CTE Upcoming Workshops & Events Fall 2025

As the temperatures start to cool (well, maybe not quite yet) we have an exciting schedule of events and activities for you! Looking for something else? Contact us to design a workshop or event for your department or school!

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Featured Events

Curiosity in Community: Reading Wahi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies by Jo Chrona

September 24, October 8, 22, November 5, 19, December 3 | 2:00pm – 3:30pm

In person & online synchronous

“We need to remind ourselves to come to this work with the whole of ourselves. To do otherwise diminishes the work and diminishes us.” (Chrona, 2022, p. 217)

Join this curiosity community (aka reading group) to move through Wahi Wah! by Jo Chrona together. Explore opportunities to reflect on Jo’s words and one’s teaching practice.

For more information and to register, click here.

Decolonization & Indigenous Anti-Racism Workshop – Join the Facilitators Learning Circle This Fall!

October 7, 21, 28, November 4

1:00pm – 3:00pm | Delivery Mode TBA

Organized by the Capilano Faculty Association, join the Facilitators Learning Circle to get ready to deliver this important workshop. We will gather for four learning circles guided by Danielle Mitchell, Daxgedim Haanak’ Consulting to collaboratively work through the facilitation guide and prepare ourselves to facilitate this work in our own areas.

For more information and to register, click here.

*Image credit: Daxgedim Haanak’ Consulting, 2024.

EdTech Online Drop Ins

September 3, 10, 17, 24 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | Online

Now that eLearn (Moodle 4.5) has recently been upgraded, we will continue with these flexible EdTech sessions in September. We will explore the latest features of eLearn, troubleshoot any technology issues, and discuss ways to enhance your online teaching.

No registration is required—simply drop by when convenient and stay as long as needed.

Join the drop-in sessions using this link, or email us at if you have any questions.

*Image created by ChatGPT Sep 2, 2025, 03_44_05 PM

Interested in collaborating on a literature review?

Join the CTE SoTL Collaborative Writing Group (SCWG) to collaboratively conduct and publish a scoping literature review on a teaching and learning related topic!

For more information and to register, click here.

For the full list of workshops, see CTE events calendar.

Fall Workshops

September

EdTech Online Drop Ins

September 3, 10, 17, 24 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online

Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) – Sep 2025

September 9, 16, 23 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm | In-person SH208 (Shipyards)

*Online Pre-meeting – Sept 5, 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Generative AI in Education Workshops Part 1: Teaching Critical Gen AI Literacy to Students 

September 10 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm | Location: LB321

Academic Integrity: Procedures, Strategies, Applications Sep 2025

September 11 | 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Online

September 15 | 11:30 am - 12:50 pm | Online

*Choose one date to attend.

Introduction to Folio Thinking and PebblePad

September 12, 16, 19 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Online

*Choose one date to attend.

Curiosity in Community: Reading Wayi Wah! by Jo Chrona

September 24, October 8, 22, November 5, 19, December 3

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Hyflex (In-person FR402 or Online)

October

Teaching Portfolios – Spring 2026 Kick-Off

October 7 | 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Online

Assessment and Feedback – Oct 2025

October 14, 21, 28 | 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | BR126

Facilitating Challenging Conversations

October 22 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | LB321

November

Peer Observation of Teaching & Learning Fall 2025

November 18, 25, December 2 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Online

New Workshop Available from October 2025

Book it for your Department PD!

Facilitating Challenging Conversations & Hot Moments in the Classroom

Read more or contact Barry or Bettina to discuss how to bring this workshop to faculty in your area.

*Photo by RDNE Stock project

For more workshops and events, visit CTE events calendar.

BCCampus Events and More

BCcampus Facilitated Learning in Person (FLIP) Workshop:

Building Connection with Indigenous Ways of Knowing –

Fostering Collaborative Settler Educator Learning Journeys

September 23 |10:00am – 12:00pm

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Richmond campus)

Non-Indigenous educators often experience unease about “doing it wrong” which can discourage them from meaningfully engaging with Indigenous ways of knowing or incorporating them into their practice.

Facilitated by CapU CTE educational developers, join educators from across the metro Vancouver area to explore how a structured collaborative learning journey can offer a way forward.

BCcampus Facilitated Learning in Person (FLIP) Workshop:

LEGO® Serious Play

September 24 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Capilano University Library Building

This interactive, in-person workshop introduces educators to the core principles and practices of the LSP methodology and explores its powerful applications in higher education. Through hands-on individual and group activities, participants will experience the four-step LSP process: posing questions, building, sharing, and reflecting. In addition to exploring its theoretical foundations and historical context, participants will gain insight into how LSP can be used to enhance teaching and learning across a wide range of subjects.

Some seats are reserved for CapU Faculty! For more information and to register, click here

For more workshops and events, visit CTE events calendar.

CTE Fall Support

Please visit our website regularly for updates on upcoming workshops, events, and resources, and feel free to reach out for consultations throughout the summer. For any questions or concerns, please contact CTE at cte@capilanou.ca.

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