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SUMMARY:Developing a Classroom Code of Ethics: Early Semester Work for Preparing the Class for Learning and Participation - with Renée Nichole Ferguson\, Angelina LoBianco\, and Gabriela Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Developing a Classroom Code of Ethics: Early Semester Work for Preparing the Class for Learning and Participation – with Renée Nichole Ferguson\, Angelina LoBianco\, and Gabriela Robinson\n*Due to technical difficulties day-of with this session on April 30th\, we are very pleased to be able to reschedule this talk with Renée\, Angelina\, and Gabriela for May 20th – see new details below!* \nDate: Wednesday\, May 20th\, 2026 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nIn social work education\, one way ethics is taught is through ethical codes and solving dilemmas\, shaped by traditions that treat conflict as something to manage or analyze at a distance. This SoTL project starts from a different premise: that ethical issues are fundamentally conflicts between values\, relationships\, institutions\, and harness real-world conditions. We begin from Black feminist pedagogy and methodology and use this project to test what it means to take them seriously in both teaching and the study of teaching and learning. Developed in a social work course at Toronto Metropolitan University\, we analyzed student assignments through a students-as-partners model\, asking what becomes visible in students’ thinking\, what remains difficult to articulate\, and what becomes possible within the classroom. \nAs part of the session\, participants will learn about Black feminist pedagogy and its significance in the classroom; learn about ways to develop a SoTL project and work closely with student partners; and apply takeaways from the project to draft a code of ethics that will support them in setting a supportive tone for the class at the start of the year. \nSoTL Speakers’ Bios: \nRenée Nichole Ferguson\, PhD (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her teaching and research draw on Black feminist methodology and are shaped by her professional practice in health and social service settings in Canada. \nAngelina LoBianco\, BSW\, RSW (she/her) is a graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University and a member of the research team contributing to the project. She is currently working with communities in non-profit housing and co-operative housing. As a recent graduate of the BSW program\, Angelina is thrilled to have the opportunity to explore students’ conceptions of conflict\, accountability\, and peace\, as well as the gaps in social work education. She also hopes to apply her learnings to her work with long-standing aging communities. \nGabriela Robinson (she/her) is a soon-to-be graduate of the BSW program at Toronto Metropolitan University and a member of the research team contributing to the project. Gabriela is honoured to implement her knowledge and skills to better understand students’ perspectives on conflict\, accountability\, and peace. She is particularly interested in how these concepts can inform compassionate practices and support the well-being of individuals in both clinical\, community-based settings\, and academics. She also hopes this experience will support her in expanding her career in research and deepening her engagement with meaningful practice.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/developing-a-classroom-code-of-ethics-early-semester-work-for-preparing-the-class-for-learning-and-participation-with-renee-nichole-ferguson-angelina-lobianco-and-gabriela-robinson/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260323T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
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SUMMARY:Ann Gagné on Accessible Language Use for Educators
DESCRIPTION:Ann Gagné on Accessible Language Use for Educators\nDate: Monday\, March 23rd\, 2026 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nEach area and discipline has language and terminology understood by practitioners and professionals in that field. There is an assumption in our language use that everyone knows what we mean when we use words\, and that assumption can be exclusionary to English as additional language learners (EAL)\, students with accessibility supports\, and international students. This session will explore how to approach language use in an accessible manner in course design\, assignment design\, and teaching facilitation\, through reference to plain language writing\, accessibility tools\, and readability. It will provide tangible strategies and support knowledge translation in your field to different audiences. \nSoTL Speaker’s Bio: \nDr. Ann Gagné (she/her) is Senior Educational Developer\, Accessibility & Inclusion at Brock University. She has worked in higher education for over 22 years. Her work focuses on the need for accessible pedagogies through awareness of disabled lived experiences. She has facilitated workshops and keynotes on accessible pedagogy\, accessible event design\, accessible social media\, and trauma-aware UDL. In March 2023 she started her own podcast Accessagogy\, which talks about accessibility and pedagogy in short (under 15 minute) episodes.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/ann-gagne-on-accessible-language-use-for-educators/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260303T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260303T130000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
