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Agenda

EDIA Community of Practice
Equity Leadership Breakfast Series

November 20, 2026 01:00 pm

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02:30 pm

Universal Design Approaches

A session of the EDIA Community of Practice.

Who can register: Open to UM students, staff, and faculty.

Universal Design is an approach to design that seeks to create inclusive physical, cognitive and social environments for a wide range of human diversity. This workshop will provide attendees with foundational knowledge of Universal Design and explore how they can apply it in their own context.

Jennifer Doering
Instructor, Biological Sciences

Angie Conrad
Anti-Ableism and Age-Inclusivity Specialist

Johnathan Bevan
Educational Developer, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

December 7, 2026 09:00 am

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10:15 am

Indigenous Leadership

111 St. John's College (Quiet Room)

Part of the Equity Leadership Breakfast Series

Who can register: UM faculty and staff who identify as Indigenous

These gatherings are designed to foster connection, community and leadership development among faculty and staff from shared systemically marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Each gathering will feature invited speakers who will share insights and reflections from their own personal leadership journeys.

Angie Bruce
Vice-President (Indigenous)

Mike Robertson
Chair, UM Board of Governors

January 12, 2027 09:00 am

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10:15 am

Queer Leadership

111 St. John's College (Quiet Room)

Part of the Equity Leadership Breakfast Series

Who can register: UM faculty and staff who identify as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

These gatherings are designed to foster connection, community and leadership development among faculty and staff from shared systemically marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Each gathering will feature invited speakers who will share insights and reflections from their own personal leadership journeys.

Robert Biscontri
Acting Dean, I.H. Asper School of Business

Carrie Smith
Vice-Provost (Access, Community and Belonging), University of Alberta

January 28, 2027 09:00 am

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10:15 am

West Asian, North African, and Middle Eastern Leadership

111 St. John's College (Quiet Room)

Part of the Equity Leadership Breakfast Series

Who can register: UM faculty and staff who identify as West Asian, North African, and/or Middle Eastern.

These gatherings are designed to foster connection, community and leadership development among faculty and staff from shared systemically marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Each gathering will feature invited speakers who will share insights and reflections from their own personal leadership journeys.

Michael Benarroch
President and Vice-Chancellor

Samar Safi-Harb
Professor, (Tier 1) Canada Research Chair in Supernova Remnants Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy

Jila Ghomeshi
Professor of Linguistics, Associate Dean (Curriculum and Program), Faculty of Arts

February 9, 2027 09:00 am

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10:15 am

Black Leadership

111 St. John's College (Quiet Room)

Part of the Equity Leadership Breakfast Series

Who can register: UM faculty and staff who identify as Black.

These gatherings are designed to foster connection, community and leadership development among faculty and staff from shared systemically marginalized and underrepresented groups.

Each gathering will feature invited speakers who will share insights and reflections from their own personal leadership journeys.

Naomi Andrew
Vice-President (Administration)

Leisha Strachan
Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

UM Teaching and Learning Futures

December 8, 2026 10:30 am

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11:30 am

Is a Large Language Model better than peer-to-peer communication in communicating spatial patterns?

325 Education

Part of the UM Teaching and Learning Futures speaker series.

In design education, especially at the undergraduate level, students often struggle to develop a robust vocabulary for describing spatial configurations and design intentions.

This presentation will share findings from a SoTL research project that explores how Case-Based Learning (CBL), augmented by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer vision, can help second-year undergraduates in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urbanism, and Interior Design recognize and communicate spatial patterns.

The research aims to assess how exposure to a broader, systematically generated set of design patterns fosters enhanced design literacy and communicative competence.

Open to faculty, instructors and staff.

Mark Meagher
Asst. Professor, Environmental Design Program, Faculty of Architecture

Yuhao Lu
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Architecture

January 27, 2027 12:00 pm

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01:00 pm

Beyond the Books: Creation of a case study website for social work students and beyond

325 Education

Part of the UM Teaching and Learning Futures speaker series.

This presentation will explore the development of an interactive website that provides a more comprehensive learning experience for students beyond simple text-based scenarios. Initially funded through the SoTL Support Fund (Major Project), this project received additional funding to continue the development. Four case studies, developed with student involvement, include video content that is both educational and instructional.

Open to faculty, instructors and staff.

Tracey Bone
Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Social Work

February 11, 2027 01:00 pm

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02:00 pm

Multimodal Learning Resources to Enhance Students’ Understanding of Stress and Strain

325 Education

Part of the UM Teaching and Learning Futures speaker series.

This presentation introduces the development and application of multimodal learning resources to help students better understand stress and strain concepts in engineering. These resources include text explanations, illustrations, instructional videos, finite element simulations, and 3D-printed physical models to support visual and hands-on learning.

Open to faculty, instructors and staff.