The 2023 Capilano University Teaching and Learning Symposium was an activity packed three-day event which has left us filled with inspiration as we move into the Summer term and continue planning for the next academic year. We’d like to thank all of those from across the CapU community who presented, facilitated, shared, and participated both online and in person! 

As you take time to reflect, rest, and plan for the year ahead, we encourage you to plan ahead for our upcoming workshops and reach out to us to plan your departmental PD for the 23-24 academic year! 

Brit Paris, director, teaching and learning & the CTE Team



The 2023 Teaching and Learning Symposium was attended by over 100 faculty, students and staff over three days of events and activities. The symposium’s first day was held online via Zoom, followed by two days, May 3-4, of activity in the Library building.  

Our keynote speakers Peter Felten and Sally Willis-Stewart, and the Teaching Excellence Award recipients, inspired symposium participants to reflect on what embedding a focus on health and well-being in our teaching practice could look like.

A unique feature of the symposium this year was the quiet reading/reflection space with books made readily available to participants. Thank you to all our presenters, facilitators, and partners who helped to make the symposium a success! 

If you were a presenter at this year’s Symposium, please consider sharing your presentation to the Capilano University Library’s Institutional Repository. Contact Sabrina Wong, Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian if you have any questions about the repository. 



Check out these symposium recaps: World Cafes, Teaching Excellence Award Recipients’ Dialogue, and the Closing Keynote. 



Check out the new Library’s new Libby audiobooks collection featuring a mix of novels and non-fiction! 

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This Accident of Being Lost by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Relationship-rich education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College by Peter Felton

21 things you may not know about the Indian Act: Helping Canadians make reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a reality by Bob Joseph

Digital Transformation Project 

Do you have some thoughts about how digital platforms should evolve at CapU? Don’t miss this opportunity to give feedback to IT Services on the Digital Transformation Project. Digital Transformation Discovery Survey (office.com) 

eLearn 

New resource to help students navigate eLearn - Student Introduction to eLearn is now on every student’s Dashboard and covers common questions such as how to submit an assignment, participate in a forum, take a quiz and check your grades. With the help of the Student Digital Ambassadors we will continue to add short videos and instructions to address frequently asked questions.  

We have also updated the Faculty Introduction to eLearn to include new information about the Moodle upgrade. Getting your courses ready for the Fall in eLearn? Check out these Strategies for Adapting to Moodle 4.1 to ensure that your course layout is working for you and your students.  

Gradebook Guru 

Looking for some help in setting up your gradebook? Join us for Gradebook Guru drop-in sessions to help you prepare your gradebook for the Summer Session. Sessions are held from noon – 1pm every other Wednesday. Email us at edtech@capilanou.ca for the Zoom link. Upcoming sessions are 

• Wed May 31 
• Wed June 14 

Timing doesn’t work for you? Book out a one-on-one consultation with us: 

• Book a consultation on Frank Fucile's Booking Page 
• Book a consultation on Mary Watt's Booking Page 

On February 21 and 22, a team of faculty from the Library, CTE, and the School of Business took part in a unique 2-day virtual sprint event to identify and gather Indigenous-focused resources to support a new Business Diploma program being hosted by Squamish Nation in Spring term 2023. Learn more here. 



The Early Childhood Care and Education program, and Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Annabella Cant, have published a new special issue of the Journal of Childhoods and Pedagogies on examples of pedagogical documentation from Canada and Australia. 



Offerings in the Certificate in University Teaching and Learning

Peer Observation of Teaching (online)

May 24, 31

June 7 

Inclusive Teaching Practices (in-person)

June 12, 13, 14

9:00am-4:00pm 

Instructional Skills Workshop (in-person)

August 15, 16, 17

8:30am-4:30pm 

New Faculty Orientation (in-person)

August 22

9:00am-3:00pm 

Assessment and Evaluation of Learning (in-person)

August 28, 29, 30

9:30am-3:30pm 

Upcoming Conferences and Symposia 

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

June 13-16, 2023

ISSOTL23 – International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

November 8-11, 2023 Utrecht, Netherlands (Call for proposals due March 15th)  

Events – BCcampus 

Explore recordings of past workshops and seminars and register for upcoming ones!



Looking for a workshop or a faculty learning community on a specific topic? Interested in professional development for your department? Contact us at cte@capilanou.ca! 

We are also available for 1:1 Consultations, in-person and virtually.

Drop by Fir 402 Monday to Friday 8:30am - 4:00pm

or reach out to book a specific time from the link below. 

Book your appointment now