9:30 – 10:00 AM

Welcome!

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Becoming a Dragonfly: A Settler's Journey Through 15 years Teaching and Learning Science in Indigenous Studies. Melanie Jeffrey, Centre for Indigenous Studies & Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

11:00 – 11:15 AM

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11:15– 11:45 PM

Teaching the Teaching Assistants. Safia Mahabub Sauty, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

11:45 - 12:15 PM

Cultivating a Questioning Mind: Student led Question Composition in Large Courses.  Naomi Levy-Strumpf & Maria Papaconstantinou. Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

12:15 - 1:00 PM 

LUNCH 

1:00 - 1:30 PM 

Teaching students to read and summarize the scientific literature without breaking the instructor or the TAs! Wendy Keenleyside, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

1:30 - 2:00 PM 

Inclusive Laboratory Course Designs. Nicole Campbell, Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, Western University.

2:00 - 2:30 PM 

Cutting Content Without Collapse - Strategies? Approaches? Robin Marushia, Faculty of Science, York University

2:30 - 2:45 PM 

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2:45 - 3:15 PM 

Assessment due dates: what is the "sweet spot" between flexibility and structure? Allison McDonald, Department of Biology. Wilfrid Laurier University 

3:15 - 3:45 PM 

Care, Coddle, Covid: Supporting Students as People and Professionals. Madison Wright, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph   

3:45 - 4:00 PM 

Announcements, Farewells, Goodbyes, see you in May 2023!