Teaching for Transformation
Partnered Program with the Centre for Faculty Development
Teaching for Transformation (TforT) Program Overview
Teaching for Transformation (TforT) is jointly offered by the Centre for Faculty Development and the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education It is designed to address the evolving needs of health professions education. TforT prepares health and social care leaders, educators, partners, scholars, and practitioners to navigate complex social roles such as collaboration, advocacy, and systems navigation, toward compassionate, equitable, and relationship-focused care.
TforT foregrounds transformative education and critical pedagogies, with integration of other evidence-informed education paradigms and practices. Through a range of pedagogies and practices, such as dialogic education and arts-based learning, TforT prepares critically reflective individuals who are prepared to influence health care education, practice, and systems transformation.
TforT Program Components:
- Conference+: A three-day immersion into transformative education paradigms and practices, with keynote speakers, workshops, short talks, and critical dialogue. Held biennially, this event fosters deep learning and provides ongoing access to resources and a supportive online community.
- Online Supplements for Education: A set of resources designed to support critically reflexive academic and scholarly work, including teaching and collaborative publishing. These accessible and free online resources are ideal for pairing with in-person sessions to promote contextualized learning and dialogue.
- Certificate in Co-Facilitation with a Patient/Family/Caregiver Partner: This certificate program prepares practitioners and educators to co-facilitate interprofessional education initiatives in collaboration with patient/family partners. Participants develop essential skills in transformative education, gaining hands-on experience with feedback, and receive a Certificate at program completion.
- Custom Consultations: Tailored, co-constructed programs to support your team’s learning and application of transformative educational approaches in your specific context.
For more details on each component or to get involved, please visit teachingfortransformation.com/ or contact Lindsay Baker (lindsay.baker@unityhealth.to) or Stella Ng (stella.ng@utoronto.ca).
