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.

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If you’re preparing a teaching dossier, a strong “evidence of teaching effectiveness” section can highlight your impact and strengthen your case. This hands-on session gives you dedicated time to begin shaping that section. You’ll revisit examples, organize your own materials, and test out different ways of presenting your teaching effectiveness. Through peer discussion and feedback, (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    March 25, 2026
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Facilitators

Designing assessments for large enrolment classes can be challenging. You are not alone if you are struggling with questions about workload, scalability, academic integrity, or student engagement. This hands-on Course Design Studio offers a supportive space to bring your questions, constraints, and course contexts to explore practical, evidence-informed assessment strategies that work at scale. Using (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    March 25, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

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

  • April 4, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:30 pm
  • April 11, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:30 pm
  • April 12, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:30 pm

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

  • Online
    April 15, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

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

  • Online
    April 21, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Facilitators

  • Judy Chan
    Faculty Associate, Faculty Liaison, Land and Food Systems
  • Isabeau Iqbal
    Senior Educational Consultant: Educational Leadership, CTLT

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

  • In-person
    April 21, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

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

  • Online
    April 21, 2026
    5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Online
    April 25, 2026
    9:00 am - 3:30 pm
  • Online
    April 26, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:30 pm
  • Online
    May 2, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:30 pm

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

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

  • In-person
    April 29, 2026
    1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Facilitators

Eligibility A participant who wishes to take the CIRTL SoTL Workshop, formerly known as the CIRTL Summer Teaching Institute (CSTI), is eligible if they are: a CIRTL Associate (have taken an Instructional Skills Workshop, Foundations of Pedagogy, or similar) AND: a full-time or part-time registered graduate student or postdoctoral fellow at UBC during the academic (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • May 4, 2026
    8:15 am - 6:00 pm
  • May 6, 2026
    8:15 am - 6:00 pm
  • May 8, 2026
    8:15 am - 6:00 pm

Facilitators

This event is part of the 2026 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 4 – 8, 2026. 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). This conference is an opportunity for graduate students to focus on (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • May 5, 2026
    9:30 am - 3:30 pm
  • May 6, 2026
    9:30 am - 3:30 pm

This course is designed primarily for UBC faculty, though educational support staff are also welcome to attend. Discover how generative AI is transforming higher education and learn how to thoughtfully integrate these tools into your teaching. In this two-week, fully online course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of AI, examine its impact on assessment and academic (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Asynchronous Canvas Course (Self-Paced)
    May 11, 2026 - May 26, 2026
    8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Zoom: Let's Connect!
    May 11, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Zoom: Synthesize and Share
    May 26, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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