Research Café

Research Café is a relaxed and collegial gathering designed to foster a vibrant research community at Yorkville University. Open to all faculty and staff, Research Café is more than just a meeting. It is a friendly and welcoming space to cultivate a growing research community by enabling open dialogue, cross-disciplinary connections, and peer learning. 

Each one-hour session is organized around a specific theme and begins with a warm group welcome before moving into small group discussions in breakout rooms. In these small and interactive circles, participants are encouraged to share experiences, pose questions, and offer insights in a collegial supportive environment.

Whether you are just getting started or an experienced scholar, join our bi-monthly gatherings to share your voice, expand your network, and help nurture a thriving, collaborative research community at Yorkville University!

All Research Café will be recorded, but for internal use only. If you would like to replay the session, please email Dr. Thu Le at tle@yorkvilleu.ca for the access.

Matthew Dunleavy wearing a pink and purple polka-dot shirt under a grey blazer with red-framed glasses and a long reddish-brown beard smiling into the camera
Matthew Dunleavy

Senior Educational Developer, Faculty Excellence and Development

Matthew Dunleavy (he/him) is an educational developer and scholarly teacher with over 9+ years’ experience. He immediately joins our CTEI from York University where he was an Educational Developer with the Teaching Commons; before entering that role, he served as the Program Director of the Online Learning and Technology Consultants (OLTC) Program at the Maple League of Universities (Acadia University; Bishop’s University; Mount Allison University; and St. Francis Xavier University). In 2022, he was awarded the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) for this work.