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
Scholarly Inquiry Spring 2026 – Module 5
February 17Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) – Feb 2026
February 18 - February 20Generative AI in Education Workshops
February 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pmWhat I Learned in Class Today: Care in the Classroom Feb 2026
February 23 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmScholarly Inquiry Spring 2026 – Module 6
February 24 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 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.
Capilano University | 2055 Purcell Way | North Vancouver | BC | Canada | V5J 3H5