Teaching Dialogue

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 [...]

Sania Hameed, Special Projects Officer, Teaching Initiatives, OVPIUE,  Jessica Dere, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Chair Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Psychology, University of TorontoScarborough, Sanja Hinić-Frlog, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Biology and Interim Associate Dean, Teaching & Learning, University of Toronto Mississauga, JudithPoë,Professor Emerita, Olivier St-Cyr, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Information, Rebecca Laposa, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine This roundtable session brings together a group of instructors working on LEAF+ funded projects focused on advancing equitable and inclusive teaching in order to share some of [...]

Sherry   Fukuzawa, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Anthropology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Elder Carolyn King, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Elder Garry Sault, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Elder Margaret Sault, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Councillor Veronica King-Jamieson, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Jordan Jamieson, Field Liaison, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Nicole Laliberte, Associate Professor Teaching Stream, Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga This roundtable will focus on relationship building in support of educational initiatives of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) as territorial host of all UofT campuses. Indigenous Action Group (IAG) representatives, a collective [...]

Jessica Dere, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Psychology,Ashmita Mazumder, PhD student, Psychology, University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Student-centered approaches are an integral part of inclusive and equitable pedagogies. At the same time, promoting flexibility, sustained engagement, and student participation alongside considerations of assessment integrity, fairness, and workload is often daunting. Balancing these factors in the context of a Credit/No Credit (CR/NCR) course raises unique challenges and opportunities. Without traditional grade incentives, how can we ensure students remain engaged? In this roundtable discussion, we will share insights into how an approach of structured flexibility - including scaffolded assignments, flexible grading structures, and student-driven [...]

Gurnit Kaur, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michelle Arnot, Professor, Teaching Stream & Associate Chair, Undergraduate Education, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Raveen Christian Joy Rajakumar, Graduate Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine Nurturing learning systems that are respectful and welcoming to diverse individuals is a step towards improving the experience of all students. This roundtable discussion will focus on strategies to re-evaluate the undergraduate curriculum with a critical lens towards the incorporation of content that is Equitable, Diverse, Inclusive, acknowledges Indigeneity, and is Accessible (EDIIA). We will share how a curriculum mapping approach examined the undergraduate Pharmacology and Toxicology [...]

Alison Thompson, Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, Nasim Niknafs, Associate Dean, Research; Associate Professor, Music Education, Faculty of Music Student Members of the Provost’s Working Group on Civil Discourse: Lydia Dillenbeck, Undergraduate Student, Haidy Giratallah, Recent Graduate Student, Hugh Considine, Undergraduate Student, Valentina Bravo, Graduate Student In this session, student members of the Provost’s Working Group on Civil Discourse explore the student experience of classroom discourse including how they perceive risk, power dynamics, and social pressures when participating in discussion-based learning. This conversation will center student experiences and ask: How can we better support students in engaging with difficult [...]

Kathleen Scheaffer, Strategic Initiatives and Liaison Librarian, University of Toronto Mississauga, Paulina Rousseau, Liaison Librarian, University of Toronto Scarborough Faculty, librarians, staff, and students are increasingly expected to understand and integrate emerging technologies within our teaching, learning, and researching activities; however, the rate in which they emerge and evolve does not afford us the time to critically assess their educational, political, social, global, and environmental impacts. In an effort to facilitate and cultivate critical lenses, this community chat will encourage participants to share and explore contemplative pedagogies and practices. Through anti-oppressive and inclusive discourse, this session provides a venue for discussing how contemplative [...]