March 2020 changed the lives of many as the SARS-CoV-2 virus which was responsible for what became known as the COVID-19 pandemic, caused communities to isolate indoors and shift the workforce to mostly online or virtual, including higher education. This critical ethnographic study looked at the experience of the higher education teacher through the Meta-Teaching Meta-Learning Exchange, the context of COVID-19, and the critical lens of equity and educational flourishing. It explored their perspectives on teaching, what was it like outside of the classroom, and their thoughts about higher education in relation to their experience during the pandemic. The participants revealed teachers as resilient and adaptable but also needing connection and opportunities to grow and learn. They endured loss but retained hope; they were critical of higher education as a system needing to change to promote equity and educational flourishing, but they revealed that through it all they have retained and reignited their passion for teaching. For these participants and perhaps others, they survived and are even stronger because they did not do it alone, they had a community, and they shared their voices so that others may experience the same. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]