Incoming Teaching Fellows
Jenny McCune
July 2026 - June 2028
I am a plant community ecologist and conservation biologist. I currently teach Principles of Ecology (BIOL 2200) - a core course in the Biology BSc program. I also teach third year Community Ecology, and our fourth year course in Conservation Biology.
During my time as a Teaching Fellow, I would like to explore techniques for interdisciplinary teaching. In particular, I want to learn more about how to integrate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) into biology courses focused on ecology. The call to weave TEK into biological education is not new (e.g. Kimmerer, R. W. 2002. Weaving traditional ecological knowledge into biological education: a call to action. BioScience, 52(5), 432-438), but I wonder where it is being done most effectively. I hope to gather information on how this weaving has and is being done at Universities across Canada and around the world. I would also like to have discussions with local TEK holders about how we could weave TEK into biology courses here at Iniskim. For example, our department currently offers a course called Field Biology, in which students live in a provincial park for a week together, learn about and observe the species and ecosystems there, and undertake their own ecological experiments. I would like to explore ways that we might integrate TEK into this course, and how to do it in a good way.
Kaylan Schwarz
July 2026 - June 2028
Bio coming soon
Emma Scott
July 2027 - June 2029
I first started collaborating with the Teaching Centre in 2016, while I was still a student completing an internship at the University Library. Since starting in my role as a liaison librarian in 2017, I’ve presented several times at Spark, completed the Instructional Skills Workshop, and even participated in Talking about Teaching! Although many librarians at the U of L don’t always teach formal classes, instruction and information literacy is a core piece of our work.
My goal for this Teaching Fellowship is to develop ways to support the use of open access and open pedagogy across the campus in a sustainable way. While faculty may be more familiar with open education resources, open pedagogy is a boarder umbrella in the open access ecosystem. Open pedagogy is also referred to as open educational practices. This work can involve more than simply using OERs in teaching, instead it invites students to participate in the creation of materials, without relying on commercial publishers.
I look forward to engaging with my colleagues across campus and finding new ways to shine a light on our teaching excellence at the University of Lethbridge!
Adriana Lima
July 2027 - June 2029
Since joining the University of Lethbridge in 2017, the Teaching Centre has been a constant support to me. In 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, I collaborated with the Teaching Centre to launch the Fit for Online Bootcamp resource, helping faculty transition to teaching virtually. In the Academic Writing Program, where I teach WRIT 1000 and coordinate the Writing Centre, I have seen the increasing impact of generative AI (GenAI) tools in writing assignments. Presently, at the Calgary Campus, I see the need to enhance AI literacy and mitigate academic misconduct. My initial response to such need has been to design an AI-themed WRIT1000 course that investigates “Ethical uses of GenAI in Higher Education” and the impact in academia.
As a Teaching Fellow, I intend to develop a two-fold project: 1. to help Calgary campus ULeth faculty connect with the Teaching Centre supports; and 2., to develop a community of practice to enhance critical AI literacy and fluency across the curriculum, creating curated resources to support faculty and help domestic and international students understand ethical AI usage, preserving academic integrity in the digital era, and fostering a community of practice and AI literacy.