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5.1 Mindfulness as a Liberatory Practice: Anti-Racism work in Action

Name: Myhal Centre (55 St. George Street) Room 320 Address:

Jasjit Sangha, Educational Developer, Anti-racist Pedagogy, Center for Teaching and Learning, UTSC, Diana Pearson, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator, EDIO, University of Toronto Scarborough In Hope Circuits Ridell (2024) states: “As members of the academy, we are hard-wired for hope – to teach it, to share it, and to imagine a better future” (17). However, the actual process of creating hope can be fraught, especially for anti-racist educators who are striving to change the teaching culture of post-secondary institutions and address historical injustice. Doing anti-racist work often requires contending with one’s own experiences of racial, and other forms of, trauma which may manifest [...]

5.2 Community collaboration towards anti-colonial principles

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Alexandra Guerson, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, New College, Tyson Seburn, Assistant Director, International Programs, New College, Melissa Levin, Assistant Professor Teaching Stream, New College, Jeff Newman, College Librarian, New College Classrooms, in both form and content, are never neutral spaces. Inayatullah (2022) reminds us that educational institutions have historically been sites of imperialist production, with teachers as its agents. The pedagogical imperative to disrupt this relationship demands deliberate strategies and approaches that seek to facilitate social change. De-colonial and anti-colonial thought and pedagogies are, at their cores, attempts to re-envision what we do in the classroom and beyond as tools for [...]

5.3 Learning Literacy as a Foundation for AI Literacy

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Rahul Bhat, Centre for Learning Strategy Support, Resilience Program Lead, Alexander Bowie, Centre for Learning Strategy Support, Learning Strategist, Resilience Focus, Ellyn Kerr, Centre for Learning Strategy Support, Learning Strategist, Grad and Professional Programs, Vivian Zhang, Centre for Learning Strategy Support, Learning Strategist, Innis College Generative AI is reshaping how we teach and how students learn. This workshop invites instructors to consider: How can we navigate tensions between monitoring unethical and learning-ineffectual AI use and equipping students to make informed, learning-supportive decisions about using AI? How might we shift from deficit or control models that focus primarily on risks, to embrace [...]

6.1 Learning and/as Play: Playfulness as Human-Centered Pedagogical Practice

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Erin Vearncombe, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, University of Toronto Mississauga, Jennifer Ross, Woodsworth College, Transitional Year Programme, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Digital Humanities and Writing "“Play” and “work” appear as opposites: work is comprised of rigorous, accomplishment-oriented activity whereas play is unstructured activity for its own sake, a voluntary behaviour directed at personal enjoyment. Scholarship on play in education, however, shifts our perspective such that neat divisions between work and play are constructively blurred. Koops and Taggart, for example, view play “as activities and dispositions that allow for trying out ideas without immediate judgment [...]

6.2 Co-Facilitating Career Exploration: Engaging with Students as Partners for Transformative, Human-Centered Learning

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Nicole  Birch-Bayley, Educational Developer, Career Learning, Career Exploration & Education, Student Life, Kelci Archibald, Lead Coordinator, Career Education, Career Exploration & Education, Student Life, Jon Bray, Career Educator, Career Exploration & Education, Student Life In a time of rapid change and socioeconomic uncertainty, engaging students as partners in conversations about career development—both within and outside of the university classroom—is more crucial than ever before to fostering well-being and hope (Piotti, DeFelice, & Jackson, 2022). While there is growing scholarship on the Students as Partners (SaP) model in higher education, the application of this framework within the context of career development remains underexplored [...]

6.3 Skipping the Writing, Skipping the Learning: Foregrounding Writing to Learn in the Age of Generative AI

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Rim Fathallah,  Assistant Professor, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design/Director, Daniels Writing, Jane Freeman, Director, Graduate Centre for Academic Communication, Paola Bohorquez, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream,  Woodsworth College, Director, Academic Writing Centre, Michael Cournoyea, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Kinesiology and Physical Education, Acting Director, Health Sciences Writing Centre, Daniel Aureliano Newman, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, English, Director of Graduate Writing Support, Faculty of Arts & Science Conversations about writing and generative AI often focus on the writing product: Is it plagiarism? Is it good? Is it authentic? This roundtable shifts the focus to the writing process and the [...]

LUNCH (Registration required)

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Thank you for registering for TLS2025 Lunch.  If you have any dietary restrictions, please let us know (https://tls.utoronto.ca/please-let-us-know/). 

Closing Plenary: Hope Circuits at a time of Seismic Change: Re-wiring our classrooms and institution for Human and Ecological Flourishing

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12:45pm-1:45pm: Hope Circuits at a time of Seismic Change: Re-wiring our classrooms and institution for Human and Ecological Flourishing Dr. Jessica Riddell, Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Full Professor, Department of English, Bishop's University, 3M National Teaching Fellow (2015) Universities are anchors of hope in our communities. As we grapple with unprecedented pressures—from the climate crisis to geopolitical instability, political polarization, and other crises—hope is more essential than ever. Hope is not just an abstract ideal but a mindset we can cultivate and deploy within our institutions and communities. As educators, staff, and leaders in the academy, we are [...]

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