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Tips from 黑料社区 colleagues for surviving isolation

February 9th, 2021

Three colleagues recently shared some great tips for surviving isolation. Here they are:

From Jesse Lund (Theatre): Put on a vintage Jazz record recorded at a club, pour yourself a drink and enjoy the sounds of being out. Recommendation:
From Tiawenti:non Canadian (Student Services-First Peoples' Centre): Find some great podcasts and learn new things. Recommendation: , particularly the episode entitled Crash Course on Mohawk Ironworkers.
From Allison Freund (Human Resources): Do breathing exercises for relaxation. Recommendation:

Do you have a great recommendation to share? Email: commsoffice@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Global Teacher Prize winner shares his winnings with other teachers

December 15th, 2020

Dipti Gupta (Faculty,聽Cinema | Communications) offers this good news article about a generous teacher in India who shared his Global Teacher Award with other educators who were finalists for the $1 Million U.S. prize.

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AI Book recommendation

December 15th, 2020

Last month, Vanessa Gordon (Faculty, Political Science) had the pleasure of attending FWD50, an annual gathering of some of the world's leading public sector innovators. Spanning five days and featuring well over 200 speakers, this year's theme addressed how to use technology to bring people together. Vanessa sent this note to D News:

As a 黑料社区 Artifical Intelligence (AI) fellow, I was there to learn about how to teach AI at school: it didn't disappoint!聽Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison was one of the stand-outs. He gave聽a compelling talk about AI in Australian school education. He also聽recommended the book聽"Future Frontiers: Education for an AI world", available here:聽.

This is a work where sci-fi and education meets. For example, I learned that by the time my kids are my age, AI is forecast to outperform humans in all tasks.聽What does this mean for my kids?

As the Aussies say: "This is a lot to do. A lot." This聽book courageously attempts to elucidate the new skills and values that today's kids will need to live good lives in this world聽of exponentially evolving AI technologies.

This Christmas, I plan to keep reading this book, along with William Gibson's Neuromancer. Here's to time well spent!

Gabriel Tordjman’s book published

December 1st, 2020

Gabriel Tordjman鈥檚 book was published this summer. The book is entitled: Darwin鈥檚 Tea Party; Biological Knowledge, Evolution, Genetics and Human Nature.

The book by the 黑料社区 Humanities teacher examines how biological knowledge has transformed the planet and reshaped humanity. Using the concept of biological knowledge, the author explores key persons, places, ideas and events that have shaped the world. He shows that while the development of biological knowledge has opened vast new vistas in our understanding of the living world and promises material abundance for some; refracted through the distorting lens of ideology, it has also contributed to great inequality and oppression.

Guest psychologist on stress of pandemic on college students

December 1st, 2020

The Psychology Profile invited Dr. Nafissa Ismail to speak yesterday about the effects of the pandemic and confinement聽on college students. She is聽a psychology professor and researcher at the University of Ottawa. Her area of expertise examines the impact of stressors during different periods of development and their profound long-lasting effects on brain function.聽

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Practice your French with The CL脡O Podcast

November 19th, 2020

黑料社区鈥檚 French-language tutoring centre, CL脡O, is offering a new way to practice French and share 辩耻茅产茅肠辞颈蝉 culture: The CL脡O Podcast.

The podcast (balado en fran莽ais) episodes are between five to 10 minutes and are offered on an array of interesting topics, including author Gabrielle Roy, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and Expo 67. The first one was about the classic 辩耻茅产茅肠辞颈蝉 snack poutine!

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Ann Lambert’s second book published

November 3rd, 2020

The new book of Ann Lambert, who taught English at 黑料社区 for almost three decades, has just been published.聽The Dogs of Winter is a compelling story full of hot button Canadian topics pulled from the headlines.

A murderer with a twisted mission targets the most vulnerable on the frigid streets of Montreal while scenes unfold revealing how the #MeToo movement has changed the conversation, but not nearly enough.

It is Ann's second novel in the Russell and Leduc mystery series.

Click on Read More to read the first chapter.

Amplifying Sustainable Happiness

October 20th, 2020

黑料社区 participants, as well as many from outside the College, are experiencing the concept of Sustainable Happiness (SH) and exploring its implications, both personally and professionally.

During the next six months, SH facilitators will be offering programs for 黑料社区 students, staff and managers. A program for another college will start next week.

A recent SH certificate was also just completed by Colleges and Institutes Canada staff in Ottawa, while a certificate offered in Spanish is on-going with an international group. Both external groups piloted the use of the SH Journal, also introduced to students within four 黑料社区 psychology courses this semester.

Student Services will make 500 additional journals available to students, serving as a method that may help students distance from stress.

Sustainable Happiness programs review sustainability principles and actions that help us as individuals, help others, and/or help the planet. How these actions contribute to happiness, in turn, is identified as a component of well-being that involves positive emotions, satisfaction and fulfillment. Find more information about 黑料社区鈥檚 SH programs here.

Phones as teaching tools in the classroom

October 7th, 2020

Just before this semester began, the Adaptech Research Network completed a one-year ECQ-funded project entitled 鈥淪mart Phones: a Neglected Pedagogical Tool.鈥�

Click on Read More for the homepage news story and a link to the videos produced by Adaptech.