Workshops & Events
Workshops & Events
Our Programming
We are committed to student well-being inside and outside the classroom by providing faculty, contract lecturers, Academic Assistants (AAs), and staff with essential strategies and tools to ensure teaching success in a variety of learning environments.
Get access to virtual workshops, panel discussions, and special events led by our team of facilitators and guest subject matter experts. Each event creates an opportunity for professional development and an opportunity for connections with colleagues from various disciplines across the university.
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The TMU Learning & Teaching Conference
The TMU Learning and Teaching Conference is an annual event for TMU faculty, contract lecturers, graduate students and staff. The conference provides an important and much valued opportunity each year for our teaching community to come together, share their experiences, discoveries, and innovations, re-ignite friendships and find new colleagues. Attendance has grown steadily over the years and now regularly reaches over 400 attendees.
Registration Now Open! May 11 - 12 | Opening Doors, Closing Gaps Through Learning and Teaching
Registration (external link) for this year’s TMU Learning & Teaching Conference is now open. Details about sessions will be made available closer to the conference date.
Registration will remain open until May 5, 2026 at 5 p.m.
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Excellence in Teaching Workshop Series
The Excellence in Teaching Program (ETP) provides faculty (TFA, LTF) with opportunities to enhance their teaching and participate in a supportive community of fellow educators.
The ETP is designed to be as flexible as possible while providing meaningful professional development. Whether you want to go all the way through the program or just attend a few focused workshops, if you are an educator at TMU you are welcome in our programming. Participants in the ETP are required to complete five workshops from the ETP Workshop Series. ETP Workshops are open to the entire teaching community at TMU, and evolve over time to meet the needs and interests of faculty and instructors.
Please check the workshop listings above, or the D2L site for the ETP for more information on our upcoming offerings.
The Academic Assistant (AA) teaching workshop series covers many aspects of professional development in teaching in an online environment. Workshops are open to all AAs and interested graduate students from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Core workshops:
- Facilitating Active Learning in Tutorial and Labs
- Engaging Students in Discussion
- Grading Strategies and Providing Effective Feedback
- Equity and Inclusion in Teaching
Join a Community of Practice
A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of like-minded individuals who share a common interest in a topic and who come together to fulfill both individual and group goals.
Communities of practice usually focus on sharing best practices and knowledge creation through regular meetings and ongoing communications.
Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity Community of Practice
The prevalence of AI in higher education has caused educators to feel both excited and frightened. This Community of Practice allows educators to participate in the conversation surrounding AI, with the goal of developing best practices and creating a repository of resources that can be shared across campus as well as across institutions.
Experiential Learning Community of Practice
Members of this Community of Practice brings together all staff, faculty or individuals involved in making experiential learning (EL) happen at TMU. By joining, educators and staff will have the opportunity to hear the latest updates on EL at Toronto Metropolitan University, meet and ideate with other EL professionals across campus, ask and answer questions, and work towards a shared vision.
Supporting Digital Learning Community of Practice
Members in this Community of Practice learn about new technologies that are related to learning and teaching before they are implemented. Take part in meaningful conversations about strategies and opportunities to incorporate technology in teaching, access resources as well as professional development opportunities.