Access, Community + Belonging in Teaching + Research

Access and equitable teaching and learning helps to ensure that all students can participate and succeed. Research teams which have reduced inequities, removed barriers, and have a strong sense of belonging contribute to innovation and research excellence.

Teaching

  • : Developing new programs and certificates at undergraduate and graduate levels and changes to existing programs provides an opportunity to address barriers, improve the student experience, and support recruitment and retention of students with a range of backgrounds, identities, experiences and access needs. This document provides guiding prompts and a description of the consultation process to be followed.
  • Accommodations and Accessibility: The 海角社区 and its instructors are obligated to provide accessibility-related accommodations to students with disabilities. This website provides information about accommodations for students, instructors, staff and faculty.
  • Essential Practices in Accessible Teaching: The Centre for Teaching and Learning website includes valuable resources for access and accessibility, and community and belonging.
  • : This article provides valuable guidance for instructors of field courses in CNAS.
  • 5 ways of making your syllabus more inclusive: Before classes start, consider these five additions to your syllabus.
  • : A list of practical suggestions and resources for instructors related to equity, diversity and inclusion, maintained by psychology teaching professor Jennifer Passey
  • Community Service Learning enables instructors to link academic coursework to community based experiences. Students work with community organizations as part of their studies.

Research