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Hello from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team!  

Hello from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team!  

We are so excited to share in the launch of our new cohort program, Applying Anti-Racist Pedagogy In the Classroom (AA-RPC), being delivered in-person this June at UBC Vancouver campus!

Undergraduate Students as Course Co-Developers: Experiences shared at a Classroom Climate Series Event 

Undergraduate Students as Course Co-Developers: Experiences shared at a Classroom Climate Series Event 

This blog highlights the experiences of the Making Connections Student Co-Developers with developing this new course, the process of integrating anti-colonial practices and Indigenous knowledges, and their key takeaways.

ISP Toolkit in Action Panel: An Opportunity to Learn from Colleagues

ISP Toolkit in Action Panel: An Opportunity to Learn from Colleagues

Written by: Andrea Barragán Rivero, Paulina Semenec, Carissa Block, Janelle Kasperski

Fall 2023 Update from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team

Fall 2023 Update from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team

Happy Fall everyone!   Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning (A-RTL) offers programming for staff and faculty to cultivate teaching and facilitation practices that support anti-racist solidarity. With the aim of creating equitable learning environments and caring classroom spaces where learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour can thrive, A-RTL provides opportunities for educators […]

Respectfully Collaborating with Indigenous Students on Events: Lessons Learned from a CTLT Classroom Climate Series Session 

Respectfully Collaborating with Indigenous Students on Events: Lessons Learned from a CTLT Classroom Climate Series Session 

Written by Ashley Welsh and Hannah Coderre, with support from Frances Butterfield and Jessica Schuab  This blog highlights the main takeaways from the November 2022 Classroom Climate Series session and provides suggestions to support the teaching and learning community who are interested in collaborating and planning events with Indigenous students.  

Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning (A-RTL) Summer 2023 Update 

Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning (A-RTL) Summer 2023 Update 

Summer 2033 update from the A-RTL Team.

What I Learned in Class Today: Weaving it All Together

What I Learned in Class Today: Weaving it All Together

Written by Hannah Coderre and Erin Yun   The What I Learned in Class Today project team is excited to share updates, highlights, and insights from the 2018 renewal of the original 2007 student-led project. In this story, you will read about the research process, insights drawn from student and faculty participants, and learn about upcoming […]

Building Capacity through Peer-Facilitated Classroom Climate and Equity & Inclusion TA Training

Building Capacity through Peer-Facilitated Classroom Climate and Equity & Inclusion TA Training

For more than ten years, the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) Indigenous Initiatives team at UBC has supported TA’s by developing trainings using approaches for respectful engagement with Indigenous content in the classroom.

Fall 2022 Update from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team

Fall 2022 Update from the Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Team

Welcome back to campus, everyone! We hope you had a lovely summer and that you are as excited as we are to start the Fall term.

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Indigenous Initiatives Design Series: Decolonizing Teaching and Learning in STEM

As Indigenous perspectives are being more integrated into curricula, STEM has often been thought to be a challenging area to approach for change. In this story, three instructors share how, through their experiences with the Indigenous Initiatives Design Series workshops, they implemented durable change in their courses.