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LECTURE | Jessica Riddell – Hope Circuits
Wednesday, June 4th, 202512:15-1:15 PM ET
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Join Jessica Riddell, author of Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing, along with panelists Paul Turcotte and Normand Labrie as they explore pedagogies of togetherness and the integration of research and community engagement to shape a better learning ecosystem for all.
How can we foster post-secondary environments that embrace collaborative and accessible approaches to teaching and learning while encouraging more just and responsive educational systems? This Big Thinking panel will explore pedagogies of togetherness, including student-centred teaching practices and the integration of research and community engagement that challenge traditional knowledge hierarchies and transcend institutional divides. Panelists will identify methodologies for inclusion and engagement in education to create step changes across the post-secondary landscape — empowering students, educators, and the wider community to shape a better learning ecosystem for all.
Hosted by Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences at Waterfront Campus, Second Floor, Room 237.
Learn more: Pedagogies of togetherness: Practices for inclusive learning | FHSS
Jessica Riddell is professor of English and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Excellence at Bishop’s University.
about the book
How do we model abundance and generosity - in teaching, in learning, in leading organizations, particularly non-profits - when dealing with fiscal austerity and other forms of scarcity thinking? Hope Circuits explores this question, presenting sophisticated ideas that support democratizing higher education for everybody.
Written in a conversational style that draws upon Jessica Riddell’s experience in governance, senior administration, and scholarship, the book is a how-to guide and thought leadership manifesto for developing the conceptual tools to seek solutions to higher education’s most pressing issues. Hope Circuits aims to rewire mindsets, perspectives, and behaviours to in turn rewire and renew the systems within which university stakeholders learn, live, and work. It tackles this challenging feat by suggesting ten tools to build hope circuits, a concept borrowed from neuroscience.
Riddell acknowledges that changing systems and deep cultures is not for the faint of heart; indeed, the more than 250 interviews conducted with thought partners for Hope Circuits expose how individuals who navigate complex systems regularly experience discomfort and even despair. In response, she shows us how to anchor a practice of hope in higher education with focus and intention, inviting others to adopt and adapt her approach.
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