The Teaching Fellows Program will strengthen teaching and learning at York University by empowering faculty members to lead innovation in pedagogy across disciplines. It will provide faculty with resources to explore challenges, develop creative strategies for professional growth and advance excellence in teaching.
Launched by the Office of the Vice-Provost Teaching and Learning, the program promotes faculty-led initiatives in priority areas, celebrates outstanding teaching and enhances the classroom experience for both instructors and students.
Through the fellowship, participants will:
- lead University-wide and Faculty-based teaching development projects;
- engage in a community of practice to address emerging issues in post-secondary education; and
- collaborate with colleagues and the Teaching Commons to enrich teaching and learning across the University.
“The fellowships will offer colleagues time and funding to amplify and share ideas and expertise that we know they are already implementing in their own classrooms,” she says.
The 2026-27 cohort spans diverse disciplines and career stages, each bringing a unique vision for enhancing student learning.
AMPD Teaching Fellow
Ian Garrett
Professor in Theatre, Dance and Performance
Professor Ian Garrett bridges design, technology and sustainability through collaborative pedagogy. He has led initiatives integrating creative research with inclusive, tech-enabled learning, including a cross-hemispheric classroom linking York with Australian universities.
During his fellowship, Garrett will develop “networked learning ecologies” to create adaptive, inclusive classrooms. He will establish a pedagogical lab for hybrid, AI-literate learning, collaborate internationally and produce resources, including an open-access toolkit with video case studies along with a series of pilot workshops and teaching labs for colleagues.
The initiative reflects York’s commitment to advancing inclusive, evidence-based and future-ready teaching practices.
“The Teaching Fellows Program harnesses the expertise of faculty members to enable peer-to-peer and discipline-specific teaching development and to facilitate a focused engagement with pedagogical issues impacting post-secondary teaching and learning,” says Chloë Brushwood Rose, vice-provost teaching and learning.
Priority for the first cohort of fellows was given to teaching stream applicants, whose contributions to pedagogy are often under-recognized, says Brushwood Rose. The program aims to elevate these voices and share their innovations more broadly.
Learn more about the Teaching Fellows Program.
This article contains excerpts from a story originally published in YFile.