During the last two years, Joanna Farmer (retired Faculty, Physical Education) has been working with the English devision of the Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique (CCDMD) to develop a Physical Education text ‘Stand Tall and Move Easy’. The text follows six college students, from different backgrounds and ages, as they improve their posture…
The Creative Collective for Change (CC4C) is a Dawson para-academic initiative that seeks to bring students, teachers, administrators, activists, artists and curators together to work towards developing opportunities for addressing complex social issues in creative, constructive and critical ways. The approach is interdisciplinary, inspired by artistic forms of activism and the theory and practice of nonviolence.
See what they’re up to by reading the November issue of the CC4C Newsletter: Creative Collective for Change Happenings-November, 2022
Dawson's Diagnostic Imaging Program students hosted a fun and informative session on Nov. 10 for Radiology Week.
Here’s what some of their students say about the program:
“It is an important job that is very much in demand. It offers many opportunities allowing you to specialize in one or more modalities. This career path will take you to different places such as hospitals, clinics, in both private and public sectors in many countries all over the world.” - Rebecca Assouline
"Through hands-on learning both on campus and in health facilities, students will be fully qualified to provide optimal service and experience to patients in hospitals, private clinics, medical research and much more. de of class.” – Marjanah Rahma
Digital documents are unfortunately not always accessible. For example, not all PDF documents are accessible to screen readers (such as JAWS or Read & Write), which may be used by individuals who have low vision or who are blind, among others. In effect, the format of a file is extremely important in ensuring its accessibility.
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On Nov. 17, from 1 to 2:15 p.m., author and journalist, and recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award, Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, will speak to the Dawson community about her research in India on the difference that microcredit has made to women's lives.
The presentation will take place in room 3E.9. If you would like to bring your class, please contact Johanna Rabbat at jrabbat@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Here is a flyer with more info about Arnopoulos' book entitled Saris on Scooters: How Microcredit Is Changing Village India:
The Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) is celebrating 10 years of promoting active learning pedagogy at Dawson. More than 100 faculty members have been part of DALC. Active learning is established as a proven pedagogy that transforms students and teachers.
As the anniversary year nears its close, we asked some students to share their experiences with active learning classrooms. Click Read More to read what the students think.
Recommended Video: Rethinking Learning presented by Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT and hosted by McGill University, Office of Science Education.
The way we teach today is based on practices handed down to us that are historical rather than scientific in their evolution. Dr. Sarma presented a series of facts about learning from the scientific literature and argued that the way we teach today is neither optimal nor sustainable. He discussed the history of the science in the field of pedagogy, and opportunities to reinvent pedagogy. He offers suggestions on how higher education can reinvent its practices for the post-COVID world.
Connect to the recording of his presentation here.
Tell me about your experience with DALC. What has been the best part? Community. (Yes, it’s right there in the name.) Only a very small number of us has any formal training in how to teach. But the community facilitates something akin to crowd-sourcing of experience gained through experimentation. With dozens of practitioners exploring alternatives,…
During our October study break, a group of faculty from 6 departments – Biomedical Laboratory Technology, Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology, Nursing, Physiotherapy Technology and Social Services – met to plan for a November 11th symposium, where their third-year students can learn with, from and about each other. The day is the result of a 2-year…
Dónal Gill (Political Science), Angela Rose Lapierre (Biology), Jaya Nilakantan (Computer Science), Gregory Polakoff (Humanities) and Emilie Richer (Mathematics) were honoured on Oct. 14 when they each received a Teaching Excellence Award from Dawson’s Director General Diane Gauvin.
Click Read More for the homepage news story.
Last Modified: November 17, 2022
