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.

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This session is for participants who have completed the asynchronous course, Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter. This informal conversation provides space to connect with your peers and to discuss your insights, bring questions and share your evolving understandings around inclusive teaching. Your CTLT facilitators will support your exploration of your insights, and share other (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 6, 2025 - October 19, 2025
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Facilitators

What is AA-RPC? The Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom program is a cohort-based program where educators will explore anti-racist approaches and practices to teaching and learning. In this installation of AA-RPC programming, we will ground our conversations within the body of work of cultural humility and culturally sustaining pedagogies, with a focus on building (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • October 7, 2025
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • October 14, 2025
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • October 21, 2025
    9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Renata Hall
    Educational Consultant, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning, CTLT
  • Petra Mikulan
    Sessional Lecturer, Educational Studies, Centre for Climate Justice
  • Daniel Gallardo
    Graduate Student Facilitator, Classroom Climate Equity and Inclusion, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning

In this session, we’ll explore the core purposes and common components of a teaching philosophy statement (TPS), look at sample excerpts from a variety of styles and disciplines, and discuss how to write your statement in a way that feels authentic to you as an educator. We’ll also consider how your TPS can connect to (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 7, 2025
    9:30 am - 10:45 am

Facilitators

  • Isabeau Iqbal
    Senior Educational Consultant: Educational Leadership, CTLT

Are you interested in making your course materials more accessible and barrier free for all learners? Join us for an informal drop-in where you can chat with accessibility consultants, educational designers, and colleagues about accessibility. The accessibility drop-ins are for anyone who is developing course content or open educational resources (OER) and who is curious (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 7, 2025
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Online
    October 20, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    November 6, 2025
    11:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Online
    November 19, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

As generative AI changes how students learn, create, and show what they know, traditional assessment models need to adapt. This session explores how educators can redesign assessment practices to reflect the new realities of AI-enhanced learning. Rather than focusing on detection or prohibition, we will look at how to create assessments that support critical thinking, (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 7, 2025
    12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Facilitators

Goals At the end of the one-term course, you will be able to use concepts in evidence-based teaching to effectively teach a lesson in an undergraduate classroom, with emphasis on alignment of learning objectives, activities and assessment. UBC graduate students and postdocs from all disciplines are invited to participate. Requirements Successful completion involves participation in (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • October 8, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • October 15, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • October 22, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • October 29, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • November 5, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • November 19, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • November 26, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • December 3, 2025
    2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Facilitators

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) builds a bridge between teaching and research in the disciplines. SoTL is “the systematic study of teaching and/or learning and the public sharing and review of such work”  (McKinney, 2006, p. 39) We are excited to announce the 8th annual UBC Celebrate SoTL Event, in-person, on Thursday, October (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 9, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • In-person
    October 9, 2025
    11:45 am - 12:45 pm
  • In-person
    October 9, 2025
    12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
  • In-person
    October 9, 2025
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

Starting in October, the CTLT will host a series of online drop-in sessions for applicants planning on submitting Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) or Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund project proposals. Applicants can register for any of these online sessions to discuss their project ideas and receive feedback and advice on topics such as pedagogical (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 9, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    October 22, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Online
    November 6, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Online
    November 10, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Ilia Starr
    Project Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF), CTLT
  • Will Engle
    Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT

Assessment is more than grading. It is about fostering learning through intentional design that gives students the opportunity to practice, receive feedback and improve learning throughout a course. In this interactive 90-minute workshop, you will explore fundamental principles and practical strategies for all stages of assessment design from planning to implementation. Grounded in the backward (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 15, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

Do you want to create a more inclusive and supportive learning environment? This 3-part workshop series equips educators with tools to understand the impact of trauma on learning and develop strategies for a compassionate classroom. These workshops were designed to build on one another and we encourage participation in all sessions. That being said, we recognize the reality (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 15, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • In-person
    October 29, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • In-person
    November 5, 2025
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

Let’s reimagine learning through creativity and play! This workshop invites contract faculty to explore how games and imaginative assignments can foster deeper engagement and critical thinking. Drawing from examples in literature and cultural studies, we will also look at how science-based disciplines can benefit from playful approaches—such as simulations, role-playing, and collaborative problem-solving. You’ll leave (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 15, 2025
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Sarika Bose
    Lecturer, English Language and Literature, Arts
  • Judy Chan
    Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems

Session pre-requisites: Participants are highly encouraged to have attended An Introduction to Teaching Philosophy Statements or watched the recording. The recording can be found at CTLT’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ctltresources.  Building on the introductory session, this workshop gives you hands-on time to develop and refine your teaching philosophy statement. You’ll work with writing prompts to expand (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 16, 2025
    9:30 am - 11:00 am

Facilitators

  • Isabeau Iqbal
    Senior Educational Consultant: Educational Leadership, CTLT

Presentations are a core part of teaching, but without accessibility in mind, they can create barriers for students. In this 1-hour, hands-on session, you’ll learn practical strategies to improve both the accessibility of your slides and your delivery. These techniques not only support students with disabilities but also enhance engagement and understanding for everyone.  Specifically, (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 16, 2025
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

The Decolonization Tour highlights site-specific artworks and raises questions around issues of place, space and identity. Considering how these works address urgent social and political concerns, we will discuss ideas of settler colonialism, decolonization, reconciliation, protocol and the history of UBC’s Vancouver campus, which is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 21, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

The UBC OER Fund was established to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the use of open educational resources (OER) in UBC credit courses. The OER Fund has two grant streams and provides grants of up to $25,000 for UBC Vancouver faculty who wish to incorporate open educational resources as required materials into (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 21, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

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