In April of 2016,  I completed UBC’s International Program for the Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership (2015-2016).  This program sparked my interest in  carrying out original practice-based research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and Educational Leadership (SoEL). 

My capstone project (SoTL Leadership Presentation (2016) for UBC’s International Program for the Scholarship of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership (2015-2016)  program, highlights the process through which the FHIS Writing Centre –  a peer-based writing centre – became a multilingual Learning Centre that boasts a holistic and community-oriented approach to learning additional languages here at UBC, following, D. Cooperrider’s appreciative inquiry methodology.  I recently presented the initial findings of this original research in Moving Beyond the Page TYCA-PNWCA at the 2016 meeting of the 2016 TYCA-PNWCA Conference.