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Teaching Strides
by Mount Royal University
The Teaching Strides podcast is a production of the Academic Development Centre and the journalism department at Mount Royal University. A space dedicated to highlighting the many and varied teaching philosophies at MRU, each episode features professors (and sometimes their students!) as we dig into their unique teaching practices.
Episodes
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An interdisciplinary discipline: How women's studies connects topics beyond gender
Politics, socio-cultural climates, oppression, and anti-racism are all disciplines that come into play in a women's and gender studies course. But Maki Motapanyane, an associate professor in Mount Royal's department of women's and gender studies, takes the conversation beyond readings and…
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Thinking spatially: How geography interacts with our everyday lives
How much do we rely on Google Maps to get around? How do we track the way viruses spread? Can Twitter be used to address local issues? These are all questions Dr. Lynn Moorman, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and in the Department of General Education, says can…
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Truth and reconciliation: how libraries can change the way we think about colonization
Libraries may be a space for keeping knowledge, but how often do we think about who is creating it? Jessie Loyer is the anthropology and Indigenous studies relations liaison at the Riddel Library and Learning Centre. She's worked with students to help them develop their research skills but goes...
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All aboard the Medieval school bus: making Old and Middle English Literature come alive in the classroom
For more information, visit teachingstrides.ca You can follow Dr. Olsen on Twitter @KennaOlsen SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Meg Wilcox: (00:00) I'm Meg Wilcox and this is Teaching Strides, MRU faculty daring greatly. In this episode, how Twitter can better help students understand medieval literature. What…
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You Belong Here: celebrating and encouraging diversity, accessibility and good teaching at MRU
For more information, visit teachingstrides.ca You can follow Dr. Rahilly on Twitter @TimRahilly SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Meg Wilcox: I'm Meg Wilcox and this is Teaching Strides—MRU faculty daring greatly. In this episode, what exactly is good teaching and how can we support it? It's Dr. Tim Rahilly's...
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Runways and reconciliation: how classroom-based projects can shape their communities
For more information, visit teachingstrides.ca To learn more about Otahpiaaki, check out their website. SHOW TRANSCRIPT: Meg Wilcox: I'm Meg Wilcox and this is Teaching Strides—MRU faculty daring greatly. In this episode: how fashion can fuel resistance reconciliation and entrepreneurship. The…
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Season 3, Episode 6: Integrating Research into the Science Curriculum
Dr. Trevor Day Dr. Trevor Day holds a B.Sc. and a Ph.D. from the University of Calgary. He is an Associate Professor of Physiology at Mount Royal University, where he teaches courses in basic and applied human physiology. His research interests include the integration and interactions between the...
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Season 3, Episode 5: A Cross-institutional, Community-engaged Civic Innovation Course
Dr. Catherine Pearl Dr. Catherine Pearl teaches in the Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at Mount Royal University. She spent nearly twenty years in industry and ran a registered charity that operated as a social enterprise. She holds a PhD in Social Work from the...
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Season 3, Episode 4: A First Year Course Re-design
Dr. Julie Booke Dr. Julie Booke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Physical Education at Mount Royal University. She completed her PhD in Workplace and Adult Learning in the Graduate Division of Educational Research at the University of Calgary. Her teaching interests are...
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Season 3, Episode 3: Humour in Nursing Education
Dr. Mohamed El-Hussein Dr. Mohamed El-Hussein is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Mount Royal University. Recipient of the MRU Distinguished Faculty Award Professor El-Hussein earned his PhD in Nursing at the University of Calgary. His research program focuses on...
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Season 3, Episode 2: A Modified Flipped Classroom
Dr. Sarah Hewitt Dr. Sarah Hewitt is an associate professor in the Biology Department at Mount Royal University, where she specializes in neuroscience and physiology. Three years ago, she started to use a modified flipped classroom to teach first year physiology and produced a series of concept...
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Season 3, Episode 1: Indigenizing University Education
Dr. Liam Haggarty Dr. Liam Haggarty is an associate professor of Indigenous Studies in the Department of Humanities and Coordinator of Indigenization for the Division of Academic Affairs. He is a settler scholar originally from Victoria, BC, unceded Coast and Straits Salish territory, where he...
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Season 3 Promo
A preview of Teaching Strides season 3.
