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
Fostering Trauma Aware Classrooms
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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 for "Fostering Trauma Aware Classrooms"
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- In-person
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- October 15, 2025
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- In-person
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- October 29, 2025
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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- In-person
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- November 5, 2025
- Time
- 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Facilitators
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Ainsley Camps
Educational Developer, CTLT -
Jens Vent Schmidt
Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT
Reflecting on your Teaching Practice
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Please note, the Thursday September 18th session has been cancelled. Inclusive teaching creates “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” (CTLT, n.d.). How does one foster an inclusive learning environment? (more…)
Upcoming Dates for "Reflecting on your Teaching Practice"
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- IKBLC: Chilcotin Room 256
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- October 21, 2025
- Time
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Facilitators
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Jens Vent Schmidt
Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT -
Ainsley Camps
Educational Developer, CTLT -
Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Nausheen Shafiq
Curriculum Consultant, CTLT
Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Assessment Studio
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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 this hands-on workshop, participants (more…)
Upcoming Dates for "Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Assessment Studio"
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- In-person
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- November 20, 2025
- Time
- 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Facilitators
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Judy Chan
Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems -
Nausheen Shafiq
Curriculum Consultant, CTLT
Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Syllabus Studio
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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 for "Inclusive Teaching: Inclusive Syllabus Studio"
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- In-person
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- November 26, 2025
- Time
- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Facilitators
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Jens Vent Schmidt
Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT -
Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT -
Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT