Header image with MYFest25, June, July and August 2025 written in the middle. On the right there is the equity unbound logo of a colorful world map and the words 'equity unbound' overlaid and on the left there is the MYFest logo with the colorful blue, pink and purple circle in the middle and the words 'equitable, emergent, caring, community, creative' around the circle.
Headshot of Sukaina Walji, a smiling woman with medium-length, dark hair wearing a blue suit jacket over a green shirt and a silver necklace, on top of a MYFest background of colorful pink, purple and blue four-sided shapes spiraling out from the center.

Sukaina Walji

Co-facilitator, Co-organizer, Community-building and Community reflection

I am the Director of the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. I am a researcher and practitioner with interests in learning design, open educational practices, open online courses and unbundled higher education. I’m grappling with how to shape, inform and translate institutional teaching and learning mandates to the on-the-ground experiences of staff and students in equitable and meaningful ways and to foster communities of learning through conversations between different stakeholders in teaching and learning ecosystems. 

I live in Cape Town with my husband, two young adult children and a couple of beautiful cats. 

Why I’m in MYFest

Because I think we need to experiment and engage with models of professional development that allow us to bring in our personal needs and selves unashamedly  (I love the ‘MY’ in MYFest!). I relish the opportunity to reignite passions that have become jaded due to challenges and traumas of the past 2 years.


MYFest involvement: Co-organizer and lead for the Missed Conversations with Curated Keynotes.  

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