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Research Projects

​Qualitative Research

  • Ethnography

  • Design-based Research

  • Case Study

  • Visual/Social Semiotics Methods

  • Youth Participatory Action Research

Doctoral Research

Assessing Disciplinary Learning Through Digital Multimodal Composition: A Justice-Oriented Approach

 

Supervisor: Dr. Maureen Kendrick

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Funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Grant number: 752-2025-1911

Masters Research

Learning English and Language at Play: Threads of Meaning-Making and Identities

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Supervisor: Dr. Maureen Kendrick

Undergraduate Research

English Language Teaching and Multiliteracies in Non-Governmental Brazilian Organization: Promoting Citizenship and Empowerment

 

Supervisor: Dr. Angelica Maia

Graduate Research Assistantship

Project: Digital Multimodal Composing-To-Learn: Perspectives, Practices, and Possibilities for Multilingual Learners

Supervisors: Dr. Maureen Kendrick, Dr. Margaret Early (February 2025 - Present)

Project:  Language and Literacy Learning Among Refugee and Migrant Background Children and Youth in Canadian Classrooms.

Supervisors: Dr. Maureen Kendrick, Dr. Margaret Early (April 2019 – August 2020; December 2022- 2025)

Project: Literacy Engagement Through “Racing Readers”

Supervisors: Dr. Guofang Li & Dr. H. Henny Yeung (October 2021- May 2025)

Academic Service

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Professional Development & Learning Conversations

Ferreira, J. (March, 2026). Multimodal Assessment Across Turns. Invited talk at LLED 558. Graduate course facilitated by Dr. Maureen Kendrick

Ferreira, J. (January, 2026). From Detectives to Agents of Change: Navigating Dis/Mis/Mal Information in GenAI Times. Pro-D workshop at Vancouver School District. 

Lucci, G., & Ferreira, J. (February, 2025). Unlocking the Power of Multiliteracies: Scaffolding Digital and Multimodal Activities in K-12 Classrooms. Pro-D workshop for ELL teachers (Vancouver School District)

Ferreira, J. (February, 2025). Digital Multimodal Composing in Literary Studies. Conversation with undergraduate students at Federal University of Paraiba organized by Dr. Elizabeth Souto Maior

Ferreira, J. (March, 2024). Becoming a Scholar: Enjambed Threads of My Scholarly Self. LLED UBC Research Seminar Storying the scholarly self – How do we author ourselves as academics? organized by Dr. Harini Rajagopal and Dr. Amber Moore

Collaborate with school districts in Vancouver, Canada and deliver professional development workshops for K-12 teachers. Engage in professional learning conversations with teacher candidates, graduate students at UBC and other universities.

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Journal & Conference Reviewer

Journals

Language and Literacy (University of Calgary), The Reading Teacher, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, TESL Canada, Journal of Language and Education, International Journal of Multilingualism, Canadian Modern Language Review

Conferences

AERA, LRA, and AAAL 

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