numérique linguistique : une étude de la portée et du cadrage des écrits scientifiques

Virginie Hébert1, Maria Bodron2, Eya Benhassine2

1: Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada; 2: Université de Montréal, Canada



Politique éducative en Haïti: un débat linguistique à multiple facette

Ernst Djeride Jean-Baptiste

University of Ottawa, Canada



Dans l'impasse des droits linguistiques des écoliers haïtiens

Gaetjens Anier

Gaetjens Anier, Canada



Vers un plein accès à l’information pour les citoyens sourds canadiens : Peut-on faire l’économie d’une politique d’aménagement linguistique des langues des signes ?

Anne-Marie Parisot, Amélie Voghel

UQAM, Canada

Book launch: The Routledge Handbook of Language policy and planning
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Michele Gazzola, Ulster University
 
12:20pm
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1:40pm
Lunch Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
Roundtable on academic publishing 12.20-1pm
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Dima Ziad Zaid-Kilani, Carleton University
Please note that the roundtable will be from 12.20-1pm
 
1:40pm
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4:10pm
States of Language Policy: Theorizing Continuity and Change
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Rémi Léger, Simon Fraser University
 

States of Language Policy: Theorizing Continuity and Change

Chair(s): Rémi Léger (Simon Fraser University, Canada), Linda Cardinal (Université de l'Ontario français), Ericka Albaugh (Bowdoin College)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Policy Change in a Language Regime – Institutionalism, Incrementalism and Agency

Martin Normand
Association des collèges et des universités de la francophonie canadienne

 

Lost in Traditions? Continuity and Change in Hong Kong’s Language Regime

Jean-François Dupré
Université TELUQ

 

Indigenous Reconciliation and the Limits of Canada’s Language Regime

Miranda Huron
Capilano University

 

Cultural Heterogeneity and Language Regime Transformation: The Ukrainian Case

Bartosz Hordecki
Adam Mickiewicz University

 

Global English as the Result of State Traditions of Language Education: Alternative Explanations to Current Global Language Regimes and its Importance to Global Politics

Peter Ives
University of Winnipeg

Indigenous Languages: Revitalization and Recognition
Location: Richcraft Hall 2224
Chair: Donna Patrick, Carleton University
 

Language policies in favor of indigenous languages in Pacific: a cross perspective between New Caledonia and Vanuatu

Coraline Pradeau

Université de Rouen Normandie, France



Language as Healing Orientation from Indigenous Language Revitalization Perspective

Nariyo Kono

Portland State University, United States of America



Protecting Inuit Language and Culture by Decolonizing Education in Inuit Nunangat

Natasha Ita MacDonald

Concordia and McGill University



Impacts of Official Language Modernization on Indigenous Inclusion in the Federal Public Service Workplace

Carolyn Anne Laude1, Andrew Pawluch2

1: Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, Canada; 2: Treasury Board Secretariat

Lexicography and Standardisation
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Jaffer Sheyholislami, Home
 

Lexicography of a stateless People

Amir sharifi

California State University Long Beach, United States of America



How did Kurdish become a dual alphabet language?

Hewa Khalid

Indiana University, United States of America



Language Policy and Lexicography: Dictionary Creators as Policy Makers

Olga Menagarishvili

Metro State University, United States of America



When Diversity Confronts Standardization: Attitudes toward Martian Script in Taiwan's Official Language Landscape

Hak-khiam Tiun

National Taitung University, Taiwan

Multilingualism and education
Location: Richcraft Hall 3110
Chair: Alaa Sarji, Carleton University
 

Exploring the development of EFL preservice teachers’ self-efficacy during their teaching practicum: A mixed-methods study

Shoichi Matsumura, Julian Chapple

Ryukoku University, Japan



To strive for strict separation of languages or to embrace translanguaging?: A Chinese American teacher’s cautious subversion of de jure language separation policies in Chinese dual language immersion

Vashti Wai Yu Lee

Michigan State University



Unequal multilingualisms in plurinational Ecuador

Magdalena Madany-Saa

The Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Minority languages and inclusion
Location: Richcraft Hall 3202
Chair: Tamara Sorenson Duncan, Carleton University
 