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SUMMARY:Michal Kasprzak and Samantha Chang on Universal Design for Learning for Evidence-Informed Curricular Change
DESCRIPTION:Michal Kasprzak and Samantha Chang on Universal Design for Learning for Evidence-Informed Curricular Change\nDate: Tuesday\, March 3rd\, 2026 \nTime: 1:00-2:00pm (AT) / 12:00-1:00pm (ET) / 9:00-10:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nThis session explores how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can serve as an evidence-informed framework for curricular change in higher education. Drawing on teaching-and-learning research and practitioner examples\, participants will examine how the three UDL approaches can foster equity\, flexibility\, and learner-centred design. The session will include guided discussion to connect UDL approaches to participants’ own curricular contexts and SoTL investigations.  \nBy the end of this 60-minute session\, participants will be able to:  \n\nDescribe the three approaches to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and their relevance to evidence-informed curricular change in higher education. \nIdentify opportunities to integrate UDL approaches into curricular design and delivery to enhance accessibility\, flexibility\, and learner engagement. \nArticulate actionable strategies for curricular change that respond to diverse learner needs and disciplinary contexts. \n\nSoTL Speakers’ Bios: \nMichal Kasprzak (he/him) has over 20 years of experience in Higher Education\, working as an educational developer\, instructional designer and teacher. Currently\, he is Assistant Director at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation for the Teaching Assistants’ Training Program at the University of Toronto (U of T). He works closely with graduate students and faculty exploring a range of teaching-related issues such as teaching presence in online learning\, the intersection of UDL and decolonization\, leadership in educational development\, students as partners\, and accessibility.  \nSamantha Chang (she/her) is an art historian by day\, a classical musician by night\, and an educator always. She is an Educational Developer\, Teaching\, Learning & Technology at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation and a Course Instructor at the Department of Art History\, University of Toronto (U of T). Samantha’s teaching practice integrates critical and inclusive pedagogies\, accessible design\, and the Universal Design for Learning framework. She is the recipient of the U of T Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award (2021)\, the Arts & Science Superior Teaching Award (2024)\, and the Universities Art Association of Canada Teaching Excellence Award (2025). 
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/michal-kasprzak-and-samantha-chang-on-universal-design-for-learning-for-evidence-informed-curricular-change/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251117T140000
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SUMMARY:Sarah Silverman on An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators: History and Applications to Our Teaching
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Silverman on An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators: History and Applications to Our Teaching\nDate: Monday\, November 17th\, 2025 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nNeurodiversity\, or the naturally occurring variation in human cognition\, is becoming a popular topic in higher education and adjacent fields as more of our students identify as “neurodivergent” and neurodiversity gains recognition as an important component of inclusive teaching efforts. But what is neurodiversity\, and what is the history and political importance of this concept? This workshop will introduce educators to the basic terminology of the Neurodiversity paradigm (including the terms “neurodivergent” and “neurotypical”) as well as the history of Neurodiversity as a disability rights movement with roots in the Autism rights movement. This participatory workshop will offer attendees opportunities to reflect on their own experiences with neurodiversity in and out of the classroom and to consider what neurodiversity-informed teaching looks like in their own fields.  \nSoTL Speaker’s Bio: \nSarah Silverman\, PhD is an independent faculty developer and instructor of Disability Studies. As an autistic educator\, she has a personal stake in Neurodiversity as well as extensive college teaching and faculty development experience. Her interests include accessible and feminist pedagogy\, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and disability-informed critiques of educational technology. Her writings appear in To Improve the Academy\, the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy\, the blog Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online\, New Directions for Teaching and Learning\, and on her newsletter Beyond the Scope. Her book An Introduction to Neurodiversity for Educators is forthcoming from the University of Oklahoma Press. 
