Teaching Amid AI Conference 2026 Program

Co-Creating the Future of Higher Education: Human Presence in an Age of Artificial Intelligence

Virtual Conference hosted by the University of Guelph, in partnership with the University of Toronto, Western University, University of Windsor, McMaster University. 

June 10-11, 2026

Registration is open until June 5th

Read the program and speaker bios here!

PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE

June 10

9:00-10:30 
From Winter to Wisdom: A Positive Vision for AI Ethics and Policy
Gus Skorburg, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Academic Co-Director, CARE-AI, University of Guelph

10:30-12:00
Workshop: If This Future Were True 
Stephanie Verkoeyen, Special Advisor, Generative AI, McMaster University

12:00-1:00 Break

1:00-2:00 
Indigenous Knowledge and Changing Environments: Let’s Talk Epistemology
Lindsay DuPré-Fiddler, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia

2:00-2:15 Break 

2:15-3:15 
Using Generative AI for Accessibility Services Note Taking Requests
Olivier St-Cyr, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto

3:15-3:30 Break 3:30-4:30 
AI and the Future of Work: Perspectives from Students and Faculty

• Yogya Kalra, Biology and Business Administration Student, Western University
• Harjinder Gill, Associate Professor, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Guelph
• Makary Nasser, Researcher, University of Guelph & Fanshawe Cottage
• Teri Shearer, Psychology Student, University of Guelph

PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE

June 11

9:00-10:30 
The Bitter Lesson for Universities
Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer, Western University

10:30-12:00 
The Horizon is still ours to shape: Exploring the Manifesto for GenAI in Higher Education
Hazel Farrell, Academic Lead for GenAI, South East Technological University, 

Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education
Ken McCarthy, Head of Centre for Academic Practice, South East Technological University

12:00-1:00 Break

1:00-2:00
Teaching Hybrid Human-AI Teamwork: Structured Analytic Techniques
William J Turkel, Professor, University of Western Ontario

2:00-2:15 Break 

2:15-3:15  
Assessment in the Age of AI: A Real-Time Natural Experiment Across Two Large Sections of Intro Psychology
Onawa LaBelle, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor

Who Wrote That Question? AI, Educators, and the Future of Exam Development
Laurie A. Freeman, Associate Professor, University of Windsor

3:15-4:30 
Post-plagiarism and the Future of Academic Integrity
Sarah Elaine Eaton, Professor and Chair, Leadership, Policy, and Governance, Werklund Research Professor (Research Chair), Werklund School of Education