Events

Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) 2025


Event Date & Time

  • ONLINE
    May 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Event Description

The Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) is a three month flexible and blended program that will help you develop foundational knowledge of Open Scholarship, Open Education, and Open Research. In POSE, we’ll be exploring how open copyright licenses, collaborative practices, and connected technologies have the potential to lower barriers to knowledge by making (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…)

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…)

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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…)

Accessibility Drop-In: May 5, 2025


Event Date & Time

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

Event Description

Online 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 (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…)

Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter? – May 6, 2025


Event Date & Time

  • Asynchronous Course
    May 6, 2025
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Event Description

Please note that registering on this page constitutes enrolment for the Inclusive Teaching: What is it and Why does it Matter Asynchronous Course.  This cohort will begin on May 6, 2025 at 9:00 am. Register now and you will receive an email with a link to self-enroll in the course. This lightly facilitated asynchronous course (more…)