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VIRTUAL DECEMBER UNCONFERENCE

The 2022 December (Un)Conference took place on December 14, 2022.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

oCUBE members can click below for the "Scribe Notes" for all sessions, where you'll find detailed notes and summaries written by volunteer notetakers throughout the UnConference

Scribe Notes


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December 2022 (Un)Conference Program

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Welcome!

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Becoming a Dragonfly: A Settler's Journey Through 15 years Teaching and Learning Science in Indigenous Studies. Melanie Jeffrey, Centre for Indigenous Studies & Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

11:00 – 11:15 AM

BREAK

11:15– 11:45 PM

Teaching the Teaching Assistants. Safia Mahabub Sauty, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

11:45 - 12:15 PM

Cultivating a Questioning Mind: Student led Question Composition in Large Courses.  Naomi Levy-Strumpf & Maria Papaconstantinou. Human Biology Program, Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto

12:15 - 1:00 PM 

LUNCH 

1:00 - 1:30 PM 

Teaching students to read and summarize the scientific literature without breaking the instructor or the TAs! Wendy Keenleyside, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph

1:30 - 2:00 PM 

Inclusive Laboratory Course Designs. Nicole Campbell, Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences, Western University.

2:00 - 2:30 PM 

Cutting Content Without Collapse - Strategies? Approaches? Robin Marushia, Faculty of Science, York University

2:30 - 2:45 PM 

BREAK 

2:45 - 3:15 PM 

Assessment due dates: what is the "sweet spot" between flexibility and structure? Allison McDonald, Department of Biology. Wilfrid Laurier University 

3:15 - 3:45 PM 

Care, Coddle, Covid: Supporting Students as People and Professionals. Madison Wright, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph   

3:45 - 4:00 PM 

Announcements, Farewells, Goodbyes, see you in May 2023!


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