College of the Rockies

Starting the Semester with Purpose and Clarity
2026-09-09 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Edmonton) | Cranbrook Campus and Online
What is at the heart of your course? This workshop invites instructors to reflect on course purpose, meaningful learning experiences, and the essential knowledge and skills students should develop. Through guided reflection, participants will clarify core course elements and leave with a clear, purposeful plan for the semester ahead.
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Feuling Engagement, not Burnout, in Teaching & Learning
2026-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Cranbrook Campus and Online
Burnout affects both instructors and students, often affecting well-being, motivation, and learning. In this workshop, participants will draw on Maslach and Leiter’s The Burnout Challenge to examine the conditions that contribute to burnout and explore strategies for sustaining engagement, energy, and purpose in teaching and learning.

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COTR Museia: What Horror Movies Say About Us: Fear, Tropes, and Speaking Back
2026-09-24 18:30 - 20:30 | Cranbrook Main Campus Lecture Theatre (KC250)
This event is FREE to attend but we do ask that you pre-register online here.
About the Presentation
What’s your favourite scary movie? This iconic line from the movie Scream, released in 1996, asks us to pause and think about the horror movies that we’ve enjoyed, or maybe sat through with one eye closed. For some, horror movies are great entertainment. For others, they shudder at the thought. After all, horror movies have been proven to be a very divisive movie genre.
Whether you are a lifelong horror fan or someone who usually avoids the genre, this Museia Talk is for you. Together, we will explore how horror movies can help us understand the fears a society carries, and what those fears reveal about us. We will ask why certain horror tropes keep returning, why they unsettle us, and how some have taught audiences to fear “the other.” We will also look at how the people once cast as frightening, strange, or monstrous are now making horror films that speak back, challenge old fears, and tell their own stories.
About the Speaker
Dana Wesley ᑌᓇ ᐧᐁᔅᓕ
Executive Director of Indigenization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at COTR

Dana Wesley ᑌᓇ ᐧᐁᔅᓕ (she/her) is a proud member of Moose Cree First Nation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous education, reconciliation, and systemic change. Drawing on both lived experience and over a decade of multisectoral experience, Dana brings a deep dedication to advancing Indigenous self-determination and creating inclusive spaces where Indigenous voices, knowledge, and worldviews are respected and reflected.
As Executive Director of Indigenization & EDI at College of the Rockies, Dana leads institution-wide initiatives that embed indigenization and EDI principles into governance, policy, curriculum, and student supports.
Dana holds an undergraduate degree in Women’s Studies and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies, both from Queen’s University. She is passionate about fostering meaningful partnerships, driving transformative change, and creating opportunities that honour Indigenous knowledge systems and leadership across sectors.
This event is FREE to attend but we do ask that you pre-register online here.
