LTC26-ProgramDay2
Day 2 - Program Schedule
2026 Learning & Teaching Conference | May 11鈥�12
LTC Day 2 - Tuesday May 12, 2026 - Schedule at a Glance
| Time | Location | Event |
8鈥�9 a.m. |
1st & 2nd Floor, DCC | |
9鈥�10:30 a.m. |
DCC 208 | |
10:45鈥�11:45 a.m. |
ENG | |
11:45 a.m.鈥�12:40 p.m. |
2nd Floor, DCC | |
| 12:45鈥�1:45 p.m. | ENG | |
2鈥�3 p.m. |
ENG | |
3:10鈥�4 p.m. |
ENG | |
4:10鈥�5 p.m. |
ENG | |
5鈥�6:30 p.m. |
2nd Floor, DCC | The Chang School Reception - Poster Session, Book Fair & Service Spotlight |
All-Day Programming
Quiet Caf茅
DCC 705
Space for quiet work, relaxation and refreshment.
Prayer Space
DCC 713
A quiet space for prayer, worship, meditation, and other spiritual and faith based activities
Podagogies Live Recording
2nd Floor, DCC. Brought to you by CELT and 成人大片 Library鈥檚 Digital Media Experience Lab (DME)
Join Chelsea and Curtis for a live recording of Podagogies. Conferences attendees are welcome to stop by the Podagogies table to join the conversation and be part of the podcast.
Questions or concerns? Please email askcelt@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)
May 11-12
Learning and Teaching Conference
- Two days, in-person on 成人大片鈥檚 campus with community building, refreshments included
May 13-14
IT Conference
- Day 1: In-person on 成人大片鈥檚 campus with a keynote address, networking, breakfast, lunch included
- Day 2: Virtual, including a cybersecurity keynote address
All Day 2 Programming takes place in:
- DCC Building, 288 Church St.
- ENG Building, 245 Church St.
Day 2 - Program Schedule
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote Conversation: Opening Doors, Closing Gaps Through Learning and Teaching
Beginning Day 2 of the LTC, the 2026 LTC Keynote takes the form of a multi-disciplinary discussion of the conference theme: Opening Doors, Closing Gaps Through Learning and Teaching.
Discussants include:
- - Associate professor in Indigenous Studies and the associate vice president Indigenous teaching, learning and research at Carleton University
- - Associate professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University
- - Academic Integrity Director at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
A1. Roundtable
Panelists:
- Dr. Ren茅e Ferguson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
- Jake Okechukwu Effoduh, Assistant Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
- Kamilah Clayton, Contract Lecturer, School of Social Work
- Dr. Denise McLane-Davison, Professor, School of Social Work
Moderated by:
- Dr. Grace-Camille Munroe, Director, The Black Scholarship Institute (BSI)
- Jason Matthew, Educational Developer, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Location: ENG 101
A2. Paper Presentations
Designing a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Application for Middle-School Biology Classrooms
Rishabh Seth, Undergraduate Researcher, Faculty of Science
Opening Doors, Closing Gaps through Algorithmic Audit
Dr. Afsoon Soudi, Assistant Professor, RTA School of Media
Suzana Neves, Master of Science Student, Computer Science
Location: ENG 102
A3. Paper Presentations
Alex Sein, MDM BCom, The Creative School
Taking the Pulse: Visualization and Exploration of Segments of Toronto鈥檚 Revitalized Waterfront
Leila Farah, Professor, Department of Architectural Science
Mubeen Qureshi, Master of Cybersecurity student
Co-Creating an Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) Mentorship Framework: A Community-Engaged Approach
Rezwana Rahman, PhD Student, Urban Health
Location: ENG LG 5
A4. Paper Presentations
From Campus to Classroom: Service-Learning as a Bridge Between Theory and Practice in Teacher Education
Ndeye Ba, Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Program Director, Language and Intercultural Relations, Faculty of Arts
Lorena Escand贸n, Assistant Professor, School of Creative Industries
Bridging Classroom and Community Through Student-Led Interviews with Family Business Leaders
Jacky Deng, PhD
Reimagining Undergraduate Clinical Mentorship Models: RPNs as Mentors for BScN Students
Kateryna Metersky, Associate Professor and Interim Associate Director - Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Faculty of Community Services, Nursing
Location: ENG LG 11
B1. Project Spotlights
What is in a name? Naming Black feminist pedagogy and methodology in social work education and research
