Haney, Sally

This year’s inspirational closing keynote at the MRU SoTL Symposium in Banff was Andrea Webb from The University of British Columbia. She stopped by the podcast table to discuss the “wonderful flattening of space and place” that can happen at a great conference. As we return to our schools, she asks educators to think critically about the ways we bump up against boundaries and borders and asks us to really challenge those problematic assumptions that come from engrained ways of doing.

If you shy away from leadership roles, Melanie Kotowich-Hamilton EdD from the University of Saskatchewan shares some great ideas to re-frame these opportunities, especially with respect to leading in the #SoTL space. Melanie popped by the podcast desk to share some highlights from her workshop, “From support to strategy: mapping the dimensions of SoTL leadership.” The workshop was one of 5 pre-symposium workshops at the 2025 MRU SoTL Symposium in Banff.

Sometimes, educators can struggle a bit when navigating between their disciplinary research and their research in #SoTL (the scholarship of teaching and learning). This next conversation features Naureen Mumtaz, PhD, a professor of Information Design at Mount Royal University, who beautifully walks us through this intersection. Naureen was one of dozens of educators attending the 2025 MRU SoTL Symposium in Banff.

A higher education conference about teaching and learning would fall short without the valuable participation of students as our partners. Three @mountroyal4u students in Education kindly shared time with me to discuss their experiences at the 2025 MRU SoTL Symposium in Banff. Thanks to conference presenters Reginald San Jose (Reggie) and Amy Cartwright, as well as attendee Jessica Cuillerier for taking the time.

A unique part of the MRU SoTL Symposium in Banff is Pop-up Poetry, developed to help conference participants distill and reflect their experiences in a most beautiful setting. Calgary-based poets Richard Harrison and Beth Everest set up their manual typewriters in a public space where participants are invited to sit down and chat. Richard and Beth, along with Michelle Yeo (a poet herself and the former director of the Mokakiiks Centre for SoTL) explore with me the idea of pop-up poetry as conference pedagogy.

To start our SoTL in 60 series, we sit down with Oscar Jerez Yáñez, a global leader in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Based at the University of Chile and heading its Teaching and Learning Centre, Oscar has advised more than 130 universities worldwide and co-created T&L centres in 40+ institutions across 20+ countries. In this episode, we explore how SoTL moves from classroom practice to institutional reform, the unique challenges and opportunities of Latin American higher education, and the role that scholarly teaching plays in shaping policy, quality assurance and innovation in health sciences and beyond.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 10 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: The keynote speakers connect! Attendees at the Banff SoTL Symposium were treated to a provocative opening keynote by Sarah Bunnell (Elon) and an equally inspiring closing keynote by Joshua Hill (MRU). Sarah and Josh dropped by the podcasting table just before Josh's closing address. Thank you, both, for sharing your ideas, your time, and your service to higher education.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 10 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: The keynote speakers connect! Attendees at the Banff SoTL Symposium were treated to a provocative opening keynote by Sarah Bunnell (Elon) and an equally inspiring closing keynote by Joshua Hill (MRU). Sarah and Josh dropped by the podcasting table just before Josh's closing address. Thank you, both, for sharing your ideas, your time, and your service to higher education.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 10 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: The keynote speakers connect! Attendees at the Banff SoTL Symposium were treated to a provocative opening keynote by Sarah Bunnell (Elon) and an equally inspiring closing keynote by Joshua Hill (MRU). Sarah and Josh dropped by the podcasting table just before Josh's closing address. Thank you, both, for sharing your ideas, your time, and your service to higher education.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 9 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: What a dynamic conversation with MRU social innovation student, Sammy Paley! Attending the Banff SoTL Symposium for the first time, Sam was the ultimate connecter, allowing his curiosity and caring to lead. In this session, Sam walks us through, among other things, a chance meeting with Education professor Shannon Kell. Thanks, Sam, for stopping by. Your appreciative nature is deeply inspiring.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 8 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: The Poets! Poets at a SoTL conference? Absolutely. Pop-up Poetry is a fixture at the Banff SoTL Symposium where poets Richard Harrison and Beth Everest invite attendees to share an idea, a word, really anything that is percolating. A short exchange soon results in a finished poem for the attendee to take away, likely never again to be seen by the poet. Thanks, Richard and Beth, for stopping by the podcasting table to share this delightfully creative approach to capturing our experiences.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 7 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Mount Royal University Education students Jessica Cuillerier and Emma Minish sit down with their professor, Jodi Nickel, who is also their research partner. The trio offers rich insights about the power of “going public” with their research at the Banff SoTL Symposium.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 6 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Thanks to SAIT’s Julie Mooney, Ph.D. for dropping by our podcast sessions. Julie is no stranger to using podcasting in the academic setting. She shared some quick takeaways about the Banff SoTL Symposium in Session 6.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 5 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Vikas Menghwani joins our podcast table in Session 5 at the Banff SoTL Symposium. Vikas presented his work on immersive virtual reality and group student engagement. Like many educators and students who joined our sessions, Vikas reported the gathering in Banff as inspiring and reinvigorating.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 4 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Session 4 at our podcasting table features Sarah Walshaw from Simon Fraser University. Attending her first SoTL Symposium in Banff, Sarah is an historian educator who bring us fresh insights about entering the SoTL conference space.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 2 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Here in Banff at the SoTL Symposium, it's been such a pleasure to hear from participants at the podcast table! In Session 2, Jessica Legacy and Jay Wilson discuss the legitimacy of teaching and SoTL research in higher education. Keynote speaker Sarah Bunnell's talk on SoTL principles as Leadership principles most certainly resonated in this conversation.

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 1 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: Students, educators, researchers, ed. developers - thanks to all the Banff SoTL Symposium participants who have shared insights at the podcasting table near the registration desk! We recorded 6 sessions on Friday. Here's the first one, with Mount Royal University broadcasting alum Emma Duke and her research partner, marketing student Linh Bui. They have some keen insights about students as partners. Erika Smith and Richard Hayman, you must be so grateful for your research partners!

The SOTL in 60+ podcast series consisted of ten episodes recorded during the 2024 Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning November 7-9, 2024 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The podcast series was sponsored by the Mokakiiks Centre for Scholarship of Teaching and hosted by Sally Haney of Mount Royal University. Session 3 of SOTL in 60+ podcast series. Description provided on LinkedIn: In Session 3, the Banff SoTL Symposium podcast series features academic leadership scholar Leda Stawnychko from Mount Royal University. She dropped by shortly after co-presenting with her student research team. If we had a camera, you would see an educator who absolutely lights up when speaking about her student team.

In this reflection, a group of undergraduate research assistants and student changemakers use a podcast to explore which students are at the research table and what barriers are keeping many others away. This student- and faculty-authored paper, which includes a SoTL-inspired auditory experience, dives into multiple topics, such as gender, race, and socio-economic factors impacting students in relation to their research activities in an undergraduate setting. Faculty listeners and readers are encouraged to reflect on the recruitment process they use in finding their student partners. The hope is that this article helps post-secondary leaders better serve underrepresented populations across the undergraduate research field by implementing equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in all student-as-partners work.

A faculty-student partnership records a podcast to share their experience of a students-as-partners framework. The commentary invites the listener to explore some of the inherent tensions associated with power, voice, and positionality. Listeners are gifted with the story of the Ani to Pisi (Spiderweb), which informs this work.

A faculty-student partnership records a podcast to share their experience of a students-as-partners framework. The commentary invites the listener to explore some of the inherent tensions associated with power, voice, and positionality. Listeners are gifted with the story of the Ani to Pisi (Spiderweb), which informs this work.

Podcast and transcript together supporting the publication appearing in the Imaging SoTL journal.