Events & Workshops
Miikana Deepening Our Understanding of Indigenous Rights in Canada
Northern College has collaborated with Randi Ray from Miikana Consulting to develop a series of training sessions designed to deepen staff and faculty members’ understanding of Indigenous rights in Canada.
Training sessions will be offered between September 2025 and April 2026, on select Wednesdays during one of our designated professional development time slots, either 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Details and links are shared via LEID’s website, the College Calendar, and Outlook calendar invites
Faculty, these sessions are designed to promote the integration and application of Indigenous Learning Outcomes (ILOs) within the curriculum and instructional practices.
Previous workshop recordings are available for viewing on NORACTION.
Creating Effective Course Outlines in COMMS 3
Hosted by Kayode Arowolo and Sylvie Bennett
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Master the art of developing well-structured course outlines using COMMS 3. This workshop focuses on creating outlines that ensure alignment between vocational learning outcomes (VLOs), essential employability skills (EES), course learning outcomes (CLOs), and assessments. This workshop will provide practical guidance on creating course outlines that reflect academic standards and support student success.
SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) Training for Staff on the Timmins Campus
Hosted by Nichole Roy & Shawna Foy
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:30 pm.
LivingWorks safeTALK is a three-hour in-person training that equips people to be more alert to someone thinking of suicide and better able to connect them with further help. Using a simple yet effective model, LivingWorks safeTALK empowers everyone to make a difference.
With over 120,000 people attending each year, it’s the world’s fastest-growing suicide prevention skills training course. In LivingWorks safeTALK you will learn how to reach out to someone thinking about suicide and help them keep safe by promptly connecting them to further support. Your role as a connector is the main focus of this training, which features:
- Trainer presentations, facilitated discussion, and skills practice
- Videos that illustrate what happens when signs of suicide are overlooked, and how you can contribute to safe outcomes when these signs are heard and addressed
- Opportunities to further explore organizational applications of the training
Northern College's Annual Inspiring Collaboration ’26: Virtual Reality Edition
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Experience learning in a new dimension with virtual reality: mixed and augmented reality (XR).
Explore how immersive technologies are transforming education and redefining the learning experience. Discover ways XR can be integrated into classrooms to enhance the learning environment and student engagement.
Click HERE for more details.
Academic Integrity by Design: Practical Assessment Strategies for Today’s Classroom
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 pm.
Academic integrity challenges are evolving as access to generative AI increases. This interactive session will support faculty in redesigning common assessments to reduce opportunities for misconduct while maintaining academic rigour and meaningful learning.
Using concrete, discipline‑flexible exemplars, participants will explore how to:
- Shift from easy-to-copy formats to scenario‑based and applied assessments
- Embrace AI intentionally where appropriate, or
- Tweak assessment processes or final products to promote originality and authentic student voice
Faculty will leave with practical strategies, examples, and take‑away resources they can immediately apply when preparing for Fall courses.
Blackboard / COMMS / APR / CPR Support Drop-In
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2025
Blackboard: 1:30 p.m.
COMMS: 1:50 p.m.
APR / CPR: 2:10 p.m.
This virtual session is dedicated to providing support to our staff and faculty with their questions and/or concerns about Blackboard, COMMS, Annual Program Reviews, and/or College Program Reviews.
From Access to Success: Exploring Post-Secondary Completion and Outcomes
Hosted by Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health & CMHA Ontario
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm.
In this session, researchers from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) will share findings from their work on post-secondary students’ persistence, graduation, and labour market outcomes.
Nearly one-quarter of Ontario students enroll in but do not complete a post-secondary education (PSE) credential. Some learners – particularly students from marginalized backgrounds, including those with mental health accessibility needs – face barriers at every stage of their post-secondary journey and in their transition to the labour market.
This presentation will explore differences in PSE completion rates, as well as the individual and social costs associated with non-completion.
Meaningful Engagement with Indigenous People at Northern College
Hosted by Miikana with Randi Ray
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 pm.
Join us as we explore respectful protocols in the context of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for meaningful engagement with Indigenous communities and cultural practices, emphasizing their relevance in educational settings and everyday practice.
This workshop will highlight meaningful ways to support reconciliation within educational spaces and showcase opportunities available to students through the Indigenous Office at Northern. Participants will also be introduced to resources and pathways for ongoing learning, reflection, and engagement with Indigenous perspectives.
This workshop covers content to support the inclusion of Indigenous Learning Outcomes (ILOs) in courses and programs.
Skilled Trades Mental Health Forum
Hosted by the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH)
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 pm.
We are excited to host our first-ever CICMH Skilled Trades Mental Health Forum on May 28, 2026! This event provides attendees with the chance to learn more about supporting the mental health of those in skilled trades programming and to connect and discuss with one another about ensuring skilled trades students enter the profession with a toolbelt of strategies for their mental health.
What you can look forward to at this event:
- Hearing from post-secondary institutions across the province about their mental health initiatives
- A Campus Mental Health Works session on burnout
- Learning more about CICMH’s Supporting Skilled Trades Students toolkit
The aim of this forum is to help raise awareness of key mental health issues and possible solutions when it comes to supporting skilled trades students in post-secondary, and reducing stigma around mental health.
This event is open to post-secondary staff, community organizations, and skilled trades students.
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Do you have an upcoming workshop or event to share with staff and faculty? Do you have an idea for a PD opportunity?
Email us at leid@northern.on.ca.