Discover Selkirk

For Selkirk College Employees

The 2022 Season of Discovery at Selkirk College once again provides a range of personal development and educational sessions under the theme Ethics of Care and Education. Starting in mid-January and carrying forward through the winter semester, the current plans include the return of an in-person Discovery Day on February 23 that invites all college employees to gather for a virtual guest speaker, morning of workshops and lunch.

Learn more about Discovery Day...

Please speak with your supervisor about time allowance for your participation in the workshops and events.

Thank you for participating in this year’s Season of Discovery!

Workshops/Events for all Selkirk Employees

Please register directly with facilitators where indicated or complete our online form for the rest: Register here...

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Teaching

Presenters: Matty Hillman and Rhonda Belczyk (School of Human Services)

Learn about various types of trauma and the unique ways it can be presented. Discussion will also focus on teaching approaches to minimize re-traumatization and positive ways to respond to trauma. This workshop will be offered in person as well as simultaneously broadcasting on Zoom.

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing mhillman @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - A trauma-informed approach to teaching.

• Tuesday, January 18: 12 – 12:50 p.m. Sentinel 102 and Zoom
• Thursday, January 20: 4 – 4:50 p.m. Staff Lounge and Zoom

Climate Change and Our Future

Presenter: Lauren Rethoret (Selkirk Innovates)

If the climate events of 2021 have you thinking about the future of our communities, this talk is for you. Researcher Laren Rethoret will discuss results and lessons from the many climate-focused projects that have happened under at Selkirk Innovates.

• January 20 from 12 – 1 p.m. K-10 or Zoom
• No registration required.

STAC computer science and engineering

Presenter: Jonathan Doyle (Selkirk Innovates)

The Selkirk Technology Access Centre (STAC), one of 60 NSERC-funded Technology Access Centres (TACs) across Canada, and one of three located in British Columbia. Learn more about STAC from Jonathan who currently leads the Advanced Computing team at Selkirk Innovates.

• February 10 from 12 – 1 p.m. K-10 or zoom TBD

Capacity to Connect

Presenters: Matty Hillman and Ewnet Demisse (Healthy Campus)

Two hour BCcampus training covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It incorporates a decolonized perspective and is guided by the following principles: accessible, adaptable, culturally locate, evidence-informed, inclusive and trauma informed.

• February 23 from 10 – 12 p.m. In person and via Zoom TBD

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing edemisse @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - Capacity to Connect.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Workshop

Presenters: Angus Graeme, Laura Nessman & Allison Lutz

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to achieve a more sustainable and just future for all by 2030. Selkirk has signed the SDG Accord, the college and universities response to the SDGs, showing our commitment to deliver the 17 Global Goals. Join us for this session where we’ll look at how Selkirk is currently supporting the Global Goals and collectively explore ways we can all amplify our efforts. We’re in the Decade and Action! The time is NOW!

• February 23 from 10-12 p.m. in person (Location TBD)

REGISTER: Please register with Laura/Sustainability by emailing sustainability @ selkirk. ca or lnessman @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - Sustainable Development Goals

How to Talk About Suicide

A webinar offered by the Centre for Suicide Prevention to help build awareness of why people are impacted.  Understand dynamics of protective and risk factors, learn the four-step model of starting conversations about suicide through case studies and discussion and identify community recourses for further help.

• February 23 from 10 – 12 p.m. via Zoom

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing edemisse @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - How to Talk About Suicide. 

Creating for Self Care

Creative Writing faculty Renee Harper and Leesa Dean

Join for a fun morning of crafting for self care. Participants will create ard and writing related to this year's Discover Selkirk theme that will be published as a chapbook after the workshop. Copies will also be available at the Healthy Campus office.

• February 23 from 10-12 p.m. in person (Location TBD)

Get Informed and Go Outdoors!

Milane Kutcher, BC AdventureSmart/BCSARA/Castlegar Search & Rescue

We rarely head out for an outdoor adventure with the expectation that something will go wrong, and, most times, everything will go right. However, that one time that the unexpected happens…your investment in Trip Safety can mean the difference between a successful outcome and becoming a statistic. Canada is a country of extremes – rugged mountains, glistening waters, lush rainforests, vast prairies, icy glaciers, extensive coastlines. Though Canada’s scenery is breathtakingly beautiful, it also plays host to unpredictable and potentially dangerous terrain, weather and wildlife.

What we will be learning: Trip Planning, Training, Taking Essentials, Survival Tips, In an Emergency. 

