teaching&learningmonth

Hosted by: Organizational & Human Development 

Facilitators: Laura Maple

In-person: EC1-1004 OHD Training Room

Whether giving or receiving feedback, executing the process well can feel daunting if you’re not prepared. Taking time to think through and refine how to deliver feedback to a colleague can set both of you up for a successful, beneficial conversation. On the other side, understanding how you receive feedback and how you can be receptive to feedback can help you be more coachable. This workshop will spend time unpacking the content participants explore in the Foundations of Giving and Receiving Feedback course. This practical, experiential workshop will focus on tools, reflection and discussion that participants can use in their professional and personal lives. 

Hosted by the Organizational & Human Development

Facilitators: Christine Zaza and Jennifer O'Brien

MS Teams

Most work settings have been designed by neurotypical people, for neurotypical people, yet an estimated 15-20% of Canadians identify as neurodivergent. Many highly skilled neurodivergent individuals encounter workplace barriers that affect their ability to thrive in the workplace. In this workshop we will highlight the lived experience of two forms of neurodivergence: autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We will identify common workplace barriers and challenges and review recommended practices that support neurodivergent employees.  

Participants will review their workplace from a neurodivergent perspective, explore the hidden curriculum in their workplace, and discuss ways to incorporate recommendations that would benefit neurodivergent and neurotypical employees, alike. We will use interactive large group activities and small group discussions in break-out rooms throughout the workshop. Recognizing that not everyone enjoys interactive activities, we encourage all participants to respect their individual comfort level with participation.  This 2-hour workshop includes a short break.  

Hosted by the Organizational & Human Development

Facilitator: Laura Maple

When we experience perceived opposing goals, viewpoints, or interests with others around us, we stall in our ability to solve problems. Understanding what conflict is and how it shows up in our lives is an important first step in resolving it. In this workshop, you will complete the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Model Instrument to gain insight into five different conflict-handling behaviours, and whether you might be overusing or under using one or more of them. Based on a mix of individual reflection, small and large group discussion, we will explore what conflict is, how it appears at work, and introduce strategies and tools to begin addressing it productively. 

Join Nadine Fladd (Writing and Communication Centre) and Kari D. Weaver (Library) in this 90-minute online workshop as they discuss the potential and challenges for supervisors of navigating graduate students’ use of generative artificial intelligence for research and writing. Building off their successful Generative AI in the Literature Review: A Workshop for Graduate Students this workshop will share insights from student experience along with recommendations and resources for framing a collaborative conversation with your graduate students. Participants will have the opportunity to consider the myriad ways generative artificial intelligence is being used in research and writing tasks and explore productive and ethical adaptations across academic disciplines.

Outcomes:

• Participants will consider uses of generative artificial intelligence in graduate research and writing.
• Participants will discover recommendations and resources for discussing generative artificial intelligence with their graduate students.

This session is co-sponsored by the CTE, GSPA, Library, and WCC.