Announcing the 2026 Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellows

The MacPherson Institute is pleased to welcome Eamonn Corrigan (Faculty of Science), Anastasia Newman (Faculty of Health Sciences), Shaiya Robinson (School of Interdisciplinary Science) and Chris Rowley (Faculty of Science) to the 2026-2028 cohort of the Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellowship (LTL) program.
Partially funded by the Paul MacPherson Teaching Fellowship Trust, the LTL Fellowship provides faculty members with $15,000 over two years to support a teaching and learning project.

2026-2028 LTL Fellows

	Eamonn Corrigan – Faculty of Science, Physics & Astronomy – Redesigning First-Year Physics through Inquiry, Experimentation, and Real-World Problem Solving
	Anastasia Newman – Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Rehabilitation Science – Investigating the Impact of Peer Teaching and Lived Experience in a Cross-Faculty Undergraduate Program: Re-envisioning Student Learning Experiences
	Shaiya Robinson – Faculty of Science, School of Interdisciplinary Science – Exploring the impacts of Targeted BIPOC Science Outreach Programs at McMaster – an ethnography of MacISTEP and MePLUS
	Chris Rowley – Faculty of Science, Physics & Astronomy – Strengthening First-Year Medical Physics Through Digital Case-to-Model Learning

2026 is an important milestone for the program as it also marks the 10-year anniversary of the Fellowship. Since that time the program has supported over 70 faculty members to lead change, engage in research on teaching and learning, and support communities within their own Faculties with mentorship and leadership in teaching and learning.

Read more about the Fellows and their projects on the Leadership in Teaching and Learning Fellowship page.