Teaching Tuesday: Turning Over a New Leaf – Transitioning into the New School Year

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, September 9
2–3 p.m.
Online via Microsoft Teams
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Come to our autumn-themed Teaching Tuesday Virtual Drop-ins this semester to create a personalized support experience. Your needs and interests guide the direction of the drop-ins! Ask our CLT Senior Educational Developer questions, bounce ideas off a sounding board, or debrief about your teaching. Join us online and stay for as little or as much time as you would like! Registration is NOT required. Each month has a broad theme:

September

Come to our Turning Over a New Leaf – Transitioning into the New School Year virtual drop-in to create a personalized support experience. Your needs and interests guide the direction of the drop-in! Ask our CLT Senior Educational Developer questions, bounce ideas off a sounding board, or debrief about topics such as: new year jitters, the imposter phenomenon and impostorization, finding your rhythm, and other new-year concerns. Join us online and stay for as little or as much time as you would like!

October: Establishing Roots – Keeping Students Engaged
Chat about active learning, rapport-building, fostering critical thinking, and other student engagement methods.
November: Preventing Deadwood – Instructor Self-Care
Chat about emotional labour of teaching, preventing burnout, maintaining momentum through to the end of the semester, and teaching stressors.

Resilient Classroom Series: Don’t Fake It ‘til You Make It – Confronting Academic Imposterization

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Tuesday, September 23
10–11:30 a.m.
Killam Library, Room B400*
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“I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find me out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.’" – Maya Angelou, American writer

As high as 82% of individuals experience imposter phenomenon throughout their careers (Bravata et al., 2019). The imposter phenomenon, a term coined by Clance & Imes (1978) is the “subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary” (Walker & Saklofske, 2023). More recent interpretations of this experience shift the focus from “fix-the-individual” to “fix-the-institution” with the concept of impostorization – policies, practices, and interactions that make individuals question their intelligence, competence, and sense of belonging (Gutiérrez & Cole, 2023).

In this in-person session, you will learn how to:

Identify the characteristics of the imposter phenomenon as experienced by instructors
Describe how impostorization manifests in academia (e.g., microaggressions, grateful guest syndrome, invisibility and inclusion taxations)
Explain the factors that contribute to the imposter phenomenon and imposterization in academia (e.g., systemic discrimination, gender)

This session will provide a safe space to share personal experiences if you wish. We will collectively brainstorm strategies to better prevent and mitigate the impacts of the imposter phenomenon, as well as first steps to chip away at the structural and systemic factors that perpetuate imposterization in academia.

Presenter

Daniella Sieukaran, MA (she/her)
Senior Educational Developer (Program Development)

Intended Audience

Graduate Students
Instructors (all)
TAs/Markers/Demonstrators

Dal Events

Teaching Tuesday: Turning Over a New Leaf – Transitioning into the New School Year

September

Resilient Classroom Series: Don’t Fake It ‘til You Make It – Confronting Academic Imposterization

Presenter

Intended Audience