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Clinical teaching stoppage delays Quebec med students’ graduation
Legault government passes special legislation changing doctors’ pay structure and ordering clinical educators back to work.
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Did COVID kill creativity?
The pandemic became a rare chance for academic creatives to witness the power of imagination and why it matters.
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Co-designing the curriculum
In the Students as Partners approach, instructors collaborate with students to develop a university course.
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Putting non-disposable assignments to work
The Pay It Forward Assignment allows students to share their learning to help current and future students.
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Collaborating to enhance undergraduate math education
Mathematics and statistics instructors from across Canada have come together to launch a grassroots faculty initiative to improve student learning.
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Why should academics make a podcast?
For me, podcasting is a way to continue the conversation with my students and bring my research to unexpected new audiences.
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How to bring students into the feedback loop
Small steps can make a big difference to engaging students in their own assessment.
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5 steps to help you become a successful teaching professor
Once a hotly debated position in academe, the teaching-only stream is become more commonplace on campus.
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A novel approach to teaching nursing students about opioids
Professors created a graphic novel and simulations to prepare students for treating opioid overdoses.
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The precarious practice of cluster hiring
Clusters are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration, but that comes with its own unique set of challenges.
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Reflections from this year’s 3M National Teaching Fellows
Seven of this year’s cohort recount impromptu situations with their students that led them to reflect deeply on what they do.
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Student vets start rotations in Tsuut’ina and Siksika First Nations
“Typically in vet practice, the routine is to … check the boxes. I realized very quickly that that was not the way to go about it – it was about establishing a relationship first.”
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Major international survey will shine a spotlight on the academic profession
Canadian researchers offered a sneak peek of some of the results at Congress in Vancouver.
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It’s a professor’s duty to teach proper essay writing
These six strategies can easily be implemented as part of a proactive approach to essay writing.
