Peace Week continues until this Friday
Peace Week continues until Friday, Sept. 25.
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Health Promotion Webinar Series – Week 3
At the Dawson College Health Clinic, we continue the conversation of how to be empowered with exercises that can be done from the comfort of your home to maintain healthy habits throughout the quarantine. Our intern students look forward to welcoming you to join our presentations on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m.. Please dress…
Sustainable Happiness Workshops
Secure your spot in an upcoming Sustainable Happiness introductory course (3 hours) or the Sustainable Happiness Certificate (20 hours). The May session for support staff and professionals is already full. Please indicate your interest and get on the waiting list by emailing sustainability@dawsonscollege.qc.ca Please indicate in your email which of the following courses you would…
Better ergonomics for working from home
Is this quarantine cramping your style?! Do you want to stretch your horizons and learn some tools to improve your health? As part of their internship, third-year Physiotherapy Technology students will be offering a series of webinars on various health promotion topics. Sessions will take place every Monday and Wednesday at 11 a.m. via Zoom….
Virtual Earth Week at Dawson
Tomorrow (April 22) is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which is usually celebrated in a big way at Dawson College with a week-long program of events. This year, Earth Week is going virtual at Dawson and all over the world: Virtual presentation by yogipreneur Bhaskar Goswami (pictured) on Wednesday, April 22 via ZOOM meeting…
Resistance, Resilience and Beyond workshop by Cathy Richardson March 24
Dr. Cathy Richardson will be presenting her 1.5 hour workshop, “Resistance, Resilience and Beyond” March 24 at noon as part of the Warren G Flowers Art Gallery’s Resistance and Resilience Series, and sponsored by the Peace Centre and the Faculty Hub. In this presentation, Dr. Cathy Richardson will discuss the concepts of resistance, resilience and responses…
Feb. 20 Webinar Watch Party
You will recognize the teachers featured in a webinar this Thursday, Feb. 20 given by the Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur about implementing the Plan d'action numérique. Come to a watch party this Thursday, Feb. 20 from 9:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Colab (3F.43) or click on Read More to register for the free webinar and watch on your own.
Universal Design of Learning Workshop Feb. 20
Engaging All Our Students: The Basics of Universal Design of Learning Today we live in a complex world, and we know that “one size fits all” does not apply to learning. We hear about class ‘averages’ and ‘norms’ and use them to make assumptions about how to teach our courses. Dawson’s own Universal Design of…
Today: Building Students’ Metacognitive Skills
Building Students’ Metacognitive Skills Much recent pedagogical literature increasingly stresses the merits of reflective writing on the richness of students’ learning experiences. In fact, “Learning to learn” sits at the very top of the Dawson College Graduate Profile, which states that “Students will become active and engaged participants in their own learning through the effective…
Joel Trudeau leads Maker Education workshop Feb. 21
Maker education is an innovative framework for developing 21st century competencies. A makerspace is a place for students to be active learners, to problem solve, exercise critical thinking and learn by constructively questioning ways of doing and by being exposed to innovative technologies and practices. The MakerSPACE project is part of an ECQ grant examining…
Last Modified: September 22, 2020
