Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

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

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 […]

Online First Contract Training for In-Person & Hybrid Teaching – All Disciplines

(Online) This is a 2-hour webinar for first-appointment TAs. This session will cover strategies for in-person & hybrid 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 […]

UTSC Centre for Teaching and Learning: Navigating Microaggressions in the Classroom

Microaggressions in the classroom create an unwelcome campus climate and can negatively affect the teaching and learning process. This behaviour can be exacerbated in the online context, particularly in emails, breakout rooms, chats and online forums. Addressing microaggressions is critical to creating inclusive and positive learning environments. In this interactive session, participants will learn strategies […]

Demystifying the Dossier: Looking Ahead: Identifying & Articulating Teaching Success

Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSI Kelly Gordon, Coordinator, Programs & Strategic Initiatives, CTSI At the University of Toronto, a teaching dossier must be submitted as part of the formal review process for tenure and continuing status. Beyond the information included in an academic CV, a teaching dossier describes and documents an instructor’s teaching expertise, goals […]

Teaching and Learning in Uncertainty: The Role of Care and Kindness in the Classroom

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Why are care and kindness traditionally regarded as antithetic to academic rigour? In this session, we consider the role of care and kindness in teaching and learning, especially in times of uncertainty. We will examine the pedagogy of care/kindness as a framework to help graduate students balance their own boundaries with compassion and transparency and […]

Demystifying Library Research for Your Students

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How do you help your students who are baffled by library research?  In this session, U of T librarians will share services and resources to assist undergraduate students, and work with you to strategize responses to typical undergraduate research and essay problems.    Help your students go beyond Google and Wikipedia to find quality information […]

UTSC Centre for Teaching and Learning: Creating Accessible Documents

The switch to remote learning has created new learning opportunities and challenges in accessibility. Materials need to be flexible in their creation and accessible to all students using a variety of learning hardware and software. Learn about some of the assistive technologies students use and why accessible materials are important. Acquire new skills in how […]