Meet the new Academic Dean in 2-minute video
Meet new Academic Dean Robert Cassidy in a two-minute video prepared to welcome new students to Dawson.
Robert officially begins at Dawson on Monday, Aug. 30.
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Faculty Hub team recognized with 2021 SALTISE Award
SALTISE recognized Dawson’s team of Faculty Hub pedagogical counsellors for their work supporting teachers. The Faculty Hub team received the 2021 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award at the conclusion of the SALTISE conference in June.
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Carmen Leung recognized with 2021 SALTISE Award
Dawson Chemistry teacher Carmen Leung “dedicates herself to teaching in ways that keep her students engaged and she contributes to all aspects of College life,” reads the announcement from SALTISE.
This week, Carmen will be honoured with a 2021 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award at the SALTISE Conference happening June 2-4.
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Selma Hamdani receives a mention d’honneur from the AQPC
Dawson’s Psychology Profile Coordinator Selma Hamdani is incredibly grateful to receive a mention d’honneur from the Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC).
“Whatever I do, it is not by myself,” she said. “So many vibrant and great ideas are sparked everywhere at Dawson. I share this honour with the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC), the Office of Academic Development, the Psychology Department, the Communities of Practice and so many other people who helped me be the teacher I am today. Dawson is fertile ground and a special community!”
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Law, Society and Justice Faculty Reflect on their Newly Developed Learning Community
Reflection on the Process – Chris Bourne This has been a fascinating project to work on, and a great introduction to building a paired course, particularly in the context of Social Science profiles. Catherine and I both teach courses in the Law, Society, and Justice Profile, and noticed that we often had common students who…
Marianne Pelton is the new Chair of Senate
After four years, Jonathon Sumner’s term as Chair of Senate is coming to an end. In his role as Program Coordinator for Science, Jonathon will remain a senator while continuing to teach Physics. Marianne Pelton (Faculty, Political Science) will begin her term in the fall semester. During Senate, her main responsibilities will be to facilitate…
Rethinking Dawson’s general classrooms: Classroom 2.0
In 2018, the Academic Dean launched an initiative to rethink learning spaces and improve the learning environment in the college’s general-purpose classrooms. Teachers and students were surveyed about how these classrooms should be equipped and configured to facilitate student engagement. The findings were analyzed by Melanie Doyle (Psychology) and Leigh Shapiro (Interior Design), who presented…
Highlights of HyFlex High-Tech experience
A small group of Dawson faculty members opted to meet some of their students on campus for optional in-person classes when this was permitted from March 22-April 12. It was a lot of work to outfit classrooms with cameras and up-to-date technology in preparation for the in-person activities. Due to public health restrictions, a limited…
Two students share 2021 Liberal Arts Brick Books Poetry Prize
Dawson College English Professor and poet Susan Elmslie is pleased to announce that Arwen Lawless Low & Lucie Markus have won this year’s Liberal Arts Brick Books Poetry Prize. The prize is awarded to a student in the second-term Liberal Arts poetry class who shows promise in poetry writing, as reflected in work completed in…
It’s Vernissage Season next week!
Vernissage Season begins on May 26 with a series of virtual events.
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Last Modified: August 18, 2021
