Stories
Lowering barriers to learning for all: How TLEF teams are advancing accessibility through Universal Design for Learning
By Remy Corbet on June 2, 2026
Discover how UBC Vancouver instructors are using TLEF support to advance accessibility and inclusive teaching practices at scale.
Harnessing GenAI in Teaching and Learning with TLEF Support
By Remy Corbet on July 17, 2025
Learn how UBC Vancouver instructors are using TLEF support to leverage GenAI in their courses.
Creating experiential learning resources in Finance through TLEF emulation
By Remy Corbet on April 2, 2024
UBC Sauder School of Business instructors share how the TLEF helped them build upon each other’s project to create experiential learning resources for their students.
An UPROOT approach to decolonizing pharmacy education
By Remy Corbet on May 24, 2023
In this story, instructors, Indigenous students and partners from the UPROOT project share their journey to decolonizing the Pharmacy curriculum, and how using a Two-Eyed Seeing approach to relationship building helped them change the way Pharmacy is taught at UBC.
Redesigning the Bachelor of Media Studies experience
By Remy Corbet on November 9, 2022
Dr. Richard Arias-Hernandez and Christine D’Onofrio share how their team transformed the upcoming Bachelor of Media Studies’ curriculum to create a more unified learning experience for students.
Learning a foreign language with a little help from the local community
By Remy Corbet on October 19, 2022
In this story, learn how the Department of Asian Studies leveraged the local community to create a positive and interactive learning environment of Chinese language and culture that brings students, instructors and communities together.
Redefining the undergraduate learning experience in Creative Writing
By Remy Corbet on June 3, 2022
In 2018, UBC’s School of Creative Writing received a three-year Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund grant to implement a hybrid learning format to its courses. Two instructors who took part in the project explain how this grant helped redefine the learning experience for students and positively impacted instructor cohesion in the department.
Building a community in business analytics
By Sheridan Powell on April 26, 2021
Sauder School of Business Professor Harish Krishnan aims to build a collaborative business analytics community, while developing sought-after skills, through his open, interactive platform.
How a pilot program for English students led to 20 years of co-op opportunities
By Remy Corbet on December 7, 2020
2020 marks 20 years since the UBC Arts Co-op Program was started by Julie Walchli, Executive Director, Work Integrated Education and Career Initiatives, with Drs. Tony Dawson and Kieran Kealy as initial applicants for a pilot Co-op Program for English majors between 1997-99. She reflects on the many people involved behind the scenes to pioneer […]
The student becomes the educator through TLEF-funded projects
By Samantha Peng on August 25, 2020
Many students pick up a part-time job expecting to make some income and add a line to their CV, but by becoming involved with on-campus projects they diversify their contributions to the UBC community — as students, developers, researchers and influencers in student learning. The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) at UBC provides funding […]