3.2

A part of 3.2: Lightning Talk session. Promoting Wellness and Resiliency for Forensic Science Students Karen Woodall, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Anthropology/Forensic Science, UTM Andrea Carter, Assistant Dean, Student Wellness, Support & Success, UTM Students face many diverse stresses and mental health challenges during university and introducing a way to reflect and increase awareness of this topic can help students develop healthy coping skills and habits, increasing their wellness. This presentation showcases a “nifty assignment” that aims to educate undergraduate students about stress, wellness and resiliency. The assignment was introduced into a third-year course and involved students [...]

A part of 3.2: Lightning Talk session. Departmental approaches to increasing awareness and decreasing stigma towards mental health in faculty and students Charlotte Pashley, Administrative Staff, Pharmacology & Toxicology Michelle Arnot, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Pharmacology & Toxicology Vince Lam, Instructor, Pharmacology & Toxicology Aleksandra Marakhovskaia, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Toxicology Alison Jee, Graduate Student, Pharmacology & Toxicology Ruth Ross, Professor and Chair, Pharmacology & Toxicology The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology has developed a toolkit of diverse approaches to help increase awareness of and decrease stigmatization towards mental health issues for both students and faculty. This [...]

A part of 3.2: Lightning Talk session. Utilizing Critical Reflection and Experiential Learning to unite Global Virtual Teams Elham Marzi, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, ISTEP, FASE Anuli Ndubuisi, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto This session will explore a strategy initially developed to support International Virtual Engineering Student Teams (InVEST) program. The InVEST program offers applied research opportunities for senior undergraduate (4th year) and Masters students. Students in the program engage in virtual research teams with counterparts at other universities around the globe. The learning-strategy used in InVEST’s modules have a multipronged approach to [...]