Circles of Understanding Banner Project – Cultural Awareness Training
This session offers a Cultural Awareness Training program, developed in partnership with Aboriginal community Elders, youth and the Vancouver Aboriginal Community Policing Centre Society. The Circles of Understanding Project invites participants to visually connect with 10 full-sized educational panels that depict the on-going impacts of the Indian Residential School system on Aboriginal people. A guided dialogue and interactive session about the panels will offer understanding and compassion as important contributions to the healing needed between our peoples, our communities and our nations. The Banner Project also offers on-line youth/Elder mentorship and public engagement activities to promote community healing and recovery.
UBC Aboriginal Online Learning Resources: Get Connected!
This day-long focus offers various informative sessions highlighting numerous UBC Online Learning Resources that have been developed to assist students, professors and instructors at UBC and elsewhere in strengthening their understandings of Aboriginal topics, issues, and thought.
Faculty Speaker Day
Vancouver School of Theology is featuring its high profile faculty in a day of mini-lectures at the Chapel of the Epiphany on the UBC Campus. Faculty will speak on their areas of expertise and research in a thought-provoking and inspiring manner.
This event is open to the general public, and will particularly appeal to those who are interested in studying at VST – come see what we have to offer you in terms of our excellent faculty and cutting edge programs! There will also be an opportunity to meet with the staff from the Registrar’s Office to discuss academic requirements and your program options.
For more information, visit www.vst.edu. This is a free event, but we ask that you RSVP to 604-822-9427 or email shannonl@vst.edu.
TEDx Terry Talks
Now in it’s fifth year, the TEDx Terry talks provides a venue for UBC’s most fascinating students share their ideas and their visions for UBC and the world. Hosted in the Life Sciences Institute, this annual conference draws students, faculty, staff, and alumni for a day of idea sharing.
Richard & Dorothy Sikora Lecture
An annual lecture hosted by UBC’s Philosophy department called the “Richard & Dorothy Sikora Annual Lecture”.
Engaging Indigeneity through Place-Based, Community-Based and Experiential Learning
As part of strengthening university-community relations, this workshop focuses on the pedagogical connections between place-based, community-based and experiential learning. Included in the workshop is an emphasis on Indigenous understandings of these current educational movements and a practical exercise that is used to familiarize participants with these concepts.
Snack and refreshments will be provided.
Midterm Evaluations of Teaching Forum
This workshop will showcase a pilot project for the 2012-13 academic year, developed in partnership by the AMS and CTLT, to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of different models for midterm evaluations of teaching.
Spaces for Teaching, Spaces for Learning
This workshop will present two complementary viewpoints of the role and range of spaces for teaching and learning
Interactive Engagement in Large Classes: Methods and Examples from the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative
The workshop will cover the basic ideas behind PI, present compelling evidence for its instructional effectiveness and offer participants the opportunity to try the technique for themselves. The workshop is aimed at, and relevant for, any faculty members or instructors seeking deeper student engagement and improved learning inside their classrooms.
Peer Review of Teaching Forum
The workshop is open to all with an interest in Peer Review of Teaching: faculty (acting as reviewers or reviewees); Associate Deans / Faculty nominees for PRT; Heads of Department.