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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On the first day of the workshop, join us for discussions, panels, and lightning talks on:

  • Approaches to Alternative Grading;
  • Rethinking the Grade;
  • Alternative Grading at UBC;
  • Student Perspectives on Being Alternatively Graded;
  • UBC Leadership and Administration Perspectives on Alternative Grading

The “Lessons in Trust” workshop is designed to prioritize dialogue and conversation, and we very much want participants, if at all possible, to be fully part of the discussion and to attend as much of the event as they can. Ideally, registrants for day 1 should be available to attend for the full day.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 23, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm

What are the key issues right now for alternative grading proponents? How can we rebuild and reclaim trust in the classroom and society at large? What is the role of alternative grading in the age of AI? What are the questions and issues that instructors, institutions, students, and staff have to confront in their classes and beyond? Prepare to be challenged and inspired. In this session, two of the most prominent and thoughtful advocates and theorists of alternative grading will give brief and provocative position papers, followed by a conversation about the state of the university and the place of alternative grading today, trading ideas and responding also to questions from the session moderator and the audience at large.

Keynotes:

  • Asao Inoue, Author of Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Compassionate Writing Classroom and Professor in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University
  • Jesse Stommel, Author of Undoing the Grade: Why We Grade, and How to Stop Faculty member at the University of Denver and co-founder of Hybrid Pedagogy

Moderator: Christina Hendricks, Professor of Teaching in Philosophy, UBC


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 23, 2026
    6:45 pm - 8:15 pm

On the second day of the workshop, join us for talks on:

  • Student Choice, Voice, and Motivation;
  • The Technologies of Alternative Grading;
  • Moving Beyond Grading;
  • What Next? Roundtable Session and General Discussion

The “Lessons in Trust” workshop is designed to prioritize dialogue and conversation, and we very much want participants, if at all possible, to be fully part of the discussion and to attend as much of the event as they can. Ideally, registrants for Day 2 of the workshop should be available to attend for the full day.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 24, 2026
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Student engagement is a critical factor known to significantly enhance student learning outcomes. Learning technology can play an important role in fostering this engagement in university courses. In this workshop, we will explore different active learning techniques and demonstrate how learning technology can help leverage these techniques to foster student engagement in both in-person and online environments. This interactive, 90-minute workshop (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 26, 2026
    11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Facilitators

Project evaluation allows you to understand what is and isn’t working with your project and which areas may need more attention. Ongoing and iterative evaluation will help you to improve project design and implementation, make informed decisions, identify ways to sustain your project after closure, and ultimately reach your intended goals. The CTLT Research & (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 26, 2026
    2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Facilitators

Overview: Understanding and Responding to Racial Trauma in the Classroom, a Conversation on Sustaining Culture and Race in Pedagogical Practices  What is AA-RPC?   The Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy in the Classroom program is a cohort-based program where educators will explore anti-racist approaches and practices to teaching and learning. In this installation of AA-RPC programming, we will ground our conversations within (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • October 27, 2026
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • October 28, 2026
    9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • October 29, 2026
    9:00 am - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

  • Renata Hall
    Educational Consultant, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning, CTLT

How to make video more accessible? Captions, ASL, descriptive video…. it can be overwhelming. During this in-person presentation for UBC Instructors and Staff, we will reveal solutions from free and do-it-yourself to professional. You’ll find practical tips, guidance and best practices for reaching a variety of communities that experience barriers with video. Join us as (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 27, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

The UBC OER Fund was established to support affordable access to learning materials through the use of open educational resources (OER) in UBC credit courses. The OER Fund has two grant streams and provides grants of up to $25,000 for UBC Vancouver faculty who wish to incorporate open educational resources as required materials into their credit (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 27, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Facilitators

The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (“ISI”) Fund has announced its fifth funding cycle with a Call for Applications running from October 13, 2026, to January 14, 2027.    The ISI Fund supports innovative and transformative projects led by UBC staff, faculty, and students across both campuses, that advance UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan and UBCO’s Declaration to Truth (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 27, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Facilitators

  • Carissa Block
    Educational Programs Coordinator, Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, Indigenous Initiatives 
  • Gillian Smith
    Indigenous Strategic Programming Manager. Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives
  • Paulina Semenec
    Evaluation Consultant, CTLT Indigenous Initiatives
  • Anik Chartrand
    Indigenous Initiatives Specialist at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Want to get started with podcasting but not sure where to begin? Or do you want to improve the audio quality in your videos? Then this session is for you! During this in-person workshop for UBC Instructors and Staff, we’ll cover a number of topics including: audio recording and editing, getting your podcast heard, and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 27, 2026
    1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Facilitators

Discover how Canvas SpeedGrader can streamline grading and feedback workflows while supporting a more accessible and efficient evaluation process. In this 30-minute show-and-tell session, we’ll explore key features, share practical tips for providing meaningful feedback, and demonstrate how SpeedGrader can help save time while enhancing the student experience.


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    October 28, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Bosung Kim
    Learning Design Consultant, CTLT
  • Leah Watson
    Workplace Accessibility Specialist, Centre for Workplace Accessibility

Explore how trauma affects students’ executive skills, emotions, and capacity for learning. This session offers a foundational look at the neuroscience of trauma and why trauma-sensitive approaches matter in teaching and learning.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    October 29, 2026
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Facilitators

In this interactive session, CTLT’s Indigenous Initiatives and Research & Evaluation teams will introduce creative data collection methods that are not commonly used in teaching and learning contexts. Exploring a co-created research question as a living example, we will showcase 6 different methods that help explore this question. As in all evaluation work, context matters! (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 3, 2026
    9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Facilitators

Are you submitting your teaching dossier for tenure, promotion or reappointment this fall? If so, join us at this session where we’ll focus on crafting a compelling case for your teaching effectiveness. We’ll look at examples from different disciplines, and discuss strategies for presenting student feedback, peer reviews, and other forms of evidence. You will (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 4, 2026
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Facilitators

Reflect on your role, capacity, and boundaries as an educator in a trauma-sensitive classroom. This session explores how experiences of trauma can shape teaching practice and offers strategies for providing compassion and support while maintaining healthy boundaries for both instructors and students.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 5, 2026
    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Facilitators

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