Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times – United Nations Video Released in Celebration of 75th Anniversary
What is Dawson doing to help reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals? Read the Dawson Sustainability Report.
UNESCO World Teachers’ Day – Week of Activities
The World Teachers’ Day 2020 will be celebrated with a week-long series of virtual events Every year on 5 October since 1994, UNESCO celebrates the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers and the 1997 Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel. These…
Dawson MS Teams Community – Open to All
Join the Dawson Teams Community (on Teams) to exchange tips, techniques and practices for creating engaging learning environments for our students using MS Teams. Administrators of this team are: Claudio Calligaris (Photography), Kurt Holfeld (Interior Design), Vincent Maggiore (Administration), Anne-Laure Teichet (French) and Einat Idan (OAD). Login to MS365 required.
Free CRISPESH Webinar – Pour un Québec inclusif : L’évolution de l’inclusion au cours des dernièrs années
To register for this webinar, send an email to: crispesh@cvm.qc.ca
Communities of Practice – Don’t Miss the Calls for Proposal
Have you ever considered joining a Dawson Community of Practice? These communities are led by faculty members and are a great way to exchange with others about the practice of teaching. More information about Dawson Communities of Practice can be found here. You will be inspired by the work they are doing! Click on a…
Dawson Ped Days – October 13-16, 2020
Usha James of the Critical Thinking Consortium will be back with us for Ped Days this Fall. She will speak about and model critical thinking and student engagement. She has co-authored textbooks, teachers’ resources, course profiles and ministry documents with the aim of providing practical strategies for teachers seeking to refine their practice. Her keynote Seizing…
4 Tips for Assessing Online Learning and Feedback
From ASCD InService By Monica Burns How do you assess student learning online? How is it different from checking for understanding and giving feedback in a classroom? Over the past few months, so many of our conversations have shifted to focus on the best ways to support student learning at a distance. We have platforms…
Connect Your Students with the Dawson Academic Skills Centre!
Video coming soon
Anti-Racism and Decolonization Webinars
Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Schooling and Education (click to register) Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies (CIARS) Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 6 PM – 7:30 PM Eastern Time 7 PM – 8:30 PM Atlantic Time COLLOQUE : RACISME ET ANTIRACISME : AGIR EN MILIEU DE L’ÉDUCATION | 24 ET 25 SEPTEMBRE 2020 (click to see full program…
Free Webinar – Hyflex Teaching
Hyflex live Stories about this teaching strategy Thursday September 24 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT) What is the HyFlex method of teaching online and in person at the same time? How might colleges and universities apply it this fall? We will meet with professor Brian Beatty, the inventor of HyFlex, to learn and explore. Brian was…
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