The TLC is excited to support Changemaking Education at UFV by offering a Teaching Inquiries into Pedagogical Practices (TIPP) fund. The TIPP fund is open to instructors who are engaged in or wanting to explore teaching and learning opportunities that reflect Changemaking principles and vision. The fund is designed to promote informal inquiry into practice, and facilitate rich conversations about how to inspire students to become changemakers through their educational experiences at UFV.
Applications for the TIPP Fund is now closed.
Interested in Changemaking?
Are you interested in exploring changemaking in your teaching practice? Are you curious about the impact of an innovation you are trying in your classes? Do you have questions about how your pedagogical approaches can advance sustainability and want to explore this with a colleague? Are you interested in exploring community-based experiences that can enhance your teaching in the future?
The Teaching and Learning Centre is excited to support you in developing teaching inquiries for pedagogical practices (TIPP) with a special focus this year on changemaking to celebrate UFV's 50 years of making change in the Fraser Valley and beyond. These inquiries are informal explorations of teaching and learning practices, they can be done individually or collaboratively, and offer a chance to experiment with changemaking and reflect on the impact of your pedagogy.
The newly developed TIPP fund supports the growing community of educators who are excited about inquiring into their teaching practices. Projects and applications can be supported by TLC’s Changemaker Curriculum Developer. If this interests you, please see the inquiry categories, criteria, and details below:
Inquiry Categories
This year’s TIPP fund is dedicated to supporting projects that bring changemaking into your classes through:
- Action-Oriented Projects: Applying changemaking practices in hands-on ways.
- Decolonized, Indigenized, and Equity-Focused Projects: Focusing on inclusion, equity, Indigenization/decolonization, and fostering relationality.
- Sustainability Projects: Initiatives that support sustainable futures.
- Creative Problem-Solving Projects: Addressing complex real-world challenges through innovative thinking and collaboration.
Criteria
- Open to tenured, tenure-track, and term-appointed instructors.
- TIPP inquiry to be conducted in Winter 2025 and expense claims to be submitted by March 31, 2025.
- Recipients will be asked to participate in ConnectED on May 7, 2025 and present their TIPP inquiry in the “TIPP Celebrate Learning” session.
- Fund allocations will vary depending on submissions to a maximum fund per application of $500.