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 intercom@vaniercollege.qc.ca. Submissions should be in WORD, and sent as an attachment. No formatting or bullets. Photos are welcome. Deadline: 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the week of publication.

Strategic Plan/Student Success Plan 2020-25 Update

The Strategic Plan/Student Success Plan process is moving along, and on track! We have surveyed students for the student success plan and received over 2,000 responses! The

strategic plan survey that was available to all staff and faculty at the college received over 170

responses! All responses are being analyzed, and the data will be presented at the Joint Coordinators

Meeting on November 6, and at Academic Council on November 15. This was the first round of

consultation with the Vanier community, and there will be more opportunities to contribute to the

plans as we begin to define in greater detail the plans’ components. Please stay tuned, and for any

questions or comments do not hesitate to get in touch with me at x7903 or cooperbe@vanier.college.

Elana Cooperberg, Pedagogical Support and Innovation

Vanier Students celebrated the World Week of Italian Language

In celebration of the XIX edition of World Week of Italian Language, with this year's theme showcasing 'Italian Language on Stage', I take this

opportunity to inform the community that Italian upper levels students went on a field trip to Little Italy on Friday, October 18th. The rest of

the students participated in this celebration by watching the iconic Italian film 'Cinema Paradiso' Director's Cut (Giuseppe Tornatore) during

the week of October 21. May everyone in the community find time to celebrate Italian and all that its culture encompasses.

Giovanna A. Picciano, Italian, Languages and Cultures

Volume M23, Issue No. 11, October 28, 2019

A Warm Thank You for Orange T-Shirt Day

We at A’nó:wara want to thank you warmly. You helped raise awareness about the history of Residential/Industrial Schools in Canada.

Thanks to your generous support we raised $1140.00 that will go towards supporting Indigenous Students right here on campus.

Angie Ikuallaq, A’nó:wara, Indigenous Centre Assistant

RespectWorks Reflections! Good Monday morning! The RespectWorks Office has launched a new “RespectWorks Reflections” blog page on our website! We will be

posting regular discussions of various themes, resources, and tools, related to how we can nurture respectful and inclusive working and

learning spaces. Our first post discusses the concept of Community Care and how this can be translated towards supporting each other in the

work we do here at Vanier. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with questions or feedback.

Thank you and have a great week!

Anuska Martins, Respectful Learning and Workplace Environment Advisor, martinsa@vaniercollege.qc.ca, ext. 7499, Room D-530.

The Writing Centre (E320)

The Writing Centre supports success in writing across all disciplines and provides an environment that fosters the development of writing skills that lead to current and future academic and professional success.

Our aim is to help students express their ideas clearly, regardless of the discipline for which they are writing, by helping them hone their writing skills.

Students can visit the Writing Centre and its writing consultants (Vanier teachers) and peer tutors for support with and feedback on all of their written assignments and essays. Appointments are on a drop-in basis and appointment basis.

DROP-IN SCHEDULE

Mondays 11:00am – 3:00pm

Wednesdays 10:00am – 3:00pm

Thursdays 10:30am – 3:30pm

Fridays 10:00am – 11:30am

Citation Clinics Wednesdays, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Fridays, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

APPOINTMENTS

Students can visit the Writing Centre’s webpage to make an appointment: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning-commons/writing-center/

WRITING CENTRE GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS

1. The Writing Centre does not edit or proofread your work. The purpose of a writing consultation is to help improve writing skills. We will be able to identify and discuss any problems with organization and structure, analysis, argument, clarity, grammar, syntax, etc. We can also suggest strategies for revision. We will not, however, fix your mistakes for you.

2. Do not bring an assignment to the Writing Centre the day that it is due. Please bring the assignment at least a few days before it is due.

3. If you are more than five minutes late for your appointment, the appointment will be considered canceled. If you need to cancel your appointment, let the writing consultant know.

4. The maximum amount of time you can spend with any of the writing consultants per week is 1 hour (drop-in and scheduled appointments combined).

