Welcome to the Centre for Teaching Excellence
The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) fosters a distinct university experience for students by cultivating an intentional community of educators and walking alongside them to envision and create high-quality, meaningful, and impactful learning experiences.
We empower faculty, listening to our community as we thoughtfully shift between educator and learner, providing research-informed programming, mentoring, and professional development opportunities.
Here are just a few of the things we can work on together:
- Developing rubrics
- Creating learning activities in and outside of class
- Active learning strategies
- Curricular alignment (assignments, activities and learning outcomes)
- Building classroom community
- Formative feedback and assessment
- Integrating technology into your teaching
- Incorporating experiential learning and work integrated learning into your curriculum
We are available for in-person and virtual one-on-one consultations Monday through Friday 8:30 am – 4:00 pm to support you in your teaching, answer questions and explore new ideas for innovative and research-informed approaches to teaching and learning.
CTE Upcoming Events
BCcampus Accessibility Bites: Access Friction
December 11 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pmInclusive Teaching and Learning – Jan 2026 (Day 1)
January 6, 2026New Faculty Orientation (In-person) – Jan 2026
January 6, 2026What I learned in class today: Care in the Classroom
January 12, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmInclusive Teaching and Learning – Jan 2026 (Day 2)
January 13, 2026
Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano (1854–1910), an important leader of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the unceded territories of the səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), shíshálh (Sechelt), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəỷəm (Musqueam) Nations.
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