3 x 11: Competing agendas in language policy formation

Keith Battarbee

University of Turku, Finland (retired)



India’s language policy for deaf and hard-of-hearing people

Abhimanyu Sharma

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom



Linguistic Landscape from Language Policy and Geosemiotic Perspectives

Ching-Yu Na1, Serafin Coronel-Molina2

1: Kainan University, Taiwan; 2: Indiana University, USA

4:10pm
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4:30pm
Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
4:30pm
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5:30pm
Keynote: Naiomi Metallic "The Role of Language in Indigenous Law Revitalization"
Location: Richcraft Hall 2200
Chair: Donna Patrick, Carleton University
7:00pm
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10:00pm
Gala dinner
Location: Westin Hotel
The gala dinner on Saturday night is taking place at the Westin Hotel, starting at 7pm.
Date: Sunday, 30/June/2024
9:30am
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11:30am
LPP and Digitalization
Location: Richcraft Hall 2220
Chair: Rachelle Vessey, Carleton University
 

Assessing the Ethnolinguistic Vitality Status of the Yogad Language Community: Digital Vitality in the Habitele

Chareena Lareza Quirante

Carleton University, Canada



Standardization and Evolution of Written Zazakî in Digital and Traditional Contexts

Mahir Dogan

University of Bamberg, Germany



"I am sounding the alarm!": Language use of a Filipino local government executive in COVID-19 briefings with a multilingual audience

Michael Cabantac Mauricio1, Cecilia Fortuno Genuino. Ph.D.2

1: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), United States of America; 2: Philippine Normal University (PNU), Philippines



Media as a Policy Actor: Competing Strategies of De/Legitimation in Newspaper Coverage of Heritage Language Programs in Ontario

Sudhashree Girmohanta, Mayo Kawaguchi, Jeff Bale

University of Toronto, Canada

Official languages and government policies
Location: Richcraft Hall 2224
Chair: Emilie Urbain, Carleton University
 

Evaluating the language policy for the protection and promotion of the Friulian language

Michele Gazzola

Ulster University, United Kingdom



Canada’s 2023 Official Languages Act and the Binational State

Martin Cyr Hicks

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada



Canada’s New Official Languages Legislation: Insights and Perspectives

Carsten Quell

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Canada



New speakers’ motivations for minority language learning: Implications for language policy and planning

Ruth Kircher1, Mirjam Vellinga2

1: European Centre for Minority Issues, Germany; 2: Algemiene Fryske Ûnderrjocht Kommisje (Afûk)

LPP in education
Location: Richcraft Hall 3110
Chair: Amir Sharifi, California State University Long Beach
 

Language Policy and Planning in a Government ESL Curriculum

Alaa Sarji

Carleton University, Canada



Internationalisation of the Curriculum: creating a space for a transformative learning experience

Marie-Therese Batardiere, Veronica O'Regan, Florence Le Baron-Earle

University of Limerick, Ireland



Writing Beyond Essays: Creating Space for Reflection and Healing in Second Language Classrooms

Renee Davy

McGill University, Canada



An Arabic sunset on the granite island: the end of ELCOs on Corsica

Alexander Mendes

Duolingo, United States of America

English as a Second Language
Location: Richcraft Hall 2228
Chair: Mela Sarkar, McGill University
 

Streaming language in English as a Second Language programs: A critical language policy analysis.

Lisa Sarah Lackner

University of Toronto, Canada



Resilience and Persistence: Unveiling the Journey of Arabic-Speaking Female Muslim Teachers in Adult ESL Education

Dima Ziad Zaid-Kilani

Carleton University, Canada



Portraying a positive image of China through acquisition learning: a case study of an online English-learning platform in China.

Chung Kwok

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland



Power, Dominant Discourse, and Plurilingual Pedagogies in Canadian Higher Education

Eugenia Vasilopoulos

Concordia University, Canada

11:30am
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11:50am
Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium
11:50am
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12:50pm
Keynote: Helen Kelly-Holmes "Putting the management back into language policy for digitization"
Location: Richcraft Hall 2200
Chair: Jaffer Sheyholislami, Home
12:50pm
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2:10pm
Lunch Break
Location: Richcraft Hall Atrium

 
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