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Maher](Patrick T. Maher)\u003Cbr>Nipissing University, [ptmaher@nipissingu.ca](ptmaher@nipissingu.ca)[ ](ptmaher@nipissingu.ca)Roselynn Verwoord\u003Cbr>University of British Columbia, [roselynn.verwoord@ubc.ca](roselynn.verwoord@ubc.ca)[ ](roselynn.verwoord@ubc.ca)Cherie Woolmer\u003Cbr>Mount Royal University, [cwoolmer@mtroyal.ca](cwoolmer@mtroyal.ca)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca](https://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca)\u003Cbr>[https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.3.16448](https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.3.16448) |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nAcai, A., Frake, M., Hamilton, M., Maher, P. T., Verwoord, R., & Woolmer, C. (2024) . Seven guiding principles for building fellowship in SoTL. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(3) .  \n[https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.3.16448](https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotlrcacea.2024.3.16448)  \nSeven Guiding Principles for Building Fellowship in SoTL  \nAbstract  \nConsidering the expansive context of the international Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) community, SoTL scholars may wish to reflect and identify what exists for building and nurturing fellowship, and how they may be enacted in practice to benefit others. In this reflective article, we draw on our experiences as International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Fellows to offer seven guiding principles for building fellowship. These principles include:  \n(1) create space, (2) avoid and resist formal roles, (3) maintain confidentiality and build trust, (4) allow members to self-determine their level of engagement, (5) embrace a group process that is emergent and organic, (6) find congruence in values, and (7) acknowledge the evolutionary nature of the collective. When considered as a meaningful process of community building and engagement, these principles may be useful points of discussion, reflection, and as Felten (2013) states in relation to his Principles for Good Practices in SoTL, to “...articulate a vision of scholarship that enhances, perhaps even transforms, teaching and learning in higher education” (p. 121) . Much like Felten, our objective was not to craft a detailed, step-by-step guide for fellowship. Instead, we have provided a series of reference points intended to help people clarify and demystify their own SoTL communities and networks, whether these communities are formal or informal in nature.  \nCompte tenu duvaste contexte de la communauté internationale pour l’avancement des connaissancesen enseignement et en apprentissage (ACEA), les chercheurs en ACEA peuvent souhaiter réfléchir et identifier ce qui existe pour construire et nourrir la fraternité, et comment ceci peut être mis en pratique pour en faire bénéficier les autres. Dans cet article de réflexion, nous nous appuyons sur nosexpériences en tant que membres de la Société internationale pour l’avancement des connaissancesen enseignement et en apprentissage (ISSOTL) pour proposer sept principes directeurs pour développer la fraternité . Ces principes sont les suivants : (1) créer un espace, (2) éviter les rôles formels ety résister,(3) maintenir la confidentialité et établir la confiance,(4) permettre aux membres de déterminer eux-mêmes leur niveau d'engagement, (5) adopter un processus de groupe émergent et organique, (6) trouver une congruence dans les valeurs, et (7) reconnaître la nature évolutive du collectif. 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