CHALLENGING WORDS AND CHANGING RULES:
MEANING WHAT WE SAY ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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Medical Students Against Interpersonal Violence | University of Calgary | 2019
Panelist at the first annual meeting of Medical Students Against Interpersonal Violence at the Foothills Medical Centre at the University of Calgary. November 2019. Panelists included: Cynthia Baxter, Rod Mitchell, Hilary Jahelka, Carla Bertsch.
Consulted with and advised Medical Students after observing them engage in a fictional scenario with actors playing partners engaged in domestic violence.
#HeForShe - Be The Change Panel | University of Calgary | 2019
Panelist on the #HeForShe Panel in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom at the University of Calgary. September 2019. Moderated by Dr. Leslie Reid. Panelists included: Paul Brandt (Keynote speaker), Dr. Dawn Johnston, Chris Bourdas, Dr. Bill Rosehart, Pamela Ellemers.
https://ucalgary.ca/current-students/home/be-change
Alberta Men’s Network | 2019
Presented as part of the Alberta Men's Network Foundational Training: Facilitating Group Sessions and Working with Men. Presented at the CNIB. Calgary, AB.
Plenary Panelist: Victim-Blaming: Rewriting the Alphabet for a New Language of Social Change in Gender-Based Violence | Leading Change Summit | 2019
Plenary Panel at the Leading Change Summit: Bold Conversations to End Gender-Based Violence in a Changing World at the River Cree Resort in Edmonton, AB. February 2019. Moderated by Deb Tomlinson. Panelists included: Jacquie Aitken and Jennifer Koshan.
https://acws.ca/leading-change-summit-2019
Alberta Health Services | 2019
Interactive workshop presented for the Sexual and Reproductive Health Team. Presented at the Sheldon M. Chumir Centre. Calgary, AB.
Building Community Around How We Talk About Sexual Assault | Alberta Sexual Assault Course and Conference 2018
Interactive workshop at the University of Calgary. Calgary, AB.
Learning outcomes included participants being able to:
- identify and describe common, problematic patterns in, and objections to, how we talk about sexual violence
- explain the consequences that are produced by these patterns and objections
- identify ways to speak about sexual violence that avoid reproducing these patterns and objections and being able to describe how so doing can build community
Presentation of the Provincial Needs Assessment | Collaborative Justice Response Sexual Assault Advisory Committee | 2018
Interactive presentation for this sub-committee of the Provincial Sexual Violence Police Advisory Committee (SVPAC). Edmonton, AB.
University of Calgary | 2017
Interactive workshop at the Student Enrolment Services Professional Development Day. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2017
Interactive presentation in “Sociology of Gender." Calgary, AB.
Distress Centre | 2017
Interactive workshop at the Distress Centre. Calgary, AB.
Mount Royal University | 2017
Interactive workshop in “Issues and Trends in Canadian Policing.” Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2017
Interactive workshop at the Women's Resource Centre. Calgary, AB.
Calgary City Teachers' Convention | 2017
This was full day "Campfire Intensive" Workshop. Calgary, AB.
The session was described as follows:
Do you want to feel more informed when speaking with students and/or colleagues about sexual violence? Does the thought of talking about it make you nervous? Are you interested in increasing your awareness about sexual violence and developing strategies you can use when talking about this important social issue? This workshop is for you. Attending to the power and significance of how we talk about sexual violence, this interactive session involves an engaging multimedia synopsis of research-based material, and evidence-based, active-learning exercises that reinforce the presented material and can be adapted for use in the classroom. Attendees will leave with valuable information and practical tools that are as useful in talking with students as they are with colleagues, friends, and family.
University of Calgary | 2019
*Co-facilitated with Haboun Bair, Learning & Instructional Design Specialist.
Interactive workshop presented during Teaching Days at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
The workshop description read as follows:
Ever wish you were more creative? That your teaching and learning were more playful and engaging? This interactive workshop will introduce you to a variety of accessible and practical tools to help infuse you and your students with a playful and creative energy that inspires engagement and collaboration. You’ll be exposed to a host of active learning practices, from funny icebreakers and unconventional group-work exercises to unusual online activities, leaving you with a range of ideas you can use to help develop your own creative teaching and learning toolbox.
