Visiting Speakers

TEACHING EVENTS (IN THE FACULTIES) VISITING SPEAKERS

2023 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipient

Department of Human Ecology
The Warmth of the Arctic: Getting Hands-On with Qiviut (Muskox) Fibre
Tanis 'Akutuq' Simpson (Inuvialuk)

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Academic Ableism and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Dr. Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo


2022 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipient

Department of Anthropology
Tactics for Working Anyway: Re-imagining and Re-engaging in Academic Prose
Dr. Dale Pesman, working artist, writer and educator based in Chicago, IL


2021 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipient

Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts
Instagram as a Tool for Social Change
James Jones (Notorious Cree)


2020 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Community Service-Learning, Faculty of Arts
Public lecture on Learning Outcomes and Human Development during CTL's Teaching Institue August 2020
Dr. Melanie Walker, Chair in Higher Education and Human Development Research Programme at the University of the Free State, South Africa


2019 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Department of English and Film Studies
Critical Media Pedagogy
Dr. Lauren Berliner, Associate Professor, University of Washington Bothell, School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS)

Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Should We Put the "Active" in Learning?
Dr. Linda Braddy, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Tarrant County College (TTC) Northeast Campus

Department of English and Film Studies
Teaching with Sound
Dr. Jennifer Fleeger, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

Department of Anthropology
Writing Regardless: Re- imagining and Re-engaging in Academic Prose
Dr. Dale Pesman, working artist, writer and educator based in Chicago, IL


2018 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Campus Saint-Jean, Faculty of Education
Designing Teaching for the Digital Age
Dr. Tony Bates, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University and a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the De Groote School of Business at McMaster

Department of English and Film Studies, The Kule Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
Why Indigenous Literatures Matter: Reading (and Teaching) Beyond Wreckonciliation
University Prof. Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation), Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture, University of British Columbia


2017 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Department of Secondary Education
Themes Under the Sign of Psychoanalysis and Education
Dr. Deborah Britzman, Distinguished Research Professor and York Research Chair in Pedagogy and Psychosocial Transformations at York University

Augustana Faculty
What Makes Teaching Learning-Centered
Dr. Maryellen Weimer, Professor Emerita of Teaching and Learning at Penn State Berks

Department of English and Film Studies
Indigenous Knowledge and Indigenizing the University
Maria Campbell, Métis author, playwright, broadcaster, filmmaker, and Elder

Department of Chemistry
Flipped and Blended Chemistry Courses: Structures, Implementation Consideration, and Evaluation
Dr. Alison Flynn, Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa

Department of English and Film Studies
Treaty Talk: Reciprocity in Prayers, Songs, Whispers, Stories, Oaths and Writing
Dr. Tracey Lindberg, Indigenous Studies and Indigenous Law at Athabasca University and The University of Ottawa


2016 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Physical Education and Recreation Faculty
Woodland Cree Hunting and Trapping
Robert Grandjambe Jr.

The Physical Activity and Diabetes Laboratory
Educational Leadership - Navigating the process in the early stages of your career
Dr. Gregory duManoir, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus

Department of Chemistry
Walter E. Harris Workshop: Strategies for Effective Active Learning
Dr. Jill Robinson, Indiana University

Physical Education and Recreation Faculty
Venturing into Researching our Teaching: Lessons Discovered by a Physicist
Dr. Adam Sarty, Saint Mary's University


2015 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Augustana Faculty
Information Literacy in Academic Libraries Workshop
Sharon Mader, ACRL's Visiting Program Officer for Information Literacy

The Physical Activity and Diabetes Laboratory
Novel Approaches to Undergraduate Research Education and Engagement
Trevor Day, Mount Royal University

Department of Chemistry
Walter E. Harris Workshop: Real Work Is Better Than Homework
Brian P. Coppola, University of Michigan

Department of Biological Sciences
Mind the Gap: Nurturing Our Students Toward Expertise
Kimberly Tanner, San Francisco State University (SFSU


2014 CTL Visiting Speaker Grant Recipients

Augustana Faculty
How to Make Grading Time-efficient and Useful for Learning
Barbara E. Walvoord, Professor Emerita at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Department of Chemistry
New Materials to Stimulate Active Learning in Chemistry Courses
Cynthia K. Larive, Professor of Chemistry & Divisional Dean, University of California, Riverside


VICE-PROVOST (LEARNING INITIATIVES) VISITING SPEAKERS

Rethinking Higher Education: Increasing Impact through Experiential Learning, Work-Integrated Learning and Community-Engaged Learning, November 2, 2018
Dr. Ashley Stirling, Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Office of the Dean, University of Toronto

Graduate Learning Outcomes, March 16, 2018
Dr. Brenda Brouwer, Vice-Provost and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Queen's University

Why Should a Research-Intensive University Care About Learning Outcomes, November 14, 2017
Dr. Harvey Weingarten, President and CEO of the Higher Education HEQCO (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario) and President Emeritus of the University of Calgary