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Future Prof Series

Overview 

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These active learning-based workshops are typically 1.5 - 2 hours in length and are designed for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who are seeking future roles as faculty, teaching staff, or other professional roles that involve formal or informal teaching in and outside of higher education. The workshops aim to provide valuable insights into teaching and teaching career-related strategies across the disciplines. The workshops in this series evolve each year to meet the current interests of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars as well as emerging trends, themes, or issues in teaching and learning. 

The goals of the Future Prof Series are to 

  • Explore the issue, theme, or practice of the workshop 
  • Reflect on individual and collective teaching practices and approaches 
  • Apply workshop learning to current and future teaching roles in and beyond higher education 

Future Prof Series & WCUTL

While graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are welcome to take individual FP workshops as they are needed and helpful, participants may also choose to receive credits towards completion of the Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning. 

WCUTL requires that participants complete 10 Future Prof credits.

You can track your FP credits towards the Certificate through Western Connect. For more information, please refer to the FAQ section.

Register for Future Prof workshops via Connect

Future Prof Credit Eligibility

Attendance & Assignment Completion

In order to receive the Future Prof credit from any given workshop, participants must 

  1. Register for the workshop in Connect 
  1. Attend the workshop in full 
  1. Fulsomely complete the short Reflection Assignment in Qualtrics by the assigned submission date (generally two weeks after the session has taken place) 

Credits are generally applied within 3 – 4 weeks after a session. If your Connect status for the workshop has not changed from “registered” to “attended” after 4 weeks, please email us at ctl@uwo.ca. 

Fall 2026 Workshops 

  • Facilitating Difficult Classroom Conversations (Sept. 18) Register
  • Active Learning Playground (Sept. 21) Register
  • Talking to Students about GenAI (Sept. 22) Register
  • Communication Essentials for the Intercultural Canadian Classroom (Sept. 28) Register
  • Universal Design for Learning I (Oct. 5) Register
  • Feedback Language (October 15)  Register
  • Designing Accessible PowerPoint Slides (Oct. 19) Register
  • Conflict Resolution (Oct. 20) Register
  • Introduction to Linguistic Justice / Global Englishes (Nov. 23) Register
View all CTL Grad Programming on Connect
  • Storytelling Pedagogy: When and How it Can Work for you 
  • Recognizing knowledge injustice in 'higher' education and beyond 
  • Multimodal Activities for Classrooms and Tutorials 
  • Engaging Students through Office Hours 
  • Teaching Dossier Workshop Series - Part 1: Foundations of a Teaching Dossier 
  • Bridging Perspectives and Worldviews: Cultivating Facilitation Skills Through ITC 
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching: Building Inclusive and engaging Classrooms 
  • "What did you really mean by that?!" Intercultural Praxis as a Tool for Deep Engagement and Conflict Resolution in The Classroom 
  • Unpacking Intercultural Communication in Your Teaching and Learning Experiences 
  • Teaching Dossier Workshop Series - Part 2: Articulating Your Teaching Philosophy 
  • Active Learning Playground 
  • Introduction to Universal Design for Learning 
  • Sustainable and Effective Writing Feedback 
  • Storytelling Pedagogy 
  • Speaking Along the Spectrum 
  • Introduction to Character-Based Leadership for Future Profs 
  • Teaching Dossier Workshop Series - Part 3: Contextualizing Your Teaching Dossier for Today's Academic Hiring Landscape 
  • Antiracist Pedagogies 
  • Introduction to Rubric Design 
  • Building Rapport and Relationality in the Classroom 
  • Aligning GenAI Use with Your Teaching Values 
  • Whose 'Evidence' Counts? Practicing Knowledge Justice through Citation 
  • Teaching Dossier Workshop Series - Part 4: Building Your Teaching Dossier: Insights from the Field 
  • Designing a Relationship-Oriented Course Outline 
  • Rest As Resistance: Finding Wellness Through Balance and Radical Rest 
  • Developing Your Teaching Dossier (Asynchronous Online)