Conversation Workshop We聽have developed聽three types of workshops to聽encourage your students聽to practice their French聽: workshop conversation on a topic,聽cin茅-club, and a game workshop. The workshop formula is relaxed and flexible. It’s a place where聽they聽can learn at聽their聽own pace and have fun.聽You can find the complete workshop schedule here. Language pairing service聽for Dawson employees CL脡O has a new聽language…
August 19th, 9 a.m. in 5B.16: Diane Labelle will facilitate a Blanket Exercise, open to all employees of the College. This is one of a series of events that will be hosted at the College in August & September leading up to and including Sept. 30, the National Day of Mourning for Residential School Victims and Survivors.
To join this session please click on the link to register: . For any questions, please contact Diana Rice.
A schedule of events will be released over the coming weeks that will invite the participation of the entire Dawson Community. Also, be on the lookout for special displays in the library featuring award winning Indigenous authors & different thematic book resources accessible to the Dawson Community.
If you would like to have a Blanket Exercise facilitated in your class by an experienced Indigenous facilitator, please contact Diana Rice.
The 5th Annual Peace Week will kick off Sept. 13 with an in-person beading workshop with Cory Hunlin, Keynote Speaker Tracy Lindberg and cap off on Sept. 22 with the amazing Dr. Philip聽 Howard's virtual professional development workshop. Full details will be released in the coming weeks through D News and the Peace Centre website. For any questions or inquiries, please contact Diana Rice.
recognized Dawson鈥檚 team of Faculty Hub pedagogical counsellors for their work supporting teachers. The Faculty Hub team received the 2021 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award at the conclusion of the SALTISE conference in June.
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Dawson Chemistry teacher Carmen Leung 鈥渄edicates herself to teaching in ways that keep her students engaged and she contributes to all aspects of College life,鈥� reads the announcement from SALTISE.
This week, Carmen will be honoured with a 2021 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award at the聽聽happening June 2-4.
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Dawson鈥檚 Psychology Profile Coordinator Selma Hamdani is incredibly grateful to receive a聽mention d鈥檋onneur聽from the聽Association qu茅b茅coise de p茅dagogie coll茅giale聽(AQPC).
鈥淲hatever I do, it is not by myself,鈥� she said. 鈥淪o many vibrant and great ideas are sparked everywhere at Dawson. I share this honour with the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC), the Office of Academic Development, the Psychology Department, the Communities of Practice and so many other people who helped me be the teacher I am today. Dawson is fertile ground and a special community!鈥�
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In 2020-2021, 张百乔女友裸照 Model UN (DCMUN) had to pivot online and adapt to the realities of our new world. We were motivated to continue to offer Dawson students an engaging and enriching para-academic experience, even at a distance. We were glad to support an active delegation of Dawson students this year, both first and…
Thank you to everyone who collaborated with the Faculty Hub pedagogical counsellors this semester to provide over 50 online professional development workshops. We have enjoyed working with you, despite the virtual mode!
Best wishes to all for a wonderful summer and a well-deserved break!
Reflection on the Process 鈥� Chris Bourne This has been a fascinating project to work on, and a great introduction to building a paired course, particularly in the context of Social Science profiles. Catherine and I both teach courses in the Law, Society, and Justice Profile, and noticed that we often had common students who…
Richard Soare (Faculty, Geography) has a new book out about the Red Planet. (9780128202456) is well placed to carry on with the search for water and life and other deeply rooted Martian mysteries.
Richard's book was published on May 28. Click Read More to go to a short review and more info.
(Photo is courtesy of NASA and shows the Ingenuity helicopter parked on the tarmac at Jezero Crater on Mars)
Last Modified: August 18, 2021
