The Centre for Innovation in Excellence in Learning (CIEL) 2025 Teaching and Learning Conference: Showcase Series, featured four roundtable discussions. At each session, faculty members from different disciplines shared their work, followed by a discussion on its impact on teaching and learning. Sustainability was the theme on May 14, broadly interpreted to highlight teaching strategies that address environmental sustainability, support well-being, and build community. The roundtable featured four panelists:

• Jerome Lesemann, Professor, Earth Sciences, presented a class-wide groundwater mapping project that highlights sustainability and authentic assessment tied to learning outcomes.
• Judith McIntyre, Professor, Management, shared a podcast project that demonstrates student leadership and raises awareness of sustainable development goals.
• Wendy Simms, Professor, Education, shared strategies to foster hope when teaching and learning about sustainability issues.
• Amanda Johnson, Professor, Recreation and Tourism, discussed an approach to sustainable assessment practices that benefit both instructors and students.

Below is a recording of the roundtable presentations.

Interested in what you heard?

Would you like to integrate sustainability into your practice? We invite you to connect with the CIEL at learnsupport@viu.ca.

Also, we invite you to listen to the other Showcase Series recordings to explore innovative teaching and learning practices across disciplines, including our GenAI@VIU: In Conversation podcast.