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/sarah-silverman-on-an-introduction-to-neurodiversity-for-educators-history-and-applications-to-our-teaching/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251024T140000
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SUMMARY:Elyana Matos and Juan Carlos López on We Matter: Together We Can Resist Imposterization
DESCRIPTION:Elyana Matos and Juan Carlos López on We Matter: Together We Can Resist Imposterization\nDate: Friday\, October 24th\, 2025 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nIn this session\, we will be framing our experiences navigating academic spaces by articulating how the intersectionalities of our identities have shaped our academic careers as migrant scholars. We will argue that instead of placing the onus on academics belonging to equity deserving groups for ‘feeling’ as imposters\, many of the common practices in academia are the root cause of these feelings. Rather than having imposter syndrome\, these academics are being made imposters…have been imposterized. We will then describe how these feelings may also be experienced by learners with marginalized identities as they navigate university and\, later\, professional life.   \nWe will discuss how to dismantle the barriers that keep marginalized people from fully participating in academic spaces. We advocate for recognizing such barriers by sharing our experiences – among ourselves as well as with others – and naming them for what they are. We propose the creation of focused groups and communities of practice\, as well as inviting allies in the process of empowering marginalized learners and scholars and fostering their rightful sense of more than belonging\, actually really mattering in academic spaces.   \nSoTL Speakers’ Bios: \nElyana Matos (Acadia University\, Wolfville\, Canada) is an experienced adult educator with over 15 years specializing in teaching Spanish and English as additional languages in different settings. Over the years\, Elyana has worked in non-academic spaces assisting minoritized populations in gaining new language and job readiness skills\, and in academic spaces as a language instructor. Elyana is driven by a commitment to creating equitable and inclusive learning environments\, where all learners feel empowered to succeed. To spark engagement in the learning process\, Elyana recognizes\, sustains\, and values learners’ unique interests and identities. Using active learning techniques\, she creates opportunities for students to connect what they are learning with their personal interests\, to encourage student autonomy. Elyana believes that teaching is a political act\, and that the language classroom is an ideal space for students to develop intercultural competencies\, and to gain understanding of the relationships between language and power.  \nJuan Carlos López (Maple League of Universities\, Wolfville\, Canada) is a soil microbial ecologist who has worked and trained in Europe\, and North and South America. Over the years\, working in collaboration with students and colleagues\, Juan Carlos has addressed aspects of education that deal with pedagogy\, inclusion and student success. In 2023\, Juan Carlos became the inaugural Director of the Virtual Maple League Teaching and Learning Centre developing new programming and continuing with existing initiatives to showcase pedagogical practices and strategies\, always infused with social justice practices in higher education. Juan Carlos has worked in advancing EDIAR principles in the way our academic systems function and was appointed as the inaugural Associate Dean of Equity Diversity and Inclusion for the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science at Acadia University in 2024. 
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/elyana-matos-and-juan-carlos-lopez-on-we-matter-together-we-can-resist-imposterization/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250811T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250811T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250711T185217Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Lisa Endersby on Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice: From "What Happened" to "What Matters"
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lisa Endersby on Experiential Learning and Reflective Practice: From “What Happened” to “What Matters”\nDate: Monday\, August 11th\, 2025 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegistration link \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nLearning through experience promises meaningful\, impactful student outcomes\, but navigating the path from “experience” to “experiential” can be daunting with varied definitions\, critical demands on our time\, and new challenges for assessment. In this session\, we’ll unpack what EE\, EL\, WIL and other acronyms mean for our pedagogy and practice. Beginning with a review of current theories and context\, we’ll explore reflection as the pedagogical “glue” that binds these ideas together and can help make learning “stick”. The session will include time for discussion and hands-on practice with reflective methods. \nSoTL Speaker Bio: \nDr. Lisa Endersby brings over a decade of experience at the intersection of teaching and learning. She has held numerous teaching and learning roles in colleges and universities across Ontario\, while also contributing to national and international professional organizations in several volunteer leadership roles. Across all of these experiences is a human-centred approach to teaching and learning alongside an organized\, detail-oriented\, forward-thinking approach to co-designing online\, in person\, and hybrid teaching/training sessions. Whether puttering in the garden\, picking a book from a large to-be-read pile\, playing with her two cats\, or reading up on the latest in reflective pedagogies\, she brings a curiosity\, openness\, and genuine joy to unique teaching and learning journeys.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/dr-lisa-endersby-on-experiential-learning-and-reflective-practice-from-what-happened-to-what-matters/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250623T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
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SUMMARY:Dr. Ben Lee Taylor on the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) Project and the value of SoTL
