LTC25-Program
Program Schedule
2025 Learning & Teaching Conference | May 20
Schedule at a glance
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. |
Registration & Breakfast Reception |
9:30 - 10:50 a.m. |
Conference Opening, Keynote from Mark Daley |
11 - 12 p.m. |
Session A - Concurrent Sessions & Special Session 1 |
12 - 1 p.m. |
Lunch Break & Activities |
1 - 2 p.m. |
Session B - Concurrent Sessions *** Special Session 2 will run from 1 - 2:30 p.m. |
2 - 2:30 p.m. |
Break |
2:35 - 3:35 p.m. |
Session C - Concurrent Sessions & Special Session 3 |
3:40 - 4:40 p.m. |
Session D - Concurrent Sessions & Special Session 4 |
4:40 p.m. - Close |
The Chang School Reception, Poster Session & Service Spotlight |
The following will be available throughout the day
Registration desk:
2nd Floor, DCC
Volunteers available to answer any questions or concerns
Quiet Café
DCC 705
Space for quiet work, relaxation and refreshment
Prayer space
DCC 713
A quiet space for prayer, worship, meditation, and other spiritual and faith based activities
Questions or concerns? Please email askcelt@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)
Conference Program Schedule
Opening & Keynote | 9:30 - 10:50 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote by Mark Daley
Eight Billion Geniuses: Life in a Post-Anthropocentric Intelligence Paradigm
Location: DCC 208 (Overflow seating in DCC 204)
In a time marked by rising anti-Blackness, disinvestment in justice, and the assault on our shared humanity, the classroom endures as a sacred space of resistance, healing, and radical possibility. This session honours the brilliance, resilience, and transformative power of Black-focused pedagogies at Toronto Metropolitan University—approaches that reject erasure and reimagine education as a vehicle for liberation.
Featuring recipients of the Black-Focused Pedagogy Fund, this session offers a window into teaching practices, research insights, and community-rooted projects that centre Black life, knowledge, and joy.
Grounded in ancestral wisdom, lived experience, and Afrocentric worldviews, this dialogue explores how Black educators/scholars are reshaping institutions, confronting systemic inequities, and cultivating vibrant communities of scholarship and care. Join us in celebrating educators and scholars who are rooted in legacy and rising toward new possibilities—shaping TMU and beyond.
Concurrent Session A | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
A1. Expanding Learning Beyond the Classroom
- Digital Education Strategies for Zone Learning: Enhancing Flexibility and Accessibility for Continuous Learners
- Teaching Academic Integrity in a World Without the Beatles
- Past Is Pedagogy: Partnering with Archives in a Large Lecture Class
Location: DCC 350
A2. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Open Educational Nursing Resources
- Integrating Indigenous Wisdom into Global Business Learning (external link)
- Sanctuary Scholars Workshop: Supporting Students with Precarious Immigration Status Through Justice-Based Classroom Management and Teaching Practices
Location: DCC 352
A3. Empowering Student Voice and Agency
- Navigating Clinical Errors Through Poetry: Amplifying Nursing Students’ Voices
- Student Perspectives on CMN 231: Communicating with Comics
- Living in Transition: Weaving International Students into TMU Life Through Communal Spaces
Location: DCC 707
A4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- (google slide) From Law Student to Legal Technologist: Preparing Tomorrow’s Lawyers for an Innovation-Driven Legal Career (external link)
- (google slide) AI Driven Digital Assistants for Ethical Teaching & Learning (external link)
- (google slide) Gap the Mind: Crafting a Future-Ready AI Literacy Curriculum for Creative School Students (external link)
Location: DCC 709
Special Session 2 | 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Learning & Teaching Grants & Teaching Fellows Panel
Location: DCC 208
Learning and Teaching Grants Spotlight
The Learning and Teaching Grants Program, funded by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, reflects the University’s continuing commitment to teaching excellence and pedagogical leadership, along with our community’s ongoing dedication to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the classroom. This is an opportunity for grantees to share their experiences and findings with the TMU community.
Demystifying SoTL: Practical Advice from TMU's Teaching Fellows
Join us for a special panel discussion featuring TMU’s CELT Teaching Fellows, who are leading innovative Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects across the university. This session will explore their journeys into SoTL, offering insights into how educators can get started with their own research. Panelists will share practical advice, lessons learned, and strategies for integrating SoTL into teaching practice.
Concurrent Session B | 1 - 2 p.m.
B1. Expanding Learning Beyond the Classroom
- (google slide) A Constructivist Approach to Experiential Learning in Project Management (external link)
- (google slide) Enhancing Research Support through Collaboration: The Impact of the Statistical Support Specialist at TMU (external link)
- Lean, Self-Guided, Technology-Supported Learning: An Educational Approach to Enable Thriving Graduates
Location: DCC 350
B2. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments
- Building a Brave Classroom Space (external link)
- (google slide) Using a Tablet and Video Conferencing Software to Enhance Inclusion and Engagement in Large, In-Person Classes (external link)
- Spanning the Gaps: Creating Equity and Confidence in the Classroom
Location: DCC 352
B3. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- Improving Feedback Processes in Nursing Using Virtual Simulation
- The Power of Pivoting: How a Microaggression Transformed Our Podcast Production
- Engaging Students in Active Learning with eText Readings through GenAI
Location: DCC 707
B4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- Vein Identification & Readiness Training Using 3D-Printed Education: VIRTUE
- Cold-blooded Filler? Using Generative AI to Encourage Critical and Comparative Analysis When Delivering Bad News: A Case Study in Using AI in a Writing Assignment
- Using Lightboard Technology to Create Engaging Educational Videos (external link)
Location: DCC 709
Special Session 3| 2:35 - 3:35 p.m.
