M.Sc. in biochemistry and molecular biology, University of British Columbia (1986)

Executive Director (formerly Research Associate), Esperantic Studies Foundation (since 1995).

Language policy consultant to the Languages and Literacy Secretariat, Assembly of First Nations; the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples; Aboriginal Language Services, Government of the Yukon; Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights (since 1992).

Editor, lecturer, organizer, board member, Universal Esperanto Association and Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, Rotterdam, Netherlands (since 1986).

Languages: English (native speaker); Esperanto (native-like fluency); Dutch (conversational fluency); French (conversational fluency)

Citizenship: Canada; New Zealand; United Kingdom; United States.

Towards Linguistic Democracy / Vers la démocratie linguistique / Al lingva demokratio (ed. with Suzanne Bolduc, 1998). Rotterdam: Universal Esperanto Association.

Critical realism and ecological psychology: Foundations for a naturalist theory of language acquisition (ms.). In J. van Dam, J. Leather (eds.), The Ecology of Language Acquisition (ms. under review).

(Un)Writing the margins: Steps toward an ecology of language (in press). In R. Phillipson (ed.), Rights to Language: Equity, Power and Education, the Skutnabb-Kangas Effect. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Voices of winter: Aboriginal languages and public policy in Canada (with Ruth Norton, in press). In M. Brant Castellano, L. Davis, L. Lahache (eds.), Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.

Indigenous education and the ecology of community (1999). In S. May (ed.), Indigenous Community-Based Education, 20-41. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

Life on the edge: Canada's Aboriginal languages under official bilingualism (1998). In T. Ricento and B. Burnaby (eds.), Language and Politics in the United States and Canada: Myths and Realities, 117-149. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Stabilizing what? An ecological approach to language renewal (1997). In J. Reyhner (ed.) Teaching Indigenous Languages, 301-318. Flagstaff: Center for Excellence in Education.

Inside the tower of words: The institutional functions of language at the United Nations (1996). In S. Léger (ed.), Towards a Language Agenda: Futurist Outlook on the United Nations, 115-134. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights.

Esperanto, Planned Languages, Interlinguistics (in press). In M. Byram (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning. London: Routledge.

Esperanto and language awareness (1997). In L. van Lier and D. Corson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 6: Knowledge about Language, 151-159. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Language planning and education (1997). In R. Wodak and D. Corson (eds.) Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 1: Language Policy and Political Issues in Education, 13-22. Boston: Kluwer Academic.

Esperanto Studies: An Overview (with Humphrey Tonkin, 1995). Rotterdam: Universal Esperanto Association.

Taking Back the Talk: A Specialized Review of First Nations Languages and Literacies (with Ruth Norton, 1993). Ottawa: Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

A Guide to Language Strategies for First Nation Communities (1992). Ottawa: Assembly of First Nations.

Les géostratégies d’interlinguisme (in press). Terminogramme 93-94 (special issue on language in the 21st century).

The challenge of interlingualism: A research invitation (with Jonathan Pool). Esperantic Studies 10 (Autumn 1998), 1-3.

Interlinguistics and the Internet (1997). Language Problems and Language Planning 21, 170-176.

Esperanto and language policy: Exploring the issues (1997). Language Problems and Language Planning 21, 66-77.

The Esperanto community: A quasi-ethnic linguistic minority? (1996). Language Problems and Language Planning 20, 53-59.

The international context of Aboriginal linguistic rights (1994). Bulletin of the Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights 1 (3), 6-11.

Linguistic rights in Canada: collusions or collisions? A conference report (1994). Bulletin of the Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights 1 (3), 18-20.

Europe's Babylon: Towards a Single European Language? (1991). History of European Ideas 13, 201-213.

Authenticity and Identity: Lessons from Indigenous Language Education (Theme issue of Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Volume 30, Number 1, 1999, ed. R. Henze, K.A. Davis). Language and Education 14, in press.

Indigenous Literacies in the Americas: Language Planning from the Bottom up (ed. N.H. Hornberger, Mouton de Gruyter, 1997). Applied Linguistics, in press.

English as a Global Language (David Crystal, Cambridge University Press, 1997); The Future of English? (David Graddol, London: British Council, 1997). Esperantic Studies 11, 1-3 (1999).