Early Career Excellence Award recipient Colin Labadie from Laurier's Faculty of Music joins Mary Wilson, Laurier's vice-provost of Teaching and Learning, in conversation to discuss creating supportive and inclusive classroom environments that allow instructors and students to inspire and improvise with one another, and the role that care and compassion play in teaching.

Laurier's Donald F. Morgenson Awards for Teaching Excellence honour those who, through their commitment to exemplary teaching, have made significant contributions to the educational experience of Laurier students. Recipients are recognized for both long-standing and early-career excellence, for being classroom innovators and mentors, and for embedding internationalization into their curriculum and pedagogy.

Discussion Resources

Resources mentioned in the discussion:

• Instructional Skills Workshop Network
• BOPPPS Lesson Planning
• Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, by Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
• Josh Eyler's talk at Laurier
• Robin DeRosa
• Maha Bali

Recorded July 2022

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