Conference on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching

A great mentor often sees more potential within us than we see in ourselves. An engaged mentee can reinvigorate our practice with new questions and perspectives. There is both an art and science to engaging in meaningful mentoring relationships across the many roles and disciplines in higher education (Johnson, 2016).

Mentorship is relational, and it prioritizes people by creating a safe, inclusive and respectful culture of learning and growth. It can foster positive, mutually beneficial relationships that support development and growth through self-exploration, reflection, intellectual intrigue and identity formation (Lunsford & Baker, 2016). These relationships, both formal and informal, are found throughout the academy between teaching colleagues, instructors and students, and researchers and scholars. 
 

Learn in over 70 sessions across six threads:

• Student inquiry
• Learning partnerships 
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Digital pedagogies 
• Mental health and wellness
• NEW! Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Indigenous perspectives