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Special Episode
Professor Mark Lafave Professor Mark Lafave is a professor in Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University. His PhD was in the realm of measurement and evaluation. His research has included studying competency development primarily using a psychometric approach. Recently he started to employ a…
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Season 2, Episode 6: Richard Harrison - Writing Your Own Poems is Stepping out of Your Way
Professor Richard Harrison Richard Harrison teaches Creative Writing, Essay Writing, and Comics and Graphic Novels in the Department of English, Languages, and Cultures at Mount Royal University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of eight books, including, with Lee Easton, Secret Identity...
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Season 2, Episode 5: The Power of Vulnerability, the Veracity of Experience
Paul Brandt Paul Brandt is the most awarded male Canadian Country singer in history. His 11 career albums have spawned hit singles, multiple Album of the Year Awards, gold, platinum, and multi-platinum performances. As a recipient of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Award, and numerous other national...
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Season 2, Episode 4: Reversing Roles for Learner Engagement—Students Assess Their Teachers
Janice Miller-Young Janice Miller-Young completed her BSc in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering (Biomechanics) from the University of Calgary. At Mount Royal University, she designed and delivered courses in both the (former) Engineering transfer program and General...
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Season 2, Episode 3: Indigenizing Education—A Blackfoot Artist's Journey
Cowboy Smithx Cowboy Smithx is a filmmaker, writer, radio host, and performing artist from the Piikani and Kainai tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Through his role as the Artistic Director of the Iiniistsi Treaty Arts Society, Cowboy Smithx serves as an advisor to the Indigenizing Education...
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Season 2, Episode 2: Believing in Students' Capacity—Paying Attention to Pedagogical Moments
Professor Scott Hughes Scott Hughes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Mount Royal University. He holds a Doctorate degree in Education from Queen’s University. His teaching interests are in music, the arts, language and literacy, and the early primary grades. His…
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Season 2, Episode 1: Learning to Teach is an Act of Letting Go
Margy MacMillan Margy MacMillan is a Full Professor in the Library at Mount Royal University. She has been bringing people and information together at Mount Royal since 1990. A laureate of the Mount Royal Distinguished Faculty Teaching Awards, Professor MacMillan connects people with information...
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Season 2 Promo
Get a preview of the episodes in season 2 of Teaching Strides.
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Season 1, Episode 5: Debriefing and Peer Feedback
Professor Deanna Wiebe Deanna Wiebe serves as both a Faculty member and a Flight Instructor in the Aviation program at Mount Royal University. A graduate of the program in 2001, Professor Wiebe returned to MRU in 2009 to assume the role of Chief Flight Instructor. Her graduate research focused on...
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Season 1, Episode 4: The Classroom as a Community of Learners
Professor Jennifer Solinas Jennifer Solinas has been teaching at Mount Royal University for four years. Professor Solinas is a contract faculty member with a full-time course load who works on several committees, and has completed the Certificate of Achievement in Photography at MRU. While her...
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Season 1, Episode 3: Teaching Personally Challenging Material
Professor Ada Jaarsma Ada Jaarsma is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. A recipient of the MRU Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Jaarsma is increasingly interested in the connections between how we teach and what we teach. With the support…
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Season 1, Episode 2: Visual Thinking
Professor Glenn Ruhl Dr. Glenn Ruhl is a Full Professor in, and former Chair of, the Information Design program in the Faculty of Communication Studies at Mount Royal University. His industry experience includes serving as Education Program Manager for the Environmental Services Association of...
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Original Theme Song
Professor Trevor Day Trevor Day earned a Ph.D. in Respiratory Neurobiology (University of Calgary) and is currently an Associate Professor of Physiology in the Department of Biology at Mount Royal University. His research interests include the integration and interactions between the heart, lungs...
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Episode 1: Research Posters to Scaffold Essay Writing
Professor Karen Manarin Dr. Karen Manarin is Professor of English and General Education at Mount Royal University. A recipient of MRU’s Distinguished Faculty Award, Dr. Manarin’s teaching and research interests include how people read, and undergraduate research. Her coauthored book Critical...
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The Teaching Strides podcast is a production of the Academic Development Centre and the journalism department at Mount Royal University. A space dedicated to highlighting the many and varied teaching philosophies at MRU, each episode features professors (and sometimes their students!) as we dig into their unique teaching practices.
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