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Intercom is published regularly and serves to inform Vanier staff and teachers of notices and special events. It is posted on the Vanier College Website and distributed electronically. Submissions should be sent to [email protected]. Submissions should be in WORD, and sent as an attachment. No formatting or bullets. Deadline: 4:00 pm on the Wednesday preceding publication.
Montreal Police honour Vanier student with Bravery Award
Congratulations to Vanier student Livia Roderigues who was honoured for her bravery after an incident at a gym in Lachine. Seventeen-year-
old Livia, who is in the Languages and Cultures Program, received her award from the Montreal Police Department’s Sexual Exploitation - Child
Pornography and Luring division, for her part in helping police catch an alleged sexual predator.
According to an April 5th news story by CJAD’s James Foster, “Police said Livia works at the gym and was in the bathroom when she noticed a
hand, holding a cellphone; poke out from under a stall. Livia grabbed the phone and attempted to leave. A man exited the stall and tried to
convince Livia to give him back his phone, she refused and tried to leave but the suspect blocked her path”.
The teen pushed the larger man out of the way, ran out of the bathroom and immediately called police.
"The SPVM wants to highlight her exemplary courage and self-control, which allowed for the preservation of evidence that was essential to
the laying of charges, in addition to allowing for the identification and arrest of this sexual predator," police said in a statement.
According to police the man had been using the cellphone to take pictures of girls using the bathroom.
Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications (based on a news report by James Foster)
Vanier Graduation Ceremony June 19, 2019
The Vanier College Graduation Ceremony honouring our 2018-2019 graduates is taking place on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 7:30pm at Théâtre
Maisonneuve of Place des Arts. A number of rows are reserved behind the graduates for faculty and staff. If you would like to attend this
ceremony, please send an email to [email protected] to reserve your seat.
Giovanna Arcuri, Vanier Communications
Volume M22, Issue No. 13, April 15, 2019
Livia Roderigues honoured for her bravery
Moral Responsibility and Global Citizenship Invitation to film screening and panel discussion
On May 1st 2019 during UB, in advance of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), members of the Vanier community are invited to
attend the first public screening of a documentary that was filmed as part of the 25th Anniversary of Vanier’s Annual Symposium on the
Holocaust and Genocide.
The film follows the journey of more than 20 students from Vanier and Dawson College who embarked on an eleven-day trip to Austria and
Italy. The theme of the trip was Moral Responsibility and Global Citizenship and included tours of the former Mauthausen Concentration Camp,
intercultural student exchanges, the Vatican, and tours of museums and memorial sites.
The film was shot by two Vanier graduates who were students at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Film at Concordia University, Alexander
MacKenzie and Aziz Zomba.
The trip aimed to promote intercultural dialogue and the development of critical thinking while instilling a sense of civic and moral
responsibility we have towards one another as members of the global community.
Following the screening of the film there will be a panel discussion featuring students who participated in the trip as well as Austrian Honorary
Consul General, Marc Bissell, the son of a Holocaust survivor from Vienna, who also participated in the trip. The panel discussion will be
moderated by Beryl Wajsman, editor-in-chief of the Suburban Newspaper Group and founder of the Institute for Public Affairs of Montreal.
The screening will take place in the Vanier College Boardroom, (F-216) at noon on Wednesday May 1st 2019.
Any teachers wishing to bring their classes to the event can call Marlene Grossman, organizer of the annual symposium on the Holocaust and
Genocide at extension 7483.
Marlene Grossman, Psychology Department
21st Annual Big Band Benefit on Monday Well here we are right smack in the middle of April and it’s time once more for our amazing spectacle: the Big Band Benefit. Monday, April 15
at 7:30 in the Auditorium makes it 21 years that this show has been staged to raise scholarship funds for music.
As always, we have a wonderful line-up of pieces to be played by our own Vanier College Big Band directed by Jocelyn Couture, followed by
the ever-professional and talented J.L. Big Band directed by Christopher Smith. This year’s host is local jazz superstar André White who will
not only emcee the evening, but will perform for you! The whole event is dedicated to retiree Shirley Pettifer with testimonials provided by
Marilyn Bicher and our very own Miles DeNora.
This will be a wonderful evening, so please do come out to see an excellent show, a tribute to one of Vanier’s best in Shirley, and an event
that helps out our music students! Tickets are $10 regular, $5 for students and seniors. You will not find a better show for that price anywhere!
Glen Ethier, Music Department
Vanier Music Student Wins Big at Provincial Competition
Congratulations to Vanier College Music student and flutist Isaac Lefebvre—student of flute teacher Heather Howes—who participated in the
6th annual provincial CEGEPs en concert competition on Sunday April 7. This event brings in classical instrument soloists from all CEGEPs with
music programs in Quebec. One student is chosen to represent each CEGEP, and Isaac won the right to compete through a rigorous process
of first passing an audition for the annual TOPS concert at Vanier, then by winning the adjudication process during that concert.
Twelve colleges were represented at CEGEPs en concert, and the competition level was very high. The judges for the afternoon were composer
Denis Gougeon, pianist Patil Harboyan, and violinist Élaine Marcil. Isaac’s competition pieces were Ballade by Swiss composer Frank Martin,
and Icicle, a work for solo flute by Canadian composer Robert Aitken. In the end, our talented young flutist won the Prix de publique (audience
vote), the prize for best performance of a work by a Canadian composer, and placed second overall among the 12 contestants.
We are very proud of Isaac, and wish him continued success in his future studies in flute performance as he heads off to university in the Fall.
We also express sincere thanks to our Academic Dean, Annie-Claude Banville for her generous and unwavering support of this event, both
financially and by her presence at the competition.
Glen Ethier, Department of Music
A Recital to Mirror the Weather! If you think that the weather lately has been a real mixed bag of surprises, then you need to come have a listen this Wednesday, April 17
during UB in the Auditorium. As we inch ever so slowly down the icy sidewalks and roads, so we inch ever closer to the end of the semester
with another Music Department recital. And just like the weather, you never know what’s coming next on the programme. We have jazz,
classical, pop, vocal, instrumental soloists, combos, percussion…but unlike plethora of unpleasantness brought to us by this Spring’s weather
demons, this recital will feature an abundance of delightful musical selections by our excellent music students. So do take a break from the
freezing rain and cold (and snow, and wind chill, and sleet…) and come on down to the Auditorium for some warm, soul-soothing music. As
always, it is free and open to all.
Glen Ethier, Department of Music
27th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide As the symposium has drawn to a close and I reflect on all the talks given during the week, it becomes very apparent that this week of events only happens because of the help from may people. Let me start by thank my planning committee made up of Anne Bernard, Kelly Purdy, Susan Bisonnette, Grace Valiante, Jennifer Joseph and my co-coordinator, Naomi Kramer from the Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Foundation. I would like to thank all the teachers and students that attended the talks in the Auditorium and those that requested lectures in their classrooms. Lastly, I’d like to thank the Administration for always lending their support. Also, there are many people that help behind the scenes to make this a success: Alena Perout, Nora Soukiassan, Ivanka Hillel, Paula Price, Darren Becker, Marguerite Corriveau, Carlos Avila and David Scott. The symposium is a unique entity in the cégep network as Vanier College is the only college to devote one week to Holocaust and genocide and so, other colleges have been willing to embrace it. We had four other colleges live-streaming our lectures. As a result, most of the talks were taped and now placed on our YouTube page which you can find with the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlBrVa6DVg&list=PLeGlzZkt-xZp5x_KI2qYpXNhdX3-SUs_5. Please feel free to use any of the videos on our YouTube channel in the classroom to start conversations in your classrooms on certain related topics. The Holocaust and Genocide Commemoration Service was particularly moving this year as we were able to show a “teaser” of our upcoming release of the documentary following our travels with students in 2017 to Austria and Italy entitled Moral Responsibility and Global Citizenship. The dull documentary will be aired on May 1st (in advance of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day) in the Boardroom at 12:00, should you be interested. This documentary was filmed and edited by two graduates of Vanier’s Communications program, Aziz Zomba and Alexander McKenzie. The Commemoration Service was a full house with diplomats, faculty, staff, administration and invited guests all in attendance.
Should anyone have feedback for next year’s symposium or have suggestions for speakers or projects, please let me know.
Marlene Grossman, Psychology Department
Poetry Reading @ the Library
April is poetry month. Would you like to read a poem? The Vanier College Library is sponsoring poetry reading on Thursday, April 25th as an
Open Mic event (3-5 PM). Come to the 5th floor to read your own poem or a favorite (not epic please—unless an excerpt). You are also
welcome to listen to others read.
For more information, contact Susan Bissonnette or Emily McKay
Susan Bissonnette, Library Services
Toonie Tuesday is Back April 30th. We are having our next fundraiser to raise money for our students in need. Toonie Tuesday is back! It will take place in the Metro from 10am-3pm on April 30, 2014. Members of the Vanier Community can come down and put their toonies up on our toonie line! Staff and student volunteer help is needed for April 30th itself; there is a sign up sheet in C203 as of Wednesday April 10th. For those that require managerial approval in order to be liberated from their regular assignments, please do so. Donations (please save up and bring your toonies) will also be accepted, our student financial need is as great as ever! Donations can be done online as of now at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/14609 - Donors have to use the drop down list and select “Toonie Tuesday”. Tax receipts will be available for donations of $10 and more, cheques should be made out to The Vanier College Foundation. Thank You for your help and support, our goal is to make this a real huge community event that raises $5,000.00 for our students in need.
Jim Atkinson, Financial Aid Office
Vanier Vibrant! Vernissage
Over the Winter semester, Vanier students and staff have been working tirelessly on Vanier Vibrant!, a campaign centering and celebrating
our LGBTQIA2S+1 communities within Vanier. We kicked off this campaign with a Qmunity fair in Jake’s on March 6th, and you may have
noticed one of our larger ongoing projects – a traveling, interactive mural! Over the past few months, queer-identified and community-based
artists, Sika Valmé and Felikinesis have facilitated a collaborative art project wherein members of the Vanier community were invited to help
with a 3-piece large scale artwork that will soon be permanently installed in the College to serve as a reminder that Vanier is, indeed, Vibrant,
and to spark ongoing conversations about inclusion and creating space for our Queer and Trans students and staff.
We’re proud to announce that the collaborative art project is wrapping up, and we’ll be hosting a vernissage on Thursday, April 25th from
3pm-5pm in the Carrefour for the larger community to meet the artists, enjoy some performances from students and invited guests, and to
relish in the new work produced for and with the participation of the College community! Sparkling apple cider and a selection of cheese and
other canapés will be served.
We hope to see many of our colleagues and peers at this event – the artists have also invited allies to share any learnings that may have come
from this project if they feel comfortable. If you would like to bring a class by the vernissage, please email Andrea Palmer (Social Worker in
Student Services): [email protected]. Alternatively, we hope that faculty will spread the word to their students to attend, and
perhaps provide the option to reflect on the importance and impact of this initiative… and perhaps even incentivize this option where possible.
Yours,
The Vanier Vibrant! Team
[1] The LGBTQIA2S+ acronym refers to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, 2-Spirit identified individuals, ‘plus’
other identities of those whom are distinct from the dominant heterosexual and cisgender population.
Thanks!
Kristen Whitelaw, Student Services
Vanier Graduate student working on Interstellar Space mission
John Kokkalis is Vanier graduate -2017. He is currently studying engineering at McGill and working as well as on the first interstellar space
mission "Breakthrough Starshot ". It is a research and engineering project aiming to send small tiny spacecrafts (cell phone size) to our
nearest star Alpha-Centauri. This is the first interstellar mission to be built by Humanity to explore alien planets orbiting other stars! The main
aim is to get some data related Earth-like planet that was discovered there and may harbor life on that star system!
This project was initiated by Stephen Hawking before he died and it is well funded by wealthy venture capitalists including FaceBook CEO
Zuckerberg.
The project is collaboration with teams from University of California-Santa Barbara & McGill.
Being a former student at Vanier, John Kokkalis is a positive influence for our current students. For this reason, I invited him to come to Vanier
on Friday, April 5th. John gave a presentation in the astrophysics class and another presentation in mechanics class with Mr. Stephan Bourget.
Students interacted very well and asked many questions. Some students expressed interest to join the space mission and wanted to stay in
touch with John and the McGill research team.
Wissam Chaya, Physics Department
Creative Writing in Science Competition The Writing Centre is holding its first Creative Writing in Science competition! Its goal is for students to communicate a science concept concisely, effectively, and creatively in order to engage and educate readers. The content in the pieces can explore any combination of the following disciplines: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or any other STEM discipline. There are two categories for submissions:
Poetry: 50-500 words (1st place: $100, 2nd place: $50)
Popular Science Writing: 400-700 words (1st place: $100, 2nd place: $50)
Rubric
Mondays 10:00am – 12:00pm
Tuesdays 11:00am – 1:00pm
Wednesdays 11:00am – 4:00pm
Thursdays 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Fridays 10:00am – 12:00pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm (Citation Clinic)
DEADLINE: Friday, April 26th
Winners will be announced in May
Participants may be considered for the 2019 Science Journal
Please encourage your students to submit online: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning-commons/writing-center/creative-writing-
in-science-competition/
Kim Muncey, TASC & The Writing Centre
Creative Writing Workshop with Rachel McCrum:
“What is that you really wanted to say?”
The Writing Centre is hosting a creative writing workshop with poet and performer Rachel McCrum! Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Edinburgh, Scotland between 2010 and 2016. She was the first BBC Scotland Poet-in-Residence. She has taught and performed in Greece, South Africa, Haiti, and Canada, and toured her first book The First Blast To Awaken Women Degenerate across Ireland, Scotland and England in 2017.
Please encourage your students to join Rachel for an hour of guided writing, using different poetic devices to explore and develop their creative voices.
Refreshments will be served!
Wednesday, April 17th, 12:00pm To sign up: https://forms.gle/EqMb94yPoS4FVFm67
Kim Muncey, TASC & The Writing Centre
English Exit Exam Information Sessions
The Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (TASC) is offering information sessions to help students prepare for the English Exit Exam. Please encourage your students to make use of all the assistance available to them. This 1-hour session will give information about the exam: what it looks like, what one will be asked to do, how it is assessed and suggestions on how to write it. We will also discuss tips on what to do to pass the English Exit Exam. All of these sessions are the same; students only need to attend one.
Wednesday, April 17th, 12:00pm, D543
Wednesday, April 24th, 12:00pm, D543
Wednesday, May 1st, 12:00pm, D543
Friday, May 3rd, 2:30pm, D506
Wednesday, May 8th, 12:00pm, Amphitheatre (B223)
If you have any questions or concerns, please send me a MIO or visit TASC, E310.
