The March session is facilitated by Tara Black, Assistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and Alex Rennet, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UTM

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March 29, 12pm (online)

By attending this roundtable, participants will become aware of research-based and practice-based evidence of Chinese students’ challenges, aspirations, and potential to contribute/engage, and learn how to create learning experiences in their courses to encourage more student transformation from “powerless” to “empowered.”

April 4, 10am-12pm (online)

Part of the Towards Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Classrooms – Communities and Conversations Series

This workshop is a personal conversation about how we internalize systems of oppression, how they are reflected in our teaching practices, and how we can create a new vision for how we want to be as educators. In this session participants will engage in self-reflection, small group discussion, mindfulness practices and large group conversations. 

April 19, 10:30 - 12, ET (online)

Join us for a workshop that will cover the fundamentals of community-engaged learning (CEL) pedagogy and practice and provide practical strategies for designing and running a CEL course. Bring a syllabus that you would like to re-design or the idea for a course you would like to create, and together we will work on designing a successful CEL course. 

• Equity in the Syllabus and in the Classroom (FAS), March 15, 10:30am
• Making Active Learning Opportunities More Equitable for English Language Learners (UTSC), March 15, 2pm
• CEL Faculty Roundtable: Respectful and Reciprocal Partnerships with Indigenous Community Organizations (CCP), March 20, 3pm

The Teaching Assistant’s Training Program is hiring for the 2023-2024 fall and winter sessions.

• TATP Coordinators – Tri-Campus – 300 hours (3 positions)
• TATP Course Instructor Coordinator– Tri-Campus – 300 hours (1 position)
• TATP Microteaching Coordinator –  St. George Campus – 300 hours (1 position)
• TATP EDI Coordinator – Tri-Campus – 300 hours (1 position)
• TATP Graduate Educational Developers– based on St. George Campus – 210 hours (8 positions)
• TATP UTM Graduate Educational Developer – UTM – 210 hours (1 position)
• TATP UTSC Graduate Educational Developer– UTSC – 210 hours (1 position)

Inclusiveness in Microsoft Office 365

Many users of Microsoft Office 365 applications are familiar with the spelling and grammar checkers that automatically check for potential errors in text.  In addition to identifying areas for improved clarity, this feature can also check for inclusive language.  By enabling this setting for “inclusiveness”, writers using web-based Office 365 applications can identify potentially biased language and edit text to ensure communication is more representative of diverse audiences. Like all tools, this checker helps with quick detection of potential issues, but it will not find everything; users are encouraged to continue revising their work and learning about inclusive practices to use in communication.  

The Syllabus Service assists faculty and staff at the University of Toronto in making course readings available to students in a manner that respects Canadian copyright law and existing U of T licensing agreements and policies. Library staff will retrieve, scan, and provide links to material, as well as acquire eBooks suitable for course use whenever available. Instructors are encouraged to submit course reading lists by the Priority Service Date of March 27.

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The 2023 Canadian Higher Education Information Technology (CANHEIT) Conference will be hosted at the University of Toronto’s St. George campus, with an option to attend virtually.

This year’s theme encourages presenters to show the community how working together makes our institutions stronger. This theme will be explored through four main streams: Innovating together, Collaboration, People & leadership and Security as a team sport.

To submit a presentation proposal to the CANHEIT 2023 programming committee, complete the submission form on the Ex Ordo platform by March 22, 2023.

The Graduate Education Innovation Fund is an initiative that aims to enrich the learning experience of graduate students in our programs by supporting projects that create positive, innovative changes in the design and delivery of graduate education. The fund is seeking proposals for its fourth round of funding of five seed grants of $5,000. Applications are due on April 3.

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April 12, 9am-4pm

The theme of this year’s CTL Showcase is “Breaking Barriers: Inspiring the Culture of Educational Excellence.” This tri-campus event is open to all U of T faculty and staff. 

Learn more about the Breaking Barriers showcase.