{"id":2603,"date":"2023-11-21T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/?p=2603"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:42:42","slug":"reflections-from-studio23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/2023\/11\/21\/reflections-from-studio23\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections from Studio23"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently attended Studio23<\/a> “Reignite your teaching and facilitation practice<\/strong>“, an in-person event organized by BC Campus and held in Vancouver, BC.<\/p>\n

There was a time when I didn’t need to specify “in person”. Now, it matters! In fact, this was a major draw for me: I relished the thought of being with colleagues in the same physical location, interacting, and learning together.<\/p>\n

This BC Campus event was terrific! And, before too much time goes by, I wanted to capture some of the reasons I enjoyed it so much and some of the learning. The two are interconnected.<\/p>\n

Surprise & Delight<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was surprised in a good way, multiple times. For example, the opening address and land acknowledgment by Alice Guss<\/a>, from the Squamish Nation, had us flapping our wings, being foxes, jumping like whales and building community from the get-go. (more delights in the bullets below).<\/p>\n

I also deeply appreciated all the attention to inclusion, such as: a quiet room, a special care kit for anyone who might be feeling sensory overload, blankets for those of us who are always cold. Plus the more standard approaches: friendly, food requests, space between sessions, some sessions online.<\/p>\n

Learning & More Delight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kathi Camilleri<\/a>, the Day 1 Keynote, told stories in such a flowing way and with humour — reminding us that we know how to “do village” and, therefore, we know how to contribute to a decolonized system.<\/p>\n

I loved, loved the Improvisation for Life session led by Sarah Louise Turner<\/a> and Sanders Whiting<\/a>. They made it fun and relevant. Normally terrified of improv, they showed me I don’t need to be.<\/p>\n

Carrie Nolan, the Day 2 Keynote, shared about Joy as an Antidote. Not a ho-hum session by any stretch. We played a creative alternative –and full auditorium game of — rock, paper, scissors. She reminded us about “connection before content” as she shared about her own personal experience of the “contour-less” period around COVID.<\/p>\n

Creativity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creativity was infused throughout the Studio–this stood out. One session where this was central was Kat Thorson<\/a>‘s “Creative Engagement” where she facilitated us drawing an owl. She took us through the process, shape by shape and helped us see how, within a short time, we could put the parts together and create.<\/p>\n

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That’s a quick snapshot of some of what I enjoyed. There was more. But I gave myself 30 minutes to write and now time is up!<\/p>\n

Credit: The feature image is from the Studio23 website where the content is Creative Commons Licensed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently attended Studio23 “Reignite your teaching and facilitation practice“, an in-person event organized by BC Campus and held in Vancouver, BC. There was a time when I didn’t need to specify “in person”. Now, it matters! In fact, this was a major draw for me: I relished the thought of being with colleagues in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":792,"featured_media":2604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/792"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2603"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2603\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/iiqbal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}