The 2019 Graduate Students in Teaching Mini Conference is looking forward to welcoming presenters and attendees to the UBC Vancouver Campus from April 30 to May 1. This conference is an opportunity for students to focus on the present and future role of graduate students in teaching: graduate students teaching now, as well as graduate students as future faculty.
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Planning committee
Shaya Golparian, PhD
Educational Developer: TA Development Programs
shaya.golparian@ubc.ca
Joseph Topornycky, PhD
Manager, Graduate Student Programs
joseph.topornycky@ubc.ca
Schedule of events
Theatre of the Distressed: Exploring Conflict for TAs
Tuesday, April 30 | 10 – 11 a.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Liesl Lafferty and Roquela Fernandez, UBC
ART/eaching: Exploring Arts-based Approaches Within Your Teaching Practice
Tuesday, April 30 | 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Carolyn Jepson, Paisly Symenuk, Janina Krabbe, UBC
Round Tables (30 min x2)
Tuesday, April 30 | 1 – 2 p.m. | Lillooet Room
- Imposter Syndrome in Academia
Facilitators: Kyle Gooderham and Gillian Glass, UBC - Help align Content and Assessment with Learning Objectives
Facilitators: Analise Hofmann, Connie Leung , Najah Adreak, UBC - Failure & Learning
Facilitator: Shawn Hetherington, UBC
Poster Sessions
Tuesday, April 30 | 1 – 2 p.m. | Lillooet Room
- Creative Writing TA Training and Support
Presented by Roquela Fernandez, UBC - BioTAP, Building a Teaching Community through TA Training
Presented by Rhea Storlund, UBC - TA Development in the Department of Psychology
Presented by Grace Truong, UBC - Physics & Astronomy TA Training Program
Presented by Jeff Bale and Deborah Good, UBC - Sociology TA Training Program
Presented by Silvia Bartolic, UBC - Improving Student Readiness in Calculus with Learning Objects
Presented by Felicia Halliday, UVIC
Teaching Assistants with Disabilities
Tuesday, April 30 | 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Presented by Laura Bulk, UBC
Adult Learning Theory Beyond Kolb’s
Tuesday, April 30 | 3 – 4:30 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Natalie Westwood and Arnab Ray, UBC
Inclusivity in Learning: Minimizing Obstacles to Participation
Wednesday, May 1 | 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Linda Horianopoulos and Kieran Forde, UBC
Panel: Graduate Students in Teaching (Career in Teaching)
Wednesday, May 1 | 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Panelists:
- Isabeau Iqbal, PhD, Educational Developer, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC
- David Oliver, Instructor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
- Rowshan Rahmanian, Post Doctoral Fellow, SFU
- Dr. Lacey Samuels, Professor, Botany Department, UBC
Incorporating Reflection into Teaching
Wednesday, May 1 | 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Kaylee Byers and Kyle Gooderham, UBC
Empathetic Provocation for Teaching Difficult Knowledge
Wednesday, May 1 | 3 – 4:30 p.m. | Lillooet Room
Facilitators: Paisly Symenuk & Dawn Tisdale, UBC