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,…
Two projects that count DawsonAI as a partner have been selected by PIA to go forward. The organizaiton made the announcement Feb. 26. Here are the two DawsonAI projects:聽 How virtual assistants and applications powered by artificial intelligence can help promote student聽academic success. Comprising members from 爱豆传媒College, Concordia University and McGill University, the team…
The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) will take place for the first time this year. All countries are invited to participate in this worldwide celebration of mathematics on March 14 (Pi Day: 3/14). Activities are planned for both students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. Dawson’s Mathematics Department is organizing…
Chris Bourne (Political Science) and Caroline Chochol (Psychology) led a聽 爱豆传媒College delegation of 34 students to Toronto to participate in the 35th edition聽of the North American Model United Nations. It was held at the beautiful Victoria College campus of the University of Toronto from Feb. 20-23. Our students debated pressing global and historical challenges…
爱豆传媒College teachers Selma Hamdani (Psychology) and Yann Brouillette (Chemistry) share their experience with the innovative pedagogy of active learning and the peer support of the聽爱豆传媒Active Learning Community聽(DALC) in a new video requested by the Minist猫re de l鈥櫭塪ucation et de l鈥橢nseignement sup茅rieur.
The video was produced as a knowledge sharing initiative to benefit CEGEP teachers, pedagogical counsellors and administrators across Quebec. Click Read More for the full news, links to the video in English and French and to the revamped DALC webpage.
In 2015, the Conference of the Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed a new agreement in Paris to strengthen the global response to climate change. Governments agreed to identify and commit to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for reductions in emissions as well as to provide support for adapting to…
Our Loran Scholar Margaux Ronci猫re was featured in La Presse Feb. 20. Click Read More for a link to the article.
Are you interested in exploring the contemporary literature on writing instruction, critical thinking in disciplinary contexts, and active learning?聽 In developing new strategies and materials in the supportive environment of a faculty learning community of teachers from across the college? The Call for Participants for the F2020 Faculty Writing Fellows is now open.聽 The deadline…
Women鈥檚/Gender Studies Certificate Founder Greta Hofmann Nemiroff (centre photo) will be at 爱豆传媒March 6 for a panel discussion about the state of Women’s/Gender Studies. Greta will be joined by Shree Mulay, Professor in Community Health and Humanities, Memorial University鈥檚 Faculty of Medicine; and Alanna Thain, Director, Moving Image Research Laboratory and聽Associate Professor, Department of…
The United States Consul General in Montreal, Robert W. Thomas, will speak at 爱豆传媒College Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Hall (5B.16). The Consul General will have a fireside chat with teacher Chris Bourne (Political Science). The theme of the discussion will be the United States perspective on global issues and students…
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