The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
Workshops and events
Explore the workshops and events available at The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning.
May
TLCN05 Developing Intercultural Teaching Competence
Every student and instructor brings their own culture into the teaching and learning contexts in which they inhabit. Similarly, every teaching and learning context is informed by and situated in institutional, regional, and national cultures. In this workshop, you’ll explore your own cultural attitudes, knowledge, and skills, and those of your learners and the environments you all find yourselves in. Then, you’ll apply this to your own teaching practices through elements of course design.
Date and time: Thursday, May 15, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Cintia Costa
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TLCN03 Navigating Challenging Student Situations
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. Staff from Student Advocacy and Case Management and the Office of Human Rights and Conflict Management will provide an overview of pertinent University policies and procedures to help you understand your rights and responsibilities as an instructor. This interactive workshop will provide you with strategies and tips for preventing and responding to these behaviours.
Date and time: Thursday, May 15, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Heather Morris & Megan Bowman
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TLCN01 Universal Design for Learning
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an orientation to teaching and learning that promotes greater student choice and agency in learning experiences, with the aim of reducing barriers to learning by providing multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression. In this workshop, participants will explore how UDL values intersect with their own teaching philosophies, identify barriers to learning for students with a range of needs, and (re)design course elements to adopt UDL guidelines in a way that is practical for instructors yet beneficial to learners.
Date and time: Tuesday, May 20, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan
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TLCN10 Self-Evaluation of Teaching Practice
Feedback and evaluation of teaching are part of every teacher’s life. How do you make sense of the evaluative feedback you receive from SRI scores, daily classroom experiences and student grades? This workshop examines the theory and practice of evaluation and suggests practical strategies for integrating effective evaluative practices into your teaching. Please note that this workshop does not cover the design and creation of student assessments.
Date and time: Tuesday, May 20, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Gerardo Villagran Becerra
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TLCN07 Mental Health in the Classroom: Responding to Students Demonstrating Mental Health Distress
Young adults are highly susceptible to mental health problems. We know that most instructors encounter many students who are struggling with mental health issues that affect their academic performance, behaviour in the classroom, and interactions with teaching staff. Research also indicates that the incident rate and intensity of mental health problems experienced by students is increasing. These situations can be stressful, time-consuming, and potentially can involve risks to personal safety for the students and others. David Ness, the Director of the Student Counselling Centre at the University of Manitoba, will provide you with information about how to identify and respond effectively to student mental health issues, how to understand the factors that contribute to student distress, and how to access resources. This interactive workshop will involve case study material to apply your knowledge of risk assessment, response alternatives, and on- and off-campus resources.
Date and time: Wednesday, May 21, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: David Ness
TLCN04 Academic Integrity Teaching and Learning Strategies
Do you want to promote academic integrity in your course but don’t know how? In this workshop, we will discuss the meaning of academic integrity at the University of Manitoba, and how it relates to your teaching and learning environment (whether that be face-to-face, remote/online). We will discuss ways to implement teaching and assessment strategies that promote integrity that will allow you to focus on students’ learning and community building. Resources for academic integrity education (e.g., syllabus statements, learning activities) that you can modify and incorporate into your courses will be shared.
Date and time: Wednesday, May 21, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Renato Bezerra
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TLCN02 Teaching and Technology
In this workshop, we will explore a framework for using technology in teaching and learning. Rather than a technology ‘how-to’ session, the focus will be on providing a method for evaluating technology that supports the goals of teaching and learning. We will also discuss the benefits and challenges of using technology in the classroom.
Date and time: Thursday, May 22, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitators: Renato Bezerra and Farhana Akhter
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TLCN08 Indigenous Knowledges for Teaching Higher Education
This workshop introduces participants to Indigenous pedagogies by contextualizing Indigenous knowledges, discussing the importance of making space for Indigenous content and knowledge transmission in the academy, and providing participants with resources about the pedagogical significance of Indigenous knowledges.
