Fall 2026 Issue 01
In the inaugural issue of The Foreword, our topics range from storytelling as an effective teaching practice to the role instructors might play when their students are experiencing mental health challenges to writing across the curriculum. This diversity of ideas reflects our publication’s aim: to share the many insights and experiences that shape how you teach and learn.
Connecting Students with Care: The Instructor’s Role in Student Wellness
by Dr. Ken Fowler
Instructors may not always know where to turn when their students are experiencing mental health challenges. The director of the Student Wellness and Counselling Centre offers some helpful tips for where they can start.
Supporting Student Success Through Differentiated Learning
by Stephanie Dohey
Memorial’s Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) program sets students up for success by offering them a more active role in their own learning. Reflective of an approach called “differentiated learning,” PAL ensures that diverse learners have their needs addressed in a single learning environment.
Moving Writing from Under the Curriculum to Across the Curriculum
by Melanie Doyle
Writing Across the Curriculum is as relevant today as it was when it emerged decades ago in response to changing student populations and needs. Learn more about what WAC is and how it continues to support student learning.
More Than a Tangent: Storytelling as a Teaching Practice in Higher Education
by Lydia Hardy
Storytelling, as a teaching practice, turns out to have some surprising benefits for both student engagement and comprehension of course content. Consider how your own in-class storytelling might be more than just a digression.
In Conversation
Dr. Tiffany Lee
For Memorial's Dr. Tiffany Lee, assistant professor in Memorial’s School of Pharmacy, teaching means cultivating a learning community where students bring their experiences, insights and curiosity, whether they're undergraduate pharmacy entry-to-practice students or working pharmacists returning to continue their education.
Drawing on expertise of Memorial's faculty, instructional staff and leadership, The Foreword facilitates the demonstration of thought leadership and the sharing of ideas, experiences and practices that celebrate and inspire teaching excellence at Memorial. Published by the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning.