8:00 – 9:00am – Arrival and Coffee (Convention Lobby)
9:00-10:30
– Keynote: (Gold Room)
Resilience in an Ever Changing Work Environment
Room: Gold Room Moderated
by: Marva Ferguson
Speakers:
Elaine Mullen (English, Languages and Cultures)
Guy Obrecht (General Education)
Pearl Herscovitch (Library)
Shiraz Kurji (Accounting & Finance)
10:30 – 10:40 Coffee Break (Convention Lobby)
10:40-12:00 Session One
In Defense of Reason: Creating a Climate for Academic Freedom
Presenter: Sinc MacRae
Location: Dawson/Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Reading for our Disciplines
Presenters: April McGrath, Brett McCollum, Karen Manarin, Jon Mee, and Scott Murray
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
Shifting My Teaching Frame: The Value of the Journey Metaphor, Neuroscience Insights, and Compassion to Transforming Teaching Practices
Presenter: Amanda Williams
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
The MRFA is the Place For You: Benefits of Association Membership
Presenters: Derrick Antson and Melanie Peacock
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch (Rockies Dining Room)
1:00 – 2:00 – Session Two
Energizing Our Teaching through Universal Design for Learning
Presenters: Andrea Phillipson, Brenda Lang, Brent Oliver, Deb Bennett, Joan Harris, and Stephanie Zettel
Location: Dawson/Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Getting into the Canoe: Impact of the Blanket Exercise upon Students
Presenter: Helena Myllykoski
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
MRU’s Rational Space Network: Assessing the Second Year of Free Speech and Academic Freedom Advocacy
Presenters: Frances Widdowson, Paul Johnston, and Peter Zizler
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
Are We Glazing Over Paraphrasing?
Presenters: Jenelle McAllister and Silvia Rossi
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
2:00 – 2:15 – Coffee Break (Convention Lobby)
2:15 – 2:45 – Session Three
Bringing the Maker Studio into the Classroom to Explore the 4 C’s + 1, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Communication and Confidence: Examples from a Recent Psychology of Sexuality Class.
Presenters: Evelyn Field and Kerry Harmer
Location: Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Team Teaching – Two for the Price of One!
Presenters: Alana Gieck and Karen Owen
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
Learning About How Students Understand the University
Presenters: Deb Bennett and Glen Ryland
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
Corporate Fraud and Spillover
Presenters: Rafik Kurji and Tashfeen Hussein
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
2:50 – 3:20 – Session Four
Appreciative Inquiry: A Fresh Approach to Research and Teaching
Presenter: Nancy Doetzel
Location: Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Accelerating Innovation: Examining the Role of Students in the Corporate Innovation Process
Presenter: Simon Raby
Location: Dawson Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Better by Design: Design Thinking, Experiential Learning and the Development of a Growth Mindset in Undergraduate Classrooms.
Presenter: AnneMarie Dorland
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
What Matters Most: A Chair’s Journey to Re-energize Teaching, Learning and Scholarship
Presenter: Jane McNichol
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Supporting Students who are Parents
Presenter: Michelle Briegel
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
3:20 – 3:30 – Coffee Break – (Convention Lobby)
3:30 – 4:30 – Session Five
What does anti-racism work look like in the academy?
Presenters: D.A. Dirks, Gabrielle Lindstrom, Leah Hamilton (moderator), Scott Murray, and Victoria Bouvier.
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
21st Century Competencies: What are they, Why do we need them and How do we build them?
Presenters: David Finch, Erik Christiansen, Evelyn Field, Kerry Harmer, Luciano da Rosa dos Santos, and Pat Kostouros
Location: Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Cannabis: Youth, Young Adults and the Developing Brain
Presenter: Christina Tortorelli
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
The Cases For/Against Re-Submission
Presenter: Katrin Becker
Location: Dawson Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Conceptualizing a Holistic Approach to Educational Leadership at MRU
Presenters: Gaye Warthe, Luciano da Rosa dos Santos, Israel Dunmade, Miriam Carey, and Nancy Ogden
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
4:30 – GROUP PHOTO Meet at the Pond: This will only take a couple minutes then we can go do the fun stuff!!!
4:40pm – FUN STUFF – Meet up after photo
Photography Walk – Shiraz Kurji. Meet up at the Registration table at 4:40pm after the group photo.
Nature Walk – Paul Johnson. Meet up in the Conference Foyer at 4:40pm after the group photo.
Take a Break. Check the Hotel Website for services and amenities.
7:00pm – Dinner Banquet – Gold Room
8:30pm – 1:00am – Evening Activities – Party and Dance
Music, Dancing and Karaoke – Gold Room
Self-directed – Explorer Room (board games provided)
DAY TWO – April 28, 2020
8:30-10:30 – Breakfast – Gold Room
9:00-10:00 – Faculty Lightning Talks – Gold Room
10:00 – 10:30 – Checkout
Please take this time to check out of your room. A space
will be provided for luggage storage – see signage at registration table.
10:30 – 11:30 – Session
Six
Listening to Students – What 7 Years of Critical Incident Questionnaires Can Reveal
Presenter: Katrin Becker
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom
Presenters: Brett McCollum, David Sabiston, Glen Ryland, John Cheeseman, Kumar Chandrasekhar, and Luciano da Rosa dos Santos
Location: Dawson/Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
….and Call 9-1-1: Basic Emergency Care for the Lay Provider and the Science Behind Them
Presenters: Heather McLellan, Holly Feist, Joan Harris, and Joanne Bouma
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
Promoting Well-being and Self-Care through the Creative Arts
Presenter: Pattie Pryma
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
11:30 – 11:40 – Coffee Break (Convention Lobby)
11:40 – 12:15 –
Session Seven
Supporting Families on Campus During a Disaster Evacuation
Presenter: Michelle Briegel
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
How a Mini-Conference Assignment Energized Students and Facilitated Skill Development in an Undergraduate Studies Course
Presenter: Deb Bennett and Kumar Chandrasekhar
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
The Politicization of Faculty Associations: What are the Implications for Open Inquiry?
Presenter: Frances Widdowson
Location: Champion Room (second floor)
Dwelling in the Liminal Spaces of Performance and Performativity in Higher Education: An Experiential Journey of Two GINs
Presenters: Joanna Szabo and Stephanie Zettel
Location: Dawson/Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
12:15 – 1:15 – Lunch (Rockies Dining Room)
1:15 – 2:30 – Session
Eight
Creating Learning Strategies to Support the Success of International Students
Presenters: Brent Oliver, Christina Tortorelli, Gina Adams, and Marva Ferguson
Location: Palliser Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Learning Communities in General Education
Presenters: Bill Bunn, Celeste MacConnachie, Charles Hepler, Guy Obrecht, and Glen Ryland
Location: Walker Room (second floor)
Archives in Action: Using Archival Collections in the Classroom
Presenters: Peter Houston and Marty Clark
Location: Dawson/Stewart Room (main floor by convention lobby)
Building Connections and Strengthening Your Association
Presenters: Brenda Lang, Karen Manarin, Lee Easton, Melanie Peacock, Michele Holmgren, Qasim Syed, Rafik Kurji, and Yuhuan Wang