This interactive workshop is an invitation to critically evaluate our individual, collective, and institutional commitment to Indigenization. We will explore the importance of moving beyond token inclusion to meaningfully decentering Eurocentric knowledge and deconstructing colonial practices. Participants will be offered strategies that will enable them to meaningfully center Indigenous knowledge by weaving Indigenous pedagogies and worldviews into the fabric of their curriculum.

This workshop supports the University-wide commitment to the Indigenization of curriculum, responding to the four Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Report (2015) pertaining to Reconciliation for Education (#62-65, pages 7-8). For example, programs at the University of Windsor are required to incorporate Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) content, perspectives, or material into the curriculum, as listed on the Program and Course Changes (PDC) form.

This workshop aims to support faculty members in taking intentional and meaningful action and indigenizing their curricula (e.g., syllabi, PDC forms, course materials). The objectives include creating greater awareness, enrich and deepen existing efforts, and build a foundation that guides the development and implementation of TRR Calls to Action.

This workshop foregrounds the importance of actionable steps towards Indigenization. For example, participants will be asked to read the TRR Calls to Action and identify the section most pertinent to their department (e.g., health, language and culture). The selected section will be the reference from which each department then selects 1-2 most relevant Calls to Action after the workshop. These final department-specific Calls to Action will serve as the basis for the department action plans moving forward.

Additionally, the workshop aims to serve as catalyst for the development of a community of practice that will foster ample and sustained collective action towards Indigenization.

Across universities, teaching dossiers are increasingly used for hiring, renewal, tenure, and promotion purposes. They are powerful documents that provide for instructors the opportunity to reflect on and articulate what you value about teaching, how you believe students learn best, your teaching experiences, and more. This session will introduce teaching dossiers and their use in the post-secondary context, and will focus on the fundamentals of creating an effective teaching dossier that speaks to your beliefs about teaching and learning. We will discuss crafting a philosophy statement and collecting and displaying your teaching-related activities and accomplishments.

Welcome to a virtual interactive session introducing how to use our ‘eCV’ - an online system for your curriculum vitae (CV) required for renewal, tenure and promotion (RTP) at the University of Windsor. We will introduce how to enter information in the eCV and how to share it with your Head/Dean. We will discuss some lessons learned from personal experience on updating the eCV, and suggestions of where you might include different information. This session will provide an orientation to the new interface released in Winter 2024.