Learning, Not Shortcuts: Centring Growth in AI-Supported Classrooms Workshop

Online workshop, 15 January 2027, 10-11:30 am ET This workshop can count towards the Teaching Commons’ Certificates in AI Pedagogies. Learn more at our website: https://www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons/certificates/#AIPedagogies In this workshop we examine the risks of efficiency-driven AI use and explore how to reframe AI as a tool for learning, reflection, and deeper engagement. Join us for strategies […]

Hidden Costs: AI’s Environmental and Infrastructural Impact on Education Workshop

Online workshop 10 November, 2026, 3:00-4:30 pm ET This workshop can count towards the Teaching Commons’ Certificates in AI Pedagogies. Learn more at our website: https://www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons/certificates/#AIPedagogies In this workshop we critically examine the material, environmental, and infrastructural dimensions of AI (e.g., energy consumption, data storage, hardware demands), and what this means for responsible pedagogy in a […]

AI Assessment Futures: Creating Assignments That Withstand and Integrate AI Workshop

Online workshop 17 September, 12:00-1:30 pm ET This workshop can count towards the Teaching Commons’ Certificates in AI Pedagogies. Learn more at our website: https://www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons/certificates/#AIPedagogies In this workshop we explore practical strategies for creating assessments that either minimize the risk of AI misuse or purposefully integrate AI tools to support transparent, ethical, and meaningful student learning. […]

Hardware Innovation: A Driver of ClimateTech Transformation

Climate AI Innovation Hub: Scaling Climate Solutions with AI Climate challenges have accelerated the need for innovative solutions that drive sustainability, resilience, circular economies, and low-carbon transitions. Entrepreneurs play a key role in developing technologies and business models that address environmental issues at scale. This speaker series aims to highlight those innovators, increase awareness of […]

AI and Education (Online – 21 Sept.-23 Oct., 2026)

Looking to get some hands-on time as you respond to LLMs and other AI technologies in your teaching? Join us for a fully online course in the practical pedagogy of technology-enhanced teaching in the age of artificial intelligence. We will explore a range of topics and resources to determine what this technology might mean for […]

Human Teaching in an Age of AI (Online – 7 July, 2026, 11:00-12:30)

This workshop can count towards the Teaching Commons’ Certificates in AI Pedagogies. Learn more at our website: https://www.yorku.ca/teachingcommons/certificates/#AIPedagogies In this workshop we will critically reflect on how AI changes our roles as educators—from feedback to content delivery—and how disciplinary norms shape these shifts. Participants will discuss how institutional and student expectations are evolving and explore strategies […]

CIFAL York Tech Innovators Summer Camp – August 2026

The Tech Innovators Summer Camp is an immersive, hands-on experience that introduces high school students to the cutting-edge technologies shaping our world. Over five exciting days, participants will explore various transformative technological fields. Through expert-led sessions, interactive workshops and practical projects, students will gain foundational knowledge, develop critical thinking skills and explore potential career paths […]

CIFAL York Tech Innovators Summer Camp – July 2026

The Tech Innovators Summer Camp is an immersive, hands-on experience that introduces high school students to the cutting-edge technologies shaping our world. Over five exciting days, participants will explore various transformative technological fields. Through expert-led sessions, interactive workshops and practical projects, students will gain foundational knowledge, develop critical thinking skills and explore potential career paths […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Intensive

Theme for 2026: AI and Assessment Dates: April 14, 15, & 16Location: Fully Online via Zoom. Links will be provided to registrants via email the week before the Intensive. Designed to take educators through the process of making deep, substantive, robust changes to assessment practices in light of the challenges and affordances of AI, this […]

Dialogues: AI in the Classroom (In-Person – Jan. 20, 2026, 11:00-1:00 ET)

This event brings York faculty and students together in informal collegial dialogue to discuss how AI is being incorporated into post-secondary education. Conversation will address student and faculty experiences of AI in teaching and learning at York. We will begin with time for the two groups to discuss key issues separately, followed by facilitated time […]