Indigenous Perspectives Documentary series and discussion: Wilma Mankiller: First woman chief of the Cherokee Nation
Wednesday, March 12,聽10 AM to 12 PM,聽Room: 4C.1
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Indigenous Perspectives: Basic Call to Consciousness: The Haudenosaunee message to the Western World
Tuesday, March 18,聽10 AM to 11:30 AM, Room: 3F.43 (Co Lab)
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Wednesday, March 19,聽2 PM to 3:30 PM, Room: 3F.43 (Co Lab)
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Join a group of teachers to reflect on and share strategies for student engagement and evaluation in this new context of teaching in French. The implementation of strategies can be done within specific education, complementary or Humanities courses. To support teachers, there are two new workshops being offered in March: Strategies for engaging learning activities…
The Winter New Faculty Orientation will be held in-person on Thursday, March 20 from 9 AM-12:30 PM. Dawson鈥檚 New Faculty Orientation is designed to introduce new faculty to information about college services and procedures, teaching at the college-level, and tips for engaging students. The orientation includes asynchronous and synchronous components: Welcome from the Deans and…
The University of Sherbrooke offers courses in college pedagogy in English and in French. Here is the link for the courses offered in the May to Mid-June.
The Association Quebecois de P茅dagogie Coll茅giale webinars are on YouTube in English and in French. Here is the
SALTISE upcoming webinars on pedagogy are on their site,
For information contact Azra Khan
If you know that you will you be teaching a course IN French next year, visit this to access brand new resources developed by the Teaching in French Task Force. To access support with designing or developing your course or finding course material, just send an email to teachinginfrench@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.鈥燬tay tuned for workshop and event announcements coming soon!聽聽
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Coordinators from six career programs in the arts and medical studies at Dawson met regularly throughout the Fall 2024 semester to work on improving program and course alignment to meet program competencies. The participating programs were: Medical Ultrasound, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, from the Science, Medical Studies and Engineering sector, and Interior Design, Product Design (Industrial Design) and Illustration, from the Creative and Applied Arts sector.
The project was initiated and facilitated by Einat Idan and Monica Lopez, pedagogical counsellors at Dawson鈥檚 Office of Academic Development with support by Vanessa Lyness and Chao Zhang. Einat and Monica shared the project with colleagues from Dawson and the other English-language CEGEPs in Quebec during a talk at Intercollegiate Ped Day on Jan. 14.
Visit the link for a full report.
On Jan. 8-9, the second edition of Dawson鈥檚 Inclusion and Wellness Retreat took place at the picturesque Manoir D鈥橸ouville on 脦le Saint-Bernard in Ch芒teauguay. Fifteeen people from a variety of departments (faculty and professionals) gathered to explore ways we can adapt our teaching approaches, interactions, and course design to meet a wide range of student…
Building the belief that 鈥淚鈥檝e got this鈥� was the subject of CRLT teacher Heather Martin鈥檚 Performa project. The belief that you can achieve your goals, or self-efficacy, was the focus of her research paper and Intercollegiate Ped Day workshop.
(Pictured: Heather, far right, with her students at the Winter Outdoor Experience course)
Visit the link for a report on her presentation.
It is well established that post-secondary students are experiencing elevated levels of stress, anxiety and loneliness. Teachers are also experiencing heightened levels of stress in their workplace.
Kindness and well-being can feed and fuel optimal learning, Dr. John-Tyler Binfet told an audience of about 150 participants during his keynote talk at Intercollegiate Ped Day on Jan. 13.
Visit the link for a report on his talk.
Performa is offering a professional development program specifically designed for new CEGEP teachers "Entering College Teaching". The program is delivered online and is free.
Contact Dawson's Performa representative Azra Khan in Office of Academic Development for further information.
Last Modified: February 25, 2025
