Celebrate Learning Week

Celebrate Learning Week is an initiative to celebrate the teaching and learning opportunities at UBC. Members of the UBC teaching and learning community are encouraged to attend and participate in Celebrate Learning Week by either attending and/or coordinating events. Events include: open lectures, information sessions, student advising activities, poster sessions, workshops and more. For more info visit https://celebratelearning.ubc.ca

Active Learning & Inclusive Teaching: Synergies and Antagonisms


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    May 5, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Event Description

In-person (UBCV) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. This interactive session will provide instructors with strategies that support students with diverse identities and learning needs when participating in collaborative active learning and assignments. Participants will consider neurodivergent conditions, gender, and the needs of English (more…)

Promising Practices from the Indigenous Reads Book Club


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    May 5, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

In-person (UBCO) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. Since its inception, the Indigenous Reads Book Club has created a space for learning and collaboration, fostering a community of care and connection through shared engagement with Indigenous literature. This initiative has provided faculty, staff, and (more…)

Cultivating Meaningful Change with Students as Partners


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 5, 2025
    11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. UBC’s RESPECT Magazine is a student-led publication that showcases varying takeaways on equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (EDID). The publication demonstrates the impact of equity and anti-racism work at UBC, upholds student and community engagement, and implications (more…)

Faculty Communities of Practice Showcase


Event Date & Time

  • MULTI-ACCESS
    May 5, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

Multi-access (UBCO) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. This showcase will highlight ways we build community and foster connections amongst those engaged in teaching at UBC Okanagan through Communities of Practice (CoPs). Facilitators and members from current CoPs will share their vision, format, successes, (more…)

Workshopping a Model for Developing a Grade Alignment Policy Across (Multi-section) Courses


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    May 5, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

In-person (UBCV) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. How can multi-section courses balance coordination with instructor autonomy while ensuring students experience fairness and consistency? This interactive session introduces a new Model of Grade Alignment Policy Development, designed to help units and instructors navigate the (more…)

Student Panel – Students as Catalysts for Change in Teaching and Learning


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 5, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. Students are essential partners in shaping how teaching and learning evolve in higher education. In this panel, UBC students will share their perspectives on what it means to contribute to meaningful change in the classroom and beyond. (more…)

Graduate Students in Teaching Conference – May 6 + 7, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • Day 1
    May 6, 2025
    9:30 am - 3:30 pm
  • Day 2
    May 7, 2025
    9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Event Description

Online (UBCV) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. This Graduate Students in Teaching (GSiT) conference is a two-day annual conference that takes place during Celebrate Learning Week at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, BC. This conference is an opportunity for graduate (more…)

Collective Insights: UBCV Keynote In-Person Viewing and Lunch Conversations


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    May 6, 2025
    10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Event Description

In-person (UBCV) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. Join us for a special in-person online viewing of the Celebrate Learning Week keynote address by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani on our theme Collective Growth: Cultivating Meaningful Change, followed by a community conversation over lunch. Experience the (more…)

UBCV Keynote – Designing for Justice: On Navigating Change as a Critical Pedagogue

UBCV Keynote – Designing for Justice: On Navigating Change as a Critical Pedagogue


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 6, 2025
    10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. Keynote speaker: Rajiv Jhangiani From pandemic pedagogies to the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence, post-secondary educators have recently had to manage the destabilizing effects of much uncertainty and change. In this presentation, we will consider some ways (more…)

Reunion for UBCO Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Participants & Facilitators


Event Date & Time

  • IN-PERSON
    May 6, 2025
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

In-person (UBCO) This event is part of the 2025 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 5 – 9, 2025. Calling all UBC Okanagan ISW participants! We know how meaningful the ISW was for so many of you! This is your opportunity to reconnect with your peers and facilitators and share ways that your experiences have (more…)