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Great Beginnings
Enhancing quality and innovation in undergraduate education
An undergraduate experience that fuels discovery and nurtures personal growth is a priority of Canada’s universities. Our member universities are committed to helping undergraduates achieve their full potential in a research-enriched environment that expands their knowledge, nurtures critical thinking and inspires creativity.
What are universities doing:
An innovative course design model recently introduced at Queen’s University is transforming the learning process for students in large first-year classes.
Supporting high performance students
Laurier’s blended approach to calculus and chemistry helps students succeed.
Setting first-year students up for success: University of King’s College foundation year program
Transformative learning at the Queen’s castle
Eliminating the research and teaching divide: McMaster University’s iSci program
Celebrating inquiring minds
Training a new kind of physician: problem-based learning at the Université de Sherbrooke
Let’s talk: Simon Fraser University’s undergraduate semester in dialogue program
Keeping innovation going: University of Guelph
Making big feel small: University of Toronto’s foundation programs
Putting broad-based change into action: The Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia
Partnership for the future: Université Laval’s chairs in educational leadership program