22 Additional McMaster Resources
Listed below are various McMaster resources that may inform your teaching philosophy, approaches, and goals.
Community Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Internationalization
Fundamentals of Community Engagement: A Sourcebook for Students
Created by the Experiential and Community Engaged Learning (ExCel) Faculty Group. This resource is designed to support students in their community-engaged learning and to provide professors with a means of preparing students for the demands of a community-engaged learning experience.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Decolonization
Indigenous Strategic Directions
Developed by the Indigenous Education Council and McMaster Indigenous Research Institute. This strategy aims to enhance the university’s commitment to Indigenous communities through focused efforts on research, education, student experience, and leadership, aligning with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Resources
Curated by the MacPherson Institute and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office. These resources offer guidance and support on anti-racist pedagogies, decolonization, accessibility, assessment and grading, and other educational practices to enhance equity and inclusion in teaching and learning environments.
Forward with Flexibility
This guidebook developed by McMaster University aims to help educators apply principles of Accessible Education, thereby enhancing inclusivity and access in various teaching and learning environments.
Learning in Colour
Developed by the United in Colour student collective in partnership with the MacPherson Institute. This resource provides guidance to students, TAs, and instructors to help create safer classrooms based on experiences from Black, indigenous, and racialized students.
Health and Wellbeing
The Okanagan Charter
McMaster signed the Charter in 2017, committing to prioritize health and wellbeing in all aspects of university life, including policy decisions, academic programs, and campus design. This commitment also includes promoting human and environmental health both locally and globally.
The Indigenous Health Learning Lodge
The IHLL strives to integrate Indigenous cultural knowledge into health sciences education and research, addressing systemic barriers, and supporting Indigenous students, faculty, and community partnerships in alignment with the principles of reconciliation.
Institutional Directions
Institutional Priorities & Strategic Framework (2021-2024)
Created by the Office of the President. Outlines five key priorities aimed at driving the university’s mission and addressing societal challenges: inclusive excellence; teaching and learning; research and scholarship; engaging local, national, Indigenous, and Global communities, and operational excellence.
Partnered in Teaching and Learning Strategy
McMaster University’s teaching and learning strategy focuses on promoting partnered and interdisciplinary learning, fostering inclusive and scholarly teaching practices, creating active and flexible learning spaces, and providing a holistic and personalized student experience to enhance academic excellence and support diverse learning needs.
Digital Learning Strategic Framework
Led by the Office of the Provost, the DLSF was developed collaboratively with the McMaster community, identifying four strategic priorities: develop digital literacy and proficiency, build institutional capacity and capability, create effective learning opportunities, and advance innovation through collaboration.
Supporting Students
Graduate Work Supervision Guidelines
These guidelines developed by the School of Graduate Studies emphasize maintaining professionalism, providing a safe and supportive environment, fostering academic growth, offering timely and constructive feedback, supporting students’ diverse needs, and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration.
Accommodation and Disclosure Rights and Responsibilities
The Student Success Centre’s accommodations and disclosure guidelines advise students to communicate specific accommodation requests to manage their educational or workplace environment effectively while understanding their rights and responsibilities under the Ontario Human Rights Code.