Meet the team
Co founders

Dr. Ellen-Rose Kambel
Rutu Foundation
info@languagefriendlyschool.org

Dr. Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman
University of Toronto
e.lepichon@utoronto.ca
LFS Team

Hilda Heyde
Programme Officer Language Friendly School
hilda@rutufoundation.org

Name
Function
email
Ambassadors
Prof. Jim Cummins
University of Toronto, Canada
Carol Benson
independent multilingual education consultant
United States
Prof. Carol Anne Spreen
New York University
United States
Prof. Salim Vally
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Prof. Nathalie Auger
Université de Montpellier
France
Partners
PH Wien
The PH Wien manages the voXmi-network. In partnership, we carried out the LERI project. For the language friendly lesson plans and other outcomes, have a look here.
HLNE
Heritage Language Network Eindhoven brings together heritage language schools and other organizations celebrating mother languages in the southern region of the Netherlands.