University of Toronto’s Teaching and Learning Symposium
Taking Action: Building Belonging at U of T
May 3 and 4, 2023

Special thank you to the Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office and the Sexual & Gender Diversity Office – particularly Natasha Prashad and Allison Burgess – for their contributions to  this event, to Jasjit Sangha and Mairi McKenna Edwards for the Opening Address, and Andratesha Fritzgerald for the Closing Plenary. As well as the Rotman School of Management and Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking, in particular Leticia Yakabi, for assistance in planning the in-person portion of this event and use of their beautiful space.  

An event of this size and scale requires one person to keep their eye on the ball to track the many moving pieces and keep things moving forward. A very special thank you to Kelly Gordon, Coordinator, Programs & Strategic Initiatives in CTSI, for her superb work as Symposium Coordinator. 

And finally – many thanks to all of you!  

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following: 

TLS 2023 Organizing Committee
Alison Gibbs
Cora McCloy
David Chan
Dianne Ashbourne
Elizabeth O’Brien 
Jasjit Sangha 
Jordana Garbati
Kathleen Olmstead 
Kelly Gordon 
Megan Burnett
Natasha Prashad
Rubaina Khan 
Sarah Shujah
Shai Cohen 
Tamara Bahr 

Volunteers (concurrent session hosts, website development, tech support, presenter support)
Alli Diskin 
Cora McCloy
Cristina D’Amico
Derek Hunt
Derek Wilson
Elias Barboza Polcheira
Elizabeth O’Brien 
Emily Hector
Farhana Hossain
Jasjit Sangha 
Justin Fletcher 
Kathleen Olmstead
Kelly Gordon 
Kyle Turner 
Marko Piljevic 
Maryam Shafiei
Megan Burnett
Mike Kasprzak 
Navroop Gill
Sarah Shujah 
Sun Ooi
Will Heikoop
Yuxin Tu 

Proposal Reviewers
Ada Maxwell-Alleyne
Adon Irani
Alex Rennet 
Alex Logue
Alison Gibbs
Alli Diskin
Andrea Graham 
Andrea Williams
Andrew Petersen 
Clarissa Lau
Cora McCloy
Cristina D’Amico
Daniel Gregory 
David Chan
Derek Hunt
Dianne Ashbourne
Elaine Khoo
Elias Barboza Polcheira
Elizabeth O’Brien
Erin Macnab
Farhana Hossain 
Fiona Rawle 
Heather Butchansky 
Jasjit Sangha
Jessie Richards 
Jewel Amoah 
Jordana Garbati 
Justin Fletcher 
Kathleen Olmstead 
Kelly Gordon 
Kosha Bramesfeld 
Krystle Phirangee
Kyle Turner
Maria Assif
Marko Piljevic 
Megan Burnett
Melody Neumann 
Mike Kasprzak 
Nicola Dove 
Nicole Birch-Bayley 
Rubaina Khan 
Samantha Chang 
Sania Hameed 
Sarah Shujah 
Shai Cohen 
Sharon Switzer-Mcintyre 
Shayne Train
Sherry Fukuzawa 
Sun Ooi
Tamara Bahr 
Will Heikoop
Zhaozhe Wang
Zohreh Shahbazi