Upcoming Events
UTM faculty, sessional instructors, librarians, staff, teaching assistants, graduate students, and post docs are welcome to register for our events.
TLC workshops, seminars, talks and panels are inclusive events. Please let us know if you require any accommodations. Contact us at tlc.utm@utoronto.ca if you have questions.
NOTE: In compliance with the regulations put in place by UTM surrounding COVID-19, all TLC programming and workshops will be facilitated online (remotely) until further notice.
Fall 2021
Teaching & Learning Cafés (online)
Reflecting on your teaching practice is critical to faculty learning and development. It can help you find solutions to challenges that arise within the learning environment. Teaching & Learning Cafés provide an opportunity to reflect on how the term has been going, to ask any questions that may have come up, and to connect with your colleagues.
A morning and evening Teaching & Learning Café will be offered once a month on Tuesdays at 8pm and Thursdays at 10am.
October theme: TBA
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Tuesday, October 19th at 8:00pm. Please register here
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Thursday, October 21st at 10:00am. Please register here
Dates of upcoming Teaching & Learning Cafés:
- Tuesdays at 8pm (November 16, January 18, February 8, March 8)
- Thursdays at 10am (November 18, January 20, February 10, March 10)
Equity in my discipline: Management & Economics and Arts & Humanities (online)
Monday, October 25th, from 11:30am-12:30pm
Panelists:
- Sonia Kang, Associate Professor, Management, Canada Research Chair in Identity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Anjuli Raza Kolb, Associate Professor, English and Drama
- Ellyn Walker, Acting Director/Curator, Blackwood Gallery, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Visual Studies
In this session, panelists will discuss how equity is part of the pedagogy, research, and community in their respective disciplines. The session will provide participants opportunities to reflect on equity practice gaps and what equity specific initiatives relate to their teaching & learning and research.
Term-End Reflection (online)
Tuesday, December 7th from 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Facilitated by Fiona Rawle, Associate Dean, Undergraduate, and Director, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Biology; Ann Gagné, Educational Developer (Universal Design for Learning), Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy ; and Dianne Ashbourne, Educational Developer, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
Connect with your colleagues to reflect on this past year in an interactive, collaborative session. This session will provide an opportunity to share pedagogical strategies that worked well and to ask your colleagues for suggestions to address challenges that you encountered during the term.
WINTER 2022
UTM Instructor Support Drop-Ins (online)
Co-hosted by the TLC, RGASC, UTM Library, and UTM I&ITS. If you have questions related to pedagogy, Quercus or Zoom, please join us. Instructor support drop-ins will be offered at the following times:
- Thursday, January 6th from 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, January 11th from 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Thursday, January 20th from 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Tuesday, January 25th from 11:00am - 12:00pm
Please register in advance, if possible. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link and passcode to attend the session.
Teaching as Performance
Monday, January 17th from 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Facilitated by Anna Korteweg, Professor, Department of Sociology
During this one-hour session we will touch on some key ideas from theatre, vocal technique, and dance to help us connect with our students during lecture and discussion – the key is how to be present in the room with yourself and your students! After a brief introduction to this theme, we will do a series of short exercises that will help you be present in the classroom and connect effectively with your classroom audience.
Anna Korteweg (Professor of Sociology at UTM) has a background in theatre dance, receiving her degree from the School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam. After arriving in the United States, joining small modern dance companies and performing at Jacob’s Pillow and various venues in New York and Boston, she decided to look for a job that would pay the bills and fell in love with academia. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California Berkeley, while continuing to dance and perform occasionally. In 2004, she moved to Canada to join UTM. The past 14 years she has focused on singing, first in choral settings and more recently in a small jazz ensemble. She has studied for six years with vocal coach Micah Barnes, and performs in the hallways of her building and occasionally at coffee houses and living room concerts.
Spotlight on Teaching in the Arts and Humanities
Wednesday, January 26th from 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event provides an opportunity for instructors to share teaching strategies and resources with colleagues who share their disciplinary context. It is also an opportunity for instructors from other disciplinary contexts to gather new ideas. The session will consist of four 10-minute presentations with an opportunity to ask questions after each presentation.
Spotlight on Teaching in Management and Economics
Thursday, February 3rd from 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event provides an opportunity for instructors to share teaching strategies and resources with colleagues who share their disciplinary context. It is also an opportunity for instructors from other disciplinary contexts to gather new ideas. The session will consist of four 10-minute presentations with an opportunity to ask questions after each presentation.
Spotlight on Teaching in STEM
Tuesday, February 8th from 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event provides an opportunity for instructors to share teaching strategies and resources with colleagues who share their disciplinary context. It is also an opportunity for instructors from other disciplinary contexts to gather new ideas. The session will consist of four 10-minute presentations with an opportunity to ask questions after each presentation.
Spotlight on Teaching in Social Science
Thursday, February 17thfrom 2:00pm - 3:00pm
This event provides an opportunity for instructors to share teaching strategies and resources with colleagues who share their disciplinary context. It is also an opportunity for instructors from other disciplinary contexts to gather new ideas. The session will consist of four 10-minute presentations with an opportunity to ask questions after each presentation.
Preparing the Teaching Dossier
Thursday, March 24th from 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Facilitated by Dianne Ashbourne, Educational Developer, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
At the University of Toronto, teaching dossiers must be submitted as part of the review process for tenure review or continuing status review. This session will provide an overview of the content and structure of an effective teaching dossier, focusing on dossiers prepared for a review process, and with an emphasis on how to align this document with divisional and institutional expectations. Session participants will review the distinctive qualities of a teaching dossier, and will develop a plan for assembling and strengthening their own dossiers. They will also be led through the first steps of composing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
Writing an EDI Statement for your Teaching Dossier
Tuesday, March 29th from 11:00am - 12:00pm
Facilitated by Ann Gagné, Educational Developer (Universal Design for Learning), Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
This session will highlight the literature on writing EDI statements and allow space for discussion of how to demonstrate connections to equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in your pedagogy.
Curriculum Mapping
Monday, April 4th from 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Facilitated by Fiona Rawle, Associate Dean, Undergraduate, and Director, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, and Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Biology
This workshop will outline how to engage in effective curriculum mapping, and will highlight the opportunities that can arise from the mapping process and dissemination of the maps themselves. We will discuss mapping at the assignment, course, and program level, and will explore different ways to both use and disseminate curricular maps.
Term-End Reflection
Wednesday, April 27th from 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Facilitated by Fiona Rawle, Associate Dean, Undergraduate, and Director, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Biology; Ann Gagné, Educational Developer (Universal Design for Learning), Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy ; and Dianne Ashbourne, Educational Developer, Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy
Connect with your colleagues to reflect on this past year in an interactive, collaborative session. This session will provide an opportunity to share pedagogical strategies that worked well and to ask your colleagues for suggestions to address challenges that you encountered during the term.
