It seemed inevitable that the dynamo that is Professor Shafique Virani, chair of the Department of Historical Studies, would win the University of Toronto’s President’s Teaching Award; the only question was when it would happen. The President’s Teaching Award...
Shafique N. Virani (center), a popular associate professor of Islamic studies at the U. of Toronto, says he has been asked to perform a student’s wedding. Forget baking cookies. Forget writing a glowing teacher evaluation. Angelica Chavez wanted to do a little...
At a recent keynote at the National Educational Computing Conference, Chris Lehmann, renowned speaker and educator in the area of technology and pedagogy, commented, “ Tools don’t teach, but they can change the way we teach.” For the students on Professor Shafique...