5. The Writing Centre space is reserved for writing support. You can be asked to leave if you are not working on a writing assignment or seeking writing assistance.

Kim Muncey, Writing Centre & TASC

Creative Writing Competition The Writing Centre is holding its annual creative writing competition! It would be great if you could encourage any writers in your classes to participate. There are two categories, Poetry and Fiction. There is a prize of $125 in each category. The deadline is extended to Friday, November 1st. For more information, students can see Kim in TASC, E310. Electronic submissions only, please: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning-commons/creative-writing-contest/

Kim Muncey, TASC & The Writing Centre

PRACTICE English Exit Exam – Saturday, November 9th This is a chance for students to write a practice English Exit Exam and have it graded as though it was the real thing. Students will write a mock

exam and receive detailed feedback on how they did and they can do to improve.

SCHEDULE 11am-12pm There will be an information session, which includes everything students need to know about the exam and how

to write it. 12:15am – 4:15pm Practice English Exit Exam – Students will have 4 hours to write a mock EEE Please encourage any of your students who may be writing the exam in May to attend!

Registration is required! Deadline: Wednesday, November 6th

https://forms.gle/fQ8dBsAXJbQE4zjN9

Kimberley-Blue Muncey, TASC

Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry, by Dr. Margaret Magdesian

Talk at the STEM Centre (D-301) on Friday November 1st, 1pm.

Dr. Margaret Magdesian is a scientist-entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in

biopharmaceutical research. In collaboration with researchers from McGill University,

Dr Magdesian has developed a great technology to rapidly grow human nervous-system-

on-a-chip. Seeing the potential of this technology to accelerate drug development, in

2015 she raised funds with investors and launched the company Ananda Devices.

Ananda Devices is a certified Women Owned SME (small-to-medium enterprise), based

in Montreal, that commercializes proprietary microdevices to enable pharma, food and

cosmetic industries to perform drug screening, toxicity and efficacy testing up to 50x

faster and 90% more cost-effective than current technologies. The company won over

25 grants and awards in science and innovation including the 2016 Top 10 Quebec

Discovery of the Year, the 2018 Top 7 SheEO in Canada, 2018 Canadian Export Challenge

and 2019 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards.

Students and teachers are welcome!

Lissiene Silva Neiva, Honours Science Coordinator

STEM Centre – D-301

Makerspace D-303

Leo Zhang is a technician that has joined the Learning Commons team to support Makerspace projects within the STEM Centre.

Leo will also be assisting with TIEK (Teacher Innovation Exploration Kit), VR/AR, 3D Printing, and workshops. He is a Vanier graduate of the

Computer Engineering Technology program and is currently studying electrical engineering at l’École de Technologie Supérieure. His specialty

lies with embedded systems development, programming and product development and he is passionate about devising new and innovating

solutions to various problems, regardless of its context. If you have any questions or requests, Leo will be working out of the Makerspace

located within the STEM Center on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

Ashley Rankin, STEM Centre

Call for Applications: Meg Sircom Memorial Scholarship Please encourage students who like to write fiction, poetry, personal essays or other creative work, and who have good grades in English, to apply for the Meg Sircom Memorial Scholarship. Meg Sircom was an English teacher at our college from 2001-2011. She was a fiction writer, and valued both academic and creative writing. Scholarship amount: $500 Deadline for applications: Jan. 27, 2020

Requirements:

The applicant must be a student at Vanier College during the A19-H20 academic year.

The student has received final grades of 80%+ in at least two English classes (101, 102, 103, HS-)

The student will submit a portfolio of 5-15 double-spaced pages of creative literary work (poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, graphic storytelling, or other)

For information on applying, students should contact

their English teachers, or

Dana Bath (D-545B, 514-744-7500 x 7814, or through MIO)

Dana Bath, English Department

Invitation to “50 Trees for Vanier 50” Community Planting Event, October 30, 2019

On behalf of the Sustainability-in-Action class, I extend a College-wide invitation to a campus tree planting event organized in collaboration

with SOVERDI (our non-profit tree supplier), Vanier Gardens, and the Service Department. This will be the 4th student planting event of its

kind since 2014, but this year we will be doubling the combined plantings to date - with 50 new trees! As we approach our Vanier 50

celebrations, it would seem appropriate to match that number, especially given the significant losses to our overall tree canopy in the last

years (as shown with red circles on the 2013 aerial view of our front lawn below).

