Usha Viswanathan
Dr Usha Viswanathan is an Associate Professor with the Centre for Language Studies at Glendon College, York University. She is responsible for the Salon francophone of Glendon, a safe and welcoming space for all Francophones and learners of French at Glendon. She is also a founding member of the College’s Racial Equity Caucus. She holds a PhD in French as a Second Language (FSL) Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She is particularly interested in issues of race, racism and colonialism in FSL education in Canada, and systemic barriers in FSL. Her work seeks to identify strategies and concrete steps to eliminate barriers related to race, gender and other forms of diversity in FSL. She develops decolonizing teaching materials that she shares free of charge with FSL teachers in schools.
