SoTL Canada Journal Club | Developing a SoTL Identity: Barriers, Motivations, and Institutional Context [May 19, 2026]

SoTL Canada Journal Club | Developing a SoTL Identity: Barriers, Motivations, and Institutional Context

Monday May 19, 2026, 1-2 pm ET.
Monday May 19, 2026, 10-11 am (Vancouver time)
Online

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How do educators come to see themselves as SoTL scholars, and what motivates them to engage in this work despite institutional barriers?

Join us for the next session of the SoTL Canada Journal Club. This journal club brings together educators, educational developers, and researchers from across Canada to discuss timely SoTL research and its implications for practice and institutional culture in higher education.

In this session, we will be discussing the following paper:

• Aspenlieder, E., Clow, K., & Mathany, C. (2017). Exploring the role of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the context of the professional identities of faculty, graduate students, and staff in higher education. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2017.3.10

This paper explores how scholars across different roles in higher education come to see themselves as SoTL practitioners, including the motivations that draw individuals to SoTL, the barriers they encounter, and the institutional contexts that shape engagement with SoTL.

We're especially pleased to share that two of the paper's authors, Dr. Erin Aspenlieder and Clarke Mathany, will be joining the session to participate in the discussion and engage with attendees.

To learn more: https://stlhe.ca/scholarship-of-teaching-and-learning-sotl-canada/initiatives/