2026 Celebrate Learning Resource Page

UBC is hosting the 17th Annual Celebrate Learning Week from May 4-8, 2026, online and in-person. We invite the UBC community to pause, reflect, and celebrate learning in all its forms. Centered on people and shared experiences, it honours learning that happens across seasons and spaces—inside classrooms, out in the field, and throughout everyday life.

UBC faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in Celebrate Learning Week by coordinating and/or attending events.

Visit the Celebrate Learning Website to learn more browse the resources below.

Resources

Session Time	Session Title	Session Resources
Monday, May 4, 2026
8:15 am–6:00 pm	CIRTL SoTL Workshop	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:30 am	Keynote – The Future of Learning Must Invite Us to Imagine: Freedom Dreaming for Liberatory Education	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–1:00 pm	Imagining Together: A Celebrate Learning Week Keynote Viewing and Lunch Conversation	Resources coming soon
10:30 am–11:30 am	Re-Imagine and Re-Design: Disability Access in the Classroom	Resources coming soon
1:00 pm–2:30 pm	Innovations in Teaching and Learning: Five Minute Features	Resources coming soon
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
9:00 am–4:30 pm	2026 Graduate Students in Teaching Conference	Resources coming soon
9:30 am–11:30 am	Panel – Making the Tech Happen for AI in Teaching	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:00 am	In-person UBC Studios Tour and Open House	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:30 am	Panel – Promoting Responsible GenAI Practices in Students' Writing	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:30 am	Panel – Teaching Knowledge Translation through Plain-Language Outputs	Resources coming soon
11:00 am–12:00 pm	Curriculum Meets Career: Faculty Partnering to Design Career-Integrated Learning Experiences	Resources coming soon
11:30 am–12:30 pm	Panel – Flip the Seminar: When Students Take the Lead	Resources coming soon
1:00 pm–3:00 pm	Building Capacity for the IBPOC Teaching and Learning Community: Celebrating Little Transformations as a Bridge Towards Large-Scale Change	Resources coming soon
1:30 pm–2:30 pm	So…You're Thinking of Developing a Non-Credit Offering?	Resources coming soon
1:30 pm–3:30 pm	Good Teaching Conversation	Resources coming soon
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	Everything's Changed Again: So What About AI?	Resources coming soon
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 am–4:30 pm	2026 Graduate Students in Teaching Conference	Resources coming soon
9:30 am–11:00 am	Panel – Journeys in Teaching Innovation: Faculty and Instructor Stories of Idea to Impact	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:00 am	Learning in Conversation at Café Enchanté	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:30 am	Panel – Linguistic Justice in our Classrooms: Promoting Equity for Speakers with Diverse Language Backgrounds	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–11:50 am	Canvas Shell Showcase	Resources coming soon
10:00 am–12:00 pm	Disability, Accessibility, and Accommodations on Campus	Resources coming soon
1:00 pm–2:00 pm	Working with Interpreters: A Practical Skill for Future Professionals	Resources coming soon
1:00 pm–3:00 pm	Panel – AI in Assessment	Resources coming soon
Thursday, May 7, 2026
10:00 am–12:00 pm	2026 TLEF and ALT-2040 Virtual Showcase	Resources coming soon
11:00 am–12:00 pm	How the SEI Dashboard Can Help You Tell Your Teaching Story (and Save You Time)	Resources coming soon
1:00 pm–3:00 pm	The Inclusive Teaching of Writing (ITOW) Project and STEPS Forward: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Teaching at the Margins of Student Diversity	Resources coming soon
1:30 pm–4:30 pm	Cultivating Learning Communities: Introduction to Team-Based Learning	Handout (PDF)
5:00 pm–6:00 pm	The Evolution of Resistance	Resources coming soon
Friday, May 8, 2026
10:00 am–11:30 am	Supporting African Scholars in Transition: Insights for an Inclusive UBC	Resources coming soon
12:00 pm–12:50 pm	Social-media Inspired Visual Distractions during Lecture	Resources coming soon