Working Together, Learning Together 

“We mustn’t think of antiracism as a burden or obligation but rather as a gift of kindnesses we give one another as human beings.”

— Dr. Moussa Magassa, principal strategist, Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Anti-Racism Education, & Community Engagement, University of Victoria

Learn more: The Gift We Give One Another: A Collection of Anti-Racism and Anti-Hate Resources

Learning Opportunities 

📅 Research Speaker Series: Arts-Based Research 

February 16, 2023 | 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. 

Can you imagine a world without the arts? What if we could use the arts to tackle social phenomena such as inequalities and social and environmental injustices? What if we could use the arts for teaching and learning and as a research practice in the social sciences?

That's where arts-based research comes in! Join us when we explore arts-based research with Bruno de Oliveira Jayme as a part of our 2023 Research Speaker Series. 

Learn more: Research Speaker Series: Arts-Based Research

Other upcoming events and archives of the series are also available: 

• March 9, 2023 10 a.m. – 11a.m.: Dr. Afsaneh Sharif, Inclusive and Accessible Research
• Archives - Erin Fields, Creating and Managing Your Academic Profile

📅 Micro-Credentials: Competency at the Core

February 22, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Learn about competencies, one of the core components of micro-credentials, from experts in the field. Keynote speaker Lena Patterson from Toronto Metropolitan University will situate micro-credentials and competencies on the world stage and give us context for the day. International competency expert Dennis Green will tackle the basics of competencies. 

Learn more: Micro-Credentials: Competency at the Core

📅 FLO Friday: Assessment Strategies for Linguistic Justice

February 24, 2023 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

In the past two years, linguistic justice, or the decolonization of language, has emerged as an important dimension for equity and inclusion. In this workshop, our facilitators will use context-specific examples to introduce assessment strategies for linguistic justice. Participants will engage in mini-activities to develop an understanding of linguistic justice concepts and macro-level strategies useful for planning assessment practices.

Learn more: FLO Friday: Assessment Strategies for Linguistic Justice

📅 FLO Panel: Educative Approaches to Academic Integrity 

March 1, 2023 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Academic integrity at post-secondary institutions has received much attention with pandemic-related adaptations to teaching and learning practices. Representing multiple disciplinary spaces and institutional roles, this panel discussion will use an educative approach as a lens to share viewpoints on some developments, comment on current circumstances, and articulate future directions

Learn more: FLO Panel: Educative Approaches to Academic Integrity

📅 FLO Friday: Digital Well-Being: PERMA 2.0 and More

March 3, 2023 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Let's explore the topic of digital well-being in higher education and what it means to become more digitally aware and digitally healthy.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to develop your understanding of the meaning and dimensions of digital well-being, explore and reflect on some digital tools and the PERMA model in promoting well-being in online teaching, and identify some techniques to integrate digital wellness into your teaching and learning discussions.

Learn more: FLO Friday: Digital Well-Being: PERMA 2.0 and More

📅 FLO MicroCourse: Current Topics in Micro-Credentials 2.0

March 6-10, 2023 | Asynchronous 

Let's dig deeper into the micro-credential topics that are in the forefront of practice in B.C. By the end of this one-week learning experience, you will be able to describe in your own words at least one current topic in micro-credentials and apply what you have learned to your local context. 

Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: Current Topics in Micro-Credentials 2.0

📅 BCcampus Online Book Club: The Open Edition

March 6-31, 2023 | Asynchronous

The BCcampus Online Book Club started as a community-driven project by a group of volunteer post-secondary educators interested in opportunities to connect with colleagues on topics of professional interest in teaching and learning.  The guidelines for this book club are that it is open, informal, and fun — an easy way for participants to share ideas and strategies and take what we learn to practice. 

Our final book for the month of March includes selected readings from Designing for Care. 

Can't make it but want to participate? We're hosting one-hour synchronous sessions about each book every month.  

Learn more: BCcampus Online Book Club: The Open Edition

📅 Introducing B.C.’s Micro-Credential Toolkit

March 15, 2023 | 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Adapted from eCampusOntario, this new micro-credential toolkit is made for B.C. and explores micro-credentials from our very own regional perspective. Join us in celebrating the launch of this valuable new tool! You will leave with skills to design, develop, and implement micro-credentials at your institution.

Learn more: Introducing B.C.’s Micro-Credential Toolkit

A complete list of our upcoming events, archives, and resources are available on our website. 

Recommended Reading 

📘 BCcampus Releases Self-Paced Foundational Training Courses for Mental Health and Wellness 

Our repertoire of valuable resources to support mental health and wellness has grown by two through funding from the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. Read on to learn more about these valuable, self-paced resources designed to support faculty, staff, and students throughout B.C.

Learn more: BCcampus Releases Self-Paced Foundational Training Courses for Mental Health and Wellness 

📘 Indigenization Guide: Knowing Yourself in Relation to Indigenous Peoples 

Teachers exploring ways to include Indigenous content have to identify their own perceptions of Indigenous identity, along with their personal biases and prejudices, or they risk perpetuating the concept of the “perfect stranger.” 

Learn more: Indigenization Guide: Knowing Yourself in Relation to Indigenous Peoples 

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Accepting Applications

💻 Professional Learning in the Early Childhood Sector in B.C.

BCcampus is seeking experts in early childhood education and curriculum development to submit proposals and help develop professional learning for ECEs across the province.

Successful applicants will be offered contracts valued at up to $100,000 for their work. Payment will be tied to deliverables based on the service contract.

Learn more: Professional Learning in the Early Childhood Sector in B.C.

💻 ETUG Spring Workshop Presenters

ETUG - the Educational Technology Users Group - is seeking presenters for their upcoming spring workshop held on June 1 and 2, 2023, at Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Richmond Campus. This year's theme is Futureproof Learning Design: The Integration of Digital Literacy, Inclusive Tech, and AI. 

In this two-day workshop, ETUG will showcase how instructors, education developers, and education technologists are approaching design. If you're interested in presenting on the topics of digital literacy, inclusive technology, and artificial intelligence, please submit your proposal by Saturday, April 1, 2023. 

Presentations will be given in-person at KPU Richmond. 

Learn more: Call for Proposals: Futureproof Learning Design: The Integration of Digital Literacy, Inclusive Tech, and AI

💻 Digital Literacy Project: Call for Open Content

BCcampus is seeking content submissions for the collection that fulfill the requirements of the eight areas of digital literacy thematic competencies identified in the ministry's Digital Learning Strategy: ethical and legal consideration, technology supports, information literacy, digital scholarship, communication and collaboration, creation and curation, digital well-being, and community-based learning.

Learn more: Digital Literacy Project: Call for Open Content

BCcampus acknowledges the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) Peoples and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples on whose traditional territories we are privileged to live, work, and learn. Through our work we are learning to incorporate Indigenous epistemologies into our actions and understandings, supporting decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenization to advocate systemic changes in the post-secondary environment of B.C.