In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) has named 10 of its faculty members 鈥淒ALChampions鈥� in honour of their extraordinary contributions to innovating the classroom experience. DALC is a group of teachers from various disciplines that strives to improve teaching and learning through Active Learning (AL) pedagogical practices, and the…
The Liberal Arts Brick Books Poetry Prize is聽awarded this year to聽Catherine Salkeld聽for showing promise in poetry writing.
Catherine鈥檚 winning sonnet, 鈥淗allowed Ground鈥欌�� will be published in the 2022 Liberal Arts Anthology. The prize, sponsored for the past eight years by Canadian poetry publisher Brick Books,聽will be awarded at the launch of the Anthology on May 12.
Kudos to Catherine and to the following poets whose work earns honourable mention:
Beatriz Artmann Sherren, 鈥淗olding onto my faith,鈥� 鈥淭hings that sing鈥�
Harriette Bambrough, 鈥樷�橳his is for You,鈥� 鈥淗arriette,鈥� 鈥淧oor聽Investments鈥�
Tess Harty, 鈥淔or the Girl, at the Crux of Her Womanhood,鈥� 鈥淭hings I am Grateful for鈥�
Greta Rotzetter, 鈥淧oem to my brother and sister鈥�
Elliott Trembecka,聽鈥渂urning, burning.鈥�
In Fall 2022, the Women鈥檚/Gender Studies Certificate will once again be offering its foundational Learning Communities course GENDER MATTERS (see description and course competency below). Kim Simard from Cinema-Communications will be leading a group of faculty volunteers from across different disciplines. The goal is to offer a Learning Communities experience to W/GS students that deepens…
Have you ever thought it would be interesting to work with another teacher in your classroom? To bring different perspectives into both of your classes To create interesting class-based projects that allow students from different courses, or even programs, to work together To combine your respective expertise and time to design learning opportunities that enable…
The 星空传媒视频 Humanities & Public Life conference is an annual conference that introduces CEGEP students to the ambiance, culture, and discovery of academic conferences.聽 We aim to provide a bridge between great ideas, new research, and exciting debates, as well as showcasing how the questions we tackle in the Humanities are relevant to concrete,…
The North-South Studies Profile of the Social Science Program is working on a new local pilot stream that will provide students with the possibility to deepen their knowledge and involvement in social justice issues in Montreal. Until now, the profile has been centred around a three-week trip to a community in the Global South in…
In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) has named 10 of its faculty members 鈥淒ALChampions鈥� in honour of their extraordinary contributions to innovating the classroom experience. DALC is a group of teachers from various disciplines that strives to improve teaching and learning through Active Learning (AL) pedagogical practices, and the…
Eight Dawson students have presented the work they have been doing at ScienceFest 2022 as interns as part of DawsonAI鈥檚 collaboration with industry partner Ciena, a postdoctoral researcher and university partners from Concordia and 脡TS to promote the study of innovative AI-enabled applications for the future of 5G in Canada. This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity…
Three new Learning Community projects are in development this Winter 2022 semester.聽 Two projects,聽Physics for Physiotherapy听补苍诲听Inter-professional Education, illustrate the continued expansion of LC curriculum development to career programs, specifically in the medical technologies, where collaboration between program and contributing discipline faculty aims to optimize student learning.聽 A third project,聽LCs for Small Social Science Disciplines, is developing a new model for pairing courses by way of a common time-block, a complementary theme, and integrative learning activities.
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Vernissage Season is back in person at Dawson and begins on May 19 with the Visual Arts Vernissage. Graduating students from our arts programs will be presenting their work.
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Last Modified: May 19, 2022
