TLEF and ALT-2040 Virtual Showcase Roster

May 7, 2026

The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF, established at UBC Vancouver in 1991) and Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund (ALT-2040, established as the ALT Fund in 2015 at UBC Okanagan) serve as innovation engines for improving the learning experience for UBC students and advancing innovative teaching practices at UBC and beyond. The TLEF and ALT-2040 Showcase will celebrate the creative work of project teams and showcase a diverse range projects from both UBCV and UBCO. Many of these innovative projects can be found at this year’s TLEF and ALT-2040 Virtual Showcase at celebratelearning.ubc.ca/tlef-showcase.

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Round 1 | 10:05 am-10:30 am

Breakout Room Project Fund Poster Title Project Lead(s) | Presenters
1 TLEF ethicsAI: Critical Thinking in Engineering Education (PDF) Christoph Sielmann, Paul Lusina
2 TLEF GENRx: Generative AI-Enhanced Role-Playing for Pharmacy Education (PDF) Fong Chan, Jamie Yuen | Grace Du
3 TLEF Preparing for an Automated Future: Building Automation Resilience in Computer and Data Science Education (PDF) Dongwook Yoon
4 TLEF Inclusive Excellence: Bringing Universal Design for Learning into Undergraduate Nursing Education (PDF) Nassim Adhami
5 TLEF The BRAIN Project – Building Resources and Accessibility in Neurology for Practical Learning (PDF) Larry Leung | Soeun Chang, Alexandra Aur
6 TLEF Building BIOCBOT: A GenAI Biochemistry Study Buddy Tool (PDF) Eden Fussner-Dupas
7 ALT-2040 Academic Integrity in the Disciplines (PDF) Robert Janke | Amanda Brobbel, Rina Garcia Chua
8 TLEF Bridging The Gap in Safety and Sustainability Competencies in Engineering Design (PDF) Jenna Upsprech
9 TLEF Equity in Action: Renewing the Integrated Curriculum for Accessible, Inclusive Health Education (PDF) Kelly Allison | Michelle Hamilton, Carrie Krekoski

Round 2 | 10:35 am-11:00 am

Breakout Room Project Fund Poster Title Project Lead(s) | Presenters
1 TLEF EngE-AI: A GenAI-augmented Tool to Enhance Engineering Education in Cultivating Critical Thinking (PDF) Alireza Bagherzadeh
2 TLEF Another Order: A Procedural Poetry Funhouse (PDF) Annabel Lyon | Jennifer Moss, Maryanne Kempthorne
3 TLEF Climate Justice Focused Community Engagement Toolkit (PDF) Hannah Wittman | Rosetta Paik, Kshamta Hunter
4 TLEF The Inclusive Teaching Writing Project (PDF) Laila Ferreira | Maile Kilen, Hitechha Sahni, Lillian Ghorbani, Debbie Kim
5 TLEF The Alchemy Lab Manual (PDF) Robin Stoodley | Lauren Pureza Dagenais
6 TLEF Assessing Socio-technical Skills in Engineering Education (PDF) Pranav Chintalapati
7 TLEF Building Deep AI-integrated Pedagogy using the aEHR (PDF) Jason Min | Hannah Andreachuk
8 TLEF Designing FISH506Y – Graduate Learning for Community-Driven and Anti-Colonial Aquatic Science (PDF) Sara Cannon | Mahy Saleh

Round 3 |11:05 am-11:30 am

Breakout Room Project Fund Poster Title Project Lead(s) | Presenters
1 TLEF Building Critical Digital Citizens: OCELIA and a Digital Literacy Framework for First-Year Courses (PDF) Siobhán Wittig McPhee | Amanda Bradshaw, Azélie Blanchette
2 TLEF GRASP: Generative Retrieval and Spaced Practice (PDF) Kayli Johnson, Simon Lolliot
3 TLEF Environmental Science Curriculum Renewal (PDF) Tara Ivanochko | Jason Young
4 TLEF What, So What, Now What? A Progressive Approach to the Development of GenAI Literacy in Pharmacy (PDF) Kayla Fang | Gilly Lau; Esther Lu
5 TLEF Harmonizing Interprofessional Virtual team-based care (HIVE) at UBC Health (PDF) Kendall Ho | Elsie Wang, Suzanne Ng, Helen Novak Lauscher
6 ALT-2040 Preparing Students for Anti-oppressive Professional Practice: Embedding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Competencies into the BHES Curriculum (PDF) Meaghan MacNutt
7 TLEF Conversational AI for Clinical Confidence: The Mr. Kato Pilot Justin Student | Graham Douglas
8 TLEF Facilitating Student Success in the Psychology Major: Focus on the PSYC 217-218 Transition (PDF) Frances Chen | Lynn Zhang, Ava Morris

Round 4 | 11:35 am-12:00 pm

Breakout Room Project Fund Poster Title Project Lead(s) | Presenters
1 TLEF Unpacking the Black Box: Critical AI Literacies for Arts Education (PDF) Laura Nelson
2 TLEF EMPATH-AI: Generative AI for Enhancing Empathy and Communication Skills in Pharmacy Education (PDF) Colleen Inglis, Jane Xia
3 TLEF Wellbeing and Climate Change Intersect in the Classroom – Developing a Resource Toolkit and an Instructor Network to Support Student Learning (PDF) Sara Kozicky | Oliver Lane, Jixiang Wang
4 TLEF Implementing Climate and Sustainability Education in Occupational Therapy Programs (PDF) Ben Mortenson | Farrukh A. Chishtie
5 TLEF Building and Assessing the Use of Audio Artifacts in Blended Geography Courses (PDF) Nina Hewitt | Siobhán Wittig McPhee
6 TLEF Transforming Online Japanese Language Learning (PDF) Nick Hall | Ihhwa Kim, Misuzu Kazama
7 TLEF Modernizing Traditional French Grammar Courses: Towards an Active, Descriptive, and Inclusive Approach for Advanced Students (PDF) Isabelle Delage-Béland | Annee Salamon; Emmy Issartial, Hannah Marincak, Lily Lou

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