2010 Spring Retreat Registration Form
DUE by Tuesday, 2 March 2010—submit to ADC (T110)
For location, session descriptions and additional
information please see the 2010 Spring Retreat
website at http://blogs.mtroyal.ca/mrfaretreat/
1. Name:______________________________ Department:_____________________ Phone #:_________________
2. Please attach a cheque for the following amount payable to the Mount Royal Faculty Association. These fees include
accommodation, registration, all meals, all sessions and activities. Please do NOT contact the Banff Centre directly to
book your room as we have arranged package prices for food, space rental, accommodation, etc. Please note as well that
the retreat is restricted to faculty members (no family, etc.). Meals are buffet style and include vegan and special dietary
concern options. Fees can be claimed using your Professional Development fund (you will receive a receipt and then you
fill out and submit the form).
 Single Accommodation $140 (there are a large number of rooms available, but they will be assigned on a first come/first
served basis)
OR…
 Shared Accommodation $85 per person
**Preferred Roommate _______________________________________________________________
OR…
 Day Pass Only (meals and activities, but no accommodation) $35 total for one or both days. Please
indicate which day(s) you will attend. ____May 13 ____May 14
 Please note that due to increasing costs and the increased number of sessions with multiple participants, there is
no discount for presenters.
3. Are you willing to give a colleague a ride? _____Yes ______No
Do you need a ride?
_____Yes ______No
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DAY ONE
Please check off which activities you wish to take part in on Day 1, Thursday 13 May, 2010. Ensure that you have also
checked off the meals you want to attend.
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8:15-9:00
9:00-10:15
10:15-10:30
Registration
Opening Session—Celebration of the “New U”
Coffee Break
 10:30-11:30 SESSION ONE (choose ONE of the following four options):
Presenter: Scott Murray
Lost in the Land of a Thousand Hills—Teaching in Rwanda
Presenters: Selected Professors in Each of the GNED Clusters
Challenges, Opportunities and Vision in GNED and the Core
Presenter: Lyon Cygman
The Pearls and Perils of Distance Education
Presenters: Anne Scrimger, Deb Bennett, Harpreet Aulakh, Janice Paskey, Pearl Herscovitch, Maggie Quance
What do blindfolds, jaw massages, tennis balls, corks, stretching, rhythm and breathing have to do with
teacher communication and presence?
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11:45-12:45 SESSION TWO (choose ONE of the following four options):
Presenters: Margy MacMillan, Karen Manarin, Martin Haworth, Brian Sevick, Geoff Owens, Maureen Mitchell,
Allison MacKenzie, Elaine Mullen
POLE (Peer Observation of Learning Experiences) Dancing
Presenters: Deb Bennett, Marc Schroeder, Yuhuan Wang, Ruth Pickett-Seltner, Jodi Nickel, Norm Vaughan,
Margaret Brown, Michelle Yeo
Assess With Impact (Teaching)
Presenters: Shauna Snow-Capparelli and Janice Paskey
How Journalism Students Cover Under-Reported Stories
Presenters: Carol Shepstone and Trevor Davis
Opportunities for Open Access: A Movement to Make our Own
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12:45-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 SESSION THREE (choose ONE of the following four options):
Presenters: Nancy Ogden, Bruce Ravelli, Allison MacKenzie, Glenn Ruhl, Katharine Barrette, Linda Sutherby,
Yasmin Dean, Rod Corbett, Stefan Sikora, Leon Cygman, Brett McCollum
A Clash of Creativity (creativity in the classroom)
Presenters: Julie Weible, Michelle Yeo, Alice Swabey
To the guy in POLI201—shut up!: Anonymous Student Reflections on the Classroom Experience
Presenter: Stephen Sit
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom
Presenters: Margy MacMillan, Karen Manarin, Maureen Mitchell
Working Out New Steps: Using Teaching Evaluations to Get on the SoTL Dance Floor
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3:00-3:15 Coffee Break
3:30-6:30 BANFF FUN SESSIONS (choose ONE of the following options):
Rock Climbing
Photography: Hidden Lakes, Hidden Flora
Rock, Walk & Talk
Cycling
Drawing for Dummies: Developing Self-Confidence
Self-guided options:
Shopping in Banff
Banff Hot Springs - remember to bring your swimsuit
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7:00 Dinner Banquet (Please check only if you are certain you will attend as we pay per person ahead of time)
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8:30-9:45 Movie
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10:00
OR…
8:30-9:45 Tunes and Trivia
Dance/Party
DAY TWO
Please check off which activities you wish to take part in on Day2, Friday 14 May, 2010. Ensure that you have also
checked off the meals you want to attend.
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7:00-8:45 Breakfast (for overnight participants only)
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9:00-10:00 Keynote Presentation by Randy Connolly—What’s Wrong With On-Line Reading?
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10:00-10:15 Coffee Break
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10:15-11:15 SESSION FOUR (choose ONE of the following five options):
Presenter: Role of the Chair Implementation Team
The Chair’s Job: A New Role for a New Institution
Presenter: Frances Widdowson
Critical Thinking, Secularism and Mount Royal University
Presenter: Liza Choi
Celebrating EAL (English as an Additional Language) Nursing Students: Moving to the Positive
Presenter: Reid Spencer
Music MRU
Presenters: Irene Naested, Jodi Nickel, Stefan Sikora, Norm Vaughan, Rozmin Jaffer, Ann McLennan, Cecilia
Grimstead
Self-Study Research for Reflective Practice and Program Enhancement
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11:30-12:30 SESSION FIVE (choose ONE of the following four options):
Presenters: Cynthia Gallop, Brad Clark, Harpreet Aulakh, Pearl Herscovitch, Khatija Westbrook, Liza Choi, Qasim
Syed
Beating to Our Own Drum: What Do, and Should, Faculty Diversity Initiatives Look Like at Mount
Royal?
Presenters: Norm Vaughan, Todd Nickel, Jim Silovs, Neif Silva
Moving to Their Own Beat: Exploring How Students Use Collaborative Technologies to Support Group
Work Outside of Class Time
Presenters: Michelle Sinotte and Katharine Barrette
Top Ten Ways to Make Library Research Assignments More Difficult, Painful and Frustrating (for you
and your students)
Presenters: Deb Bennett, Alex Bruton, Miriam Carey, Karen Manarin, Janice Miller-Young, Ron MacDonald,
Subadhra Rai, Rik Smistad, Richard Gale
And the Beat Goes On: 1st Cohort of the Scholars of Teaching and Learning
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Lunch 12:45-1:45
2:00 onwards--Optional Sessions:
Hike
Gondola Ride (pay own fees)
Golfing (pay own fees)
Cycling
Anything else that catches your fancy—it’s Friday!
Please remember…
 Fill out all parts of this form, including meals
 Attach a cheque for the appropriate amount (see page one)
 Drop off the cheque and this form to ADC in room T110
 Forms are due by 2 March, 2010
Questions?
Contact Alice Swabey at aswabey@mtroyal.ca or Jennifer Pettit
at jpettit@mtroyal.ca or Jodi Nickel at jnickel@mtroyal.ca