Creating Inclusive Classrooms During a Time of EDI Backlash
Location: DCC 208
In a time of culture wars and ‘anti-woke’ backlash, it is all the more important to maintain a commitment to EDI and human rights in the classroom. How can one teach from a trauma-informed lens and encourage students to listen with compassion and empathy?
How do you balance freedom of expression and the need to cultivate a culture of mutual respect for diverse perspectives in the classroom? How can one talk about EDI and human rights in an accessible and respectful way?
Facilitators will lead the group to explore the challenges of creating an inclusive classroom based on EDI and human rights principles. We will also provide key information about human rights frameworks and tools to apply in navigating classroom discussions.
Concurrent Session C | 2:35 - 3:35 p.m.
C1. Expanding Learning Beyond the Classroom
- Experiential Learning with Industry Partner Projects in Grad Studies
- Interprofessional Education with a Patient-Partner Through Poetry
- Does Connection Drive Commitment? Investigating the Role of Workplace Relationships in Retail Front-Line Employee Brand-Based Equity
Location: DCC 350
C2. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments
- Active Bystanders in Nursing Education: Gatekeepers of Social Justice
- Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Academic Integrity Based on Insights from TMU International Students
- (google slide) Worlding Difference: Open Education for All (external link)
Location: DCC 352
C3. Empowering Student Voice and Agency
- Training for Improvements in Human-Intelligence (HI) and Post-Secondary Student Excellence Amidst the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Are We Preparing the Next Generation of Confident Academic Scholars?
- (google slide) Back to Practice: A Flipped-Classroom Approach to Teaching First-Year Mathematics for Economics (external link)
Location: DCC 707
C4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- Rethinking Assessment in Data Analytics: A Three-Phase, Role-Based Approach
- A Hero’s Journey in Learning: Gamification, AI, and Literary Growth
- (google slide) Teaching with AI Tools at TMU: Let's Share What We've Learned (external link)
Location: DCC 709
Special Session 4 | 3:40 - 4:40 p.m.
Transforming Access to Education: Free Education for All
Location: DCC 208
This year the Office of Social Innovation is hosting Transformation Cafes exploring our strategic theme: Social Justice Approaches to Accessing Education and Campus Space.
This Cafe will discuss historic actions for free education in Canada, such the 2012 Québec Student Strike, the 2014 TMU Freeze the Fees Tent City, and the ongoing Fight the Fees movement led by the Canadian Federation for Students. We will take up government policy proposals, such as the Wynne’s Liberal Party’s proposal for tuition-free education for students from families with household incomes under $50,000 in 2016, and the life-changing impact of the provincial loan system. Panelists will also reflect on OSI’s Free School programming and position free education as part of a commitment to decolonizing education. These conversations will situate free education as an innovative commitment that must be integral to all conversations about access to education.
Concurrent Session D | 3:40 - 4:40 p.m.
D1. Cultivating Inclusive Learning Environments
- (google slide) Embedding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching and Learning at TMU (external link)
- Teaching Israel & Palestine: Questions for Pedagogy
Location: DCC 350
D2. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- (google slide) Beyond the Assignment: How Learning Design Shapes Student Inquiry, Ethics, and Voice (external link)
- Redesigning Nursing Theory OERs to Support Licensing Exam Success
- (google slide) Leveraging GenAI for Equitable Assessment: Designing Bias-Resistant Grading Systems (external link)
Location: DCC 352
D3. Empowering Student Voice and Agency
- Exploring the use of Social Media in Universities to Enhance Student Retention and Engagement
- (google slide) Using a Method to Produce Theoretical Syntheses for Inquiry-Based Learning of Scientific Theories (external link)
- Modernizing Digital Fashion: Autonomy, Flexibility, and Collaboration Through a Flipped Classroom Approach
Location: DCC 707
D4. Teaching with Technology and Navigating an Ever-Evolving Educational Landscape
- Guided Experiments with Gemini for the Classroom
Location: KHW 057 - Active Learning Classroom
This session will take place in a different building from other conference activities. Kerr West Hall is located a short distance from DCC, accessible from the north side of Gould St. There will be signage and wayfinders to direct you.
The Chang School Reception | 4:40 p.m.- CLOSE
Poster Sessions and Service Spotlight
- (google slide) The role of STEM exposure in post-secondary education: insights into equity, attitudes, and career choices (external link)
- Beyond Barriers: How TMU’s Spanning the Gaps elevates students (external link)
- (google slide) Supporting Success in Physics Using Problem-Solving Prompts and Retrieval Practice (external link)
Drinks, music, and more!
This event is sponsored by the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Location: 1st Floor Lobby, DCC
