Dal Events

Teaching Assistant Professional Development Days

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Interested in developing your TAing skills and/or preparing for future TA opportunities?

Join us for TA Days 2026 on September 10 and 11! Open to all Dalhousie graduate students, TA Days brings together new and returning TAs, graduate students interested in future teaching roles, and anyone looking to build their teaching knowledge and skills.

Through practical workshops, shared experiences, and conversations about teaching and learning, you’ll gain strategies and resources you can use in your current or future teaching roles.

Explore the schedule and register today [login required]!

Teaching Assistant Professional Development Days

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:30:00 GMT

Interested in developing your TAing skills and/or preparing for future TA opportunities?

Through practical workshops, shared experiences, and conversations about teaching and learning, you’ll gain strategies and resources you can use in your current or future teaching roles.

Explore the schedule and register today [login required]!

From Imposter to Empowered: Addressing the Imposter Phenomenon

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:30:00 GMT

Date: Tuesday, September 29
Time: 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Location: Killam Library, Room B400*

“I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find me out now. I’ve run a game on everybody.’" – Maya Angelou, American writer

As high as 82% of individuals experience the imposter phenomenon throughout their careers (Bravata et al., 2019). The imposter phenomenon, a term coined by Clance & Imes (1978), is the “subjective experience of perceived self-doubt in one's abilities and accomplishments compared with others, despite evidence to suggest the contrary” (Walker & Saklofske, 2023). More recent interpretations of this experience shift the focus from “fix-the-individual” to “fix-the-institution” with the concept of imposterization – institutional policies, practices, and interactions that make individuals question their intelligence, competence, and sense of belonging (Gutiérrez & Cole, 2023).

As a part of the Resilient Classroom series, you will learn in this in-person session how to:

Identify the characteristics of the imposter phenomenon as experienced by instructors
Describe how impostorization manifests in academia (e.g., microaggressions, grateful guest syndrome, invisibility and inclusion taxations)
Explain the factors that contribute to the imposter phenomenon and imposterization in academia (e.g., systemic discrimination, gender)

This session will provide a safe space to share personal experiences if you wish. We will collectively brainstorm strategies to better prevent and mitigate the impacts of the imposter phenomenon, as well as first steps to chip away at the structural and systemic factors that perpetuate imposterization in academia.

Presenter

Daniella Sieukaran, MA (she/her)
Senior Educational Developer (Program Development)