Concurrent Sessions #4

SPECIAL SESSION: In Conversation with the Graduate Student Course Instructors (including Teaching Excellence Award Shortlisted Candidates)   Presenters: Donald McCarthy, Classics, PhD Candidate, Course Instructor, Faculty of Arts & Science, Liza Igoshina, Psychology, PhD Candidate, Course Instructor, Faculty of Arts & Science, Stacey J Butler, PhD, Course Instructor Coordinator, Teaching Assistants’ Training Program Moderator: Cristina D'Amico, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Graduate Student Development & TA Training In this roundtable session, we will engage in conversation with three graduate student course instructors at the University of Toronto’s and hear their approach to teaching challenges and building learning communities. Panelists represent Graduate Education Developers and [...]

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 [...]

4.3.1 Cultivating Wisdom Through Self-Reflection: A Personal Life Philosophy Assignment Amanda Sharples, Assistant Professor, Psychology, Faculty of Arts & Science There has been a call from scholars of pedagogy to encourage the cultivation of wisdom in higher education (Bruya & Ardelt, 2018; Ferrari & Kim, 2019; Jakubik, 2023).  Indeed, wisdom has consistently been linked to greater well-being and may buffer against the stressful experiences that undergraduate students frequentlyencounter (Liu & Sharples, in prep; Ardelt & Jeste, 2016). Research on the pedagogy of wisdom suggests that self-reflection may be particularly important for enhancing wisdom (Bruya & Ardelt, 2018). Many undergraduate students are [...]

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 [...]