LSAC National Conference 2025 Schedule
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Day 1: Tuesday, May 20
8:00 am EDT - 9:15 am EDT
Check in and Breakfast Snacks
Location:
Event Centre
9:30 am EDT - 10:30 am EDT
Keynote Speaker: Lyn-Marie Farley
Leadership Coach & Leadership-focused Learning Strategist
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Type:
HYBRID
10:30 am EDT - 10:45 am EDT
Break
10:45 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
Breakout Session 1 (60-minute Presentation)
Building Tutoring Supports with the Canadian Tutor Standards
Jonathan Vandor
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Understanding and Supporting Students with ADHD: Strategies for Educators
Miriam Unruh
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
When OT & LS Collide
Joanne Dominico, Laura Gibson
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Lunch
1:00 pm EDT - 2:00 pm EDT
The Learning Specialists Bookshelf: A Panel of Book Enthusiasts
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Type:
HYBRID
2:00 pm EDT - 2:15 pm EDT
Break
2:15 pm EDT - 3:15 pm EDT
Breakout Session 2 (45-minute Presentation)
Building Community and Support for Neurodivergent Students in Learning Strategies
Dr. Katherine Rowland
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Re-imagining Professional Development in Response to Generative AI
Leslie Paterson, Dr. Johanna Amos
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Redesigning Learning Strategies for Humans not “HAL 9000”
Nancy Smith
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
3:15 pm EDT - 3:45 pm EDT
Networking Break
3:45 pm EDT - 4:45 pm EDT
Breakout Session 3 (45-minute Presentation)
Educational Games for Post-Secondary
Nico Turner
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Towards a Student-Centered & Gen AI-Enhanced Approach to Learning in Problem Solving courses
Haleh Raissadat
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Invisible Challenges, Visible Strengths: A Supportive Approach
Anne Marie Portelli
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
4:45 pm EDT
End of Day
Day 2: Wednesday, May 21
8:00 am EDT - 9:15 am EDT
Check in and Breakfast Snacks
Location:
Event Centre
9:30 am EDT - 10:30 am EDT
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Faria Sana, PhD
Cognitive Psychologist & Associate Professor, Athabasca University
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Type:
HYBRID
10:30 am EDT - 10:45 am EDT
Break
10:45 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
Breakout Session 1 (60-minute Presentation)
Making the Case of Holistic Learning Strategies
Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
From Barriers to Breakthrough: ROWNAA to the Rescue (1)
Lyle Williams
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Equipping Peer Tutors for the AI Era: A Collaborative Training Framework
Dr. Jovita Vytasek, Elizabeth Spalding, Dr. Alice Macpherson, Emily Ginter, Dr. Mitra Gorjipour, Muskandeep Kaur, Manvinder Rayat
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
12:00 pm EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
Lunch
12:30 pm EDT - 1:30 pm EDT
LSAC Annual General Meeting
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Type:
HYBRID
1:30 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT
Networking Break/Centennial Tours and Activities
Location:
On-Campus
3:00 pm EDT - 4:00 pm EDT
Breakout Session 2 (45-minute Presentation)
Dealing with Disruption: Navigating Generative-AI for Writing & Learning
Dr. Johanna Amos, Dr. Lindsay Heggie
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Being an Integrated Educator: Connecting Your Work to Your Learning through PhD Studies
Alyssa Foerstner, Lydia Skulstad
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
From Barriers to Breakthrough: ROWNAA to the Rescue
Lyle Williams
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
4:00 pm EDT - 4:15 pm EDT
Networking Break
6:00 pm EDT - 8:00 pm EDT
Awards Dinner
(Included in on-campus registration)
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Day 3: Thursday, May 22
8:00 am EDT - 9:00 am EDT
Check In and Breakfast Snacks
Location:
Event Centre
9:00 am EDT - 10:00 am EDT
Breakout Session1 (45-minute Presentation)
Unlocking Student Potential: Partnering with Faculties to Support Academically At-risk Students
Jenna Storey, Chantalle Byrne
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Redesigning Success for First-Semester Engineering Students: A Learning & Teaching Inquiry
Sasha Chernomurova, Dr. Matthew Cheung, Tim Repetski
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
How do we develop our Profession? Reflect & Explore Opportunities with LSAC International Relations Director
Heather Grierson
Location:
Zoom
Type:
ONLINE
10:00 am EDT - 10:15 am EDT
Break
10:15 am EDT - 11:15 am EDT
Breakout Session 2 (45-minute Presentation)
Navigating Success: Developing the Compass Program for Probationary Students
Gillian Lee Shaftoe, Heather Gaffney
Location:
Fall Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
The Learning Specialists Journal Club
Joannah O’Hatnick, Victoria Fritz, Heather Grierson, Kimm Khagram
Location:
Winter Room
Type:
IN-PERSON
Canadian Tutor Standards: Preparing for Program Accreditation
Antoanela Denchuk
Location:
Online
Type:
ONLINE
11:15 am EDT - 11:30 am EDT
Break
11:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
Keynote Speaker: Harmony Nadjiwon
Professor of Indigenous Curriculum Development, Centennial College
Location:
Fall/Winter Room
Type:
HYBRID
12:30 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Lunch and End of Conference
Location:
Event Centre