Call for Session Proposals

Collective Growth: Cultivating Meaningful Change

UBC faculty, staff, students and community members are encouraged to submit session proposals for inclusion in Celebrate Learning Week.

This year, we encourage proposals that explore meaningful change in teaching and learning. Celebrate Learning Week provides a space to examine how individuals and institutions navigate transformation—whether through small, everyday shifts or large-scale initiatives. We welcome discussions on: 

  • Collaborative efforts that drive meaningful change 
  • Interconnected relationships that sustain progress 
  • Ongoing commitments that foster long-term growth 
  • Emerging initiatives in early stages of development, with the potential to scale  

Join us in shaping conversations that inspire and cultivate a culture of continuous learning.

Should you have any questions regarding the call for session proposals, please reach out to Rachel at rachel.lee@ubc.ca.

Please submit a proposal by March 31, 2025.

Topic Suggestions

Below are some topics to inspire your event proposal. These are only starting points, please feel free to expand on them or explore additional directions.

You may also use events from past Celebrate Learning Weeks as a guide.

  • Celebrate Collaborations: Share how partnerships and teamwork have driven meaningful change in your work. 
  • Shaping Practices: Explore how institutional priorities have influenced your teaching and learning practices. 
  • Collective Impact: Highlight how shared knowledge and collective action can create lasting, sustainable impact. 
  • Journey of Change: Walk through the initial steps, ongoing efforts, or lessons learning from projects that have fostered meaningful change

Session Format Suggestions

CLW sessions can be held online, in-person or multi-access.

  • Interactive Workshop – offer CLW attendees the opportunity to explore a topic in depth with their peers and to translate their learning into their respective teaching contexts.
  • Panel Presentation and Discussion – provide a forum of public exchange of ideas, giving experts and CLW attendees the opportunity to discuss a particular topic collaboratively.
  • Asynchronous Activities – share an online course/tour/knowledge web/other that CLW attendees can explore.  
  • Other – any format you think will fit the topic of your event.

Considerations for Contributors

Browse through the complimentary Contributors’ Resource Guide for helpful information regarding logistics and resources.

Indigenous Resources:

We recommend sharing a land acknowledgement at the beginning of your session.

Accessibility Resources:

Explore resources to help make your sessions accessible and effective learning spaces.

2025 CLW Session Proposal Submission Form

Thank you for your interest in Celebrate Learning Week. Please submit your proposal below by March 31, 2025. You should receive an email confirmation of your submission. The CTLT Team will reach out with your confirmed programming date/time by April 7, 2025. If you don’t receive an email by then, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

We acknowledge that Celebrate Learning Week is being hosted on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People. The organizing committee would like to express its gratitude to those communities for all of their contributions to the teaching and learning community at UBC. We encourage everyone to learn more about the relationships between UBC and the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People + the Syilx Okanagan Nation.