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(Re)Imagining Our Indigenization and Decolonization Page

by christina | October 9, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

Recently, the CTE’s Indigenization and Decolonization page was updated with invitations to (re)consider, (re)examine, and (re)imagine with Indigenization, decolonization, teaching, and learning.

GenAI and Assessment

by CTE | October 8, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

Lydia Watson takes a closer look at the ‘wicked problem’ of GenAI and Assessment in Education.

Creating Zero Cost Textbooks

by CTE | September 19, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

After years of relying on traditional textbooks, French instructor Catherine Gloor took the plunge into creating a zero cost Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook for her French 100 and 101 courses.

Facilitating Challenging Conversations & Hot Moments in the Classroom

by CTE | August 22, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

New workshop available from October 2025 – book your Departmental PD now!

CTE 2025-26 SoTL Collaborative Writing Group

by CTE | August 22, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

Interested in collaborating on a literature review?

Navigating GenAI this Fall

by CTE | August 18, 2025 | Home Page, news | 0 Comments

It’s that time of year again. As you get ready to teach this Fall, check out these supports and events from the CTE, particularly for navigating the evolving impacts of GenAI.

Student Digital Support

by CTE | January 7, 2025 | Home Page, stories | 0 Comments

The Student Digital Ambassadors (SDA) are now available in-person and online to provide student support with learning technologies such as eLearn, Zoom, Teams, Kaltura and more.

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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.

Connect with us!

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

For more events go to the Event Calendar

Peer Observation of Teaching & Learning Fall 2025
November 18 @ 9:00 am
Digital Learning Strategy Forum 2025: Human-Centred Design in Digital Learning Environments
November 18 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Curiosity in Community: Reading Wayi Wah! by Jo Chrona
November 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Peer Observation of Teaching & Learning 2025 Fall
November 25 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitating Challenging Conversations
November 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

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.