About Us

“Innovativeness and creativity are in the DNA of Schulich. We achieve this in Teaching and Learning by bringing together ground-breaking pedagogical research, cutting-edge educational technology, and an inspired group of educators, technologists and instructional designers in the service of providing the optimum learning environment for our students.”

Marcia A Annisette

Associate Dean Academic

"Teaching excellence at Schulich means we focus not only on what we teach but how we teach it. Thanks to the efforts of our dedicated faculty and staff, our teaching and learning community is proud to offer innovative hybrid learning models, interdisciplinary course offerings, new learning platforms and technologies, and more! It’s an exciting time to study at Schulich!"

Emily Rush

Director, Academic Affairs

"Today’s generation of learners learn by doing; not only by reading text books or listening to traditional lectures. While they need interactivity they also crave social interaction. Our challenge is to introduce technologies that are relevant, interactive and always work. We’re continually exploring innovative solutions to support our faculty in delivering engaging experiences for our students."

Mark Orlan

Executive Director, Information Systems & Technology

"Schulich’s Centre for Teaching Excellence has the compelling mandate of fostering teaching excellence and enhancing student learning in Schulich’s classrooms. Through periodic workshops, customized training sessions and ongoing teaching consultations, we help our faculty members develop skills to optimize student engagement, improve content delivery, promote effective grading practices and deepen student learning."

Peter Macdonald

Director, Schulich Centre for Teaching Excellence

Schulich’s Office of Curriculum Innovation and Teaching Excellence

As of October 2020, Schulich’s new Office of Curriculum Innovation and Teaching Excellence (CITE) was created in response to the growing need for more high-quality teaching and learning support and development. This new office brings together the resources and expertise related to teaching, learning and program quality that are currently housed across three departments within the School: the Office of the Associate Dean Academic, the Schulich Centre for Teaching Excellence (SCTE), and Schulich IS&T. Over the next few months, the composition of the Teaching and Learning site will evolve to reflect these exciting new changes.

We’re here to support the School’s teaching and learning needs, both within and beyond the classroom. We offer a variety of consultation services for course design and delivery as well as workshops geared towards faculty development and best teaching practices. We also showcase the best of teaching and learning at Schulich on our website. Our aim is to keep faculty and students connected and inspired by featuring courses, instructors, news updates and practical teaching tips.

Innovative Teaching Practices

Instructional Design

New Course Development

Course Improvement

Educational Technology

Instructor Training & Development

Resolution of Classroom Issues

Curriculum Mapping & Learning Outcomes

Innovative Teaching Practices

Instructional Design

New Course Development

Course Improvement

Educational Technology

Instructor Training & Development

Resolution of Classroom Issues

Curriculum Mapping & Learning Outcomes

T&L TeamOffice of the Associate Dean Academic

Meet our team in the Office of the Associate Dean Academic. We’re responsible for academic policy and governance, curricular development, program scheduling, and the coordination and booking of classroom space. Contact us here:

General issues & inquiries: ada@schulich.yorku.ca
Staff Room Bookings: staffroombooking@schulich.yorku.ca
Student Room Bookings: roomrequest@schulich.yorku.ca
Schulich Faculty Council: ssbfacultycouncil@schulich.yorku.ca

Marcia A Annisette

Associate Dean, Academic

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Faculty Affairs & Governance
Academic Policies

Michelle Machado

Interim Director, Academic Affairs

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Curricular Design & Governance
Academic Policies
Schulich Faculty Council

Nicola Jagdeosingh

Administrative Assistant

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Undergraduate and Ph.D. level Curriculum & Scheduling
Student Clubs
BBA/iBBA Program & Nominating Committees

Vasanthy Nallathamby

Administrative Assistant

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Masters-level Curriculum & Scheduling
Schulich Course Repository

Sharon Liu

Database & Room Booking Assistant

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Event and Student Club Bookings

Laura Da Silva

Academic Program Assistant

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Masters-level Curricular Scheduling
Masters Program Committee

Beverly Kelbert

Secretary to the Associate Dean Academic

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Meeting requests for the ADA
Event Bookings
Schulich IS&T Steering Committee

T&L TeamSchulich Centre for Teaching Excellence

The overarching goal of the Schulich Centre for Teaching Excellence is to create an academic community that is committed to teaching and learning excellence. We do this by providing development and support to instructors through workshops, training, diffusing best teaching practices and individual consultation. In addition, we provide assistance with instructional design, course development and new faculty onboarding. Contact us here:

General issues & inquiries: scte@schulich.yorku.ca

Peter Macdonald

Director, SCTE

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Teaching consultation
Student engagement
Faculty workshops and training

Teresa Back

Program Assistant

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Teaching workshops and teaching awards
ONCE/Interim course evaluations
New instructor onboarding
General enquiries

Lisa Siegel

Instructional Designer

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Instructional Design
Course Development
Canvas Assistance

T&L TeamInformation Services & Technology

Schulich’s Information Systems & Technology team ensure that the technology systems that our students, staff and instructors depend upon are available when they are needed. Meet the IS&T team members specifically supporting the innovative teaching and learning tools at Schulich below.