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Claire joined the Teaching and Learning Division as the Teaching and Learning Specialist (Curriculum and Assessment) in 2020 after a long career teaching geography at UFV. Bringing her experiences in student-centred, active, and co-constructed learning, Claire supports faculty in designing curriculum that supports student learning through intentional course design. Her work is grounded in a pedagogy of kindness (Denial 2024) and challenges colonial educational practices through place-based and Indigenized teaching and learning practices. Claire engages faculty in the stories of their teaching practice to explore evidence-based approaches that support learning.

Claire’s research focuses on alternative grading and authentic assessment design that decentres grades and advocates for student agency in the assessment of learning. Claire is also a member of the UFV Open Education team working towards an institutional open education strategy and ZTC program.

Provincial Instructor Diploma – Vancouver Community College, 2015
MSc. – University of Alberta, 1999
BSc. (hons) – St. Andrews University, 1996

My teaching philosophy, simply put, is ‘trust students, be kind, be yourself, and reflect.’

Hay, C. and Corman, M. (2025) Reassessing assessment: let’s think about alternative grading/ungrading. Conference on Post-Secondary Learning and Teaching, Taylor Institute, University of Calgary, 28-30 April 2025.

Corman, M. and Hay, C. (2025) I’ve never done anything like it before…beats the pants off of writing essays and tests all semester – A phenomenological look at students’ experiences of ungrading. Conference on Post-Secondary Learning and Teaching, Taylor Institute, University of Calgary, 28-30 April 2025.

Sztuhar, J. and Hay, C. (2025) Involving students in OER development at UFV. Open Education Talks. 2025.

Hay, C. and Giles, L. (2024) FLEx: Using peer review of teaching in a faculty learning exchange.  VCC Teaching, Learning and Research Symposium, Vancouver Community College, virtual.

Hay, C. (2023). FLO Friday – A Story of Ungrading: reflections from an ungraded classroom. (invited talk). BCcampus, October 20, 2023.

Hay, C. Johnson, M. and Andrews, L. (2023). An Indigenized approach to curriculum development through the Five R’s. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Charlottetown, PEI. June 13-16, 2023.

Hay, C. and Surtees, V. (2023) Ungrading: Instructor and Student Perceptions. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference, Charlottetown, PEI. June 13-16, 2023.

Hay, C. and Corman, M. (2023) Ungrading: Centering Student Learning in the Classroom. ConnectEd 2023, University of the Fraser Valley, April 27, 2023. https://ufvconnected2023.sched.com/

Sztuhar, J., Hay, C. and McDougall, A. (2023) Harnessing the Power of Students in Open Education at the University of the Fraser Valley. Open Education Talks 2023, virtual. https://oetalks.opened.ca/home-2023/

Hay, C. (2024). A Guide for Learning at UFV Part A - Developing Learning Outcomes. Teaching and Learning Centre, University of the Fraser Valley.