AI Book recommendation
December 15th, 2020
Last month, Vanessa Gordon (Faculty, Political Science) had the pleasure of attending FWD50, an annual gathering of some of the world's leading public sector innovators. Spanning five days and featuring well over 200 speakers, this year's theme addressed how to use technology to bring people together. Vanessa sent this note to D News:
As a Dawson Artifical Intelligence (AI) fellow, I was there to learn about how to teach AI at school: it didn't disappoint!聽Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison was one of the stand-outs. He gave聽a compelling talk about AI in Australian school education. He also聽recommended the book聽"Future Frontiers: Education for an AI world", available here:聽.
This is a work where sci-fi and education meets. For example, I learned that by the time my kids are my age, AI is forecast to outperform humans in all tasks.聽What does this mean for my kids?
As the Aussies say: "This is a lot to do. A lot." This聽book courageously attempts to elucidate the new skills and values that today's kids will need to live good lives in this world聽of exponentially evolving AI technologies.
This Christmas, I plan to keep reading this book, along with William Gibson's Neuromancer. Here's to time well spent!
Guest psychologist on stress of pandemic on college students
December 1st, 2020
The Psychology Profile invited Dr. Nafissa Ismail to speak yesterday about the effects of the pandemic and confinement聽on college students. She is聽a psychology professor and researcher at the University of Ottawa. Her area of expertise examines the impact of stressors during different periods of development and their profound long-lasting effects on brain function.聽
Click Read More for a recording of her talk.
Gabriel Tordjman’s book published
December 1st, 2020
Gabriel Tordjman鈥檚 book was published this summer. The book is entitled: Darwin鈥檚 Tea Party; Biological Knowledge, Evolution, Genetics and Human Nature.
The book by the 星空传媒视频 Humanities teacher examines how biological knowledge has transformed the planet and reshaped humanity. Using the concept of biological knowledge, the author explores key persons, places, ideas and events that have shaped the world. He shows that while the development of biological knowledge has opened vast new vistas in our understanding of the living world and promises material abundance for some; refracted through the distorting lens of ideology, it has also contributed to great inequality and oppression.
Practice your French with The CL脡O Podcast
November 19th, 2020
Dawson鈥檚 French-language tutoring centre, CL脡O, is offering a new way to practice French and share 辩耻茅产茅肠辞颈蝉 culture: The CL脡O Podcast.
The podcast (balado en fran莽ais) episodes are between five to 10 minutes and are offered on an array of interesting topics, including author Gabrielle Roy, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and Expo 67. The first one was about the classic 辩耻茅产茅肠辞颈蝉 snack poutine!
Click Read More for the homepage news story and to find out how to listen.
Ann Lambert’s second book published
November 3rd, 2020
The new book of Ann Lambert, who taught English at Dawson for almost three decades, has just been published.聽The Dogs of Winter is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines.
A murderer with a twisted mission targets the most vulnerable on the frigid streets of Montreal while scenes unfold revealing how the #MeToo movement has changed the conversation, but not nearly enough.
It is Ann's second novel in the Russell and Leduc mystery series.
Click on Read More to read the first chapter.
Amplifying Sustainable Happiness
October 20th, 2020
Dawson participants, as well as many from outside the College, are experiencing the concept of Sustainable Happiness (SH) and exploring its implications, both personally and professionally.
During the next six months, SH facilitators will be offering programs for Dawson students, staff and managers. A program for another college will start next week.
A recent SH certificate was also just completed by Colleges and Institutes Canada staff in Ottawa, while a certificate offered in Spanish is on-going with an international group. Both external groups piloted the use of the SH Journal, also introduced to students within four Dawson psychology courses this semester.
Student Services will make 500 additional journals available to students, serving as a method that may help students distance from stress.
Sustainable Happiness programs review sustainability principles and actions that help us as individuals, help others, and/or help the planet. How these actions contribute to happiness, in turn, is identified as a component of well-being that involves positive emotions, satisfaction and fulfillment. Find more information about Dawson鈥檚 SH programs here.
Phones as teaching tools in the classroom
October 7th, 2020
Just before this semester began, the Adaptech Research Network completed a one-year ECQ-funded project entitled 鈥淪mart Phones: a Neglected Pedagogical Tool.鈥�
Click on Read More for the homepage news story and a link to the videos produced by Adaptech.
Digital Maclean’s articles featuring Dawson now available
October 7th, 2020
星空传媒视频 is featured in the Maclean's 2021 Canadian Colleges Guidebook, which came out across Canada in September. You can now access the two features digitally:
Dawson's extraordinary vernissage season for the graduating students in six programs in Creative and Applied Arts was featured:聽
Dawson's environmental profiles in Science and Social Science as well as our Sustainability Office were featured:
Refugee Boulevard wins another major prize
October 7th, 2020
Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home After the Holocaust (refugeeboulevard.ca) has won聽the U.S. Oral History Association Mason Multi-Media Award. The SSHRC-funded project is the work of Dawson faculty members Nancy Rebelo and Stacey Zembrycki along with Anna Sheftel from St. Paul University and Eszter Andor from the Montreal Holocaust Museum.
The project was created in close collaboration with Holocaust survivors who settled in Montreal in the post-WWII period.
Over the summer, the team created a virtual component to accompany the audio for those who can鈥檛 experience the tour in the neighborhood. Here are the links to the virtual tour:
English version: 聽
French version:聽
"It is our hope that listening to survivors share their stories in the tour will open up conversations that help validate the roles immigrants play in our past and current communities," Nancy said.
To access the project, go to:
How masks work
August 25th, 2020
The College Nurses, Julie Drolet and Julie Gosselin, recommend a great video about how masks work.
"Wearing masks significantly diminishes the spreading of the virus," said Julie and Julie. "We think this video depicts how effective masks are and we think all students and employees should view it."
Click Read More for the link to the video.
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