University of Calgary | 2019
*Co-facilitated with Dr. Leslie Reid, Vice-Provost of Teaching and Learning; Dr. Wendy Benoit, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning; Dr. Dawn Johnston, Associate Dean Teaching and Learning; Dr. Natasha Kenny, Senior Director, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning; and Dr. Lorelli Nowell, Eyes High Postdoctoral Scholar.
Interactive workshop presented for the Leadership Academy. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2018
*Co-facilitated with Dr. Kim Grant and Dr. Lorelli Nowell, Postdoctoral Scholars.
Interactive workshop presented at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
The workshop description read as follows:
Are you interested in growing your teaching and learning practices and your confidence in delivering them? Are you curious about how to construct, plan for, and carry out SoTL research? You are welcome to attend our Learning Laboratory in which we will demonstrate various interactive teaching and learning activities and how to study their efficacy. Staff, faculty, and students alike are invited to attend.
We will demonstrate how “teachable moments” inspired by headline-capturing current (and sometimes, controversial) events, can become “learnable moments” – moments where things that go on outside the classroom can be brought in to facilitate learning inside of it...and how these moments can be studied. Building upon what has become known as the #MeToo Movement, we will examine how controversial issues like sexual assault can be sensitively, respectively, and critically taken up in post-secondary classrooms.
Participants should be aware that this Learning Laboratory will be about sexual violence and should attend with their self-care in mind. A list of on and off-campus resources relevant to sexual violence will be provided to all participants.
You are invited to attend this teaching and learning event that doubles as a SoTL research site. The purpose of this study is to increase participants’ confidence in their teaching and learning practices by building classroom community and incorporating current events and controversial issues in student learning activities. Throughout the event, you will be offered a backstage view of a SoTL study, since we will describe how this research was thought up, planned, and is being carried out.
University of Calgary | 2018
*Co-facilitated with Sam Hester, Graphic Recorder.
Interactive workshop presented at Teaching Days at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
The workshop description read as follows:
This workshop will inquire about and build upon participants’ interest in graphic recording, offer participants various graphic recording tools and techniques as well as time to engage in and reflect upon graphic recording practices, and invite participants’ insights and ideas about the use of graphic recording in teaching and learning. By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to identify at least one use of graphic recording in their teaching and/or learning practices, and draw at least one concept that could form part of a visual icon library.
University of Calgary | 2018
Interactive workshop presented at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2019, 2018, 2017
Interactive workshop presented during the Fall and Winter semesters at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2019, 2018, 2017
I facilitated this series of 6 interactive workshops, toward a "SoTL Foundations Badge" as part of our Teaching and Learning Certificate, each Fall and Winter semester at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
The Badge is described as follows:
Description
The SoTL Foundations Development Program for Postdoctoral Scholars invites students to join discussion-based sessions focused on brief foundational SoTL readings, participate in their choice of workshops and draft a preliminary SoTL plan. Students in this program will learn about scholarly, evidence-based approaches to student learning and teaching, and will have the opportunity to reflect and build upon their own teaching and learning practices.
This badge is part of the Postdoctoral Scholars Certificate in University Teaching and Learning program.
Learning Outcomes
- Engage in collaborative, critically reflective conversations with colleagues to explore current issues, theories and research in postsecondary education.
- Articulate a research question and develop a plan to conduct a SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) project.
More information can be found here: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/postdocs/certificate
University of Calgary | 2019, 2018, 2017
I facilitated this series of 6 interactive workshops, toward a "SoTL Foundations Badge" as part of our Teaching and Learning Certificate, each Fall and Winter semester at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
The Badge is described as follows:
Description
The SoTL Foundations Development Program for Graduate Students invites students to join discussion-based sessions focused on brief foundational SoTL readings, participate in their choice of workshops and draft a preliminary SoTL plan. Students in this program will learn about scholarly, evidence-based approaches to student learning and teaching, and will have the opportunity to reflect and build upon their own teaching and learning practices.
This badge is part of theGraduate Students Certificate in University Teaching and Learning program.
Learning Outcomes
- Engage in collaborative, critically reflective conversations with colleagues to explore current issues, theories and research in postsecondary education.
- Articulate a research question and develop a plan to conduct a SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) project.
More information can be found here: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/gradstudents/certificate
University of Calgary | 2017
Interactive presentation offered as part of Course Design at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2016
Interactive presentation in Course Design at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.
University of Calgary | 2016
Interactive presentation in Course Design at the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. Calgary, AB.