About TA Programs at the CTL
Meet The Team
Welcome to TA Programs with the Western Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)! We are here to support the quality of teaching by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at Western and to prepare you for your TAship and future faculty or professional career. The pedagogical skills gained while completing our programming during your studies will not only benefit you now, but beyond Western as you pursue your future career in academia or other non-academic fields. We offer a range of face-to-face, blended, and online programs to gain valuable insight into teaching and career-strategies. We are committed to providing an equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment.
We hope to meet you soon at our TA Programs!
Learn More About Each TA Programs Team Member:
Lisa Aikman, Associate Director (Teaching Development)
Lisa Aikman (she/her) is a full-time educational developer, occasional theatre/audience researcher and frequent murder-mystery reader who loves working with early career educators. Her role at the center is focused on supporting graduate students and postdocs to thrive as teaching assistants and course instructors in diverse classrooms while empowering them to pursue transformative teaching post-graduation. She strongly believes that “good teaching” requires inclusive pedagogy and, as such, is especially keen to talk about Universal Design for Learning and authentic and alternative assessments. You can contact Lisa to consult on teaching dossiers, student-centered syllabus design, and classroom management strategies.
Educational Developer (TA Programs)
Coming soon!
Nassisse Solomon, Educational Developer (International TA Programs)
Nassisse Solomon (she/her) is an Educational Developer. More details coming soon!
Karyn Vanden Boomen, Program Coordinator (TA Programs)
Karyn Vanden Boomen's role at the CTL is focused on supporting our Teaching Assistant programs with expertise in our certificates programs, social media, website, and everything in between. If you have questions about the Western Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, Karyn is a good place to start!
Teaching Assistant Training Program (TATP) Instructors (2023-2024)
Meet your TATP Instructors for 2023-2024!
Lucas Riboli Besen (Health Information Science)
Asad Choudhary (Education)
Glen D’Souza (Chemical & Biochemical Engineering)
Mark Haarman (English)
Madelyn Hertz (Anthropology)
Keren Kankam (Health & Rehab Sciences)
Arameh Khadjevand (Hispanic Studies)
Hannah Litchfield (Health & Rehab Sciences)
Gabriela Martinez Loyola (Hispanic Studies)
From left to right: Arameh Khadjevand, Gabriela Martinez Loyola, Asad Choudhary, Kate Barnes, Mark Haarman, Hannah Litchfield, Lisa Aikman, Lucas Riboli Besen, Glen D’Souza, Keren Kankam, Madelyn Hertz
