Cultivating Belonging at U of T: The Lived Experience of Faculty

This workshop is a part of the Towards Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Classrooms – Communities and Conversations Series

In our current times of increasing complexity, in which societal injustice and colonial legacies are being brought to the forefront and critiqued by students, there is a growing need to reflect on our teaching and learning practices. Join us in this panel discussion with U of T faculty who are committed to creating anti-oppressive classrooms and reflecting on their teaching practices so they can cultivate learning experiences in which students feel like their identities belong. In this panel discussion we will explore faculty’s sources of inspiration, challenges, discipline specific approaches and how to support each other in integrating anti-oppressive pedagogy into teaching practice.

Moderator: Keith Adamson, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

Panelists:
Angela Mashford-Pringle, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Associate Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health Director, Program Director for the MPH in Indigenous Health

Aarthi Ashok, Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Biological Sciences

Janelle Joseph, Assistant Professor, Critical Studies of Race and Indigeneity, Founder and Director IDEAS (Indigeneity, Diaspora, Equity and Anti-Racism in Sport) Research Lab

Zhaozhe Wang, Assistant Professor, Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy