Teaching
Members of the university community share lessons they’ll carry with them after more than two years of upheaval from COVID-19.
A cross-institutional, open-source series helps graduate students and postdoctoral fellows articulate their teaching experiences for various career pathways.
It’s time for us to band together as a sector and demand data privacy protections from our digital classroom tools.
Researcher Fenton Litwiller is developing youth recreation programming to support queer kids in acquiring skills that affirm their complex gender identities.
The collaboration between the university and the Government of Nunavut highlights the importance of culturally safe care.
Lakehead project aims to restore one of several decades-old boats that are ‘catalysts for community building.’
Young leaders reflect on the legacy of the province’s largest-ever student protests.
How universities are responding to a country-wide shortage.
A part-time professor’s most important lesson: survival.
The journey back from pandemic-enforced online learning will be a steep learning curve for everyone.
Training needs to go beyond course delivery and focus on evolving issues such as student mental health and educational technology.
Could I completely re-pivot back to where I started as an academic? It would be disingenuous to claim that I had no doubts, especially on the teaching side.
The cultural dimension is particularly important as Canadian universities enroll more and more international students.
‘Midwives have a lot to offer,’ says the program’s director, ‘and they’re underutilized in Canada compared to in other countries.’
The program hopes to create an environment that is safe and effective for the use of psychedelics.
My past experience is always with me, below the surface, yet my teaching work hasn’t been about what I’ve done. Instead, it’s been about trusting the depths of my experience to stabilize me.
Rather than transmitting course content, in-person class time should be dedicated toward deep and transformative learning.
When addressing student plagiarism, it is easy to react emotionally, but as educators we need to keep a growth mindset even when we find ourselves in ethically challenging situations.
Let’s make sure these mediated formats really are about facilitating students’ learning and procedural knowledge construction.
New course is part of a three-year project examining whether emerging technology can help boost engagement in learning.