Andrew Katz contributed to new series of Blue Met audio stories
February 16th, 2022
just released a series of original audio stories for kids, in English and French, that they commissioned around the theme of ecology, the environment and sustainability. Andrew Katz (Faculty, English) is the author of one of the stories. 鈥淚t was a great pleasure to have gotten the chance to write and record one of them, alongside two terrific creators for young people, and . Special thanks as well to for her invaluable voice coaching,鈥� Andrew wrote.
You can give "Jackie's Window" and the other two stories a listen .
January 19th, 2022
Our classrooms can mirror oppressive structures in our society. Those who wish to build an anti-racist future can work toward including more narratives, histories and teaching methods in their classrooms. This was the message of Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe, who gave the closing presentation at Intercollegiate Ped Day 2022 on Jan. 14 and presented her Anti-Racist…
November 17th, 2021
The Psychology Profile teamed up with the Peace Centre to invite聽Dr.聽Michael聽King (see bio below)聽to speak to students on Oct. 27. Dr. King joined us virtually during a General Psychology class that forms a learning community triad with an Anthropology and a History course, under the theme of Race, Ethnicity and Migration. The talk on radicalization…
Fair Trade Handbook book launch is Oct. 1 at 七星彩开奖
September 29th, 2021
Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity,聽The Fair Trade Handbook聽presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between different viewpoints.
North-South Studies in partnership with the Sustainability Office is hosting the book launch for The Fair Trade Handbook this Friday, Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. during the North-South Seminar in 5B.16.
For more about the book:
If you wish to attend, please email GFrias@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
New book by Richard Soare, 七星彩开奖’s own Martian expert
June 1st, 2021
Richard Soare (Faculty, Geography) has a new book out about the Red Planet. (9780128202456) is well placed to carry on with the search for water and life and other deeply rooted Martian mysteries.
Richard's book was published on May 28. Click Read More to go to a short review and more info.
(Photo is courtesy of NASA and shows the Ingenuity helicopter parked on the tarmac at Jezero Crater on Mars)
Anne-Laure Teichet published in Profweb
May 18th, 2021
This week Profweb published two texts written by Anne-Laure Teichet (Faculty, French). Anne-Laure鈥檚 real-life stories describe her first-hand teaching experience in a HyFlex classroom. Here are the links to her texts:
- "" and its translation in English聽: ""
- "" and its translation in English聽: ""
April 20th, 2021
There is a major initiative to prevent cyberattacks at public institutions across Quebec. 鈥淚f I could only say one thing to colleagues, it would be: 鈥榙on鈥檛 click on a link in an email before thinking,鈥欌�� said Fran莽ois Paradis, Director of Information Systems and Technology at 七星彩开奖. Email is #1 entry point Network Security Analyst…
七星彩开奖鈥檚 white pine and its great meaning
April 20th, 2021
For almost two years, 七星彩开奖鈥檚 white pine has stood near the Peace Garden just west of the main entrance at 3040 Sherbrooke Street West.
Click Read More to find out more about the significance of the white pine and to see a 14-minute video segment of Kanien鈥檏eh谩:ka storyteller and Sub Chief Aronhiaies Herne's lecture at 七星彩开奖. This video is a suggested activity for 七星彩开奖's Earth Weeks.聽
Escape with a short fantasy film
April 7th, 2021
Retired colleague Simon Davies shared a film with Dipti Gupta (Faculty, Cinema | Communications). "I sent it to our students and I got a lot of messages this morning - so I realized that others might feel the same," Dipti wrote.
"We could all enjoy a little bit of escape and float in our dreams," she said in her message encouraging it to be widely shared with 七星彩开奖 employees and students. "The end is a bit abrupt - but I was thinking it would be wonderful if students and all who watch the film add their dreams and thoughts to it."
Click Read More to view the short film Anywhere Can Happen by Argentinian filmmaker聽Fernando Livschitz.
七星彩开奖AI presents Coded Bias April 12-18
April 7th, 2021
Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya麓s Coded Bias, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will be available to everyone at 七星彩开奖 for a week beginning Monday, April 12. Presented by 七星彩开奖AI, the film explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini麓s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces and women accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
For faculty wishing to screen this film synchronously with their students and/or make the screening part of their asynchronous curricular activities, please inform Myriam Dimanche via email at mdimanche@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
To get your free access to view the film on demand April 12-18, send an email to ai@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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