When and where? On October 30, you can find us - rain or shine - in the “orchard” (i.e. between the Main Building and the N-Building) from 12:30 until 6pm.

During UB, we will be unloading the trees and materials. At 2pm, SOVERDI will be demonstrating proper planting technique followed by the

actual planting. If you wish to participate in the event, simply show up, or register using the following link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaYxQtMZf9CEH9M4m_dU1DFoizeVPl8qGlIYSwfh4lJhumzQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

What species are being planted? For those that are interested, the species list can be provided. Trees are selected based on a number of objectives (e.g. promoting biodiversity,

beautifying the campus, providing localized shade, etc.) and constraints (e.g. rusticity, salt tolerance, exposure, growth rate, proximity to

infrastructure, snow removal, lawn mowing, etc.) The species selection and location is done in consultation with members of the Vanier

community, SOVERDI and other tree specialists. All trees will be added to TreeTag, a tree survey mobile app produced by student in 2015 and

regularly updated since then.

A “food forest” for Vanier Gardens! This year, our particular focus is edible species: 20 of the 50 trees will be used to create the first phase of a food forest of nut and fruit bearing

trees concentrated behind the existing collective gardens. This area was once an orchard, so there is historical significance to this gesture. The

photo below shows an example of a food forest visited by Sustainability-in-Action students in September.

As an aside, it is important to note that this student planting initiative is for new trees. By municipal bylaw, Vanier College replaces all trees

that are cut down for reasons of ill health or safety concerns. This is why, in addition to the 50 new trees, the College will also be planting 9 of

these larger format replacement trees.

Richard Klopp Architectural Technology teacher and IDEAS Studio project leader

Halloween Invitation

25 ans après l'apartheid; une femme noire raconte

Née en 1943 en Afrique du Sud, Sindiwe Magona est la première écrivaine sud-africaine noire de sa

génération. Autobiographe, poète, dramaturge, romancière, elle écrit en anglais et en xhosa, l’une des

onze langues officielles de l’Afrique du Sud. Après une maîtrise en travail social à Columbia, New York,

elle a travaillé à l’ONU et s’est engagée dans la lutte contre l’apartheid. Féministe, elle résiste à la

domination raciale et sexiste. Sindiwe Magona vit actuellement au Cap.

Le mercredi 30 octobre de 12 h 30 à 13 h 45 à l’amphithéâtre (B-223), Sindiwe Magona animera une

conférence en anglais (avec traduction en français) sous le thème « 25 ans après l’apartheid; une femme

noire raconte » Son livre Mère à mère (traduction de Mother To Mother) est considéré comme l’un des

plus grands romans sudafricains. Il est actuellement en vente à Jake’s Co-op et sera en vente devant

l’amphithéâtre le jour de l’événement.

Bienvenue à toutes et à tous!

(Biographie tirée de : http://memoiredencrier.com/sindiwe-magona/)

Tanya Déry-Obin et Catherine Duranleau, Département de français

Contest: Black History Month Poster

For Black History Month, we are organizing a contest to select a poster or a logo that will represent the true meaning of Black History Month. The poster must reflect the valuable contribution and positive role models of members of the Black community. The deadline to submit your entry is Wednesday, November 27th 2019 at the main counter of the print shop (B-121). The winner will receive a prize of $400.00. Furthermore, that will be the 2020 official Black History Month poster at Vanier College. Please encourage your students. For more information, please contact: Danielle Altidor altidord@vaniercollege.qc.ca or Mark Prentice prenticm@vaniercollege.qc.ca

Danielle Altidor, French Department

Referral Form: Early Alert Support The Early Alert Support referral form is available online for teachers to refer at-risk students to the Student 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.

