CTLT’s Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning (A-RTL) programming allows staff and faculty to cultivate teaching and facilitation practices that support anti-racist solidarity. Offered in partnership between the CTLT’s Teaching, Learning and Professional Development, and the Equity and Inclusion Office, A-RTL aims to create equitable learning environments and caring classroom spaces where learners who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour can thrive. The A-RTL program also works closely with the Indigenous Initiatives team at the CTLT to collaborate on program planning, workshop offerings, and training opportunities for UBC educators.
A-RTL provides opportunities for educators to deepen their understanding of anti-racism and anti-racist practices at an individual, community, and institutional level by encouraging program participants to:
- Gain awareness of how to cultivate teaching and facilitation practices that support anti-racist solidarity
- Understand how to create equitable learning environments where students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour can thrive
- Adopt anti-racist frameworks and pedagogies in their role at UBC
- Identify anti-racist practices they can implement in their role at UBC
- Feel confident in taking up anti-racist work within their unit/team at UBC
- Understand how to shape the learning environment to centre student experiences
- Recognize how the institution impacts students, staff, and faculty who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour
- Understand how to counter the impact of institutional systems at UBC in order to advance anti-racism
Background
The development of A-RTL aims to specifically support UBC educators who wish to cultivate a teaching or facilitation practice that serves as a form of solidarity and is premised upon pedagogy in the areas of anti-racism, equity, and inclusion.
Purpose and Scope
Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning programming allows educators to cultivate teaching and facilitation practices that support anti-racist solidarity by providing them with anti-racist strategies, practical tools, pedagogies, research, and resources to embed within their educator roles. With the aim of creating equitable learning environments and caring classroom spaces where Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) learners can thrive, A-RTL helps staff and faculty foster a deeper understanding of anti-racism and anti-racist practices at an individual, learning environment, community, and institutional level. In order to bridge the gap between theory and practice, A-RTL encourages educators to explore beyond classroom management strategies by engaging in critical reflection, discussion, and activities to deepen their understanding of how anti-racism frameworks and pedagogies can be brought into their roles at UBC.
Institution
Learning Environment
Learners
Our Why
Figure 1: The A-RTL programming context
Ecosystem
The A-RTL team have developed the following resources for the UBC teaching and learning community. The UBC Anti-Racist Ecosystem Table and Map were developed by Freda Maideen, Educational Consultant: Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning (2021-22) with broad consultation, input and support.
For more information about CTLT’s Anti-Racism Teaching & Learning Programming, please contact Shannon Robinson, Educational Consultant Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning.
