Amanda Saxe

Amanda Saxe is a Pedagogical Lead and Academic Associate with McGill University’s ELATE (Enhancing Learning and Teaching in Engineering) and TLS (Teaching and Learning Services) units. In these roles, Dr. Saxe supports professors, lecturers, and teaching assistants to access training, develop effective teaching skills, and create accessible and inclusive pedagogies. She also contributes regularly to academic communities such as SALTISE and CEEA (Canadian Engineering Education Association).

Staff across the Faculty of Engineering place a high value on innovation in research and design. However, it can be challenging to drive innovation within the actual practice of teaching engineering and design in Higher Education. Dr. Saxe plays a crucial role designing tools and guiding sustainable actions toward a more accessible, inclusive, and altogether more impactful experience for increasingly diverse populations of learners. She has gone above and beyond to facilitate important discussions about disability justice and Universal Design for Learning, which are invaluable contributions in a university that remains highly inaccessible, both with respect to physical infrastructure and to the professional culture.

Dr. Saxe exemplifies collaboration and collegiality, and the Engineering department has benefited from her expertise, compassion, and enthusiasm to support my own work with the Office of E-IDEA (Engineering Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity Advancement). Her collaborations include working groups on accessibility and inclusion, a Community of Practice to grow EDI advocacy among staff, and events to build EDI knowledge and skills, among others.