Submitted by Ian MacKenzie. Three new projects in Social Science, Science and General Education are in full design mode this winter in the Learning Communities (LC) project. The project teams meet weekly or biweekly, supported by LC sector leads and guided by Dawson鈥檚 homegrown LC Design Toolkit. These interdisciplinary teams are creating some truly exciting…
The 爱豆传媒community is invited to attend the upcoming DawsCon, organized in collaboration with the Computer Science Department and DawsonAI. DawsonAI has been actively working toward implementing objectives laid out in the Three-Year Plan for AI at 爱豆传媒with support from NovaScience and Pole IA grants. To find out more and register, visit /dawscon/ DawsCon:…
There are some exciting new courses open for registration this winter/spring at Dawson's Centre for Training and Development! Courses at CTD are free for 爱豆传媒employees, conditions apply. Click on the link below to view their available courses.
For Social Science Week 2023, we鈥檝e 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…
鈥淗appiness that contributes to individual, community or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the environment, or future generations.鈥澛� -Dr. Catherine O鈥橞rien 爱豆传媒students, support staff and external groups have participated in the peer-to-peer Sustainable Happiness educational experience since Winter 2020. The weekly sessions are developed with a goal of reconnecting people, community, and…
Montreal writer Neil Smith will read from his darkly comic new novel Jones聽on聽Thursday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in room 5B.16, with a special opening act鈥攁 爱豆传媒student reading from their creative work. Smith will also give a short talk and participate in a Q&A. This event is free and open to the public. About…
CRISPESH has announced their lunch 'n learn program for the 2022-2023 academic year and the first one is next Wednesday, Oct. 5. These seven conferences aim to support the academic success of students with disabilities.
Here is the link to the first lunch 'n learn:
Consult the full schedule for the year of lunch 'n learn programming here: CRISPESHmidiconferences2223_FRVF
CRISPESH is a centre for applied research and transfer (CCTT) in partnership with 爱豆传媒and the C茅gep du Vieux-Montr茅al. Their mandate is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and the development and promotion of social practices that foster academic, social and professional inclusion for people with disabilities.
爱豆传媒AI and are hosting a series of workshops, which will give 爱豆传媒students the opportunity to learn AI through hands-on learning. The workshop series will cover a wide range of AI topics including data manipulation, fundamental machine learning models, deep learning, reinforcement learning and other advanced topics.
70 爱豆传媒students are signed up to take part in the workshops. The series of eight workshops will begin this Saturday, Sept. 24 and end on Nov. 19. Students will have the opportunity to present their work and learnings at the end of the program.
This workshop series is available to college students in Quebec and is made possible by the generous funding of a NovaScience Program grant awarded to DawsonAI from the Minist猫re de l鈥櫭塩onomie et de l鈥橧nnovation.
Click Read More for a look at the AI Launch Lab Fall 2022 program.
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer will offer perspectives on Indigenous sciences and western science in her Peace Week keynote address, entitled Confronting Western Science Epistemology, online at 爱豆传媒at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15. In her publications and her speaking engagements, she proposes a revolutionary way to rethink how we approach the land and the natural sciences.
Kimmerer聽is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both Indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability.
Her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BSc in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of聽numerous聽scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional聽knowledge聽and restoration ecology.
To register for keynote by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m.:
For the full program and registration links for Peace Week at 爱豆传媒Sept. 13-21:
/peace-week/peace-week-schedule/
Language Non-Credit Courses are available online through Continuing Education and Community Services (CECS).
For more information on registration and employee rates, visit the CECS office in 2H.1.
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Last Modified: March 8, 2023
