Upcoming Events
The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) provides free in-person and online workshops and events for UBC graduate students, instructors, faculty and staff. Never miss an upcoming event, sign up for the monthly CTLT events newsletter.
Transforming Materials into Accessible Formats with the SensusAccess Pilot
- Session Format:
- Online
- Series:
Creating accessible digital content ensures that students of all abilities can fully engage with course materials. However, many documents, particularly older, scanned, or untagged PDFs, are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive technologies. The Centre for Workplace Accessibility is piloting SensusAccess, a tool that enables UBC faculty, staff, and students to convert print (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Transforming Materials into Accessible Formats with the SensusAccess Pilot"
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- Online
- Date
- April 21, 2026
- Time
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitators
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Stephen Pannuto
Workplace Accessibility Specialist; Workplace Health Services, HR -
Bosung Kim
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
AC Deger
OER Support Pilot Strategist; UBC Centre for Accessibility -
Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
Course Design Studio: Creating AI Resilient Assessments
- Session Format:
- In-person
- Series:
The arrival of generative AI is not a minor disruption; it’s a constantly evolving challenge to how we assess student learning. This session is designed for instructors who are concerned about academic integrity. In the studio we will introduce the “Mitigate, Support, Elevate” framework for designing assessments resilient to AI misuse. Together we will explore this framework for assessing the (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Course Design Studio: Creating AI Resilient Assessments"
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- In-person
- Date
- April 21, 2026
- Time
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Facilitators
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Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Namsook Jahng
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Bosung Kim
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – April 21, 25, 26, May 2, 2026 (Tues., Sat., Sun., Sat.)
- Session Format:
- Online
- Series:
This ISW is online. Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying here. Application for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on March 10th at 9:00 am and closes on April 29th at 4:30 pm. For this ISW you must be registered as a Graduate Student in Winter Session Term 2 (January (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop - April 21, 25, 26, May 2, 2026 (Tues., Sat., Sun., Sat.)"
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- Online
- Date
- April 21, 2026
- Time
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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- Online
- Date
- April 25, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
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- Online
- Date
- April 26, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
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- Online
- Date
- May 2, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Inclusive Teaching Studio: Assessment Strategies
- Session Format:
- In-person
- Series:
Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Assessment Strategies Teaching inclusively involves supporting the success of a diverse mix of learners, with different social identities, life experiences and ways of knowing. Students will have different abilities to demonstrate their learning. This requires educators to revise assessment practices that allow for this range of diversity; not one size fits all. In (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Inclusive Teaching Studio: Assessment Strategies"
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- In-person
- Date
- April 22, 2026
- Time
- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Facilitators
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Judy Chan
Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems -
Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
Protected: UDL Fellows Kick-off
- Session Format:
- In-person
- Series:
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Contract Faculty Colloquium
- Session Format:
- Hybrid
The Contract Faculty Colloquium has been convened for Contract Faculty at UBCV and UBCO for several years, and aims to bring together Contract Faculty from across campuses to showcase and share their intellectual work with other colleagues. This year’s 11th Annual Colloquium will feature papers by Contract Faculty colleagues from a range of disciplines. We (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Contract Faculty Colloquium"
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- Date/Time
- Date
- April 28, 2026
- Time
- 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Are you working on a media project? Planning to produce video content for your course but don’t know where to start? UBC Studios is offering a drop-in media support session where professional media specialists are available to provide answers to your questions. If you are wondering: Where do I start? What resources are available on (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "DIY Media Support Drop-In Sessions"
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- Online
- Date
- April 29, 2026
- Time
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Inclusive Teaching Studio: Inclusive Syllabus
- Session Format:
- In-person
- Series:
Teaching inclusively involves supporting the success of a diverse mix of learners, with different social identities, life experiences and ways of knowing. A key aspect of inclusive teaching is supporting student’s sense of belonging within a program of study and within a discipline. Your course syllabus is a representation of all of the thought and (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Inclusive Teaching Studio: Inclusive Syllabus"
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- In-person
- Date
- April 29, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Facilitators
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Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Jens Vent Schmidt
Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT -
Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
2026 CIRTL SoTL Workshop (May 4, 6, 8)
- Session Format:
- In-person
The CSW is a three day, in-person, intensive professional development session designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in broadening and enhancing their instructional skills.
