Scholarly Interests

Multilingual Education, Critical Multilingual Language Awareness, Plurilingualism, ESL, French-as-an Additional Language, Language Policy, Multiliteracies,  Teacher Education, Arts-based Research, Childhood Methods 

Faculty & School/Dept

• Faculty of Education -

Courses Taught

• Multilingual Education (GS/EDUC 5383)
• Teaching English Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms (ED/EDUC 3821)

Selected Publications

• *Kunnas, M., *Boreland, T., Prasad, G., & *Brisset-Foster, S. (2024). Building French-as-a-second-language teacher candidates' linguistic confidence through drama-based activities. Canadian Modern Language Review, 80 (3), 224-247. doi:10.3138/cmlr-2023-0068.
• Prasad, G., & Bettney Heidt, E. (2023). Be(com)ing multilingual listeners: preparing (monolingual) teacher candidates to work with multilingual learners in mainstream classrooms. Language Awareness, 32, 600-620.
• Prasad, G. Auger, N & Le Pichon-Vortsman. (Eds.). (2022). Multilingualism and Education: Researchers' Biographies and Trajectories. (Prasad, G. Auger, N & Le Pichon-Vortsman., Eds.) CambridgeUK: Cambridge University Press
• Hamman-Ortiz, L., & Prasad, G. (2022). Reimagining Bilingual Education: A Linguistically Expansive Orientation. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 24 (2), 413-432. doi:10.1080/15348458.2022.2147526.
• Hyun, J. Bettney Heidt, E. & Prasad, G. (2022). Designing Critical Multilingual Multiliteracies Projects in Two-Way Immersion Classrooms: Affordances and Impacts on Students . Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics , 25 (3). doi:10.37213/cjal.2022.32599.
• Masson, M., Kunnas, M., Boreland, T., & Prasad, G. Developing an Anti-Biased, Anti-Racist Stance in Second Language Teacher Education Programs. Canadian Modern Language Review, 78 (4). doi:10.3138/cmlr.2021-0100.

Other Research Outputs

Ministry of Education Monographs

Beaulne-Stuebing, R., desOrmeaux, T., Lory, M.-P.,  Prasad, G. (2024). Une introduction critique à la réconciliation pour les écoles de langue française de l’Ontario. For the Ontario Ministry of Education – French Division. https://edusourceontario.com/res/introduction-critique-reconciliation

Lory, M.-P., Prasad, G. DesOrmeaux, T. (2023).Une pédagogie sensible et adaptée à la culture Renforcer une francophonie plurielle et inclusive dans les écoles de langue française de l’Ontario. For the Ontario Ministry of Education – French Division. https://assets.ctfassets.net/cfektv4t16rw/4zGVrT5yaTtU1ZD2O1Cf4r/7c54f0b7bb342054fb80dd608623e837/Monographie_PSAC_2_Juillet2023.pdf

Creative Research Outputs

Prasad, G. (2019, July). (inter)weaving Repertoires. [Collage]. Visualizing Multilingualism Competition.  AILA Creative Inquiry ReN and BAAL. Accessible at: https://www.baal.org.uk/what-we-do/funding/competition-for-visual-representations-of-multilingualism-2018-2019/2nd-prize-2019/\

Prasad, G. (2010, Apr.). Alter(n)atives: A collection of poetic paintings. [Painting]. University of Toronto Art Centre. Toronto, ON.

Research Projects

Redesigning Early Foreign Language Learning through Multiliteracies (MultiELL)

pekiyoketan (meaning = let's visit): Centering Indigenous Languages in Rethinking Multilingualism in Education.

Awareness Matters: Fostering Critical Multilingual Language Awareness for All

Awards

• Wisconsin Without Borders Community-Based Research Award, Morgridge Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2019
• Pat Clifford Award for Early Career Research in Education, Canadian Education Association / Association canadienne d’éducation - 2016
• Ken Leithwood Outstanding Dissertation Award, OISE/UT - 2016
• AERA Second Language Research SIG Dissertation Award, American Education Researchers Association (AERA) - 2016
• Weston International Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto - 2013
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council - 2010
• Best Master’s Research Award, Language & Literacy Researchers of Canada - 2010
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities - 2009
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Masters, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities - 2008
• Keith Mcleod Fellowship, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - 2008
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Master’s Canadian Graduate Scholarship , Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council - 2007
• William Pakenham Fellowship in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - 2007
• Weston Loran Scholar, Loran Foundation - 1998
• Vilas Life Cycle Professorship, Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), UW-Madison - 2016

Professional Affiliations

• Canadian Modern Language Review: Board of Directors - Member at Large