Experiential Learning

  • Fall 2025 QES Cohort Reflective Conversation

    In Summer & Fall 2025, Eyram Gyimah and Mira Azzasofiya from the University of Auckland joined us for 60 days on the University of Calgary main campus. With a slightly…

  • ELevate Your Career: Lauren Deibert

    Which activity I participated in: Teaching Across Borders (TAB) Skills and strengths gained by getting involved Throughout the TAB program, I learned a great deal about myself and developed many…

  • BCCC Narrative Blog: Chandni’s Experience

    Chandni Meharu is currently enrolled in the concurrent program in Sociology and Elementary English Education at the University of Calgary. She chose to participate in the BCCC program to supplement…

  • BCCC Narrative Blog: Amanpreet’s Experience

    Amanpreet approached her BCCC experiential learning placement with genuine curiosity about the behind-the-scenes work that helps classrooms come alive. Through her placement at Father Scollen School, she discovered the teamwork,…

  • BCCC Narrative Blog: Tracy’s Experience

    Tracy Dinh is a Werklund pre-service teacher committed to literacy and numeracy development in early childhood education. She chose to participate in the BCCC program to deepen her understanding of…

  • Incoming! BCCC Narrative Blogs

    For the past month, final year students have been volunteering in schools and seeing how teachers set up their classrooms for success. The Building Community & Connection in Classrooms program…

  • ELevate Your Career: Learning to Fail Forward with Steven J. Sheppard

    COVID had closed schools, and as part of Werklund’s online K–12 Tutoring program, I was paired with a student who needed help in math—a subject outside my specialization. I was…

  • ELevate Your Career: Andrea Faragalli

    My Experiential Learning Journey at Werklund When Caitlin Kane, Experiential Learning Facilitator for the Werklund School of Education, reached out to me to write about my experiences in experiential learning…

  • Kicking Off 2025-2026!

    Hello! My name is Caitlin Kane and I am the Experiential Learning Facilitator for the Werklund School of Education. I am excited to starting up this blog again for the…

  • ELevate Your Career through Student Experiences

    For our first series of the year, ELevate Your Career through Student Experiences, we are bringing you stories from undergraduate and graduate students as well as Werklund alumni about how…

  • Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Environmental Education 101

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    A great turn out for the first CWF workshop of Fall 2024! Check out upcoming CWF workshops here: https://werklund.ucalgary.ca/undergraduate-programs/student-opportunities/professional-learning/canadian-wildlife-federation-workshop-series

  • Fall Student Opportunities Fair 2024

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    The Fall 2024 Student Opportunities Fair was a success! It was so great to see so many students meeting with many of our program partners, student groups, and Werklund opportunities!

  • Welcome to Werklund Experiential Learning

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    Experiential Learning opportunities through the Werklund School of Education create space for students to grow and develop as educators. These co-curricular programs and placements, while not mandatory for degree completion,…