Tracey Derwing is a professor emeritus from the University of Alberta’s Teaching English as a Second Language program, and an adjunct professor in Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include improved communication on the part of L2 learners and their interlocutors; immigrant and refugee settlement issues; and citizenship education. Tracey and her colleagues have conducted intervention studies in the workplace to enhance inter-worker communication. She currently serves on a committee that advises the Canadian government on matters related to federally-sponsored language training programs for newcomers. Tracey has published widely in academic journals, books and textbooks. She has co-organized several conferences and serves on the Editorial Boards of a range of journals.