Dzʿ ALC student wins College Writers Award and another is a finalist
February 8th, 2023
Celebrating active learning at Dzʿ
February 8th, 2023
There are almost endless ways to do active learning and it can be adapted to various disciplines, spaces and personal preferences. Throughout the 10th anniversary of the Dzʿ Active Learning Community in 2022, champions from a variety of disciplines were highlighted in Dzʿ’s e-newsletter, D News, and on social media.
Click Read More for the homepage news story and learn about the AL experiences of teachers and students.
Netflix honours filmmaker Jeff Barnaby
February 8th, 2023
Acclaimed Mi’gmaq filmmaker and former Dzʿ Creative Arts student Jeff Barnaby is being honoured posthumously by Netflix.
CBC Indigenous posted a news story Jan. 30:
Holiday gift-wrapping yields $9,900 for our Living Campus
January 25th, 2023
The Dzʿ Foundation and the Sustainability Office would like to thank the 33 volunteers who gave their time in December and all those who donated at the Dzʿ gift-wrapping station in Alexis-Nihon Mall.
Over 21 days of holiday gift-wrapping, a total of $9,900 was raised. These funds will be used by the Sustainability Office for learning activities and projects that contribute to well-being for all on our Living Campus. While getting their gifts wrapped, visitors and donors learned about Dzʿ’s Living Campus projects, including the gardens, the beehives, the Monarch Butterflies and more.
First trip to Cuba in 3 years!
January 25th, 2023
The heart of the North-South Studies Profile of Social Science is the field trip. For the first time since 2019-‘20, the profile students and faculty were able to go to Cuba.
Here is what Profile Coordinator Gisela Frias wrote from Cuba in December as a caption to this photo: “Our first trip since the pandemic. Our first stop, Plaza de la Revolución. We are being hosted by the Martin Luther King Center. Let the learning begin. Thank you to all of you who have supported this trip. Thank you to Dzʿ staff and teachers, to alumni and to the greater community. Also thank you to members of Place de la Dignité who mobilized to support the donation drive we carried out.”
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development on SH
January 25th, 2023
On Jan. 16, Karina Gould, Canada’s Federal Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, visited Dzʿ to learn more about our Sustainable Happiness Course.
This is what she about it after her visit:
“A future includes having a healthy, happy and sustainable lifestyle. Through the Sustainable Happiness Certificate, students at develop strategies to integrate positive psychology, well-being and happiness in our everyday lives.”
January 25th, 2023
Up to $100,000 will be given out this year in the form of grants and project funding through Forces AVENIR awards. Forces AVENIR awards recognize, honour and promote the commitment of students and staff in projects that contribute to the development of socially conscious, responsible, active and persevering citizens who are both dedicated to their…
Dzʿ will be a “Cégep en spectacle” Feb. 2
January 25th, 2023
is coming to Dzʿ for the first time on Thursday, Feb. 2. It will feature 20 acts and 100 per cent Dzʿ student talent. Of these, eight will go on to represent Dzʿ at the Cégeps en Spectacle Regional show on March 24 at Cégep du Vieux Montreal.
Organizer Trudy Ste-Croix of Campus Life and Leadership says “the acts are predominantly singers, a few musicians and a few dancers.”
The event is open to everyone. Tickets are $10 or $5 for those who donate nonperishable food or personal hygiene items. All proceeds and donated items will go to a local food bank.
Show time is 7 p.m. and the venue is Dzʿ’s 5B.16.
Tickets can be bought now through Feb. 2 in CLL 2E. 6 or at a tabling event on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in the Upper Atrium.
January 25th, 2023
For Social Science Week 2023, we’ve got an exciting line-up of speakers with fascinating topics that touch on all of the Social Science disciplines taught at the College. We are thrilled that Darryl Leroux will be here, speaking about issues of white supremacy and race-shifting in Quebec, a phenomenon where white people claim Indigenous identity…
January 25th, 2023
Sameer Bhatnagar has been appointed the new coordinator of the Quality Assurance and Planning Office (QAPO) effective Jan. 30. Sameer began teaching in the Physics department at Dzʿ in 2009. Since 2015, he has also been a member of the Science Program Committee. In addition, he was Coordinator of the Explorations Science pathway, and was…
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