In a time when the educational landscape continues to shift and the need for collaboration and human centred learning becomes greater, we are so excited to welcome you to our 2025 Capilano University Teaching and Learning Symposium. This special event brings together faculty, students, staff, Elders and community members to celebrate and reflect as we consider ways to weave relationality, reflection, and innovation into our classrooms as part of CapU’s distinct university experience.

This year’s theme invites us to reflect on what it means to be human in our classroom; how we forge deep connections with our students through teaching, learning, community building, and reflective practice. The symposium offers multiple opportunities to be inspired through hands-on learning experiences, innovative teaching strategies, individual reflection, and meaningful connections. “We collaborate to address the pressing issues of our time and to imagine new futures through established and emerging bodies of knowledge.” (Illuminating 2030)  

Day 1 (online) features Jo Chrona as keynote speaker and on Day 2 (in person) we will celebrate the Teaching Excellence Award recipients with a plenary panel. Then, join us on Day 3 (in person) for the first CapU ePortfolio Symposium on May 2nd where we will celebrate the last decade of ePortfolios at Capu and look ahead to the next.

Join us on Friday, May 2nd as we come together to celebrate the remarkable work done across CapU for the last decade to showcase student learning in the form of ePortfolios. Used across disciplines as “a technology, a pedagogical approach, and a process, as well as a product” (Chen & Black, 2010) which facilitates “lifelong and lifewide learning”.  

Questions? Contact us at cte@capilanou.ca