Introducing…Aboriginal Initiatives Practicum Student Rebecca Doughty
By Janey Lew posted on Jan 25, 2016
The Aboriginal Initiatives Team is excited to once again be partnering with the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program to host a research practicum student. Fourth-year FNIS major, Rebecca Doughty, has been working since the fall with Aboriginal Initiatives on a “reboot” of What I Learned In Class Today. This spring, Rebecca will be conducting interviews […]
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Classroom Climate Hits the Road!
By Janey Lew posted on Jan 08, 2016
Aboriginal Initiatives Strategist, Amy Perreault, and Classroom Climate and Educational Resource Developer, Hanae Tsukada recently returned from San Fransisco, California, where they shared their work on Classroom Climate at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education conference, November 4-8, 2015. POD is a forty-year old, globally recognized professional organization serving faculty developers in […]
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Taking Classroom Climate Online
By Janey Lew posted on Dec 04, 2015
Taking Classroom Climate Online CTLT Winter Institute Wednesday, December 9, 9:30 am – 11:30 am Lillooet Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall Register now for Taking Classroom Climate Online, a faculty roundtable and discussion on how to address issues of identity in online and blended learning environments, considerations of place and location when […]
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Classroom Climate Series Engages UBC with Aboriginal Topics
By Wendy Chan posted on Nov 26, 2015
As part of the yearlong Classroom Climate series, CTLT Aboriginal Initiatives hosted three workshops in fall 2015.
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Classroom Climate: Language Matters
By Janey Lew posted on Nov 10, 2015
Bridging the Knowledge Gap What can we do to “bridge the knowledge gap” – whether that be remediating our own knowledge gaps to avoid the kinds of problems identified by my student, or providing our students with a firmer grounding of basic information on Indigenous topics to raise the level of conversation in our courses? […]
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