Kimberley-Blue Muncey
Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (TASC)
APA/MLA Citation Clinic If your students are struggling with their in-text citations, references, or works cited, please send them to the Writing Centre’s Citation Clinic! Students can drop in with questions about APA or MLA referencing or citing. We can look at quoting and paraphrasing as well. The Citation Clinic is open on a drop-in basis on Fridays, from 1pm-3pm in the Writing Centre (E320).
Kim Muncey, The Writing Centre, TASC
Academic Writing Contest
TASC and the Writing Centre are holding the annual Academic Writing Contest!
If any of your students has written an excellent essay, please encourage them to enter into the competition. The prize is $150! The deadline
is May 10th.
For the rubric or to submit:
https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning-commons/academic-writing-contest/
Kim Muncey, TASC and the Writing Centre
The Vo Van Tho Memorial Scholarship The Department of Mathematics is proud to present the second annual Vo Van Tho Memorial Scholarship. Created in memory of Vo Van
Tho, a Mathematics professor at Vanier College from 1982 to 2013, this scholarship recognizes two graduating students, one from
Commerce and one from the Sciences, for demonstrating academic excellence in mathematics. For more information on the Scholarship,
eligibility requirements, and to download the application form, go to
http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/scholarships/scholarships/vo-van-tho-memorial-scholarship/
The deadline is May 3, 2019. Please encourage your students to apply.
Sandi Mak, Mathematics
Dr. Aziz Choudry on White Supremacy and the Racist and Islamophobic Attacks in New Zealand & Quebec, Wednesday, April 24 @ 3:30 p.m. (Vanier Auditorium) English professor Alan Wong has invited McGill Education professor Dr. Aziz Choudry to come to Vanier to speak on the massacre of Muslim
worshipers a few weeks ago in Christchurch, New Zealand, and tie it in with what has been happening in Quebec as of late in terms of both
physical (Quebec City massacre) and discursive (Bill 21) violence. As a native New Zealander of Pakistani descent and a practicing Muslim who
has focused his teaching and research on social justice issues pertaining to anti-colonialism, anti-racism, Islamophobia, Indigenous rights, and
political activism here in Montreal and many other places across the globe, Dr. Choudry not only has a deep understanding of what happened
in Christchurch, but has also been personally and profoundly affected by the events there as well as here in Quebec. Thus, his presentation
will focus on the role of White supremacist nationalism in the Christchurch and Quebec attacks and how we can resist it.
Here is a summary of his talk along with his bio:
The racism that discriminates and the racism that kills: Challenges for anti-racist thinking and action, from
Aotearoa/New Zealand to Quebec
The white supremacist terrorist attacks against Muslims in mosques in Quebec City and Christchurch do not exist in a vacuum. Behind
benign national myth-making narratives, in Australia, Quebec/Canada, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, anti-Muslim racism, the
construction and targeting of Muslim communities as 'suspect populations' has long been a feature of mainstream politics and media
commentary alongside right-wing white nationalist racist organizing and violence. This presentation suggests that in order to
understand and respond effectively, we have to contextualize white supremacist ideology and violence, as well as forms of
'respectable racism' in longer histories of racism, imperialism, and colonialism - and resistance that is grounded in an unapologetically
anti-colonial, anti-racist, feminist analysis and politics.
Aziz Choudry is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Movement Learning and Knowledge Production in the
Department of Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University, and Visiting Professor at the Centre for Education Rights and
Transformation, University of Johannesburg. He has been involved in a range of social, political, and environmental justice movements
and organizations since the 1980s, including many years as an organizer and educator in activist groups in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
His most recent book is Activists and the surveillance state: Learning from repression
If you plan to attend and/or, especially, bring a class to this presentation, please RSVP Alan Wong ([email protected]).
Maggie Kathwaroon, Women’s and Gender Studies
Garden Summer Jobs for students
For the 4th consecutive year, pending funding, the Vanier Gardens are getting ready to
hire summer students. The official job postings will be disseminated through a variety of
platforms (ie: MIO, MailChimp, Facebook etc.) as soon as we receive confirmation of
funding.
In the meantime, could you please let students know about these jobs so that they can
prepare their applications. For more information, contact Myriam Mansour by MIO, or
email [email protected]
Myriam Mansour, Sustainability Major
Recycle Your Old Cell Phones Did you know that this April the Sustainability Office is collecting your old cell phones to recycle? So if you have any old phones, now is the
time for you to clear out your drawers and bring them in!
When: April 1st-30th 2019
Where: box located in B205 lobby
Questions? Contact Marya Grant, B205F, [email protected]
Marya Grant, Sustainability Advisor—Student Services
CEEC - Service Loan Proposal Posting CEEC - Service Loan Proposal Posting - Deadline to apply April 26, 2019 - CEEC - Affichage Prêt de service 2019-2020 - Date limite : 26 avril 2019 The College has been asked that this posting (Service Loan to CEEC) be sent out to all teaching personnel as well as all Professional personnel. See the posting below.
Angie Alberico, Human Resource Services
Diversity is Belonging invites Shanice Nicole on Wed. April 17 at UB
Reading Between The Li(n)es: Bias in Media
Join Shanice Nicole for an interactive workshop about bias in media and why reading between the lines - or lies - is so important. Media is one of our main tools for sharing information and that includes bias. Strategies for understanding bias and learning how to identify it in media will be explored in small and large group discussions. All are invited to attend and share their knowledge.
Date: Wednesday, April 17 Time: UB 12:00 – 1:15pm Location: A-320 This interactive workshop is open to all members of the Vanier community. Do encourage students to attend. Free snacks provided in partnership with A Place at The Table. For further information, contact Nirmala Bains by e-mail: [email protected].
Nirmala Bains, Anthropology Department
2019 STUDENT LIFE AWARD The Student Life Award distinguishes graduating students who, aside from academic achievement, deserve recognition for their commitment, integrity and perseverance in contributing to Vanier’s student life. Excellence in leadership, effort, and the ability to motivate and involve others are often the qualities exhibited by Student Life Award recipients. Any student, faculty or staff member of Vanier College may nominate a candidate to the Student Life Award. Please print and complete the nomination form found on the web at https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/student-services/student-life/student-life-awards/ and return it together with your letter of recommendation to the Student Life Award Selection Committee in Student Services, C-203, no later than May 14, 2019.
Donata Parisella, Student Services
Continuing Education Hosts Upcoming Information Sessions for Administrative Assistant ACS and RAC Programs
Update your skill set or obtain official recognition of your years of professional experience!
Continuing Education is offering an accredited attestation program (ACS/AEC) and a Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC) in Skills for
the Administrative Assistant. Day programs are available as well as Evening/Saturday programs, so you can work during the day.
Sign up and attend an information session:
ACS Program – April 24th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
RAC Program – April 30th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/info-session/
Other upcoming programs offered include: Damage Insurance, Audio Recording Technology, Computer-Assisted Drafting, and Early
Childhood Education.
Kathleen Whu, Continuing Education
Indigenous Education Activities for Vanier Employees We warmly invite Vanier employees in all areas (faculty, staff, non-teaching professionals, management, and administration) to participate in
the following learning activities in Indigenous education. The goal of these activities is to empower us with knowledge about the realities of
Indigenous students and their communities. This knowledge allows us to better support this population of students, and by extension, their
families and communities, and to better educate our non-Indigenous students about crucial aspects of contemporary Canadian society of
which they are largely unaware. These actions are a direct response to the CICan Indigenous Education Protocol, to which Vanier became a
signatory in the fall of 2017, the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’s Calls to Action, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
If you would like to be on the Indigenous Studies/Indigenous Education mailing list to be among the first to hear of these and other
opportunities, please email [email protected].
Indigenous Student Panel, Wednesday, April 17th, UB IMPORTANT: This activity is open to employees only A group of Vanier students will share their experience as Indigenous students. Understanding the many barriers Indigenous students face in accessing and remaining in post-secondary education will help employees in all areas better support them, and by extension, their communities. This event is open to employees only. The location will be disclosed to those who register by Monday, April 15 th at 5PM at [email protected]
Day of Learning in Indigenous Education, Friday, May 17th, 9:00AM – 4:00PM This day of learning is aimed at employees but is open to interested students. In the morning, Diane Labelle, from the First Nations Regional Adult Education Council, will lead us through an interactive activity called: “From Circles to Squares”. This activity aims to demonstrate the ways in which colonialism has disempowered Indigenous peoples. We will discuss how this impacts our Indigenous students and how it has led to non-Indigenous people being unaware of their power over Indigenous peoples. After lunch, provided by a local Indigenous caterer, we will offer a selection of workshops on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action. Participants will discuss how they can respond to these calls to action in their own areas of work at the college and elsewhere. For any questions, please write to: [email protected]. Please register by filling out this form.
Intercollegiate Conference - Truth and ReconciliAction: Reimaginine Cegeps for Indigenous Futures, May 22, 9:00AM – 4:00PM (Vanier College, various locations) This is an inter-collegiate conference open to all employees, organized with the support of an ECQ grant obtained by an inter-collegiate network of employees working on Indigenizing the Cégep system. In addition to the usual attendees to Indigenous Education workshops (teachers, lab technicians, and a few front-line workers), we are sending a special call out to all front-line workers (admissions, advising, student services, registrars) and decision-making employees in management and administration. Indigenous students are warmly invited to participate in any capacity. We will start with a keynote by Indigenous scholar, Dr. Marie Battiste, and an Indigenous student panel. In the afternoon, we will offer a variety of workshops aimed at different areas of work in Cégeps (administration, student support, academic, etc.). For more information, please write to [email protected]. Please register here.
Jacky Vallée, Indigenous Education
Montreal Pow Wow 2019 at Vanier College and Associated Learning Activities Once again, Vanier College, in collaboration with the Red Urban Project and the Vanier Indigenous Circle, will be hosting the annual Montreal Pow Wow on May 4th and 5th, from 10AM to 6PM. The Grand Entry (when the drumming and dancing starts) is at noon on each day. All are welcome to attend as the Pow Wow is open to people of all nations! Pow Wows are important celebrations that help bring together Indigenous peoples from all directions, as well as friends of all nations. At one time banned by the Canadian government through the Indian Act, the Pow Wow has re-emerged as a symbol of resistance and resilience, and serves as healing for many First Peoples individuals, families and communities. To learn more, please see the Montreal Pow Wow’s website. The Pow Wow is looking for volunteers to help out before and during the event. Any interested employees or students should MIO Jacky Vallée to sign up! In addition to the Pow Wow itself, we invite you to two learning activities in the weeks preceding the Pow Wow.
Wednesday, April 24, UB, in D542, Elder Don Barnaby, First Nation Mi’gmaq from Listuguj Quebec, will share teachings about the
history of the Pow Wow celebration among First Nations peoples, as well as his own relationship to Pow Wow dances. All are welcome! No reservation required. Teachers wishing to send students are asked to abstain from bringing an entire class, but you are encouraged to let students know about the event and even give bonus assignments.
Thursday, May 2, from 11:30 to 2:30, several Pow Wow dancers from the local area will demonstrate some Pow Wow dance styles
and explain the meanings of these dances and their own relationships to their chosen style. The event will be held between the D and N buildings, near the Vanier Gardens. In case of rain, we will be in Jake’s Mall. All are welcome to attend all or part of the event!
Alyson Jones and Jacky Vallée, Indigenous Studies
Referral Form: Early Alert Support
The Early Alert Support referral form is available online for teachers to refer at-risk students to the Academic Success Advisor. Teachers are
encouraged to fill out the online referral form as soon as it becomes noticeable that a student is likely to fail and requires support beyond
help understanding course content.
Referred students will be invited to meet with me, the Academic Success Advisor. Depending on a student’s situation, I will either work with
them directly, or refer them to the relevant resource(s), and follow up to help ensure the student receives the necessary support.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you want further information: extension 7568 or [email protected].
Referral form: Early Alert Support: https://goo.gl/forms/k2MxXEMbkFwjVXyd2
Cari Clough, Tutoring and Academic Success Centre, E-308
Vanier Aquatic Program Annual Swim-A-Thon is back! It is with great excitement that the Vanier Aquatic Program is announcing that its annual swim-a-thon will be taking place on May 3rd, 2019
at 13:00 at the Vanier College swimming pool in order to raise funds for the students who will be travelling to Côte-Nord as part of the course:
Le Nord: territoires et imaginaires. All funds go to offsetting travel costs for the 30 Vanier students who will be traveling to Côte-Nord, Quebec
and if possible the Basse-Côte-Nord as well, on a twelve-day study trip in May 2019.
Registration is now open! To register or for more information, please send an email to Francois Rene at [email protected] or contact
our pool office at 514-744-7500 extension 8237. If you wish to make a donation, please see the below document.
Thank you and do not hesitate if you have any questions.
François René, Aquatic Program Coordinator
Swim-a-thon 2019
It is with great excitement that the Vanier Aquatic Program is announcing that its annual swim-a-thon
will be taking place on May 3rd, 2019 at 13:00 at the Vanier College swimming pool in order to raise
funds for the students who will be travelling to Côte-Nord as part of the course: Le Nord: territoires
et imaginaires.
All funds go to offsetting travel costs for the 30 Vanier students who will be traveling to Côte-Nord,
Quebec and if possible the Basse-Côte-Nord as well, on a twelve-day study trip in May 2019. During
that trip, students will have a chance to explore the history of the region, its population, its
ecosystems, its oral and written literatures, and the modern political and economic challenges.
Through explorations and exchanges with local students and communities, the objective of the trip is
to help students better understand the challenges of Quebec and the northern communities.
Come on out and swim for a cause, or sponsor a swimmer who is swimming for the project: Le Nord:
territoires et imaginaires!
WHERE & WHEN?
Vanier College pool (821 Sainte-Croix, Saint-Laurent, H4L-3X9) on Friday May 3rd, 2019 from 13:00
to 15:00. The swim-a-thon will be divided into two groups: team swimmers (teams of minimum 4 and
maximum 8) will be swimming from 13:00 to 14:00 & solo swimmers, if you are up for the challenge,
will be swimming from 14:00 to 15:00.
HOW DO I REGISTER?
To register or for more information, please send an email to Francois Rene at
[email protected] or contact our pool office at 514-744-7500 extension 8237.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A DONATION
Donations can be done online by following these two simple steps:
1) Go to: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/14609
2) Fill out the information & select : Voyage Scolaire sur la Côte-Nord du Québec
IKRA SPA
Ikra Spa masseurs will be present from 12:00pm to 16:00pm to offer FREE pre and post massages to
all participants.
We thank you in advance for your support.
PSI NEWS
Curious about Performa MTP? Join us for a festive 5 à 7 event! You are cordially invited to attend the Master Teacher Program Celebration of Education event to be held at Dawson College on April 30. Learn more about the MTP, network with current and prospective MTP participants and teachers, pose all of your burning questions to the UdeS/MTP team, find out about available PD funding opportunities, and raise a glass to this year’s recipient of the Performa Award for the Quality of Production and Pedagogical Intervention in College Teaching! See the flyer at the end of Intercom for more details.
MTP The deadline for Summer 2019 course registrations has passed, but registrations for Fall 2019 course schedules for Performa’s Master Teacher Program (MTP) are still being accepted. The following courses will be offered at the following colleges next fall:
FALL 2019 1. College Teaching and Course Design – Champlain College, St-Lambert 2. Assessment as Learning – John Abbott College 3. Reading and Thinking in Your Discipline – Dawson College 4. Fostering Creativity to Enhance Learning – Vanier College 5. The Digital Classroom Level 2 – Dawson College * This newly-designed course will replace Teaching with Technology, Level 2. 6. Understanding the Research Cycle –Champlain College, St-Lambert The deadline to register is Friday, May 24, 2019. Please see the flyer at the end of Intercom for specific dates and times, and contact Julia Hall in the PSI office (ext. 7375) if you have any questions or wish to register.
PERFORMA PROGRAMMING IN FRENCH If you are interested in pursuing pedagogical development studies in French, there is a vast offering of courses available through Performa’s francophone programs. Vous pouvez accéder à la programmation en utilisant les liens suivants: AUTOMNE 2019 : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/performa/fr/programmations/reseau/automne-2019-activites-en-francais/
Angela Vavassis, Pedagogical Support and Innovation
You are cordially invited to attend the
MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION
5 à 7 Bring a friend and introduce them to the program!
Date:Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Location: Dawson College
3040 Sherbrooke St. W., Westmount CoLab Room 3F.43
Please click to RSVP
Come celebrate the:Prix d'excellence en éducation de l'Université de Sherbrooke -
Performa Award for the Quality of Production and Pedagogical Intervention in College Teaching
*Academic advising on site and information on the FNEEQ perfectionnement release
MTP FALL 2019 SCHEDULE | March 15, 2019
MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM (MTP) Fall 2019 Course schedule
Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in College Teaching (GCCT & GDCT)
F A L L
2 0 1 9
S C H E D U L E
MEC-900 – Understanding the Research Cycle (3 credits)
Research Component: Core course Fri. Sep. 27 3:00-6:00pm Teachers: Dianne Bateman, Fri. Oct. 11 3:00-6:00pm Christine Clausen, Amir Shoham & Tues. Oct. 22* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Stephen Taylor Fri. Nov. 01 3:00-6:00pm Location: Champlain, St. Lambert Sun. Nov. 03 9:00-4:00pm Fri. Nov. 15 3:00-6:00pm Prerequisite: Minimum 24 credits in the GDCT Tues. Nov. 26* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sun. Dec. 08 9:00-4:00pm
PED-601 – College Teaching and Course Design (2 credits)
GCCT: Core course GDCT: N/A Teacher: Lorelie Bouchard Location: Champlain, St. Lambert Sat. Sep. 21 9:00-12:00 pm Sat. Oct. 05 9:00-4:00 pm Sat. Oct. 19** 9:00-4:00 pm F2F only Tues. Oct. 29* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Sat. Nov. 16 9:00-12:00 pm
Note: Recommended first course in the Master Teacher Program
PED-602 – Assessment as Learning (3 credits)
GCCT: Core course GDCT: N/A Teacher: Nadine Korte Location: John Abbott College Fri. Sep. 06** 3:00-6:00 pm F2F only Sat. Sep. 07** 9:00-4:00 pm F2F only Fri. Sep. 20 3:00-6:00 pm Fri. Oct. 04 3:00-6:00 pm Wed. Oct. 16* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Fri. Oct. 25 3:00-6:00 pm Fri. Nov. 08 3:00-6:00 pm Wed. Nov. 20* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Fri. Nov. 29 3:00-6:00 pm
Prerequisite: PED601 – College Teaching and Course Design
PED-619 – Reading and Thinking in your Discipline (1 credit)
GCCT: Elective course GDCT: Elective course Teacher: Dianne Bateman Location: Dawson College Fri. Sep. 13 3:00-6:00 pm Sat. Sep. 21 9:00-4:00 pm Tues. Oct. 01* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Fri. Oct. 18 3:00-6:00 pm
PED-624– Fostering Creativity to Enhance Learning (1 credit)
GCCT: Elective course GDCT: Elective course Teacher: David Hoida & Jailson Lima Location: Vanier College Sat. Oct. 26 9:00-4:00 pm Tues. Nov. 05* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Sat. Nov. 23 9:00-4:00 pm
THE MTP PROGRAM IS A BLENDED LEARNING FORMAT * Online only: Online format (Adobe Connect) will be used by all
participants.
** F2F only: Attendance in person is required for all participants. For participants who are ‘out-of-Montreal region,’ please contact your local PERFORMA Representative (RL) for information regarding the MTP Travel Subsidy and Application Form.
Distance Online format (Adobe Connect) will be used by ‘out-of- Participants: Montreal-region participants’ only and all other
participants are to be present in class.
Participants from outside the Montreal region will need the following equipment for ALL Online classes:
High-speed Internet access Headset with microphone Webcam
When the entire class is ONLINE, all students will need the above equipment.
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 24, 2019
To register: Contact your local Performa Representative (RL)
Research
Component
PED-XXX – The Digital Classroom Level 2 (2 credits)
GCCT: Elective course GDCT: Elective course Teacher: Paule Gaudet Location: Dawson College Fri. Aug.23 3:00-6:00 pm Wed. Sep. 04* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Fri. Sep. 13 3:00-6:00 pm Sat. Sep. 28 9:00-4:00 pm Wed. Oct. 09* 6:00-9:00 pm Online only Fri. Oct. 18 3:00-6:00 pm
Prerequisite: P ED-601 – College Teaching and Course Design and P ED-609 Teaching with
Technology I or Pedagogy of Digital Learning
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MTP FALL 2019 SCHEDULE | March 15, 2019
MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM (MTP) Fall 2019 Course schedule
BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTIONS PED-601 – College Teaching and Course Design, 2 credits (Core course in GCCT) Educational concepts, beliefs, values, practices, issues, philosophies and outcomes associated with learner-centered teaching are examined while designing, developing and evaluating a college level course.
PED-602 – Assessment as Learning, 3 credits (Core course in GCCT) Participants apply the concept of curriculum alignment and performance based assessments while focusing on improving student learning. Cegep teachers will increase awareness and understanding of how they can support student learning through assessment. Prerequisite: PED-601, College Teaching and Course Design
PED-619 – Reading and Thinking in your Discipline, 1 credit (Elective course in GCCT and GDCT) This course examines the connection between thinking in a discipline and reading in a discipline. Its premise is that each discipline has unique habits of mind or dispositions that are required for successful learning. Making these habits of mind explicit deepens the le arner's comprehension of the texts they are being asked to read and the course content they are being asked to learn.
PED-624 – Fostering Creativity to Enhance Learning, 1 credit (Elective Course in GCCT and GDCT) What is creativity and how can you foster it in your teaching and learning environment? This adventure is about exploring and developing creativity in yourself, your students, and your teaching and learning practice. You will be encouraged to take risks and deve lop creative skills leading to the design of a creative lesson or project. Join the fun and see where our collective creativity will take us!
PED-XXX – The Digital Classroom , 2 credits (Elective Course in the GCCT and GDCT) The focus of this level 2 course is to use a learning management system to extend the classroom beyond four walls. Participants will redesign a traditional course into a digital format that is web-enhanced, flipped, blended or online. Prerequisites: PED-601, College Teaching and Course Design and PED-609 Teaching with Technology I or Pedagogy of Digital Learning
MEC-900 – Understanding the Research Cycle, 3 credits (Core course in the Research Component) This course introduces participants to fundamental aspects of educational research. Participants learn about the research cycle, the typical research paper, and approaches to educational research, such as qualitative, quantitative and action research. Participants are guided through the process of choosing a problem for their individual project, a problem rooted in their college teaching practice, as an ex perience in the educational research process.
Prerequisite: Completion of the Graduate Certificate in College Teaching (GCCT) and a minimum of 24 credits in the GDCT
NOTES:
Each course has additional online, asynchronous hours. Registration is based on the needs of participants
within the Consortium of Anglophone Colleges The consortium of Anglophone Colleges reserves the
right to cancel courses with insufficient registration. Course dates are subject to change. To withdraw a course registration without penalty,
participants must notify their local PERFORMA Representative (RL) at least five (5) working days BEFORE the first class date.
Failure to do so will result in a grade of AB (Abandon) and payment of course fees will be applicable.
FEES:
University of Sherbrooke Admission, Program Change & Re-Admission Fee, is $87.00
The University of Sherbrooke will invoice participants for the following fees, which are subject to change without notice:
Tuition Fee per credit, $107.90* Administration Fee per Academic Year $33.12
MTP Administration Fee, payable to the host college for each course and subject to change, is $30.00.
Textbooks, if required, may be purchased online or at the host college before classes begin.
*$6 of the $107.90 tuition fee per credit are optional. Participants must opt out each semester or pay the full Tuition Fees.
The Master Teacher Program in a Nutshell
Graduate Certificate in College Teaching (GCCT): A total of 15 credits (11 Core + 4 Elective). Program # 46Y 000 Graduate Diploma in College Teaching (GDCT): A total of 30 credits (11 Core + 4 Elective). Program # 52M 000
Master of Education in College Teaching (M.Ed.): A total of 45 credits. Research Component. Program # 666 001