Ren茅e Ferguson, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
We Met U When鈥odcast students are learning & teaching how the journalism industry can do better
Shari Okeke, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism
Location: ENG 101
B2. Project Spotlights
AJ Cordeiro, Assistant Professor, RTA School of Media
David Sandomierski, Visiting Professor, Lincoln Alexander School of Law
Location: ENG 102
B3. Project Spotlights
Dr. David Chandross, M.Sc. M.Ed., Ph.D., Advisory Team Member, Computer Science, Computational Safety Team
Promptly Inclusive: From Headlines to Hallways
Caterina Valentino, Contract Lecturer, Department of Health Services Management, BComm Ted Rogers School of Management
Location: ENG LG 5
B4. Project Spotlights
Co-Designing for Co-Benefit: SSH102 and Teaching for Learning & Coping Skill Development
Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Arts
Sue Bookey-Bassett, RN, Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing
Location: ENG LG 11
C1. Interactive Workshop
Sacred Stories - EDIA and Love Ethic United
Karen Arthurton, RSW, MSW, Contract Lecturer, School of Social Work, 成人大片
Location: ENG 101
C2. Project Spotlights
成人大片 Student Perspectives on GenAI and Learning
Reece Steinberg, Head, Library Learning Services
Dr. Preeti Raman, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Location: ENG 102
C3. Project Spotlights
Dr. Allen Goss, Associate Professor of Finance, School of Accounting & Finance at the Ted Rogers School of Management
The Virtual Internship: Earning and Learning
Anne-Marie Brinsmead, Program Director, The Chang School
Location: ENG LG 5
C4. Paper Presentations
Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Community Services/Nursing
Anik Obomsawin, Graduate Student, Psychology
John Carlaw, Assistant Professor, Criminology, Faculty of Arts
Activating Access: Decolonial praxis within and beyond the halls of academy
sama nemat Allah, researcher, School of Disability Studies
Location: ENG LG 11
D1. Interactive Workshop
Erin Hallock, Director, Human Rights Services
Location: ENG 101
D2. Paper Presentations
Ceni Babaoglu, Assistant Program Director of Data Science, The Chang School
The Benefits of Re-thinking the Essay: A Classical Music Case Study
Kristin Force, Part-time Faculty, Department of Philosophy & Music
Location: ENG 102
D3. Project Spotlight (PS) & Paper Presentation (P)
Yukari Seko, Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication
Better Learning Spaces (P)
Terri Peters, Associate Professor, Department of Architectural Science
Location: ENG LG 5
D4. Community Connected Activity (Continued to E4)
Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A De-colonizing Journey鈥檚 Documentary
Kathy Absolon, Full Professor, Indigenous Field of Study (Social Work), Wilfrid Laurier University
*** Please note this film screening & discussion begins at 3:10 p.m. and continues until 5 p.m. uninterrupted.
Location: ENG LG 11
E1. Interactive Workshop
E
Areej Al-Hamad, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Community Services/Nursing
Location: ENG 101
E2. Interactive Workshop
Speak What You'd Write: A "Hands-off" Workshop
Juli谩n Zapata, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, 成人大片
Location: ENG 102
E3. Interactive Workshop
Dr. Meranda Salem, Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering Department and Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering Department
Location: ENG LG 5
E4. Community Connected Activity (Continued from D4)
Stories of Unpacking Colonialism: A De-colonizing Journey鈥檚 Documentary
Kathy Absolon, Full Professor, Indigenous Field of Study (Social Work), Wilfrid Laurier University
*** Please note this film screening & discussion begins at 3:10 p.m. and continues until 5 p.m. uninterrupted.
Location: ENG LG 11
Poster Sessions, Book Fair and Service Spotlight, including:
- From Classroom to Community: A 成人大片 Student鈥檚 Investigation of Settlement Experiences in a Non鈥慞rofit Setting
- Designing Representation: How generative AI can amplify diversity and inclusion in medical education
- A Framework to Survey and Map Accessibility Features in Built Contexts
- A scoping review to reveal best practices in evaluation models on key nursing clinical skills
Drinks, music, and more!
This event is sponsored by the