Workshops and events

Revitalize Your Teaching: Accessible Learning 

This series of four 60-minute sessions aimed at faculty and instructors at all experience levels in Rady Health Sciences. Each session offers practical strategies on a range of topics relevant to teaching, including strategies for assignment design that offer students greater levels of clarity, developing your teaching-centered Personal Reconciliation Action Plan, checking in with accessible learning design, and staying motivated and creative when it comes to including active learning in your lesson planning.

This workshop will outline the Accessibility for Manitobans Act - Information and Communication Standard, and will discover strategies for accessibility in clinical placement/preceptorship setting. We will explore functional frameworks and readily applicable strategies to apply in your teaching context, and examine the tools available to help us align with the legislation.

Date and time: Tuesday, June 3, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Johnathan Bevan and Anna Nekola

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Adopting, Adapting and Creating Open Educational Resources (OER)​

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and research materials that have been made available for public use under an open license or in the public domain. In this workshop, participants will learn about the benefits of teaching with OER, and qualities that make OER valuable pedagogically. Considerations for adopting, adapting, and creating OER, such as copyright and selecting publishing tools, will be discussed. The workshop builds on content presented in The Centre workshop “Open Educational Resources, Part 1”, though no prior experience with these topics is required.​

Date and time: Thursday, June 5, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Janice Winkler and Iwona Gniadek

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Experiential Learning Community of Practice Brown Bag Lunch Conversations: Learning from Experiential Learning Challenges

Bring your lunch and connect with other members of our community of practice! There is no formal agenda for these casual meetings just good people and conversation! Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts and experiences as we explore different topics in experiential learning.

Topic: Have you ever introduced an experiential activity in your class that didn’t unfold as expected? Anyone who has engaged in experiential learning knows that setbacks are inevitable. Let’s take this opportunity to reflect on our "flops," not as failures, but as valuable learning moments—reminding ourselves that not every activity is a triumph, and that’s part of the process.

Date and time: Monday, June 9, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Meaghan Ewharekuko and Gerardo Villagran

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Revitalize Your Teaching: From Reflection to Action. Building a Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan in Healthcare 

This series of four 60-minute sessions aimed at faculty and instructors at all experience levels in Rady Health Sciences. Each session offers practical strategies on a range of topics relevant to teaching, including strategies for assignment design that offer students greater levels of clarity, developing your teaching-centered Personal Reconciliation Action Plan, checking in with accessible learning design, and staying motivated and creative when it comes to including active learning in your lesson planning.

This one-hour workshop guides healthcare professionals in translating reflection and awareness into meaningful action through the creation of a personal Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan. Centered around Calls to Action 18–24 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the session emphasizes moving beyond education toward accountability. Participants will explore the role of individual and systemic responsibility in addressing health inequities faced by Indigenous communities. Through facilitated discussion, guided reflection, and practical planning tools, attendees will begin to develop actionable, culturally informed commitments that support reconciliation within their professional practice.

Date and time: Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Randi Desmarais and Anna Nekola

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Manitoba Open Education Symposium

UM Libraries is working with Campus Manitoba and other Manitoba post-secondary institutions to organize the Manitoba Open Education Symposium — with the theme of Open Horizons: Affordability and Access through Open Education. ​ 

We’re inviting faculty, staff and students to join us for engaging discussions on how to build an open and accessible education system that fosters digital innovation, cross-institutional collaboration, and student affordability.

Keynote speakers include Amanda Coolidge, executive director, BCcampus, and Robert Luke, CEO, eCampusOntario. Apurva Ashok, executive director of the Rebus Foundation will be facilitating workshops on "Creating OER with Students" and "DEI in Open Publishing."

Date and time: June 11 and 12, 2025. Sessions will run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm each day.
Location: 100 Innovation Drive, Fort Garry campus

Registration and program details can be found here

Designing Accessible and Engaging Online Courses 

In this engaging 3-hour workshop, university faculty and instructors will explore practical aspects of designing online courses. Participants will engage in hands-on activities to develop learner personas, apply constructive alignment, and integrate UDL principles, focusing on decolonizing and accessible design approaches. Guided by real-time facilitation, participants will create course blueprints that align learning outcomes with active learning and assessment strategies. They will be empowered to craft a targeted, interactive, and inclusive course that prioritizes learners’ agency.

This workshop is part of The Centre’s Online Learning Institute. No prerequisite workshops required.

Date and time: Monday, June 16, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Farhana Akhter

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Revitalize Your Teaching: Keeping Active Learning Fresh and Fun

This series of four 60-minute sessions aimed at faculty and instructors at all experience levels in Rady Health Sciences. Each session offers practical strategies on a range of topics relevant to teaching, including strategies for assignment design that offer students greater levels of clarity, developing your teaching-centered Personal Reconciliation Action Plan, checking in with accessible learning design, and staying motivated and creative when it comes to including active learning in your lesson planning.

