April 7, 2022 Supporting Muslim Students during the Month of Ramadan Reading Time: 4 minutes How faculty can support Muslim students during the month of Ramadan. Categories Diversity
April 6, 2022 Delivering Indigenous Land Acknowledgements Reading Time: 6 minutes Author’s Acknowledgement This post has been written from the perspective of a first-generation settler, living on the traditional lands of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee... Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diversity
April 5, 2022 Terms for First Peoples in Canada Reading Time: 9 minutes This post describes the importance of respecting the self-naming practices of the First Peoples, and provides a partial list of terms for talking about First Peoples. Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diverse Identities/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching
March 3, 2022 Creating Sense of Belonging: From an International Student’s Perspective Reading Time: 3 minutes By Hiral Joshi, International Faculty Development Assistant, Teaching and Learning I am Hiral Joshi a full-time student for the Career Development Practitioner course at the... Categories Diversity/Teaching International Students
December 9, 2021 Building Truth and Reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples into Teaching Reading Time: 6 minutes By Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Note: This post has been written from the perspective of two settlers in North America, incorporating research and voices from... Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diversity/Teaching
August 31, 2021 Ways To Make Your Teaching More Accessible Reading Time: 2 minutes By Sara Kafashan [E]ducation providers have a legal duty to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities. Ontario Human Rights Commission, 2018 How can faculty... Categories Accessible Learning/Diversity
August 31, 2021 Trauma Informed Teaching Reading Time: 6 minutes As we begin our teaching each semester, we welcome strangers into our class whose past experiences are unknown to us. Over time, it sometimes becomes clear that a student is struggling with the impact of life experiences on the student’s ability to learn. This teaching tip will provide a research perspective and practical suggestions to help make your class a welcoming environment for students with trauma in their past (or present). Categories Accessible Learning/Teaching
August 26, 2021 Accommodating and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Conestoga Faculty Stories Reading Time: 7 minutes Stories curated by Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are attending colleges in Ontario (Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, n.d.). In... Categories Accessible Learning/Diversity/Faculty Stories
August 26, 2021 A Foundational Understanding of Accessible Teaching and Learning at Conestoga College Reading Time: 4 minutes Across Ontario colleges and universities, there are growing numbers of students with disabilities (Learning Disabilities of Ontario, 2019). At Conestoga, we have seen our numbers... Categories Accessible Learning/Diversity
August 25, 2021 Cameras On and Off in Virtual Classes Reading Time: 4 minutes Why should you keep your camera on when teaching? We have now had more than a year and a half of experience with virtual classes... Categories Build Community/Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)