Renewed What I Learned in Class Today: Facilitation Guide & Toolkit in Practice
We are excited to announce the launch of the Renewed What I Learned in Class Today (WILICT): Facilitation Guide & Toolkit!
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 […]
WILICT Student Voices: We Are All Part of This Conversation
Conversations in Society Shape Campus Climate
What I Learned in Class Today Project: Listening to Student Voices of the Past and Present
The Power of a Single Story On September 30th, members of the UBC community along with workplaces and schools across the country, will pause to recognize the historical and ongoing effects of the Canadian residential school system.
Doing This Work With Care: What I Learned in Class Today Renewed Project Panel Discussion
On March 8, CTLT’s Indigenous Initiatives department welcomed the UBC community to a virtual screening and panel discussion of the Faculty Perspectives film created by the What I Learned in Class Today: Educational Experiences and Institutional Responses Renewed Project.
What I Learned In Class Today Project: A Framework of Relationality to Further Indigenous Initiatives at the University
A motivating question for the What I Learned in Class Today: Educational Experiences and Institutional Responses project is the extent to which university-wide and national policies of Indigenous engagement, such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action and the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plans (ISP), have prompted tangible, positive change in the experiences of Indigenous […]
What I Learned In Class Today Project: Anti-Oppressive Learning Environments
Creating a classroom environment that values the wellbeing and educational goals of all students in the room is by no means an easy task; but it is a commitment that faculty across disciplines at UBC are seeking to fulfill by adopting strategies of anti-oppression and anti-dominance.
What I Learned in Class Today Project: Effects of the Knowledge Gap
Indigenous Tokenization and Expectations of Expertise: The movement to ‘bridge the knowledge gap’ around Indigenous topics in postsecondary classrooms is not new
What I Learned In Class Today Project: Acknowledging the Affect
Over a decade since the original project debuted, instructors continue to discuss both the difficulties and the importance of addressing the affective side of the classroom so they can hold conversations with care.
What I Learned in Class Today Project: Indigenous Student Support In and Beyond the Classroom
Indigenous student voices have always been at the heart of the WILICT project and this collaboratively created article outlines opportunities to better support students in and beyond the classroom.