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ben Lee Taylor on the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) Project and the value of SoTL\nDate: Monday\, June 23rd\, 2025 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegister here! \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nWhen ChatGPT launched publicly in November 2022\, Ben Lee Taylor was teaching writing-intensive courses and serving on an academic integrity committee at Seneca Polytechnic in Toronto. By December 2022\, the committee was already adjudicating its first case of suspected AI misuse by a student\, sparking questions about how this new technology might forever reshape the landscape of higher education. For Dr. Taylor\, these questions ultimately evolved into the Generative AI and Assessment (GAIA) project\, a multiphase study funded by McMaster University’s MacPherson Institute involving surveys of Canadian instructors\, analysis of sample assessments\, and follow-up interviews.   \nThis session will introduce some of the project’s findings and outputs (including a descriptive assessment design framework)\, while also detailing some key practical steps involved in SoTL research\, from question formation to ethics approval\, recruitment\, and data management. In doing so\, the session will explore how SoTL research offers opportunities to investigate specific teaching contexts\, contribute to broader pedagogical conversations\, engage in meaningful cross- and interdisciplinary collaboration\, and develop new technical and professional skills.   \nIf you’ve ever had questions or thoughts about teaching and learning that are worth investigating systematically\, this session will hopefully make the SoTL research process feel more accessible and less intimidating.  \nSoTL Speaker Bio: \nBen Lee Taylor received his PhD in English from York University in 2021\, where his dissertation examined the intersections of gender politics and artistic production in early 20th century satire. His experiences teaching during and after the COVID-19 pandemic\, however\, led him to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship with McMaster University’s MacPherson Institute. In this position\, he conducted a study (results pending) investigating how university and college instructors in Canada continue to respond to generative AI through assessment practices. He currently oversees writing support programs and services for undergraduate and graduate students with McMaster’s Student Success Centre\, and his thinking about the role that generative AI can and should play in the writing process fluctuates daily.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/dr-ben-lee-taylor-on-the-generative-ai-and-assessment-gaia-project-and-the-value-of-sotl/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241121T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241121T153000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
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SUMMARY:In Full Drift: Navigating CRT Counterstory Across TV\, Film\, Comics\, and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:In Full Drift: Navigating CRT Counterstory Across TV\, Film\, Comics\, and Beyond\nDate: Thursday\, November 21st\, 2024 \nTime: 3:00-4:30pm (AT) / 2:00-3:30pm (ET) / 11:00-12:30pm (PT) \nRegister here! \nSoTL Speaker Session Description: \nJoin 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. From Emmy award-winning journalism to national accolades in playwriting and filmmaking\, to international recognition in comics\, Dr. Dukes’ career exemplifies storytelling across genres and the power of creative entrepreneurship. Her academic research\, rooted in CRT counterstory\, reflects her life on the U.S.-Mexico border in an unincorporated town where the only public library resides within a private prison. Through screenings of selected works and insights from her own community\, Dr. Carrizal-Dukes challenges dominant narratives about BIPOC lives and envisions a new\, just future for Brown and Black communities. Anchored in Xicana Rhetoric and Futurism\, her work stands as an act of social justice and collective liberation\, advancing both theory and practice. This interactive lecture\, geared for all skill levels\, will include hands-on writing and drawing activities and offer valuable perspectives for faculty\, instructors\, and students in and across business\, education\, psychology\, and the arts and design alike. \n(And be sure to check out Elvira Carrizal-Dukes’s online portfolio as well as DUKEScomics!)
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/in-full-drift-navigating-crt-counterstory-across-tv-film-comics-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240924T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240924T190000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20240822T011418Z
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SUMMARY:Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session
DESCRIPTION:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sanaz Adibian: Ascertaining the Calm in the Crisis\nDate: Monday\, September 24th 2024 \nTime: 7:00-8:00pm (AT) / 6:00-7:00pm (ET) / 3:00-4:00pm (PT) \nRegister here! \nSession Description: \nJoin Dr. Sanaz Adibian as she discusses her chapter introducing an innovative perspective on the concept of crisis and dealing with uncertain times\, individually and globally. The voice of authority during global uncertainty needs to understand how the mind defines certainty in order to develop an effective and multidimensional regulatory amendment to the current crisis management systems. This chapter introduces the concept of Creation Rhythm\, which refers to evolution and expansion through the formation of chaos and then the establishment of order. \n  \n 
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/sotl-web-series-sample-2/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240909T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240909T170000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20240821T224328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T193425Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change: Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Session
