CTLT Institute

The 2024 Teaching Assistant (TA) Institute will take place in-person and online from January 15-19. The TA Institute includes a collection of workshops designed to support TAs as their roles change. The week of professional development workshops are open to graduate students and undergraduate TAs.

Please register for sessions individually as desired. Workshops are organized into 3 themes. If you complete all the workshops in a theme, and submit a theme completion form, you are eligible for a Letter of Completion that you can include in your Teaching Portfolio and CV.

For more info visit https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca

Reducing Ableism One PowerPoint at a Time

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 3, 2024
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. We often speak about culturally responsive practices, universal design, and universal design for learning. But much of it may seem too hard, too much, or too overwhelming to even consider. Per the newest numbers by Statistics Canada (2022), there are (more…)

Designing Safer, More Effective Teamwork Activities in the Classroom

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 3, 2024
    1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Do you use teamwork to make your class more interactive? Teamwork has been shown to be very supportive of student learning and development, however, students share mixed feelings about working in groups. Using the principles of UDL and trauma-aware approaches, (more…)

Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education at UBC


Event Date & Time

  • June 3, 2024
    3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. How are UBC faculty innovating in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education so that students are best prepared to tackle complex sustainability challenges in their careers? Students working in the sustainability field are expected to: Have specific technical knowledge and skillsets Bring (more…)

Supporting Climate Education Through a Novel Framework of Climate Kind Pedagogy


Event Date & Time

  • June 4, 2024
    9:00 am - 10:30 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. The climate crisis, the pandemic, and related social inequities indicate the need for education that teaches compassion and care towards the planet. Climate change and the related social impacts have necessitated a re-think of traditional pedagogies. University educators are faced (more…)

Sharing Back Our Knowledge: Development of the Indigenous Learning Pathways Training Program


Event Date & Time

  • June 4, 2024
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Launching in Summer 2024, Indigenous Learning Pathways (ILP) is a multi-course online training program led by CTLT Indigenous Initiatives and the Orientations & Onboarding program in Central HR, and involving collaboration and support from numerous staff, faculty, and programs across (more…)

CEL at Scale: Developing Community Engaged Learning Beyond the Individual Classroom

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 4, 2024
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Event Description

In Person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. This panel brings together faculty members from across the university to discuss work they have done to develop Community Engaged Learning (CEL) initiatives at scale. CEL is an increasingly popular and celebrated pedagogy–known for increasing ethical and civic awareness (more…)

A Tabletop Role-Playing Game for Building Interpersonal Skills: Demonstration and Feedback

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 4, 2024
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. This session will focus on demonstrating the use of a tabletop role-playing game (RPG) as a training-tool-in-progress to support the development of empathy in student support roles. In the proposed RPG game, participants are invited to take on the role (more…)

Embedding Practical Learning in Curriculum: Experiences in Three Arts Courses

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 4, 2024
    1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Practical learning is meant to engage students with real-life examples; stories from alumni, and applications of their discipline across different contexts. As a result, it can help students to further develop the skills and competencies that will follow them throughout (more…)

Disrupting Time and Space: Considerations in Community-Centred Evaluation


Event Date & Time

  • June 5, 2024
    9:00 am - 10:30 am

Event Description

In-person This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Join CTLT Indigenous Initiatives team members Paulina Semenec, Educational and Evaluation Consultant, and Samantha Nock, Educational Consultant, Campus and Classroom Climate, in an exploration around the ways in which timelines impact community-centred evaluation processes. Together, we will dream beyond the (more…)

Adopting a Wholistic Approach to Teaching and Learning in Laboratory Courses

Series: CTLT Institute


Event Date & Time

  • June 5, 2024
    10:00 am - 11:00 am

Event Description

Online This event is part of the CTLT Spring Institute, taking place from June 3–6, 2024. Laboratory courses are notorious for inducing stress among students due to the complexities of expensive equipment, intricate glassware, and potentially hazardous chemicals. However, the primary source of anxiety often arises from the pressure of results-based assessment. Despite the limited inclusion (more…)