Call for Participants – Faculty Learning Communities
January 29th, 2026
Sign-ups are currently open to participate in five new Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) running in the 2026-27 academic year! Here is the list of selected FLCs for next academic year:
- Environmental Sustainability and Justice Frameworks across the Disciplines
- The Embodied Classroom: Bringing the Body Back into Learning
- The Post Prompt Classroom. Teaching in the Age of AI
- Planning Assessments for Student (and Teacher) Well-Being
- Re-enactment as a Pedagogical Activity: Living the Real-Life Experience
Sign up here.
To read descriptions of each new FLC, please visit our website.
Photo caption: Media and Journalism FLC in action. Credit: Jeff Gandell
We’re in “the business of mental health”: Ped Day keynote speaker
January 29th, 2026
The mental health of CEGEP students has been deteriorating in recent years and continues to be a major issue even years after the pandemic. Dawson Ped Day keynote speaker Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt listed several contributing factors, such as social media, relationship thinning and developmental mismatch and provided some practical things teachers can do to counter these influences.
Visit the link for the homepage news story, which includes a link to Ped Day resources.
Call for Applications – CARE Research Funding
November 20th, 2025
The Office of Academic Development invites Dawson faculty and staff to apply for funding through the Collegial Applied Research Ecosystem (CARE). This funding is made possible through an external multi-year NSERC CCI Mobilize grant awarded to Dawson. It does not draw on the College’s operating budget and was established to build an ecosystem that connects and supports researchers, students, and partners to co-create applied research addressing real-world challenges, fostering innovation, and providing equitable training opportunities.
Two opportunities are currently open: the CARE Collaborative Impact Grant, which funds applied research projects with community, industry, or public-sector partners, and the CARE Internship Initiative, which supports student research internships under faculty supervision.
Learn more or express your interest by emailing care@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
Meet Dawson’s latest graduate of the Master’s in College Teaching program
November 20th, 2025
Kim Webb (Faculty, Product Design) has completed a Master of Education in College Teaching (M.Ed.) through the Performa program at the University of Sherbrooke. She shared her project, how she developed as a teacher and more in a Q & A with the Communications Office.
Visit the link for the homepage news story.
Fall 2025 Ped Day resources
November 20th, 2025
Were you at Ped Day Nov. 7? Even if you were not, you could benefit from the resources offered by our speakers, such as keynote Jessica Riddell, and facilitators.
They are all found on the Office of Academic Development SharePoint site. Visit the link to view them.
Two Ped Days to welcome you back in January
November 20th, 2025
Save the dates for two Ped Days and don't miss the great programming being prepared to inspire your teaching in the Winter 2026 semester.
- Intercollegiate Ped Day will be Monday, Jan. 12 ONLINE. Psychology Professor Floris Van Vugt from the Université de Montréal will be the keynote. His specialty is how people connect across divides.
- Dawson's Winter Ped Day will be Wednesday, Jan. 14 IN PERSON.
The Office of Academic Development will be sending emails with links to register.
November 20th, 2025
On Wednesday, Dec. 10, Heather Bilkes (R.N., B.N.Sc., M.Ed., Nursing faculty, Champlain College) will present and facilitate a World Café event entitled Resilience Teaching. Light refreshments will be served. How can teachers help students thrive, even when challenges persist? Join us for an interactive workshop designed to spark meaningful conversation and practical ideas. Together, we’ll…
Creating inclusive classrooms: Dawson experts featured in Eductive
November 6th, 2025
Dawson’s Cathy Roy (Faculty, Physiotherapy) and Guissou Iravani-Manesh (Pedagogical Counsellor, Student AccessAbility Centre) are featured in Eductive, a publication dedicated to sharing best practices in teaching and learning across Quebec’s college network. Their article, based on their 2025 Intercollegiate Ped Day workshop, explores how accessibility connects to broader inclusion in education. Visit the link to get to the article.
November 5th, 2025
Below is an interview with Michael Filtz (Cinema | Communications), facilitator of “Beyond the Echo Chamber: Tools for Teaching Journalism and Media Literacy,” a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) taking place over the 2025-26 year at Dawson College. Faculty Learning Communities are currently accepting proposals for Facilitators for 2026-27. Please learn more and apply, see the…
Latecomers welcome at Ped Day this Friday!
November 4th, 2025
Join us for the keynote session at this year’s Ped Day, From Spark to Circuit: Designing for Motivation, Meaning, and Hope in the Classroom, by Jessica Riddell at 9 AM in 5B.16 on Friday, Nov. 7.
Educators in the CEGEP system are uniquely positioned to reimagine what teaching and learning can become. This session draws on the Hope Circuits framework to explore how we can create classrooms that spark curiosity, deepen motivation, and foster a culture of student flourishing.
We will explore how to cultivate “hook questions”—provocative, generative inquiries that invite students to explore answers that are possible but not predetermined, and that connect with course competencies. These questions can serve as catalysts for both intellectual engagement and identity formation—helping students see themselves as co-creators of knowledge.
Visit the link to register for the key note and other Ped Day events or just show up!
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