Date and time: Thursday, May 22, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Micheline Hughes
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Effective Strategies to Captivate Students from Day One
Have you ever wondered if there’s a better way to engage students on the first day of class instead of diving straight into the course material? In this workshop, you'll explore how to capture students' interest from day one with short, fun activities. Get ready to actively participate and find out which activities work best for you!
Date and time: Monday, May 26, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Meaghan Ewharekuko
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Revitalize Your Teaching: Creating Transparent Course Materials
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.
In Revitalize Your Teaching: Creating Transparent Course Materials we will explore the basics of the Transparency in Higher Education (TILT) framework. This research-backed framework can help facilitate greater student success by helping them understand the how and why of what they are learning, and it is adaptable to large and small class sizes. You'll learn the process for reframing existing materials so you can get started making the changes best for your context. Come find out more about a process that many are calling "transformative!"
Date and time: Tuesday, May 27, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Anna Nekola and Farhana Akhter
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Universal Design for Learning in Practice: The Accessibility for Manitobans Act, The Information and Communication Standard
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 the various requirements of classroom instructors in relation to the Accessibility for Manitobans Act - Information and communication standard. This workshop will be guided by the Act as well as the Universities stated priorities in relation to accessibility. A step-by-step outline of each requirement and how to fulfill it will be offered along with time to answer questions regarding your specific context. We will also briefly review the various technologies instructors can use to meet the AMAIC requirements.
Date and time: Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitator: Johnathan Bevan
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Addressing Challenging Student Behaviours & Situations
Challenging student behaviour and situations can emerge in any discipline and teaching context; however, such situations are bound to happen in health sciences due to the sensitive nature of the discipline. Classroom and clinical instructors might need to thoughtfully plan teaching strategies to navigate the situation during classroom, lab, or clinical teaching to prevent and manage challenging student behaviours. This workshop will provide learners opportunity to explore ways & tools to effectively predict, prevent, and manage such challenging behaviours and situations.
Date and time: Wednesday, May 28, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Remote - UM Zoom
Facilitators: Nausheen Peerwani and Anna Nekola
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2025 UM Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium
Faculty and instructors are invited to the 2025 UM Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Symposium, where innovation and education come together! Join fellow educators, researchers, and leaders to explore inquiry, share insights, and leave with fresh ideas to elevate student success. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a vibrant community dedicated to transforming learning experiences for UM students!
Date and time: Thursday, May 29, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Marshall McLuhan Hall, Room 204 - UMSU University Centre: Marshall McLuhan Hall (65 Chancellors Circle)
Keynote Presentation: This year’s symposium will feature Dr. Andrea Webb from the University of British Columbia as the keynote. Dr. Webb is currently co-directing a multinational SSHRC-funded project, Narrative Art and Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education. As Chair of SoTL Canada, she plays a key role in shaping national conversations on scholarly teaching and in supporting a vibrant community of educators committed to enhancing student learning through reflective and research-informed approaches.
June
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 session will outline the Accessibility for Manitobans Act - Information and Communication Standard. We will review strategies and tools available to align with this 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: A Teaching & Learning Reconciliation Action Plan
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 session will introduce attendees to strategies required for developing your teaching-centered Personal Reconciliation Action Plan.
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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What's Working, What's Not?: Shake Hands with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
All instructors identify problems in their courses. Whether students’ struggles to master a key concept or a teaching practice that may not be meeting its purpose, how do we explore “what’s working and what’s not” in our courses? In this workshop we will explore problems that are ripe for investigation and consider how SoTL (the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) practices might help us to systematically evaluate the impact of intervention strategies. To participate fully, please bring a smartphone, tablet, or laptop.
Date and time: Wednesday, June 18, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room 223 - The Centre (65 Dafoe Road)
Facilitator: Janet Cape
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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
July
August
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
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:
- Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies
- 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:
- Designing and Evaluating Assessment Strategies
- 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
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
Register for Three Steps You Can Take Today To Build an Inclusive Teaching Practice
Contact us
The Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
65 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba, Fort Garry Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada
Room S204B, Medical Services Building, 744 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W2 Canada