2025 Vancouver Community College Teaching, Learning and Research Symposium
March 3 & 4, 2025 9:00am-3:30pm (PST)
VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium 2025:
Teaching and Learning with Heads, Hands, and Hearts
Join us at the VCC Teaching, Learning, and Research Symposium, a dynamic space designed to inspire, connect, celebrate, and deepen learning among educators, staff, students, researchers, administrators, and others in post-secondary education. As a community college dedicated to inclusivity and accessibility, our symposium is free of cost to participants and fully online.
Theme: Teaching and Learning with Heads, Hands, and Hearts
Indigenous pedagogy practiced since time immemorial centers holistic learning through attending to the mind, body, spirit and heart, and fosters learning in relationship with connection to community and to land (First Peoples Principles of Learning). Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, a Swiss educator (1746-1827), advocated for a pedagogy of holistic, integrated and experiential learning through heads, hands and hearts. Universal design for learning emphasizes providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and action and expression to accommodate diverse learners’ needs. All these approaches share a common goal of creating inclusive, holistic, and student-centered learning environments.
Keynote Speakers:
We are honored to announce our two keynote speakers:
- Dr. Awneet Sivia is the Associate Vice-President, Teaching & Learning, at the University of the Fraser Valley (March 3)
- Carey Newman, whose traditional name is Hayalthkin'geme, is the Impact Chair in Indigenous Arts Practices at the University of Victoria (March 4)
Key topics for the Symposium will include:
- Indigenous pedagogies
- Inclusive learning, accessibility, and universal design for learning
- Student and educator well-being
- Experiential learning
- Land-based and place-based learning
- Authentic assessment
- Preparing students for emerging needs and opportunities
- Students as partners in teaching and learning
- Ethics of technology; educational technology in teaching and learning (including but not limited to generative AI)
Registration is open here.
We hope that you will join us March 3-4, 2025, for this exciting virtual symposium. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you have any questions or require further information, contact IASupport@vcc.ca
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