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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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

Every classroom includes learners who think, process, communicate, and engage in different ways. How can we design learning experiences that better recognize and support this diversity? Join us for a three-hour, in-person workshop where we’ll explore neurodiversity and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) through conversation, reflection, and practical application. Bring your questions, experiences, and real teaching (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In person
    November 9, 2026
    1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Facilitators

One area where generative AI has generated significant interest is personalized learning. Using AI chatbots and other tools, learning activities, resources, and assignments can be adapted to better meet the needs of individual learners. In this online session, we will explore practical examples of AI-supported personalized learning in higher education. Through demonstrations, hands-on activities, and (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 10, 2026
    12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Facilitators

Explore practical strategies for creating safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environments. This session focuses on trauma-aware teaching practices that foster trust and engagement while considering student diversity, lived experiences, and instructor capacity.


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 12, 2026
    1:00 pm - 3:00 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 October 2nd at 9:00 am and closes on November 11 at 4:30 pm. For this ISW you must be registered as a Graduate Student in Winter Session Term 1 (September (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • November 14, 2026
    10:00 am - 6:30 pm
  • November 21, 2026
    10:00 am - 6:30 pm
  • November 28, 2026
    10:00 am - 6:30 pm

Before gathering data for a teaching and learning project ,you need to decide on the best method for answering your inquiry. If focus groups or interviews are the best fit, it is important to design the sessions in a way that elicit useful and insightful data. In this workshop, we will discuss when to use (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 16, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

To help guide implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP), the Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (OISI) developed a set of tools which both academic and operational units can use to help situate themselves in relation to Indigenous engagement and create a plan that aligns their work with the ISP’s eight goals and 43 actions. (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 17, 2026
    10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Panelists

  • Kelly Cubbon
    Interdisciplinary Research Development Officer NFRF Exploration, Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC), UBCV
  • Marjorie Lewis
    Executive Director, Talent & Organizational Development, UBCV
  • Meaghan MacNutt
    Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBCO

Moderators

Midterm and final exams are high-stakes evaluation events that can be stressful for many students. Changes in the exam structure may turn exams into valuable opportunities for peer learning through discussion and feedback. In a two-stage exam, students first complete a test individually, and then immediately work in small collaborative groups. In this one-hour workshop, guest faculty facilitators will discuss how they adapted this assessment approach for large classes, including exam design, classroom logistics, practical considerations for implementation, student feedback, and lesson learned. Participants will (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 17, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

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
    November 18, 2026
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Facilitators

This year, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning (A-RTL) has been collaborating across CTLT and faculties to develop intersectional content on combatting anti-racism, bias, and harm. This installment partners with both the Indigenous Initiatives Classroom Climate Series and with Moberley Luger an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of English Language and Literatures to showcase a (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 19, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

Essential to understanding Landback, there are a multiplicity of Indigenous worldviews, relationality, and land-based knowledge systems to learn from and consider. “The #LandBack movement” is not recent, it also comes from time immemorial. Visibility in the media, academia, and community discussions can vary in perspective and voice. So, what do all these terms mean? And (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 19, 2026
    12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Kyle Shaughnessy
    Educational Consultant, Indigenous Initiatives, CTLT, Staff Training, UBC HR
  • Janelle Kasperski
    Educational Consultant, Strategic Projects, Indigenous Initiatives, CTLT

Discover how built-in accessibility features in Windows and iOS can support more flexible, sustainable, and efficient ways of working, teaching, learning, and communicating. In this 30-minute show-and-tell session, we’ll explore a range of built-in tools that can help users access information in ways that align with their preferences, strengths, and changing needs. Through live demonstrations, participants will learn how features such as text-to-speech, Read Aloud, Immersive Reader, and browser-based reading tools can support focus, comprehension, productivity, and accessibility for everyone.


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 23, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Facilitators

  • Michael Antunes
    Workplace Accessibility Specialist, Centre for Workplace Accessibility
  • Alexandria Dupont
    Workplace Accessibility Specialist, Centre for Workplace Accessibility
  • Leah Watson
    Workplace Accessibility Specialist, Centre for Workplace Accessibility

Assessment is more than grading. It is about fostering learning through intentional design that gives students the opportunity to practice, receive feedback and improve learning throughout a course. In this interactive 90-minute workshop, you will explore fundamental principles and practical strategies for all stages of assessment design from planning to implementation. Grounded in the backward design framework, (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • In-person
    November 24, 2026
    10:00 am - 11:30 am

Facilitators

The results of the 2026 UBC Student AI Survey reveal student motivations for both using Gen AI (efficiency, comprehension, momentum, accessibility) and not using Gen AI (cognitive impacts, ecological impact, ethical issues, academic integrity). UBC student attitudes towards the use of AI tools are varied and evolving. In this session, we’ll review the latest data (more…)


Upcoming Dates

  • Online
    November 24, 2026
    1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Facilitators

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