Gerry (she/her) is the current Program and Volunteer Manager for the Science Fair Foundation BC. She was previously the TA Coordinator in the Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation at the University of Victoria (UVic). Gerry holds a PhD in biology from UVic and completed in tandem an accredited graduate certificate for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LATHE). Gerry is also an Instructional Skills Workshop trainer and facilitator. In 2019, she was the recipient of the TAGSA award for best session led by a graduate student at the STLHE annual conference.

Samantha Chang (she/her) is the Faculty Liaison, Anti-Racist Pedagogies at the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation (CTSI) and a Ph.D. Candidate from the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto. She is the Co-Cahir, Elect of the Council of Ontario Educational Developers (COED). A professional flutist and conductor, Samantha graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and is a fellow of Trinity College London and London College of Music. In 2021, Samantha received the Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award from the Teaching Assistants’ Training Program (TATP), CTSI, University of Toronto.

Georges-Philippe (he/him) is a medical student at Université de Sherbrooke, a 3M National Student Fellow and a D2L Award recipient. He holds a Master’s degree in Intelligence and Transformation from Université Laval, and a BSc in Mathematics and Psychology from Bishop’s University. He acts as a senior advisor for the Online Learning and Technology Consultants program, which he co-founded in 2020. He is a strong advocate for francophone representation in national organisations and is very excited to develop TAGSA’s outreach to the francophones of Canada.

Madison Wright (she/her) is an Instructor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Manitoba. She completed her PhD at the University of Guelph where she also designed and taught a first-year seminar course on teaching and learning in the digital age. She has also worked on the Graduate Portfolio in the Office of Teaching and Learning at the University of Guelph for three years as a Graduate Educational Developer. In this role, Madison supported the training and pedagogical development of graduate students across all disciplines at the University of Guelph. Additionally, she has completed both the Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) and the Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW).

Laura Chittle (she/her) is an educational developer in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Windsor, Canada where she supports curriculum and program development. Her research currently focuses on student partnerships, graduate student development, and curriculum development and refinement. She earned her PhD in Kinesiology, where she was awarded the University of Windsor’s Governor General’s Gold Medal. Her research has been funded by a SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship, a Sport Canada Research Initiative Grant, and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

Elizabeth Ismail (she/her) has worked within the University of Windsor’s Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) since 2016. Her work has involved supporting graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants in their roles and facilitating their access to various resources, workshops, and mentorship designed to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities. More recently, as a learning specialist in the CTL, she continued her focus on graduate student development by establishing a Graduate Teaching and Learning Fellowship program. She holds an M.Ed. in Educational Technology with a focus on Adult Learning and is a Ph.D. candidate in an interdisciplinary Argumentation Studies program with a focus on Critical Thinking Education.

Ehsan Ur Rahman Mohammed (he/him) is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Western University. His research focuses on Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. Apart from research in his domain, he is extremely passionate about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, especially on the impacts of AI technology on education, international students, and the Indigenization of higher education. He is a keen reader and loves volunteering. Recently, he led the UWill Discover Sustainable Futures, the largest student research conference at the University of Windsor.

Dr. Katy Hind (she/her) is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. She teaches introductory Biology with a large team of graduate student teaching assistants. Katy is interested in evidence-based approaches to active learning in large-enrolment classes. She is also interested in creating professional development and training opportunities for graduate student TAs in the field of teaching and learning. Her goal is to build a community of TAs at her university by organizing teaching workshops for new and returning TAs. Katy has also taught at the Universities of British Columbia (UBC) and Victoria (UVic). In 2012, she was awarded the Teaching Honour Roll award at the UBC Okanagan Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards.