For the past two weeks, many teachers have become students learning all about online teaching platforms. They have also been working hard to adapt course outlines and figure out how to present their material online while maintaining academic integrity and continuing to engage their students.
Dawson鈥檚 Communications Office spoke with two teachers about resuming teaching online.
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Psychology teacher Selma Hamdani has arranged a unique opportunity for students and employees to ask anything about COVID-19 to infectious disease specialist Dr. Guillaume Butler-Laporte. The session will take place Wednesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
The capacity is currently at 300 participants for the Zoom meeting. Please contact Selma to reserve your class.
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The first online classes are planned for this coming Monday. Dawson's Online Response Team is working hard to support our teachers and our core educational mission.
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The first International Day of Mathematics (March 14) was celebrated at Dawson on Thursday.
Andreea Panait of Dawson's Mathematics Department reported: "We started the day with some wonders in Mathematics, then we moved to the history of Calculus and we ended with some applied math in creating interesting apps. To complete the day, we gave prizes for the math poster contest."
Students聽Sara Boubekri (pictured with Andreea) and Zaina Mahran were the winners.
Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, a pioneer in Women's Studies in Canada and at 成人黑料, was here March 6 for a panel discussion moderated by Pat Romano about Women's Studies. The other panelists were聽Shree Mulay (Memorial University) and Alanna Thain (McGill University). Click Read More to find out more about the beginnings of Women's Studies 50 years ago and the state of it today.
On March 5, Elizabeth May gave a special lecture to Anna-Liisa Aunio's Environmental Seminar, which was moved to 3C.1 to allow over 200 students to attend. Elizabeth spoke about the urgent need to press the government to act on its commitment to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Click Read More for a news report about her talk.
CICan is holding its annual conference at the Palais des congr猫s in Montreal May 3-5 and 成人黑料 is on the host committee. Expected to draw 950 delegates from educational institutions across Canada, the conference will take place under the theme Connection. CICan is seeking students to showcase robotics projects by students. See the pdf…
Cinema-Communications is organizing a special screening of three films made by alumni that have been nominated or won major film prizes:
Oscar nomination in 2020 -聽聽叠谤辞迟丑别谤丑辞辞诲听聽directed by聽Meryam Joobeur (Cin|Com alumna)
Oscar nomination in 2019 -聽Fauve聽directed by聽Jeremy Comte; produced by Evren Boisjoli (Cin|Com alumnus)
2019聽GRAND PRIX RPC脡 - FESTIVAL DU NOUVEAU CIN脡MA: ILA Da Rainha, directed by Kayla Fragman (ALC alumna)
Screening and discussion with the filmmakers: March 27 at 2:30 p.m. in 4C.1聽
Two projects that count DawsonAI as a partner have been selected by PIA to go forward. The organizaiton made the announcement Feb. 26. Here are the two DawsonAI projects:聽 How virtual assistants and applications powered by artificial intelligence can help promote student聽academic success. Comprising members from 成人黑料, Concordia University and McGill University, the team…
The International Day of Mathematics (IDM) will take place for the first time this year. All countries are invited to participate in this worldwide celebration of mathematics on March 14 (Pi Day: 3/14). Activities are planned for both students and the general public in schools, museums, libraries and other spaces. Dawson’s Mathematics Department is organizing…
Last Modified: March 31, 2020