DESCRIPTION:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series w/ Dr. Sofia Georgiadou: Supporting Faculty Wellness Initiatives During Times of Crisis and Change \nDate: Monday\, September 9th 2024 \nTime: 5:00-6:00pm (AT) / 4:00-5:00pm (ET) / 1:00-2:00pm (PT) \nRegister here! \nSession Description: \nCome join our very own Dr. Sofia Georgiadou (Yorkville University) and Dr. Katrina McChesney (University of Waikato) for their chapter on supporting faculty wellness during times of change. \nSofia and Katrina will share frameworks (drawn from the authors’ national contexts) for workplace wellbeing\, all of which highlight the need for holistic\, transformative approaches from those in positions of leadership. They will also share practical strategies\, policies\, and programming that higher education leaders can initiate now to promote faculty wellbeing within a transformative orientation\, considering protection from harm\, connection and community\, work-life harmony\, mattering at work\, and opportunities for growth.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/sotl-web-series-sample/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240823T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240823T140000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
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SUMMARY:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional\, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures
DESCRIPTION:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series with Dr. Nishreena Nisham: Transactional\, Transformational and Charismatic Approaches to Organizational Change Leadership in Times of Uncertain Futures\nDate: Friday\, August 23rd\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00-3:00pm (AT) / 1:00-2:00pm (ET) / 10:00-11:00am (PT) \nRegister here! \nSession Description: \nCome join Dr. Nishreena Nisham\, Dr. Shelly Bhagat\, and Suma Balachandran (CMA) as they discuss their chapter in The Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education\, Volume 1. \nThe chapter explores three distinct leadership approaches – transactional\, transformational\, and charismatic – and how they can be effectively utilized to navigate the complexities of organizational change\, particularly in times of uncertain futures. \nFeaturing a case study based on an interview between Dr. Nisham and Sir John Shin\, prominent business leader\, mentor\, and entrepreneur.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/bloomsbury-handbook-speaker-series-with-dr-nishreena-nisham-transactional-transformational-and-charismatic-approaches-to-organizational-change-leadership-in-times-of-uncertain-futures/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240816T143000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250731T165507Z
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SUMMARY:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Kick-off with Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes
DESCRIPTION:Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series Kick-off with Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes\nDate: Friday\, August 16th 2024 \nTime: 2:00-3:30pm (AT) / 1:00-2:30pm (ET) / 10:00-11:30am (PT) \nRegister here! \nSession Description: \nCome join Dr. Mary Drinkwater and Dr. Julia Christensen Hughes for an exciting kick-off for the Bloomsbury Handbook Speaker Series here at Yorkville University and the Toronto Film School! \nThe Bloomsbury Handbooks of Crises and Transformative Leadership in Higher Education explores valuable lessons learned from experiences under extreme conditions\, and how these might inform the post-pandemic\, post-change or post-crisis directions for higher education. The Handbooks feature contributions from 11 Yorkville University faculty\, who will share their chapters over the course of the rest of this year. \nIn this kick-off session\, Dr. Drinkwater and Dr. Christensen Hughes will discuss inspirations behind the project\, key learnings\, and practical implications for YU + TFS.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/bloomsbury-handbook-speaker-series-kick-off-with-dr-mary-drinkwater-and-dr-julia-christensen-hughes/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240710T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240710T150000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250728T184847Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonization in Action: Part 2 - Q+A and Discussion Dr. Johanne McCarthy
DESCRIPTION:Decolonization in Action: Part 2 – Q+A and Discussion Dr. Johanne McCarthy\nDate: Wednesday\, July 10th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00-4:00pm (AT) / 1:00-3:00pm (ET) / 10:00-12:00pm (PT) \nRegistration link \nWorkshop Description: \nWe are very excited to be welcoming back Dr. Johanne McCarthy (Dean\, Academic Programs\, Six Nations Polytechnic) into our virtual spaces in a good way to continue the conversation with us from their work and research with “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion.” \nTo start us off together in this “Part 2” session\, Dr. Joh is going to explain how the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion works and how it unfolded and benefitted McMaster Health Sciences. Following this overview\, CTEI is going to host and facilitate an Intentional Q+A session with Dr. Joh by embodying an Indigenous Feminist approach to facilitating academic questions and answers inspired by Eve Tuck’s work and leadership. \nIn case you missed Dr. Joh’s session with us from March 2024 – or if you’d like to revisit it in advance of our “Part 2” together at the beginning of July 2024 – you can watch the “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion” (Mar 2024) recording now.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/decolonization-in-action-part-2-qa-and-discussion-dr-johanne-mccarthy/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240322T143000
