Upcoming Events
Upcoming events offered at the CFD are listed below. This includes workshops, programs (open for registration),
community events and rounds. All events are open to anyone who wishes to register/apply, unless
otherwise specified. Our rounds are free for everyone to attend. Please note that faculty and staff from the
UofT Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Unity Health Toronto staff, physicians, learners and patient/family partners
have access to our workshops for free. For a complete list of workshops please visit our Workshop Catalogue.
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8DecThis interactive and reflective workshop helps participants identify and name the power structures in which they operate. We will unpack and demystify key concepts often placed under the “EDI” umbrella, while regularly reflecting and dialoguing about how power underpins all of these concepts. -
9DecAs many increasingly advocate for "cross-disciplinary" collaboration, what are realities of social scientists’ participation within the health sciences? -
13DecThis workshop provides foundational knowledge on how communication and language can create barriers to accessibility. We will identify problematic terms, understand how ableism informs the use of these term and apply this knowledge to our everyday practices to create an inclusive community. -
13JanThis workshop engages participants to reflect on their own existing leadership abilities and approaches and helps identify potential gaps in their skills and experience. We will work on developing action plans to help participants further develop as leaders. -
18JanThis workshop will explore the relationship between Indigenous peoples and settlers, and examine the history of laws and policies and how they’ve shaped those relationships. It will allow participants to unpack the ideas of colonization and identity, and explore how those current terms are based on those historical relationships. -
21JanThis workshop provides participants with the opportunity to reflect on both providing feedback from the teacher’s perspective and receiving feedback from the learner’s perspective. We will compare and contrast different “conversational choices” available to educators as part of their learning conversations. -
24JanWhen wellness is fostered, professional values and teaching excellence are celebrated; when misconduct and mistreatment are labelled and addressed, excellence through equity becomes achievable. Leaders in Temerty Medicine will share collaborative efforts that collectively strive to create healthy and braver learning environments. -
28JanThis workshop focuses on actively engaging emotion and affect as a form of knowledge through storytelling. It describes how emotional memory transforms knowledge through close listening to another’s experience and how relational possibilities can occur through mutual narrative experience. -
2FebThis workshop will provide an opportunity for in-depth exploration of the science of adaptive expertise. We will describe the construct of adaptive expertise, present examples of evidence-based cognitive and curricular mechanisms that support development of adaptive expertise and help participants envision the translation of theoretical research into education practice. -
16FebThis workshop will explore and unpack common barriers and insecurities in taking on a more active role of allyship. Participants will complete a structured critical process that culminates in specific strategies for recognizing opportunities for allyship, and practicing and debriefing what to say and//or do. -
23MarThis program introduces participants to the language and frameworks of anti-oppression and social justice. It explores how the Canadian healthcare system continues to participate in discrimination and oppression. It also begins to explore how health care professionals can engage in praxis, which is theory-informed action in the pursuit of social justice. -
29MarTeaching for Transformation is an annual, international academic meeting of critical pedagogues and transformative educators working in the health professions / health sciences context.