• February 23 from 10 – 12 p.m. Room TBD

Writing into Connection

Please consider joining Deb Wandler

Reduce isolation and stress. Boost creativity. Create connection. Who is this style of writing for? Those who have a desire to express, to share, to connect with yourself and others in a way you might never had the opportunity to do so before. You don't have to be a writer to participate in this stream of consciousness, timed writing. No critiquing or offering advice happens here. Only the experience of being witnessed and witnessing others.

• February 23 from 10 – 12 p.m. via Zoom

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing dlwandler @ gmail. com using the subject line Discover Selkirk - Writing into Connection.  

Meditation 

Presenter: Erin Lucas, Currently, completing a two year Mindfulness Teacher Training Program with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield

Learn about bringing stillness to your busy mind, managing difficult emotions, breaking free from overwhelm and resolving conflict in a way that brings people closer. Some short meditation(s) will occur throughout the workshop, during the instruction on the above topics.

• February 23, 10 – 12 p.m. via Zoom

Bouldering Lesson

Presenter: Maeve Little

Learn how to boulder or get some tips if you've done it before!

• February 24, 5-7 p.m. at the Castlegar Gym

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing recreation @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - Bouldering Lesson.

Vision Board Workshop

Presenter: Stephanie Conroy

Vision boards are a great tool to help a person set goals, create visions, and manifest their dreams in life. Get clear on what you want and connect with others while doing it! Please bring magazines and/or photos and a canvas or poster board (small or large) to this workshop! We will provide some magazines, scissors, glue, and modge podge.

• February 23 from 10 – 12 p.m. Room TBD

REGISTER: Please let facilitators know you would like to attend by emailing recreation @ selkirk. ca using the subject line Discover Selkirk - Vision Board Workshop.

Upcoming:

• Unconscious Bias Awareness with Marissa Carrasco, Selkirk Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee Chair
• Truth & Justice Speaker Series with Raven Sinclair on the Sixties Scoop
• Introduction to Journaling with Deb Wandler
• Safe Spaces with ANKORS

Stay tuned for more workshops and further details to be added soon!

Professional Development from the Teaching & Learning Centre

We are an institutional department dedicated to empowering and supporting teaching and learning at Selkirk College. Explore the complete list for Winter 2022 at Teaching & Learning Institute at Selkirk College. Registration is through Moodle with a link provided below. 

Moodle

TLC Winter 2022 Workshops and Seminars

Service Learning - A Conversation Amongst Colleagues

• Monday, January 17 from 1 – 2:30 p.m.

Ed Media Workshop Series

• Friday, January 28 from 1 – 2:30 p.m

Ethic of Care - Three Sessions

• January 26 (time TBA)
• Thursday, February 17 from 9:30 – 11 a.m.
• Tuesday, March 8 from 2:30 – 4 p.m.

Student motivation - What it means for your grading

• Tuesday, January 18 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. 
• Friday, February 4 from 1 – 2:30 p.m.
• Thursday, March 10 from 4  – 5:30

Universal Design for Learning: Community of Practice based on BC Campus Flo Course

• February 21 - March 4, 2022

Academic Integrity Strategy: Scaffolding Writing Assignments & Discovery Interviews

• February 23 (as part of Discovery Day - time TBA)

BCcampus Webinars

BCcampus supports post-secondary institutions in British Columbia to adopt, adapt and evolve teaching and learning practices to create a better experience for students. The following are some of the online workshops taking place this winter. Register early to avoid disappointment.

BCcampus Registration

Active Bystander Intervention – Facilitator Workshop

• January 12 at 9:30 – 11 a.m.

Sex Work and Sexual Violence: Creating Safer Spaces on Campus

• January 13 at 3 – 4:30 p.m.

Inclusion Training: Understanding Diversity and Inclusion for Safer Spaces for Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Team Members and Students

• January 19 at 2 pm – 4 p.m.
• February 16 at 10 am – 12 p.m.
• March 14 at 1 pm – 3 p.m.

Trauma-Informed Facilitation

• January 24 at 3  – 4:30 p.m.

Moving from Men as Allies to Men as Stakeholders

• January 27 at 1 – 2 p.m.
• February 2 at 3 – 4 p.m.

Decolonizing Process: Lessons Learned

• February 2 at 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Capacity to Connect: Training for Faculty and Staff

• February 3 at 10  – 12 p.m.
• February 9 at 1  – 3 p.m.