---
title: "August 2026 Sessions for Faculty"
type: "article"
space: "The Teaching & Learning Centre"
author: "Ashley Ribbel"
created: 2026-06-12T22:41:26Z
updated: 2026-08-19T14:01:47Z
tags: ["announcements", "teaching-and-learning-days"]
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/articles/news/24620/august-2026-sessions-for-faculty"
---

# August 2026 Sessions for Faculty

The Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 takes place in-person at Newnham Campus on Aug. 25-27.

The table below contains details about the Conference and other sessions for faculty in August 2026 and early September 2026.

| **Event Date and Timing** | **Details** |
| :---: | :---: |
| [**Teaching & Learning Conference 2026** – Day 1](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/events/details/4808)<br><br><br>Tuesday, Aug. 25<br><br><br>10 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.<br><br><br>Newnham Campus | **Theme**: Conference Opening & Artificial Intelligence<br><br><ul><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Opening keynote by <strong>Dr. Cory Scurr</strong></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dr. Cory Scurr is the Chair of the Academic Integrity Council of Ontario (AICO) and the Associate Director, Academic Advising &amp; Academic Integrity at Conestoga College. His research interests include faculty barriers and the role of emotion when navigating academic misconduct, as well as examining the nexus of artificial intelligence and academic integrity to inform assessment design.</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Artificial Intelligence tools</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Artificial Intelligence and academic integrity</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Artificial Intelligence and assessment</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hands on workshops such as prompting, agentic AI, etc.</span></li><br></ul><br><br>[Register to attend the Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 1 in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=4368&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |
| [**Teaching & Learning Conference 2026** – Day 2](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/events/details/4809)<br><br><br>Wednesday, Aug. 26<br><br><br>10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.<br><br><br>Newnham Campus | **Theme**: Curriculum Integration & Implementation<br><br><ul><br><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">CI implementation sessions and workshops across priority areas</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></li><br><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Program Quality session</span></li><br><li><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Curriculum Integration (CI) research overview and discussion</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coffee chat with Marianne&nbsp;Marando, Vice-President Academic</span></li><br></ul><br><br>[Register to attend the Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 2 in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=4369&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |
| **On-campus Coffee Chat**<br><br><br>Wednesday, August 26<br><br><br>2:30 – 3:30 p.m.<br><br><br>Newnham Campus, The Great Hall \(A1531\) | Coffee Chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic |
| [**Teaching & Learning Conference 2026** – Day 3](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/events/details/4810)<br><br><br>Thursday, Aug. 27<br><br><br>10 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.<br><br><br>Newnham Campus | **Theme**: Teaching Practice, Supports & Tools<br><br><ul><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Closing Keynote by <strong>Dr. Joseph Kim</strong></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dr. Joe Kim is an Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience &amp; Behaviour at McMaster University and is actively involved in the science of teaching and learning. He co-ordinates the innovative MacIntroPsych program (macintropsych.com), directs the Education and Cognition Lab (edcog.ca) and organizes the annual McMaster Symposium on Education &amp; Cognition (edcog.mcmaster.ca). His research interests include multimedia learning principles and evidence-based approaches to education and training.</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Teaching, learning, and classroom practice</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hands-on workshops, including online proctoring, teaching in Flex, classroom technologies</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Showcases for SoTL, OER, and XR</span></li><br><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Service fair (e.g., ITS, Libraries, Privacy, OER, Sandbox)</span></li><br></ul><br><br>[Register to attend the Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 3 in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=4370&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |
| [**Micro-teaching Sessions**](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/events/details/4795)<br><br><br>Thursday, Aug. 27 & Friday, Aug. 28<br><br><br>9 a.m. – 4 p.m.<br><br><br>Virtual | **Theme**: Student Engagement<br><br><br>Mandatory for new full-time faculty but open to all faculty members and instructors<br><br><br>[Register to attend Micro-teaching Sessions in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=3182&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |
| **Centralized Academic Appeals & Academic Integrity Committees Kickoff Meeting**<br><br><br>Monday, August 31<br><br><br>10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.<br><br><br>Virtual Session | For members participating in these committees<br><br><br>[Register for the Centralized Academic Appeals & Academic Integrity Committees Kickoff Meeting in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=4371&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |
| **On-campus Coffee Chat**<br><br><br>Wednesday, Sept. 2<br><br><br>10 – 11 a.m.<br><br><br>Seneca@York Campus | Coffee Chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic |
| **On-campus Coffee Chat**<br><br><br>Thursday, Sept. 3<br><br><br>10 – 11 a.m.<br><br><br>King Campus | Coffee Chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic |
| [**New Faculty Orientation**](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/events/details/4811)<br><br><br>Wednesday, Sept. 9<br><br><br>4 – 7 p.m.<br><br><br>Virtual | Mandatory for new full-time and non full-time faculty, but open to all faculty members and instructors<br><br><br>[Register to attend New Faculty Orientation in MyPD](https://mypd.senecapolytechnic.ca/lime/Pages/Courses/Details.aspx?id=4372&amp;returnUrl=Calendar.aspx&amp;q=) |

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