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250728T165813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T184317Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:“Catcher of Dreams” by BCA student Jordan Besito\n  \nDecolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion\nDate: Friday\, March 22nd\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor March 2024\, we are inviting Dr. Johanne McCarthy\, Dean of Academic Programs at Six Nations Polytechnic\, into our virtual spaces in a good way to share their work and research with “Decolonization in Action: Using the 3P’s Framework to Enhance Indigenous Inclusion.” \nReconciliation requires effort to repair unequal and unfair relationships. It is a “settling up” for injustices leading to and perpetuating the oppression of Indigenous peoples\, our languages\, cultures\, and ways of being upon our home territories. For non-Indigenous peoples now connected to this land\, this requires reflective mindfulness and recognition of hard truths about aggressive colonization and the impacts influencing the direction and scope of learning. Moving forward\, the first step to healing is bringing that mindfulness in to the relationships we establish within the classroom to empower Indigenous perspectives and belonging. This presentation introduces the 3P’s framework to enhance Indigenous inclusion and serves as a catalyst for constructive awareness and change so that participants can imagine their own roles and responsibilities for shaping an inclusive landscape. \nLearner-participants will: \n\nDemonstrate knowledge of the diverse cultural\, historical\, and social contexts that shape relationships on Turtle Island.\nUtilize reflective learning for fostering deeper connections and understanding of relationships with Indigenous communities.\nExplore the 3P’s framework as a guide for motivating inclusive behavioural change systemically.\nDiscuss the utility and applicability of this framework for individualized academic purposes and change across the organization.\n\nSoTL Speaker Bio: \nDr. Johanne McCarthy is Onondaga Nation\, Beaver Clan from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is a mother of two\, an activist for community health and wellbeing\, a Naturopathic Doctor\, and the Dean of Academic Programs at Six Nations Polytechnic\, overseeing post-secondary\, College\, University and Trades programming\, as well as lifelong learning and advancement pathways to education. \nDr. McCarthy cares deeply about healing relationships through education and professes a value for a wholistic approach to reconciliation. \nShe holds a Masters in Organizational Leadership with an ancestral purpose and mission to transform and decolonize systems and institutions for anti-oppressive and inclusive opportunities and futures. With over 23 years of experience as a front-line health care provider\, and 14 years of experience in post-secondary education\, she has become an expert at connecting with people to motivate change for healthier\, happier\, and more sustainable futures…together!
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/decolonization-in-action-using-the-3ps-framework-to-enhance-indigenous-inclusion/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240223T141500
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250725T183003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250728T183900Z
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SUMMARY:“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
DESCRIPTION:“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\nDate: Friday\, February 23rd\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor February 2024\, our own Professor Irene Torres-Arends (General Studies\, Yorkville University) together with Professor Michele Jacobsen (Learning Sciences\, University of Calgary) will share their research from their forthcoming article “‘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.” \nThis study utilizes Torres-Arends’ (2023) framework to analyze the experiences of international students within the instructional and coursework context of a Canadian private university. Specifically\, we investigate how the complaints and requests made by international students to instructors can be interpreted as expressions of their learning needs. Through a qualitative content analysis of 580 students’ emails\, we identified and examined 817 requests and complaints. Analysis unveiled significant and reoccurring trends in the arguments that students used to support their requests/complaints about due dates\, resubmission and regrading of assignments\, and plagiarism. These trends underscore the importance of attentive and empathetic listening as a foundation for developing strategies that optimize international students’ transition to Canadian higher education and enhance their overall learning experiences. Our findings emphasize the need to use new approaches to capture student voices and integrate their perspectives into the design of courses and programs. We suggest innovative methods for listening to international students’ voices\, and to shape and enhance pedagogical and institutional support structures. By actively engaging international students in conversations about their learning experiences\, universities can foster more inclusive and responsive educational environments that cater to our diverse international student population’s unique needs and experiences.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/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/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240126T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240126T141500
DTSTAMP:20260611T041010
CREATED:20250718T142343Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show)
DESCRIPTION:Visual Pedagogies: Teaching Can Be a Real Drag (Show)\nDate: Friday\, January 26th\, 2024 \nTime: 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. (AT) / 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. (ET) / 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. (PT) \nRegistration link \nSession Description: \nJoin us the final Friday of each month for our Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Speaker Series at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School! \nFor January 2024\, our own Dr. Tommy Mayberry (see bio above) will share their research from their award-winning chapter that explores visual pedagogies through a sincere and earnest look at their life as an academic drag queen – a life that is congruent of academic and drag cultures\, of traditional teaching and dragged-up pedagogies. In addition to screening their (unfortunately unsuccessful) audition tape for the 5th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race in this session\, Tommy will build upon this early autoethnographic foray of theirs into visual pedagogies and into teaching in drag to bring together and share an overview of the constellation of frameworks\, theories\, and ideas (from transgender visuality\, through queer phenomenology\, and to visual performance) that positions themself in their scholarship as a social justice leader with an anti-imperialist inclusive pedagogy and practice.
URL:https://ctei.yorkvilleu.ca/event/visual-pedagogies-teaching-can-be-a-real-drag-show/
CATEGORIES:SoTL Speaker Series
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