I contact referred students and invite them to meet with me. 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 cloughc@vaniercollege.qc.ca.

Referral form: Early Alert Support: http://bit.ly/early-alert-referral

Cari Clough, Tutoring and Academic Success Centre, E-308

STM Card Did you know you can get 2 months free on your STM card?

If you commit to buying 12 months of STM public transit passes, Vanier and Opus will pay for your last 2 months. Find out more here:

http://www.stm.info/English/tarification/a-opusetcie.htm

To sign up:

http://www.stm.info/en/info/fares/subscriptions/opus-cie/opus-cie-employees

Access code: T3R4VZ3E (You must be a Vanier employee as each user is verified in the system).

An Opus card will be sent to you and a monthly bill charged to your credit card or bank account. To be eligible for the program, you need to

commit to buying 12 passes in the year to come and you also need to be a resident of the Island of Montreal. If you want to profit from the

second month offered for free through the MTQ, you must sign up before November 14th.

If you live off island and are a yearly transit user, you can sign up individually through the AMT for a one month fare reduction:

https://www.amt.qc.ca/en/fares/memberships/opus-plus

Any questions? Please contact Marya Grant, B205C, ext 7395, grantm@vaniercollege.qc.ca

Marya Grant, Sustainability, Student Services

Annual Holiday Craft Fair – Call for Vendors

Are you an artist, maker or handcrafter?

We're looking for vendors for our Annual Holiday Craft Fair scheduled on Wednesday, November 20 from 11 AM - 3 PM in Jake’s Mall.

Participants MUST be a member of the Vanier community (faculty, staff or student - NOT a family member or friend). All items to be sold

MUST BE HANDMADE by the participant. Each participant will pay $15 as a donation to the Vanier College Foundation.

If you are interested in participating in this year's event, please fill out the online registration form by November 13,

2019: https://forms.gle/6bTfCv1BMA4GJMgPA

For more information, please contact Lisa Sparkes, ext. 7651, sparkesl@vaniercollege.qc.ca

Lisa Sparkes, Biology Department

2019 English Symposium: TROUBLE

TROUBLE: A SYMPOSIUM

November 6-8, 2019

Vanier College Auditorium (A-103)

“I don’t think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possible also from laziness – to save oneself from trouble.” —Agatha Christie “If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world” —Oscar Wilde Trouble, in the context of English literature, is a wide-open concept. You can think of the conflict at the heart of the hero’s journey: the action that opens up that hero to new experiences, growth and eventual victory. Trouble can also be the instigator of greater social change – a single social issue can be the catalyst of great and cascading transformation. Texts can challenge our own comfort, either by their attempts to raise consciousness, or our own discomfort at dealing with authorial bias. Ultimately, we need a little trouble in our lives – to break the monotony of our own lives, sure, but also to recognize the issues we face, to encourage us to seek new ways of being, and to force us to confront the things we take for granted. Trouble, the theme and title of the 2019 edition of the Vanier College English Department’s annual symposium, will involve speakers, performers, activists, poets, and writers who identify, challenge or even cause a little trouble through their work. All events will take place in the Auditorium with the exception of the Coffee House, which will be held in TASC (E-300). We look forward to seeing you there.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6th

