August 2026 Sessions for Faculty | The Teaching & Learning Centre | Seneca Polytechnic

Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 1

Tuesday, August 25

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Newnham Campus

Theme: Conference Opening & Artificial Intelligence

• Opening keynote by Dr. Cory Scurr
  Dr. Cory Scurr is the Chair of the Academic Integrity Council of Ontario (AICO) and the Associate Director, Academic Advising & 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.
• Artificial Intelligence tools
• Artificial Intelligence and academic integrity
• Artificial Intelligence and assessment
• Hands on workshops such as prompting, agentic AI, etc.

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Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 2

Wednesday, August 26

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Newnham Campus

Theme: Curriculum Integration & Implementation

• Coffee chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic
• Program Quality session
• Curriculum Integration (CI) research overview and discussion
• CI implementation sessions and workshops across priority areas

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Centralized Academic Appeals & Academic Integrity Committees Kickoff Meeting

Wednesday, August 26

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Newnham Campus

For faculty members participating in these committees

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Teaching & Learning Conference 2026 – Day 3

Thursday, August 27

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Newnham Campus

Theme: Teaching Practice, Supports & Tools

• Closing Keynote by Dr. Joseph Kim
  Dr. Joe Kim is an Associate Professor in Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University and is actively involved in the science of teaching and learning. He coordinates the innovative MacIntroPsych program (macintropsych.com), directs the Education and Cognition Lab (edcog.ca) and organizes the annual McMaster Symposium on Education & Cognition (edcog.mcmaster.ca). His research interests include multimedia learning principles and evidence-based approaches to education and training.
• Teaching, learning, and classroom practice
• Hands-on workshops, including online proctoring, teaching in Flex, classroom technologies
• Showcases for SoTL, OER, and XR
• Service fair (e.g., ITS, Libraries, Privacy, OER, Sandbox)

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Micro-teaching Sessions

Thursday, August 27 & Friday, August 28

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

virtual

Theme: Student Engagement

Mandatory for new full-time faculty but open to all faculty members and instructors

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New Faculty Orientation

Monday, August 31

9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Newnham Campus

Mandatory for new full-time and non full-time faculty, but open to all faculty members and instructors

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On-campus Coffee Chat

Wednesday, September 2

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Seneca@York Campus

Coffee Chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic

On-campus Coffee Chat

Thursday, September 3

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

King Campus

Coffee Chat with Marianne Marando, Vice-President Academic

New Faculty Orientation for Non Full-time Faculty

Wednesday, September 9

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

virtual

Mandatory for new non full-time faculty if they cannot attend New Faculty Orientation on Aug. 31, but open to all faculty members and instructors