Upcoming Dates - "2026 CIRTL SoTL Workshop (May 4, 6, 8)"
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 4, 2026
- Time
- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 6, 2026
- Time
- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 8, 2026
- Time
- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
Facilitators
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Natalie Westwood
CIRTL Program Developer & Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Science -
Anka Lekhi
Associate Professor of Teaching
Keynote | The Future of Learning Must Invite Us to Imagine: Freedom Dreaming for Liberatory Education
- Session Format:
- Online
- Series:
What is the significance of imagination in our work as educators? In a world shaped more and more by algorithmic logic, what does it mean to dream? What role might the imagination play in how we collectively address our shared future? This interactive talk will open up a dynamic conversation about liberatory education design. How can we cultivate the growth of the imagination for ourselves and for our students? We will explore everyday practices and design strategies that can lead us to become self-actualized shapers of a more just and sustainable world.
Upcoming Dates - "Keynote | The Future of Learning Must Invite Us to Imagine: Freedom Dreaming for Liberatory Education"
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- Online
- Date
- May 4, 2026
- Time
- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Facilitators
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Mia Zamora
Professor, English, Arts and Director of the Master of Arts in Writing Studies Program, Kean University
Protected: Introduction to Universal Design for Learning
- Session Format:
- Online
- Series:
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Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Five Minute Features
- Session Format:
- Hybrid
- Series:
Five-Minute Features is a fast-paced showcase of teaching and learning innovation from UBC Okanagan faculty. They will take the mic for five minutes each to share a bold idea, a practical strategy, a lesson learned, or a spark of inspiration from their classrooms and programs.
Upcoming Dates - "Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Five Minute Features"
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 4, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
2026 Graduate Students in Teaching Conference
- Session Format:
- Online
This conference is an opportunity for graduate students to focus on the present and future role of graduate students in teaching: graduate students teaching now, as well as graduate students as future faculty.
Upcoming Dates - "2026 Graduate Students in Teaching Conference"
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 5, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
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- Date/Time
- Date
- May 6, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Flip the Seminar: When Students Take the Lead
- Session Format:
- Online
- Series:
Join past student and faculty participants of the Student Directed Seminars program for a panel discussion on designing and leading student-driven courses. Panelists will share insights into peer-led learning, collaboration, and the experience of co-creating the classroom.
Upcoming Dates - "Flip the Seminar: When Students Take the Lead"
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- Online
- Date
- May 5, 2026
- Time
- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Facilitators
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Laura Wyllie-Dupont
Manager, Curriculum Development and Academic Programs, Arts and Social Sciences, UBCO
Panelists
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Stephanie Busse
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Student) -
Madison Eagle
B.A. Psychology (Student) -
Jill Gerlof
B.A. Psychology (Graduate) -
Melissa Jacques
Department of English and Cultural Studies (Faculty) -
Tareq Yousef
Department of Psychology (Faculty)
Building Capacity for the IBPOC Teaching and Learning Community: Celebrating Little Transformations as a Bridge Towards Large-Scale Change
- Session Format:
- In-person
This installment of Building Capacity is focused on sharing and storytelling around “little transformations” regarding anti-racist strategizing, teaching and learning, and/or cultural change across departments, faculties and institutions.
Upcoming Dates - "Building Capacity for the IBPOC Teaching and Learning Community: Celebrating Little Transformations as a Bridge Towards Large-Scale Change"
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- In-person: UBCV
- Date
- May 5, 2026
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Facilitators
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Renata Hall
Educational Consultant, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning, CTLT -
Daniel Gallardo
Graduate Student Facilitator, Classroom Climate Equity and Inclusion, CTLT -
Lauren Casey
Educational Consultant, Anti-Racist and Indigenous Initiatives, CTLT