1. Leveraging Diversity for Student Learning Toni Smith – English Louis Mattar – Sport, Health & Physical Education Rita Gower – Culinary Arts Lisa Lewis – Adult Basic Education John Lepage – English Laura Suski – Sociology Bryan Webber - Management

2. Who We Are

3. VIU enrolment statistics for 2013

4. 25% Non-traditional learners

5. Why do we need to learn more about this?

6. Leveraging Diversity for Student Learning What does diversity look like in your classrooms? How would you characterize the relationships between the (diverse) students in your classroom?