Inclusive Teaching

These workshops are intended for anyone within UBC’s teaching and learning community (faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students) with an interest in inclusive teaching practices. We welcome participants from a broad spectrum of existing knowledge, experience and backgrounds. While inclusive teaching can be defined in many ways, below is our working definition of inclusive teaching:

Inclusive teaching refers to intentional approaches to curriculum, course design, teaching practice, and assessment that create a learning environment where all students feel that their differences are valued and respected, have equitable access to learning and other educational opportunities, and are supported to learn to their full potential. Rather than being a static checklist, inclusive teaching can change depending on context. It is a lens that guides instructors to consider and address the ways historical and systemic inequities continue to shape students’ learning experiences. Adapted from University of Michigan’s Centre for Research on Teaching and Learning

For more information and resources, visit inclusiveteaching.ctlt.ubc.ca

Belonging as Practice: Panel Discussion on the Impacts of Inclusivity in the Classroom and Beyond

Online
Series:

Join UBC faculty and STEPS Forward Inclusion Facilitators for a panel exploring inclusive teaching practices that foster belonging and accessibility in higher education. Panelists will share experiences co-creating learning opportunities for students with developmental and intellectual disabilities and reflect on inclusive assessment, disability justice frameworks, and connection as a pathway to learning. Discover how belonging can be practiced and sustained in diverse learning environments.


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    December 11, 2025
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Panelists

  • Elizabeth Novak
    Lecturer - Food, Nutrition & Health, Faculty of Land & Food Systems UBCV
  • Stefan Sunandan Honisch
    Sessional Lecturer from The Department of Theatre and Film UBCV
  • Isabel Machado
    Lecturer from The Institute For Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice UBCV
  • Selena Mah
    Senior Inclusion Facilitator at The University of British Columbia Point Grey through UBC’s Initiative for Inclusive Post-Secondary Education
  • Elly Callele
    Inclusion Facilitator at The University of British Columbia Point Grey through UBC’s Initiative for Inclusive Post-Secondary Education
  • Ben Ross
    Steps Forward, UBC

Fostering Neurodiversity Affirming Teaching Approaches

Series:

In this interactive session, participants will be introduced to neurodiversity as an umbrella concept, and the impact of neurodivergence on student learning. Together, we will consider how to foster a neurodiversity affirming classroom environment. We will explore teaching practices as well as strategies to mitigate access friction. By the end of this session, participants will: (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-Person
    March 19, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Facilitators

Inclusive Teaching Studio – Assessment

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

  • In-Person
    April 22, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators