LTC26-ProgramDay2
Day 2 - Program Schedule
2026 Learning & Teaching Conference | May 11–12
LTC Day 2 - Tuesday May 12, 2026 - Schedule at a Glance
| Time | Location | Event |
8–9 a.m. |
1st & 2nd Floor, DCC | |
9–10:30 a.m. |
DCC 208 | |
10:45–11:45 a.m. |
ENG | |
11:45 a.m.–12:40 p.m. |
2nd Floor, DCC | |
| 12:45–1:45 p.m. | ENG | |
2–3 p.m. |
ENG | |
3:10–4 p.m. |
ENG | |
4:10–5 p.m. |
ENG | |
5–6:30 p.m. |
2nd Floor, DCC | The Chang School Reception - Poster Session, Book Fair & Service Spotlight |
All-Day Programming
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
Podagogies Live Recording
2nd Floor, DCC. Brought to you by CELT and TMU Library’s Digital Media Experience Lab (DME)
Join Chelsea and Curtis for a live recording of Podagogies. Conferences attendees are welcome to stop by the Podagogies table to join the conversation and be part of the podcast.
Questions or concerns? Please email askcelt@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)
May 11-12
Learning and Teaching Conference
- Two days, in-person on TMU’s campus with community building, refreshments included
May 13-14
IT Conference
- Day 1: In-person on TMU’s campus with a keynote address, networking, breakfast, lunch included
- Day 2: Virtual, including a cybersecurity keynote address
All Day 2 Programming takes place in:
- DCC Building, 288 Church St.
- ENG Building, 245 Church St.
Day 2 - Program Schedule
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote Conversation: Opening Doors, Closing Gaps Through Learning and Teaching
Beginning Day 2 of the LTC, the 2026 LTC Keynote takes the form of a multi-disciplinary discussion of the conference theme: Opening Doors, Closing Gaps Through Learning and Teaching.
Discussants include:
- Kahente Horn-Miller (external link) - Associate professor in Indigenous Studies and the associate vice president Indigenous teaching, learning and research at Carleton University
- Natalie Kouri-Towe (external link) - Associate professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University
- Tricia Bertram Gallant (external link) - Academic Integrity Director at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
A1. Roundtable
Rooted and Rising: Celebrating Black-Focused Pedagogies, Intellectual Traditions, and Community Impact at TMU
Panelists:
- Dr. Renée Ferguson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
- Kamilah Clayton, Contract Lecturer, School of Social Work
- Dr. Denise McLane-Davison, Professor, School of Social Work
Moderated by:
- Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe, Director, The Black Scholarship Institute (BSI)
- Jason Matthew, Educational Developer, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Location: ENG 101
A2. Paper Presentations
Designing a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Application for Middle-School Biology Classrooms
Rishabh Seth, Undergraduate Researcher, Faculty of Science
Opening Doors, Closing Gaps through Algorithmic Audit
Dr. Afsoon Soudi, Assistant Professor, RTA School of Media
Investigating Digital Simulations for Ethics Learning in Computer Science
Suzana Neves, Master of Science Student, Computer Science
Location: ENG 102
A3. Paper Presentations
The City as Classroom: Experiential Storytelling and Urban Pedagogy at a Downtown University
Alex Sein, MDM BCom, The Creative School
Taking the Pulse: Visualization and Exploration of Segments of Toronto’s Revitalized Waterfront
Leila Farah, Professor, Department of Architectural Science
Teaching in the Age of Reels: Turning Screens into Learning Tools
Mubeen Qureshi, Master of Cybersecurity student
Co-Creating an Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) Mentorship Framework: A Community-Engaged Approach
Rezwana Rahman, PhD Student, Urban Health
Location: ENG LG 5
A4. Paper Presentations
From Campus to Classroom: Service-Learning as a Bridge Between Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
Ndeye Ba, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Program Director, Language and Intercultural Relations, Faculty of Arts
Community-building, problem-solving and storytelling: How creative skills can transfer across industries
Lorena Escandón, Assistant Professor, School of Creative Industries
Bridging Classroom and Community Through Student-Led Interviews with Family Business Leaders
Jacky Deng, PhD
Reimagining Undergraduate Clinical Mentorship Models: RPNs as Mentors for BScN Students
Kateryna Metersky, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Director - Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Faculty of Community Services, Nursing
Location: ENG LG 11
B1. Project Spotlights
What is in a name? Naming Black feminist pedagogy and methodology in social work education and research
Renée Ferguson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
We Met U When…podcast students are learning & teaching how the journalism industry can do better
Shari Okeke, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
Location: ENG 101
B2. Project Spotlights
Designing Teaching Presence: The DIY Livestream Studio as an Accessible Learning Space
AJ Cordeiro, Assistant Professor, RTA School of Media
Architecture of Legal Education: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration Bringing Studio to Law
David Sandomierski, Visiting Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Location: ENG 102
B3. Project Spotlights
Game Based Learning: Fun, Adventure, Learning By Being in the Movie?
Dr. David Chandross, M.Sc. M.Ed., Ph.D., Advisory Team Member, Computer Science, Computational Safety Team
Promptly Inclusive: From Headlines to Hallways
Caterina Valentino, Contract Lecturer, Department of Health Services Management, BComm Ted Rogers School of Management
Location: ENG LG 5
B4. Project Spotlights
Co-Designing for Co-Benefit: SSH102 and Teaching for Learning & Coping Skill Development
Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Arts
Humanizing care through interlinking voices: Co-designing health professional education with patients and family caregivers with lived/living experience with stroke
Sue Bookey-Bassett, RN, Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Location: ENG LG 11
C1. Interactive Workshop
Sacred Stories - EDIA and Love Ethic United
Karen Arthurton, RSW, MSW, Contract Lecturer, School of Social Work, TMU
Location: ENG 101
C2. Project Spotlights
TMU Student Perspectives on GenAI and Learning
Reece Steinberg, Head, Library Learning Services
Participatory Design For Infrastructuring Pedagogical Innovation
Dr. Preeti Raman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Location: ENG 102
C3. Project Spotlights
Beyond the Classroom: Probing the Intersection of Co-Curricular Engagement and Student Persistence
Dr. Allen Goss, Associate Professor of Finance, School of Accounting & Finance at the Ted Rogers School of Management
The Virtual Internship: Earning and Learning
Anne-Marie Brinsmead, Program Director, The Chang School
Location: ENG LG 5
C4. Paper Presentations
Speaking Up for Change: TED Talk Pedagogy for Teaching Health Advocacy in Nursing
Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Community Services/Nursing
Embedding Indigenous Content into Psychology Courses: Designing and Distributing Micro-Modules
Anik Obomsawin, Graduate Student, Psychology
Global Exclusion, Local Solidarity: CRM 360 (“Criminalizing Global Migration”) Initiatives of Resistance with FCJ Refugee Centre, Toronto
John Carlaw, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Faculty of Arts
Activating Access: Decolonial praxis within and beyond the halls of academy
sama nemat Allah, researcher, School of Disability Studies
Location: ENG LG 11
D1. Interactive Workshop
Creating inclusive classrooms during a time of EDI backlash
Erin Hallock, Director, Human Rights Services
Location: ENG 101
D2. Paper Presentations
Building GenAI Confidence: Microcredentials for the Future of Work
Ceni Babaoglu, Assistant Program Director of Data Science, The Chang School
The Benefits of Re-thinking the Essay: A Classical Music Case Study
Kristin Force, Part-time Faculty, Department of Philosophy & Music
Location: ENG 102
D3. Project Spotlight (PS) & Paper Presentation (P)
From 65 to 500: Teaching innovation in a very large classroom (PS)
Yukari Seko, Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication
Better Learning Spaces (P)
Terri Peters, Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Science
Location: ENG LG 5
D4. Community Connected Activity (Continued to E4)
Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A De-colonizing Journey’s Documentary
Kathy Absolon, Full Professor, Indigenous Field of Study (Social Work), Wilfrid Laurier University
*** Please note this film screening & discussion begins at 3:10 p.m. and continues until 5 p.m. uninterrupted.
Location: ENG LG 11
E1. Interactive Workshop
Empowering Voices through AI: Using Text-to-Image Generation to Enhance Community Engaged Teaching, Equity and Arts-Based Informed Pedagogy and Participatory Research with Vulnerable Populations
Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Community Services/Nursing
Location: ENG 101
E2. Interactive Workshop
Speak What You'd Write: A "Hands-off" Workshop
Julián Zapata, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Toronto Metropolitan University
Location: ENG 102
E3. Interactive Workshop
Designing Engaging, Student-Centered Learning Through Structured Scaffolding and Authentic Assessment
Dr. Meranda Salem, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Department and Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering Department
Location: ENG LG 5
E4. Community Connected Activity (Continued from D4)
Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A De-colonizing Journey’s Documentary
Kathy Absolon, Full Professor, Indigenous Field of Study (Social Work), Wilfrid Laurier University
*** Please note this film screening & discussion begins at 3:10 p.m. and continues until 5 p.m. uninterrupted.
Location: ENG LG 11
Poster Sessions, Book Fair and Service Spotlight, including:
- Digital Professionalism in Nursing Education
- From Classroom to Community: A TMU Student’s Investigation of Settlement Experiences in a Non‑Profit Setting
- Designing Representation: How generative AI can amplify diversity and inclusion in medical education
- A Framework to Survey and Map Accessibility Features in Built Contexts
- Decoding the Digital Learner: A Research Proposal for a Focused Ethnography of Generation Z Nursing Students Navigating Pharmacology Education
- A scoping review to reveal best practices in evaluation models on key nursing clinical skills
Drinks, music, and more!
This event is sponsored by the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education