Dzʿ students start babysitting service for those in need
March 17th, 2020
Dzʿ student Tristan Hamer has created a volunteer movement of young people in high school and CEGEP to provide free or pay what you can babysitting services for people in need of childcare during the school shutdown. The students have been featured in Le Journal de Montréal and La Presse. Click Read More to read the article in La Presse.
50 years of Women’s Studies
March 10th, 2020
Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, a pioneer in Women's Studies in Canada and at Dzʿ, was here March 6 for a panel discussion moderated by Pat Romano about Women's Studies. The other panelists were Shree Mulay (Memorial University) and Alanna Thain (McGill University). Click Read More to find out more about the beginnings of Women's Studies 50 years ago and the state of it today.
Special screening of Dzʿ alumni films March 27
March 10th, 2020
Cinema-Communications is organizing a special screening of three films made by alumni that have been nominated or won major film prizes:
Oscar nomination in 2020 - dzٳǴǻ directed by Meryam Joobeur (Cin|Com alumna)
Oscar nomination in 2019 - Fauve directed by Jeremy Comte; produced by Evren Boisjoli (Cin|Com alumnus)
2019 GRAND PRIX RPCÉ - FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CINÉMA: ILA Da Rainha, directed by Kayla Fragman (ALC alumna)
Screening and discussion with the filmmakers: March 27 at 2:30 p.m. in 4C.1
March 3rd, 2020
Dzʿ’s Professional Theatre Department presents Mary Page Marlowe, by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Tracy Letts. Mary Page Marlowe follows the life of an ordinary woman in the Midwest through seven decades, from her childhood (1940s) to her old age (2010s). Seven actresses play Mary Page. The play is non-sequential with each decade represented at least once. The play tackles tough issues such…
March 3rd, 2020
Implementing Smart Cities: Interventions to Build Healthy Cities is the name of a training platform and research project that is in the running for a $5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Anna-Liisa Aunio (Sociology) is a co-applicant in the multi-disciplinary project led by David Ma of the University of Guelph,…
Humans Who Grow Food features Jenn de Vera
March 3rd, 2020
The more than 300,000 people around the world who follow the social media gardening site Humans Who Grow Food met Jenn de Vera of the Sustainability Office. Jenn and her garden were featured Feb. 24. Click on Read More to see the post on Facebook and photos of Jenn's home garden.
Film Fest screens 3D Animation and CGI student films
March 3rd, 2020
Five films of students in 3D Animation and CGI will be screened during the Ben’s Screening Room event at the 2020 Hudson Film Festival March 4-8:
“Forgotten Wars” by Renault McKinnon; “Luminate” By Amanda Velardo; “Fowl Play” by Fabrizio Prioletta; “Feed” by Quyen Nguyen; “Children of War” by Elliott Creton. Click Read More for the film fest website.
March 3rd, 2020
Two projects that count DzʿAI as a partner have been selected by PIA to go forward. The organizaiton made the announcement Feb. 26. Here are the two DzʿAI projects: How virtual assistants and applications powered by artificial intelligence can help promote student academic success. Comprising members from Dzʿ, Concordia University and McGill University, the team…
Dzʿ hosting RSEQ Div. 1 Basketball Provincials March 7-8
March 3rd, 2020
Go Dzʿ Blues! Dzʿ is hosting the Div. 1 provincial basketball championships this coming weekend. The Women’s Team will be playing for a spot to represent the RSEQ at the CCAA Nationals on Saturday, March 7 at 12 p.m. The Men’s Team will play in a ¼ final game on March 3. Check out the details in the Read More link.
Dzʿ helping move SDGs forward in CICan national project
March 3rd, 2020
CICan is partnering with Dzʿ and eight other colleges to help Canada reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). , with the support of the McConnell Foundation and the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, will help advance Canada’s commitment to sustainability.
Chris Adam, who represented Dzʿ, said: “It was clear that the sustainability-related work implemented by Dzʿ staff and students is recognized across Canada as innovative, current and entrepreneurial!”
Anyone interested in identifying how their existing course content meets SDGs or are interested in integrating SDGs into their programs, profiles or courses can contact Chris Adam. To read more about the project, see the CICan news release in the Read More link.
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