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2021 Virtual Field Trip to Cuba video

March 23rd, 2022

During the online learning period of the pandemic, teachers had to be very resourceful and adapt their plans.

Instead of actually going to Cuba in 2021, students in the North-South Studies Profile of Social Science took a virtual field trip to Cuba thanks to an imaginative work-around developed by North-South Studies faculty and partners in Cuba.

You can watch their virtual field trip video by clicking on the link in Read More.

 


Petition to add Social Service to Bourses Perspective program

March 9th, 2022

The Quebec Government has launched a new program called which are incentive scholarships for Québec students who are enrolled full-time in various programs at Québec CEGEPs, private colleges and universities. It is intended to increase the number of qualified individuals in the fields prioritized by the government due to a labour shortage in essential public services as well as in strategic economic sectors.

You have three more days to add your name to a petition calling on the government to add the Social Service Program.


Read more about: Estimated 3,000 people attended Social Science Week

Estimated 3,000 people attended Social Science Week

February 16th, 2022

We welcomed at least 80 classes to Social Science Week events last week, and every session had individual students in attendance as well, so there were roughly 3,000 participants overall. Over twenty-three sessions and five days, we had sessions that talked about issues ranging from student anxiety, gun violence, transcinema, medical colonialism, climate change initiatives…

Dawson’s health students learning together through Interprofessional Education

February 2nd, 2022

ÕÅ°ÙÇÇÅ®ÓÑÂãÕÕ may be in the news this week because funding for a new pavilion was scuttled by the Quebec government, but the driving principles behind the need and purpose of the facility remain for an innovative, unique-in-Quebec Interprofessional Education Pedagogy (IPE) project.

Click Read More for an update on the IPE project from the team as well as some complementary information about the pavilion project.


Read more about: AR Cité! Taking Augmented Reality to Town

AR Cité! Taking Augmented Reality to Town

February 2nd, 2022

Augmented Reality is poised to enter mainstream culture with a splash — and a group of Dawson students have been riding that wave with style.  Experimenting with the rapidly evolving new tech, they’re creating a lively ‘pop app’, pedagogical and entertaining at the same time, that’s inspired by the college itself and its downtown Montreal…

Meet Elaine Gusella, Dawson’s new IVGD co-coordinator

January 19th, 2022

Elaine Gusella is living out her professional dreams as the new co-coordinator of the Independent Video Game Design (IVGD) AEC Program at ÕÅ°ÙÇÇÅ®ÓÑÂãÕÕ and as a partner in Artifact 5, an independent video game studio.

Click Read More for the homepage news story.


Resources from Intercollegiate Ped Days 2022

January 19th, 2022

Thanks to Dawson colleagues who contributed to the success of Intercollegiate Ped Days  2022, which took place Jan. 12-14 online. More than 50 presentations were given and over 700 participants from the English-language CEGEPs attended. The theme was Systemic Transformation: Developing Our Inclusive Practices. Resources will be available for a limited time on the Linkr site: . The Linkr site is free but you need to request to join using your college email account. A selection of resources will also be featured on Dawson’s Faculty Hub site.


Read more about: Anti-racist videos help teachers dismantle racism and colonialism in the classroom

Anti-racist videos help teachers dismantle racism and colonialism in the classroom

January 19th, 2022

Our classrooms can mirror oppressive structures in our society. Those who wish to build an anti-racist future can work toward including more narratives, histories and teaching methods in their classrooms. This was the message of Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe, who gave the closing presentation at Intercollegiate Ped Day 2022 on Jan. 14 and presented her Anti-Racist…

Read more about: Creating space for Indigenous knowledge

Creating space for Indigenous knowledge

January 19th, 2022

Intercollegiate Ped Days began on Jan. 12 with a beautiful welcome by ÕÅ°ÙÇÇÅ®ÓÑÂãÕÕ Board of Governors member and McGill professor Alex McComber. His welcome, which was in English and Kanien’kéha, was to Mother Earth and aimed to remind us of how we are all tied together and how we should be thankful for all…

Social Science Week is Feb. 7-11

January 19th, 2022

A new semester is upon us and Social Science Week 2022, to take place Feb. 7-11, is offering a stimulating week of talks and activities. Please review the line-up for the week in the program.

In light of the current situation, the conference will be online this year. 

  • If we have returned to in-person teaching, these talks will be streamed into your classroom and, wherever possible, we’ll set up two-way cameras to facilitate interaction between students and presenters.
  • If we are continuing with online teaching, students will be able to sign into these talks from wherever they are connecting.

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