Schedule – NLC Fort St. John

Northern Lights College, 9820 120th Ave, Fort St. John, B.C. 

May 7, 2025

  • Welcome and Opening Remarks 9:00-9:45 a.m.

    Location: Atrium 1109

    Elder Gerry Attachie

    Coffee/tea service will be provided by Northern Lights College.

  • An Introduction to the AI Toolkit for Educators (concurrent session) 9:45-10:45 a.m.

    Location: Room 1610

    Facilitated by Gwen Nguyen

    In this introductory workshop, participants will be introduced to the GenAI in Teaching and Learning Toolkit, designed to support educators in understanding and integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools within their teaching practice. The session will begin with an introduction to GenAI literacy skills required for teaching and learning, addressing both pedagogical opportunities and ethical considerations in educational contexts. Through guided practice, participants will then engage with selected toolkit activities, gaining hands-on experience with GenAI integration strategies while exploring practical implementation steps.

  • Icebreakers (concurrent session) 9:45-10:45 a.m.

    Location: Room 1505

    Facilitated by Helena Prins

    An icebreaker is an activity or game designed to welcome attendees and warm up the conversation among participants in a meeting, classroom setting, team-building session, or other activity. Any event that requires people to comfortably interact with each other is an opportunity for an icebreaker. We’ll focus on the post-secondary classroom setting, both online and face-to-face. We’ll introduce you to a few “low-risk” icebreakers and provide an opportunity for participants to share some of their favourite tried-and-tested icebreakers with peers.

  • Break 10:45-11:00 a.m.

    Kindly note that refreshments are not provided.

  • Liberating Structures (concurrent session) 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1610

    Facilitated by Tracy Roberts

    Join us for a “serious fun” workshop exploring the three most-used Liberating Structures in B.C. PSE. Suitable for beginner or advanced practitioners working in all areas (teaching and learning, admin, HR, etc.) Whether you lead classes, meetings or teams, you will find useful tools to boost your facilitation practice and effectiveness.

  • Coaching Practices for Educators and Leaders (concurrent session) 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1505

    Facilitated by Robynne Devine

    Coaching can provide low- or no-cost ways to elevate collaboration, curiosity, problem solving, empathy, and conflict resolution in any team or organization.
    Participants will learn about coaching mindset and explore some specific coaching practices to use in post-secondary settings (e.g., GROW model, peer coaching, community of practice, coaching circles)

  • Lunch 12:30-1:30 p.m.

    Lunch will be catered by Northern Lights College food services.

  • UDL Introduction (concurrent session) 1:30-2:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1610

    Facilitated by Helena Prins

    Universal Design for Learning guidelines “...offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that ALL learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities” https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
    Participants are asked to bring real-life course outlines to apply their learning with an immediate benefit.

  • Hands-on Pressbooks Training (concurrent session) 1:30-2:30 p.m.

    Location: Room 1505

    Facilitated by Arianna Cheveldave

    Please bring your laptop for this hands-on workshop.

    Pressbooks is an online self-publishing tool available to all post-secondary faculty and staff in B.C. and the Yukon. This workshop covers the basics of using Pressbooks to create or adapt open educational resources (OER) for your students
    This workshop teaches attendees how to use the Pressbooks publishing platform by putting Pressbooks into their hands.
    Attendees will create a book, upload and organize content, style chapters, and properly use and attribute openly licensed content.

  • Break 2:30-2:45 p.m.

    Coffee/tea service will be provided by Northern Lights College

  • Facilitating Learning Online and In Person – Essentials 2:45-3:45 p.m.

    Location: Room 1610

    Facilitated by Helena Prins and Gwen Nguyen

    The way you design and facilitate your course significantly impacts students’ success and learning. Whether you teach in person or online, this workshop will invite you to explore key elements of course design and delivery, including:
    - Building Community
    - Inclusive Teaching
    - Responsive
    - Facilitation
    - Collaboration
    - Reflective Practice

  • Social Gathering 4:00-6:00 p.m.

    Join us for a fun networking event! Appetizers and drinks will be provided. Stay tuned for more details!