Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor

SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

Captioning Clinic

Book a 30-minute appointment with a Faculty Liaison from the Teaching, Learning, and Technology team at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation to discuss captioning and transcription of your online/remote teaching materials. When booking an appointment, select the Captioning Clinic service. After you book a timeslot, you will automatically receive a Microsoft Teams meeting […]

Preparing Your Teaching Dossier

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The teaching dossier is a comprehensive record of teaching activities and accomplishments that is now required in applications for permanent positions at the University of Toronto and at an increasing number of institutions across North America. In this session, we will review the elements of a successful teaching dossier and discuss how to use it […]

Integrating Multimodal Learning into the Online Environment

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This workshop intends to provide an introduction to multimodal learning in the online classroom. We will explore different methodologies for incorporating a mixture of modalities (visual, audio, reading/writing, kinesthetic) into teaching materials making them suitable for a wide range of learning styles and leaving no one behind. By outlining strategies for diverse learning in the […]

Personalizing Your Land Acknowledgement

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Have you been meaning to personalize your land acknowledgment to open events and gatherings, but been concerned about getting something “wrong”? Do you often use a pre-written template but would prefer to tailor your acknowledgment to better reflect your own cultural and social location(s)? This session will offer a non-judgmental and supportive environment to reflect […]

Identifying and Addressing Microaggressions in the University Classroom

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Microaggressions are defined as the “daily, constant, often subtle, and seemingly innocuous, covert and overt negative messages and actions directed toward people from marginalized groups” (Sue, 2010 as cited in Bell, 2016, p. 7). With this framework in mind, this workshop understands the university classroom as one such space where microaggressions may occur. This workshop […]

Building Student Wellness and Confidence: Ideas Moving Forward

Panelists: Andrea Graham, PhD, Learning Strategist, Academic Success Pratik Nair, MPH, Health Promotion & Community Liasion, Student Life This lunch hour session will engage participants in a discussion on promoting student wellness and confidence to create greater equity in your classroom. We will explore teaching approaches and experiences during the past year that have contributed […]

Online First Contract Training for Online Teaching – All Disciplines

(Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-appointment TAs. This session will cover strategies for online teaching. All departments may allow TAs to use this 2-hour session as part of their 4 hours of paid mandatory training (per the collective agreement between C.U.P.E. 3902 and the University of Toronto). If you have any questions, please […]

October SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

Personalizing Your Land Acknowledgement: Part 2

Facilitators: Bonnie Jane Maracle, Indigenous Learning Strategist, Academic Success & First Nations House Ellyn Kerr, Learning Strategist, Academic Success This 1-hour session will begin with a quick review of the Part 1 session (https://archive.teaching.utoronto.ca/event/personalizing-your-land-acknowledgements-building-from-the-medicine-wheel/) and the resource material provided. This will be beneficial for those who may have missed Part 1. Participants will have opportunity […]