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Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show)

Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show) Date: Friday, January 26th, 2024 Time: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) Registration link Session Description: Join us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at […]

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“I Am Not Complaining, I Am Letting You Know What My Needs Are”: Listening to International Students’ Complaints/Requests as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs

“I Am Not Complaining, I Am Letting You Know What My Needs Are”: Listening to International Students’ Complaints/Requests as Expressions of Diverse Learning Needs Date: Friday, February 23rd, 2024 Time: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) Registration link Session Description: Join us the final Friday […]

Covers of the four volumes in the Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education on top of headshots of Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Kick-off with Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Kick-off with Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes Date: Friday, August 16th 2024 Time: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT) Register here! Session Description: Come join Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes for an exciting kick-off for the Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series here at Yorkville […]

Headshot of Dr. Nishreena Nisham beside the cover of the Bloomsbury Handbook of Values and Ethical Change in Transformative Leadership in Higher Education.

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2024 Time: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) Register here! Session Description: Come join Dr. Nishreena Nisham, Dr. Shelly Bhagat, and Suma Balachandran (CMA) as they discuss […]

Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sofia Georgiadou: Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change  Date: Monday, September 9th 2024 Time: 5:00-6:00pm (AT) / 4:00-5:00pm (ET) / 1:00-2:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description: Come join our very own Dr. Sofia Georgiadou (Yorkville University) and Dr. Katrina McChesney (University of Waikato) for their chapter on […]

Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session

Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sanaz Adibian: Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis Date: Monday, September 24th 2024 Time: 7:00-8:00pm (AT) / 6:00-7:00pm (ET) / 3:00-4:00pm (PT) Register here! Session Description: Join Dr. Sanaz Adibian as she discusses her chapter introducing an innovative perspective on the concept of crisis and dealing with uncertain times, individually and […]

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In Full Drift: Navigating CRT Counterstory Across TV, Film, Comics, and Beyond

In Full Drift: Navigating CRT Counterstory Across TV, Film, Comics, and Beyond Date: Thursday, November 21st, 2024 Time: 3:00-4:30pm (AT) / 2:00-3:30pm (ET) / 11:00-12:30pm (PT) Register here! SoTL Speaker Session Description: Join Xicana multi-genre writer and entrepreneur Dr. Elvira Carrizal-Dukes—award-winning scholar, playwright, filmmaker, and CEO of DUKEScomics LLC—on a journey through her groundbreaking work. […]

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Matthew Dunleavy

Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development

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Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.