In August, the Minister of Higher Education announced a total of $512,076 in Entente Canada-Quebec (ECQ) grants for Dawson, from the 2021-22 call for projects launched last March. Here is a list of the Dawson projects that were funded: Creative collective for change / Le Collectif créatif pour le changement (Patricia Romano and Kim…
Congratulations Anna-Liisa Aunio and the Food Justice Team!
From Faculty Focus – June 14, 2021 Excerpt: We know that students used audio-visual media even before the COVID-19 move to online teaching. The number of viewers and subscribers to YouTube channels that host video tutorials by instructors provides strong evidence of students’ preference for this video content. For example, Professor Allen Sens from the…
May 28th, 2021 (Friday) – Online through Zoom Agenda Welcome speech: 9:00 – 9:10 Presentations: 9:10 – 11:40 Closing Speech: 11:40 – 11:45 Presentation Schedule How Moodle Can Be Used to Handle a National Exam for 21,000 Students By François Lizotte, Technopedagogical Project Manager (Collecto – Montreal) 9:10 – 9:40 9:40 – 9:45: The question-answer period New…
How can you help students overcome their distaste for collaborative group work online (and also thereby change your view of such work)? Wendy Trevor discusses how the timing of the assignment, the structure, instructor presence, feedback, and a grading rubric which privileges individual contributions, and signals the importance of engaging with others’ views, can help…
Originally published in D News – April 20, 2021 Most students and employees are probably not familiar with Dawson’s white pine tree or its significance. The white pine, described as the Great Tree of Peace, is a symbol of the unity of the five nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy — also known as the Iroquois…
The First Nations Human Resources Development Commission of Quebec (FNHRDCQ), in collaboration with CRISPESH, is pleased to invite you to the official launch of the Nisidotam website which will take place on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 beginning at 9:30 on Zoom. The objectives of this new website are to: promote employment and community inclusion…
The Entente Canada – Québec stems from the law on official languages that promotes the two official languages, French and English. Negotiated and signed by Patrimoine canadien and Quebec’s Ministry of Education, the Entente supports minority language instruction and second language instruction. Within Quebec’s higher education sector, grants are awarded through an annual call for proposals…
Your favorite STEM add-on is now available with a load of new features! Contact Rafael Scapin or Cameron Campbell in IST for more information.
Dear Faculty, In September 2015, Canada and all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda), a shared blueprint for partnership, peace and prosperity for all people and the planet, now and into the future. As part of this Canadian initiative, the Dawson Sustainability Office is working on including the 17…
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