Monthly Archives: June 2011

STLHE Conference: Session on Instructor Track

I just returned from the Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Ed (http://www.stlhe.ca/) annual conference in Saskatoon. Made some very interesting connections with colleagues from various disciplines from across the country. Would be great to see a bigger contingent from UBC next year in Montreal!

There’s a group, led by Sue Vajoczki, from EOS/Geog, at McMaster, conducting research describing the ways the Instructor track manifests in Ontario. I asked for her report but there is a required delayed release from her funding agency, the HEQCO: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario. (Do we have a similar body in BC?) Anyway, the report is due to be released here this fall. Weren’t any big surprises in her presentation, but great to see research about us happening!

Upcoming Social Event!

We would like to invite you to the first social event of the Instructor Network–a University-wide initiative to introduce Instructor-Is and Senior Instructors to one another for the purpose of support and advocacy.  Our first event will be a “meet-and-greet” next week:

Date: Thursday, June 9th
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: Lillooet Room, room 301, Irving K Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall

If you are able to attend the event, please RSVP by e-mail to learnenh@psych.ubc.ca.  If you are unable to attend the event, please be assured that we hope to organize other Instructor-related events in the near future. If someone you know should have been invited and hasn’t, please feel free to spread the word and bring them along.