• Developing peer-to-peer learning  

• Envisioning students-as-partners 

• Relational pedagogies (building authenticity, vulnerability and trust) 

• Experiential and work-integrated learning 

• Learning in and with community 

• Technology-enabled interaction  

• Generative AI applications 

• Global learning frameworks 

• Decolonizing and Indigenization our disciplines and our pedagogies 

• Ensuring voice for diverse students 

• Student supports as/for relationship building 

• Fostering an interdisciplinary mindset 

• Assessments that build connection to community 

• How communities and partnerships enhance learning 

• Collaborative course and program design 

• Team teaching 

• Peer learning and collaborations for innovation 

• Supports for well-being, mindfulness, and contemplative practice  

• Appreciative inquiry 

• Communities of practice 

• Facilitating significant interdisciplinary collaboration 

• Building teaching and learning partnerships between faculty and staff  

• Community and partnership enhancing learning 

• Working with Indigenous communities and Elders towards decolonization and Indigenization 

• Practitioners in the classroom 

• Co-designing courses and credentials with employers and industry 

• Alumnae and industry mentoring schemes 

• The impact of work-integrated and experiential learning 

• Forging links with organizations and communities 

• Opportunities for learning in the field 

• Communicating knowledge value beyond the academy 

A forum for collaborative development and discussion of creative approaches to teaching and learning, with a focus on practical application.  Your proposal should clearly indicate how your participants will actively contribute to the session. 

Your proposal should identify a topic or question for a discussion or conversation you would like to facilitate with peers.  Topics/questions should be of sufficient scope to allow for deep, collaborative engagement.  

We have land-based/outdoor facilities available. You will be able to express an interest at submission. 

This session format provides an opportunity for presenters to share land and community-based pedagogies such as outdoor pedagogies, inclusionary (Indigenous, ecological) teaching practices, educational partnerships with Indigenous communities, or experiential land-based activities. Session proposals should include if the presenters require an outdoor space for facilitation or any additional supports.

A forum for collaborative development and discussion of creative approaches to teaching and learning, with a focus on practical application.  Your proposal should clearly indicate how your participants will actively contribute to the session. 

The workshop format is designed to provide a forum for collaborative development and discussion of creative approaches to teaching and learning. Workshop proposals should clearly indicate how participants will actively contribute to the session. 

This format provides the opportunity to share interesting, innovative teaching practices. Presentations should include opportunities for questions and discussion within the 25-minute timeframe. 

You can express a preference for in-person/online when submitting your proposal.  

This format provides the opportunity to share papers related to new or ongoing research. Presentations should include opportunities for questions and discussion within the 25-minute timeframe. 

You can express a preference for in-person/online when submitting your proposal.

This format allows presenters ten minutes to showcase a pedagogical strategy, describe a classroom practice, or introduce a teaching and learning concept related to the conference theme. Sessions will conclude with a brief opportunity to identify/discuss common themes/ask questions.