Exploring Quebecois literature in French and English at Dawson
April 30th, 2025
The diverse, multicultural and unique community of 张百乔女友裸照 is a place where barriers come down, where students from different backgrounds sit next to each other and where the value of well-being for all is promoted. Even teachers of French and English are coming together at Dawson!
Dawson teachers Carmen-Silvia Cristea (Faculty, French) and Jeff Gandell (Faculty, English) met through Writing in the Disciplines (WID), a Dawson community of practice focused on pedagogy and curriculum development related to writing, critical thinking and active learning.
鈥淲e really connected on teaching literature in a creative way,鈥� Jeff said in an interview with Dawson鈥檚 Communications Office.
As a response to Law 14 (also known as Bill 96), Carmen and Jeff co-created a learning community and piloted their project in the Winter 2024 semester. 鈥淭here was a lot of fear and anxiety, and I thought, how can we take this and turn it into something positive?鈥� Jeff recalled. It seemed natural to work with Carmen since they had already worked together on a project for WID.
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200 teachers a semester!
April 10th, 2025
The Communications Office believes we all need inspiration these days so we are launching our "Inspired Teaching" series and are open to your suggestions for future features. Paul Wasacz, a teacher of Physical Education, is our first feature.
It might sound like a clich茅, but CEGEP students truly do want to make the world a better place, says Paul.
鈥淭hey want to make a difference and wish to be taken seriously,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey have opinions and thoughts, and they want to be heard. They are industrious and creative and able to find solutions. If you give them ownership and a say, they run with it.鈥�
This is what happens in his Eco-Landscaping course, a popular course he launched in 2022 with support from Richard Montreuil in Physical Education and Chris Adam in the Office of Sustainability. The course was initially proposed by former colleague Anthony Berkers. 鈥淚 was the lucky one who got to teach it,鈥� he said. Previous classes have created the Dawson wetlands, overhauled sections of the Peace Garden, set up a Hugel garden (German for hill or mound), and helped make the First Peoples鈥� Centre Garden.
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Last Modified: May 1, 2025