8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. (A-103) TRUE STORIES, TOLD LIVE Autobiographical storytelling as an artform has seen an incredible popular resurgence in the past decade. We open our symposium with a slate of storytellers, hosted by Francesca Esguerra, a producer for Confabulation – Montreal’s premier all-true storytelling series. Featuring five stories, these performances blur the line between fiction and memory, exploring the purpose and function of memory and memorial storytelling. 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (A-103) STORYTELLING THROUGH THE AGES Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) dance artist, Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, demonstrates and speaks about her relationship with telling stories inspired by her culture. This event is supported by the Diversity is Belonging Project, sponsored by Entente Canada-Québec 12:30p.m. to 1:45p.m. (A-103) REFUGEE BOULEVARD Between 1947 and 1955, Montreal became home to the world’s third largest community of Holocaust survivors outside of Europe. Tommy Strasser, a war orphan from Czechoslovakia, will share his early experiences of settling into the city while Stacey Zembrzycki and Nancy Rebelo, both teachers at Dawson College, and Eszter Andor, Commemorations and Oral History Coordinator at the Montreal Holocaust Museum, will speak about bringing survivors’ stories to life in a new interactive audio tour, refugeeboulevard.ca, that allows participants to walk in their footsteps. This event is supported by the Diversity is Belonging Project, sponsored by Entente Canada-Québec

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (A-103) COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CRISIS Our first panel discussion will feature two presenters, offering two different perspectives on the challenges inherent in telling a broader public about issues related to climate and the environment. Allison Hanes is a columnist for the Montreal Gazette. Dan Goldberg is the senior communications advisor for Canada’s International Development Research Centre. 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (A-103) THE LOWER PLATEAU (film screening with Q & A with the filmmaker) A formerly successful Montreal musician trudges through the darkest days of winter, armed with a backpack full of weed and a repertoire of Alanis Morissette covers. In the heart of the city’s independent music scene, the snow-covered Plateau, Jaine encounters both allies and obstacles. When a glittering opportunity in the Emerald City of Toronto threatens to lure her into a shiny new life, Jaine struggles to sever old ties. The Lower Plateau is the latest film by Montreal filmmaker Liz Singh, who will be available for a talkback after the screening.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th

8:10 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (A-103) FEAR OF MISSING OUT – GEORDIE THEATRE PERFORMANCE Montreal’s Geordie Theatre is pleased to present a new work by local playwright, Michaela Di Cesare. Olive wants to research a string of assaults at bus stops in her neighbourhood for the school paper. Unfortunately, she’s grounded and spends all her free time working at her parents’ deli under their watchful supervision. Olive’s best friend T-Star (née Tanya) is growing impatient with this arrangement and starts to withdraw from the friendship. Vincent, an aspiring forensic scientist on the autism spectrum, befriends Olive and promises to help her crack the case. Fear of Missing Out is a beautiful coming-of-age play that looks at the tough choices facing teens today; a contemporary tale that honestly navigates conversations and realities of consent, cultural identity, and independence. This event is supported by the Diversity is Belonging Project, sponsored by Entente Canada-Québec 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (A-103) WRITING THE URBAN LANDSCAPE: TARAS GRESCOE The future of the world is urban. But how can we keep our ever-more populous cities moving in a sustainable way? In his award-winning book Straphanger, Taras Grescoe travelled to fourteen cities, to look at the best and the worst in urban transportation, from bicycles in Copenhagen to freeway sprawl in Phoenix. At Vanier, he’ll talk about the process of writing a globe-trotting work of creative non-fiction, and what he learned about how to keep the cities we live in happy, healthy, and connected. This event is co-sponsored by QWF Writer’s-in-CEGEP Program 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (A-103) THE BRIDGE Live CBC Radio taping w/ Nantali Indongo in conversation with rapper Nate Husser CBC Radio’s The Bridge offers weekly in-depth conversations about culture, style and taste from creators who bring in an eclectic array of the music they find inspirational. The show is hosted by Nantali Indongo – herself a musical artist, both solo and as a member of Nomadic Massive, a multilingual hip hop group based in Montreal. For our symposium, she’ll be joined by Montreal rapper Nate Husser. Nate is a Montreal native, who grew up in Little Burgundy, and whose work is marked by his roots, as an Afro-Caribbean, inner city, anglo millennial. In addition to talking about Nate’s creative journey and inspiration, they will also explore the state of rap in Canada in 2019 – following the first ever Polaris prize win for a rap album.

