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.
Open UBC Working Group
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- Online
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The Open UBC Working Group, which is composed of faculty, students, and staff, meets regularly to advise, communicate, and partner on open education and scholarship activities and projects happening at UBC. In addition to serving as a place of community for those interested in various areas of open scholarship, the working group develops projects and (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Open UBC Working Group"
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- Online
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- March 30, 2026
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- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- Online
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- April 27, 2026
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- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- Online
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- May 25, 2026
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- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- Online
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- June 29, 2026
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- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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- Online
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- July 27, 2026
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- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Facilitators
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Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT -
Erin Fields
Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian, UBC Library -
Rie Namba
Educational Resource Developer – Open Resources
The UBC CTLT is pleased to partner with SFU, BCcampus and Langara College to host a half-day, online session that builds on successful teaching and learning wellbeing strategies and imagines a future where wellbeing is at the center of the classroom experience. We welcome faculty, instructors, and staff who are integral in shaping the classroom (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Stories for the Future: Celebrating Wellbeing Strategies and Approaches"
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- Online
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- March 31, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 12:15 pm
Facilitators
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Megan Robertson
Educational Consultant, CTLT -
Judy Chan
Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems -
Zoe Morris
Associate Director, Teaching + Learning Professional Development, CTLT
Graduate Teaching Practicum: December 2025 – April 2026
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- Online
If you are a postdoctoral fellow, apply for the Postdoc Teaching Practicum. Application opens on September 1 and closes on November 19. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email. What is the Graduate Teaching Practicum? The next Graduate Teaching Practicum cohort will start (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Graduate Teaching Practicum: December 2025 – April 2026"
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- Reflections & Panel Discussion
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- April 2, 2026
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- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Postdoc Teaching Practicum: December 2025 – April 2026
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- Online
If you are a graduate student, apply for the Graduate Teaching Practicum. Application opens on September 1 and closes on November 19. Your application will be reviewed and if you are selected as a participant you will be contacted by email. What is the Postdoc Teaching Practicum? The next Postdoc Teaching Practicum cohort will start (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Postdoc Teaching Practicum: December 2025 – April 2026"
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- Reflections & Panel Discussion
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- April 2, 2026
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- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – April 4, 11, 12 2026 (Sat., Sat., Sun.)
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- In-Person
This ISW is in-person. Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying here. Application for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on February 20th at 9:00 am and closes on April 1st at 4:30 pm. For this ISW you must be registered as a Graduate Student in Winter Session Term 2 (January (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop - April 4, 11, 12 2026 (Sat., Sat., Sun.)"
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- April 4, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
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- Date/Time
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- April 11, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
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- Date/Time
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- April 12, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
The Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom, Exploring Pedagogical Dispositions and Methods to Transformative Justice in the Classroom is a condensed offering of the A-RTL Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom cohort-based program. In this day long workshop, we will ground our conversations within the body of work of cultural humility and culturally sustaining pedagogies, with a focus (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogies in the Classroom (AA-RPC): Exploring Pedagogical Dispositions and Methods to Transformative Justice in the Classroom"
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- In-person
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- April 8, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Facilitators
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Renata Hall
Educational Consultant, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning, CTLT
An Introduction to SoTL
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- Online
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) uses systematic and methodological inquiry into teaching and learning (behaviours/practices, attitudes, and values) with the goal of improving teaching and learning by making findings public (Hutchings, & Shulman, 1999; Potter & Kustra, 2011). During this session, we will: Break down the definition of SoTL Explain how to start (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "An Introduction to SoTL"
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- Online
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- April 15, 2026
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- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Facilitators
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Trish Varao-Sousa
Evaluation & Research Consultant, CTLT -
Adriana Briseño-Garzón
Senior Manager: Research and Evaluation, CTLT
Using GenAI to Articulate Your Teaching Approach
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- Online
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Communicating your teaching identity—what drives you as an educator and how that shows up in your practice—can be unexpectedly challenging. Yet whether you’re preparing a dossier, applying for an award, or updating your website, being able to clearly express your approach to teaching is essential. This interactive online session explores how generative AI tools can (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Using GenAI to Articulate Your Teaching Approach"
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- Online
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- April 21, 2026
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- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Facilitators
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Judy Chan
Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems -
Isabeau Iqbal
Senior Educational Consultant: Educational Leadership, CTLT
Transforming Materials into Accessible Formats with the SensusAccess Pilot
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- Online
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Creating accessible digital content ensures that students of all abilities can fully engage with course materials. However, many documents, particularly older, scanned, or untagged PDFs, are not compatible with screen readers and other assistive technologies. The Centre for Workplace Accessibility is piloting SensusAccess, a tool that enables UBC faculty, staff, and students to convert print (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Transforming Materials into Accessible Formats with the SensusAccess Pilot"
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- Online
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- April 21, 2026
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- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitators
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Stephen Pannuto
Workplace Accessibility Specialist; Workplace Health Services, HR -
Bosung Kim
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
AC Deger
OER Support Pilot Strategist; UBC Centre for Accessibility -
Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
Course Design Studio: Creating AI Resilient Assessments
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- In-Person
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The arrival of generative AI is not a minor disruption; it’s a constantly evolving challenge to how we assess student learning. This session is designed for instructors who are concerned about academic integrity. In the studio we will introduce the “Mitigate, Support, Elevate” framework for designing assessments resilient to AI misuse. Together we will explore this framework for assessing the (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Course Design Studio: Creating AI Resilient Assessments"
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- In-person
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- April 21, 2026
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- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Facilitators
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Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Namsook Jahng
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Bosung Kim
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop – April 21, 25, 26, May 2, 2026 (Tues., Sat., Sun., Sat.)
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- Online
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This ISW is online. Please read the application process and workshop eligibility prior to applying here. Application for the WAITLIST of this ISW opens on March 10th at 9:00 am and closes on April 29th at 4:30 pm. For this ISW you must be registered as a Graduate Student in Winter Session Term 2 (January (more…)
Upcoming Dates - "Graduate Instructional Skills Workshop - April 21, 25, 26, May 2, 2026 (Tues., Sat., Sun., Sat.)"
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- Online
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- April 21, 2026
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- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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- Online
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- April 25, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
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- Online
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- April 26, 2026
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- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
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- Online
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- May 2, 2026
- Time
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Inclusive Teaching Studio: Assessment Strategies
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- In-Person
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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 - "Inclusive Teaching Studio: Assessment Strategies"
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- In-person
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- April 22, 2026
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- 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Facilitators
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Judy Chan
Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems -
Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
Protected: UDL Fellows Kick-off
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- In-Person
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Inclusive Teaching Studio: Inclusive Syllabus
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- In-Person
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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 - "Inclusive Teaching Studio: Inclusive Syllabus"
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- In-person
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- April 29, 2026
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- 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Facilitators
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Hailan Chen
Learning Design Consultant, CTLT -
Jens Vent Schmidt
Educational Consultant: Design and Facilitation, CTLT -
Will Engle
Strategist, Open Education Initiatives, CTLT
2026 CIRTL SoTL Workshop (May 4, 6, 8)
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- In-Person
The CSW is a three day, in-person, intensive professional development session designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in broadening and enhancing their instructional skills.
Upcoming Dates - "2026 CIRTL SoTL Workshop (May 4, 6, 8)"
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- May 4, 2026
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- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
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- Date/Time
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- May 6, 2026
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- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
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- Date/Time
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- May 8, 2026
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- 8:15 am - 6:00 pm
Facilitators
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Natalie Westwood
CIRTL Program Developer & Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Science -
Anka Lekhi
Associate Professor of Teaching