Whether you are flipping a day or two in your upcoming courses, or just looking for new active learning strategies to add to your toolbox, this session on 'Keeping Active Learning Fresh and Fun' will help you continue to add to your repertoire of activities and options. 

Date and time: Tuesday, June 17, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Anna Nekola and Farhana Akhter

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Developing Accessible and Engaging Courses in UM Learn

Ready to enhance your online teaching with a course that’s clear, interactive, and accessible? Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to create student-friendly course modules using UM Learn and other UM-supported tools. Whether you're just getting started or looking to refine your approach, this workshop will equip you with practical strategies to develop inclusive and engaging online learning environments. 

This workshop is part of The Centre’s Online Learning Institute. No prerequisite workshops required.

Date and time: Thursday, June 19, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Iwona Gniadek 

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Facilitating Online with Confidence and Care

This workshop empowers faculty members to translate and build on  their teaching expertise, in the online environment by applying and using inclusive facilitation practices, active learning strategies, accessible technologies, and evidence-based approaches, including decolonial and relational methods to foster meaningful connection, engagement, and equity in digital spaces.

This workshop is part of The Centre’s Online Learning Institute. No prerequisite workshops required.

Date and time: Tuesday, June 24, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Sharmila Vijayann

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Universal Design for Learning in Practice: Integrated Accommodations and Incorporating SAS Accommodations to Design Inclusive Classrooms

In an ongoing monthly series, participants will review discreet elements of Universal Design (UDL) for Learning and work together to develop pedagogical practices that align with the UDL principle being discussed that month.

This session will focus on the Integrated Accommodations initiative. This initiative is a collaboration between Student Accessibility Services and The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and is meant to help instructors design SAS accommodations into their courses. Courses with integrated accommodations are registered with SAS, removing the need for further accommodations within that specific course. Attendees will learn about the philosophy and benefits behind this initiative as well as how to take part.

Date and time: Wednesday, June 25, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan

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Deficit Thinking and Strength Based Approaches in the Classroom When Working with Indigenous Students

This half-day workshop will define deficit thinking and how harmful it can be to our Indigenous students. The workshop will also cover how historical events, policies and the media have shaped deficit thinking and how Indigenous students are impacted in education spaces. The workshop will focus on strength-based approaches and best practices. There will also be case studies, and time for participants to work together.

Date and time: Thursday, August 7, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Randi Desmarais

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TLC Mini-Institute - Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies (TLCTS2, Day 1)

The Centre offers the one-and-a-half day TLC Mini-Institute every May and August. The workshops in the Mini-Institute are:

1. Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies
2. Strategies for Maintaining a Respectful Classroom Environment

The Mini-Institute is for Pre- and Tenured Faculty Members, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Librarians, and Post-Doctoral Fellows. Participants can choose to sign up for each workshop separately or attend both.

This session:

This workshop (over two sessions) will provide instructors with opportunities to design assessment strategies to support student learning. You will design formative and summative assessments and learn strategies for providing constructive feedback on students’ work. You will also have opportunities to evaluate the effectiveness of different assessment tools. Please bring a current course syllabus with learning objectives.

Date and time: Monday, August 18 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch is not provided.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan and Jackie Hope

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Please note: Teaching and Learning Certificate (TLC) program participants are required to sign up for both workshops (August 18 & August 19) in the TLC Mini-Institute to fulfill the program requirements.

TLC Mini-Institute - Strategies for Maintaining a Respectful Classroom Environment (TLCTS2, Day 2)

The Centre offers the one-and-a-half day TLC Mini-Institute every May and August. The workshops in the Mini-Institute are:

1. Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies
2. Strategies for Maintaining a Respectful Classroom Environment

The Mini-Institute is for Pre- and Tenured Faculty Members, Instructors, Sessional Instructors, Librarians, and Post-Doctoral Fellows. Participants can choose to sign up for each workshop separately or attend both.

This session:

As instructors, you may have experienced behaviour by your students that you felt was disrespectful, rude, or disruptive. These can be challenging situations to deal with. This interactive workshop will focus on teaching strategies that foster and maintain respectful classroom behaviour.

Date and time: Tuesday, August 19, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan and Jackie Hope

Register for TLC Mini-Institute - Strategies for Maintaining a Respectful Classroom Environment (TLCTS2)

Please note: Teaching and Learning Certificate (TLC) program participants are required to sign up for both workshops (August 18 & August 19) in the TLC Mini-Institute to fulfill the program requirements.

Universal Design for Learning in Practice: Three Steps You Can Take Today To Build an Inclusive Teaching Practice

In an ongoing monthly series, participants will review discreet elements of Universal Design (UDL) for Learning and work together to develop pedagogical practices that align with the UDL principle being discussed that month.

In this session we will review 3 simple steps that can be implemented prior to classes starting in September. Several strategies will be offered that will create a more inclusive classroom environment. These strategies will be based in research on Universal Design for Learning and each strategy will take less than 10 minutes to incorporate into your instructional practice. 

Date and time: Wednesday, August 27, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan

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