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Fictional Classrooms: National Community of Practice (Fall 2026) – November 2026 Meeting

November 16 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Fictional Classrooms: National Community of Practice (Fall 2026) – November 2026 Meeting

Date: Monday, November 16th, 2026

Time:  1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) 

Sign up to join! (you may be prompted to log in to your Google account)

 

Fictional Classrooms National Community of Practice Description:    

Over the past four years, our very own Matthew Dunleavy (CTEI Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development) and his colleague, Robin Sutherland-Harris (York University), have facilitated the Fictional Classrooms community. The current iteration brings together educational/curriculum/faculty/instructional developers and instructors from across Canada and the US to explore and reflect on narratives of education in films, television, short stories, and novels. These works may speak to us as learners, educators, developers, researchers, artists, and/or simply as humans.    

For Fall 2026, the Fictional Classrooms community will be discussing:  

  • Rooster S01E03 – “White Whale” (2026) (TV show) – September 21st  
  • “Distant” by Eduardo Halfón (trans. Lisa Dillman) (2008/2012) (short story) – October 26th   
  • The Man Who Knew Infinity (dir. Matt Brown) (2016) (film) – November 16th 
  • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) (novel) – December 14th

You can read about all these selections (and previous selections) in our what to read/watch list.  

 

To join the Fictional Classrooms Community for Fall 2026:   

Please sign up as follows:   

  1. Visit https://groups.google.com/search?q=FictionalClassroomsED (you may be prompted to log in to your Google account)  
  2. On the right-hand side, click the small “Join” icon (next to the star) and ask to join group. 
  3. Matthew and Robin will approve your request within 2 working days, and you will then have access to the group, including their shared Google Folder and Calendar.   

Note from Matthew and Robin: We approach the Fictional Classrooms program with a “read-what-you-can” mentality. We understand that we can get busy and may not finish readings each month, but we encourage you to attend each session regardless of how much you have been able to engage with the text or film so we can still have fruitful conversations and build community.  

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