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Discovering your personal teaching identity

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025: 1:00 – 2:00pm in person room 650 (2001 ɬÀï·¬ College) 

How you teach is just as important as what you teach. This workshop will explore teaching identity: how personal experiences, values and responsibilities shape your approach in the classroom. Whether for your current role as a TA, or in thinking toward future career opportunities, this workshop is a starting point for defining your evolving teaching identity. 

Facilitators: Pallavi Sirjoosingh and Irina Denisova, Chemistry

Workshop for Instructors - Using Neuroscience for Student Learning

Monday, November 17, 2025, 9:30–10:30am, 2001 ɬÀï·¬ College, room 650

This workshop will introduce neuroscientific concepts that instructors can use with students to enhance teaching and learning. Data from ɬÀï·¬ research with students will be shared along with best practices from the literature. Instructors will consider how to apply these neuroscientific concepts to their own course design and teaching.

Facilitator: Armin Yazdani, PhD (Neuroscience)

Career prep: communicating your teaching style in academia and beyond 

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025: 12:00 – 1:00pm, in person room 650 (2001 ɬÀï·¬ College) 

A teaching statement is a concise way of communicating your approach to teaching and learning, which is key for job applications across a variety of scientific leadership roles. In this workshop, we will examine real teaching statements to springboard the writing of your very own.

Facilitators: Véronique Brulé and Stephen George, Office of Science Education 

Please contact the Office of Science Education with questions ose [at] mcgill.ca