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June is National Indigenous Peoples Month |
June is Mzawe Kiing Anishinaabek Giizis / National Indigenous Peoples Month at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), a time to honour and celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples.TMU is extending its recognition across the entire month of June, with a series of events and opportunities for education, celebration and reflection.
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| View and register for NIPM events
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CELT Teaching Fellow Yukari Seko successfully facilitates Solution-Focused Graduate Supervision (SFGS) course |
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Congratulations to Dr. Yukari Seko (2022 Teaching Fellow) on a successful first run of Solution-Focused Graduate Supervision (SFGS), a practice-based course that empowers faculty to build compassionate, solution-focused supervisory relationships.
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A Dutty Boukman Book Club’s Prison Book Drive |
The Office of Social Innovation is collecting books as part of A Dutty Boukman Book Club’s Prison Book Drive. Books will be collected until Wednesday June 25, after which they’ll be delivered to A Different Booklist and then distributed across Ontario correctional facilities. All genres accepted but especially: fiction and nonfiction with leftist political thoughts, multicultural works, and poetry and radical literature. If you’d like to contribute books you’re welcome to visit the OSI offices in DCC-715, or email jmachado@torontomu.ca for more information.
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Learning & Teaching Conference
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Last Tuesday, May 20 the Centre for Excellence in Learning & Teaching hosted the 2025 Learning & Teaching Conference. From all of us at the CELT, thank you to all
conference attendees and presenters for sharing your time, energy and expertise so generously at the 2025 Learning and Teaching conference.
This year the LTC welcomed over 440 participants in person and online, with over 80 presenters and 3 special sessions covering topics including, Black-Focused Pedagogy. Learning & Teaching Scholarship, and Free Access to Education. We thank our incredible presenters for bringing to life this year’s theme of Transforming Futures Through Learning and Teaching Excellence. This impactful and meaningful work is at the heart of our event and the learning and teaching excellence practiced across the TMU community.
We also extend all of our gratitude to the support staff from across the CELT and OVPA for their immeasurable dedication and efforts. Without them, this event would not be possible!
If you’re interested in learning more about particular topics or presenters, watch out for more updates in the coming weeks as we share presentation slideshows and a special conference-themed episode of Podogagies featuring contributions from presenters and guests.
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Projects, tools, and resources
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Apply to teach in TMU’s Active Learning Classroom for Fall 2025
TMU's Active Learning Classroom (ALC) is a space for instructors to explore and experiment with active learning pedagogy, the space is flexible and includes a variety of design features to encourage participatory learning in a welcoming environment and to encourage active collaboration between students and instructors.
The ALC is now accepting applications for courses running this Fall. The deadline to submit a request is July 7, 2025.
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| Learn more and request to teach in the ALC
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Listen to Podagogies Episode 33
Teaching Sustainable Fashion through Land-based Learning with Rachel MacHenry |
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In this episode of Podagogies, we speak with Dr. Rachel MacHenry, Assistant Professor of Fashion at TMU, about her innovative course that brings first-year students to the rooftop urban farm to grow, harvest, and dye with natural plants. Blending sustainability, decolonization, and hands-on learning, the course invites students to reimagine fashion as a practice rooted in land-based knowledge and ecological reciprocity. From indigo to madder root, and now flax for linen, McHenry shares how the rooftop garden is transforming design education—and what it means to grow textiles and student engagement side by side.
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Awards, funding, and grants
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AA (TA/GA) Awards:
Nomination Deadline Extended to June 13, 2025
The AA (TA/GA) Awards Program recognizes, promotes, and rewards the contributions that teaching and graduate assistants make to enhance the quality of the undergraduate student learning experiences at the university. For those of you interested in submitting a nomination, please note that the deadline has been extended. Nomination packages must now be submitted to the University Award Nomination Panel by 11:59 p.m. on June 13th, 2025.
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| Learn more and submit an AA Award nomination
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Date: Monday, June 9
Time: 12 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: DCC 8th Floor, Urban Farm
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Join Positive Space for our Pride Kick-off Social Mixer. All 2SLGBTQ+ and allied faculty and staff are encouraged to join. If bad weather is forecasted, we'll contact you about the alternative location.
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Date: Thursday, June 12
Time: 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Location: Online, via Zoom
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As part of our ongoing efforts to develop TMU’s first-ever five-year Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan (EDI SAP), we invite TMU staff to join a Community Conversation on Belonging. This interactive session will explore what belonging
means to you in your personal, academic and professional life and how we can work together to foster inclusive, supportive and equitable environments for all.
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Date: Friday, June 13
Time: 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: High Park, Toronto
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Join us for a guided forest bathing walk where you’ll be gently invited to slow down and fully engage your senses—seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching the natural world around you. Immerse yourself in the vibrant colors and fresh scents of the
season, while deepening your connection to the wild beauty of our urban surroundings.
The experience will conclude with a soothing cup of seasonal tea and light snacks, offering a chance to reflect and fully embrace the restorative effects of your time in nature.
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Date: Tuesday, June 17
Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
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Facilitated by:
Paulette Vincent-Ruz (she/ella), Assistant Professor in Chemistry Education Research at New Mexico State University
In this talk, I will share how I build theoretical frameworks that center systemic power dynamics and apply QuantCrit as a methodological approach to address educational inequity in Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER). If the goal is to challenge and dismantle inequitable structures in education, research must move beyond post-positivist paradigms and engage with frameworks explicitly aligned with equity, justice, and liberation.
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