CTL Advisory Committee

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Overview | Campus Representatives | Committee Objectives

Overview

The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) fulfills its mission by partnering with instructors, departments, and colleges to create transformative learning experiences for the University of Alberta’s diverse student body. In doing so, the CTL connects networks and draws on the experiences and expertise of other university units whose mandates intersect with the teaching and learning environment.

The CTL Advisory Committee is the vital link between the unit and the broader campus community. It offers guidance and valuable insights to help the CTL prioritize its initiatives and deliver on its commitment to provide responsive, evidence-based programming and services that support the professional development of teaching practices across the university.

The committee comprises representatives from U of A’s faculties and colleges—typically Associate Deans responsible for teaching and learning—as well as students and other key interested parties.

Campus Representatives

Karsten Mündel Vice-Provost (Learning Initiatives), Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Deanna Davis, Executive Director, CTL
Helen Vallianatos, Associate Dean, Education, College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Trish Manns, Associate Dean, Education, College of Health Sciences
Carlos “Lobo” Cruz Noguez, Associate Dean, Education, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
Lise Niyuhire, Senior Coordinator (Innovation), Campus Saint-Jean
Deanna Singhal, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), Science
Jennifer Branch-Mueller, Associate Dean, Education
James Muir, Vice Dean, Law
Lisa Purdy, Assistant Dean, Graduate Student Affairs, Medicine & Dentistry
Sean Robertson, Associate Professor, Native Studies
Erin Wright, ATS Associate Lecturer, School of Public Health
Angela Bayduza, Associate Dean, Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation
Susan Neufeld, Associate Teaching Professor, Nursing Sherif Mahmoud, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Geoffrey Bostick, Associate Teaching Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine
Nat Kav, Associate Dean Academic & Graduate Studies, Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences
Tyson Lazaruk, Teaching and Student Support Specialist, Engineering
Andre Costopoulos, Chair (Anthropology), Arts
Leo Wong, Associate Dean (Education), Alberta School of Business
Anne McIntosh, Associate Dean (Teaching) Augustana Campus
Sandeep Agrawal, Associate Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
Kim Frail, Head, Teaching and Learning, Library and Museums

Student Representatives
Layla Alhussainy, Vice-President Academic, Students’ Union
Rija Kamran, Vice-President Academic, Graduate Students’ Association

Committee Objectives

The Advisory Committee of the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is a consultative committee responsible for providing recommendations to the university on the following matters:

  1. Teaching support services that are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
  2. Facilitation of university‐wide educational leadership
    1. Communication of effective teaching practices and celebration of successes
    2. Building relationships, cultivating dialogue, profiling excellence in teaching, engaging the University community
  3. Teaching and learning contexts and support needs of instructors and programs across the institution
  4. Identification of elements for instructor and student success
    1. Evidence‐based priorities, challenges and possibilities
    2. Access, retention, program completion
    3. Integrating active pedagogies and reinvigorating teaching practices
  5. Facilitation of the integration of discovery learning, technology and citizenship
  6. Promotion of the integration of teaching and research
  7. Energize enthusiasm for teaching and learning

Composition
Chair: Executive Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning Members: Vice Provost (Learning Initiatives), College Associate Deans, Deans or Deans' delegates, Library representative, Students' Union (SU) representative, Graduate Students' Association representative (GSA)

Meetings
The Advisory Committee will meet at least twice yearly during the academic year.