2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (A-103) SHOW YOUR WORK – THE NEED FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION The great challenge of communicating big ideas is to make these complex ideas more digestible, without falling into misrepresentation and oversimplification. For our 2019 symposium, we are pleased to welcome two groups committed to bringing scientific ideas to the broader public: Broad Science is an initiative dedicated to making science inclusive, engaging, and intersectional. We are focused on telling science stories from the voices and perspectives that often get overlooked and go untold. Though podcasting Broad Science aims to provide a platform that makes science accessible for everyone, empowers marginalized communities, and encourages socially-conscious scientific practice in the next generation of scientists. SIGMA: The Vanier Science Journal is a celebration of the excellent science and technology writing being produced at the college. We publish research papers, popular science writing, short fiction and poetry, and opinion pieces on a wide range of subjects. Writers whose work is selected for publication prepare their texts in collaboration with student editors who are involved at every step of the process. The journal is available in hard copy and online at vaniersciencejournal.com. 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (A-103) POETIC VOICES This event is dedicated to the memory of Vanier English teacher and storyteller extraordinaire Brian Llewellyn-ap-Dafydd, who passed away on New Year's Eve 2015 – though his stories live on around campus and far beyond. Three poets from our own English Department – Marcia Goldberg, Kevin Bushell and Chrissy Rikkers will read selections of their work, and speak about their approaches to poetry and voice.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8th

8:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (A-103) POETRY, PERFORMACE AND POWER – RACHEL MCCRUM Northern Irish born poet and performer Rachel McCrum brings an exploration of trouble-making to Vanier: looking at how we use and raise our voices to speak out, disrupt, protest, share, and celebrate, in poetry and spoken word. Rachel is a poet, performer and workshop facilitator. She has taught and performed in Greece, South Africa, Haiti, and Canada, and toured her first book ‘The First Blast To Awaken Women Degenerate’ (Freight Books) across Ireland, Scotland and England in 2017. She was the co-founder of Stewed Rhubarb Press (Callum MacDonald Award 2012). This event is co-sponsored by QWF Writer’s-in-CEGEP Program. 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (A-103) BE A GOOD GIRL Be a Good Girl is a one woman show that combines drama, dark comedy, film sequences, and original songs to tell true stories of sexual assault and its repercussions. Created and performed by Adina Katz, who was compelled to speak out about her personal experiences due to the other cases of sexual assault and harassment that has been publicized over the past few years. She has been developing this show since 2014, it debuted in 2018 at the Toronto Fringe Festival, has since evolved into its latest version, performed this past March at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts, and will now be presented here at Vanier College. This event is co-sponsored by Women and Gender Studies. 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (A-103) ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO FAKE Coming off a Canadian election that was full of claims of false news, narratives and gossip, we’re thrilled to close our mainstage programming with a panel discussion of this important issue of our time. Speaking on the issue, we have Sarah Leavitt – a videojournalist, who has worked at CBC news for the past seven years; Emily Kingsland – a librarian on McGill University, who has been studying the phenomenon of fake news and teaching critical reading and thinking workshops for the past three years; and Anders Yates – a Toronto-based satirist, whose work regularly appears in The Beaverton, as well as his own videos online.

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (E-300) COFFEE HOUSE Join us in the intimate setting of the TASC as members of the Vanier community—teachers, staff, and students—are invited to read or perform their own original literary works. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome. Anyone interested in participating in the coffee house should contact April Lepitre at lepitrea@vanier.college.qc.ca.

The English Symposium Committee would like to thank the Faculty of General Education for sponsoring this three-day event and Printing Services, Student Services, and Communications for assisting with various aspects of it. We would also like to thank Vanier’s Indigenous Circle, the QWF Writer’s-in-CEGEP Program, the MEES, the Open Door Network, and Women and Gender Studies for their support.

Matthew Goldberg, English Department

PSI News

Grants for College Researchers

FRQNT- PARTNERSHIP RESEARCH PROJECT APPLICATION DEADLINE: ANYTIME VALUE: $100,000/YEAR FOR 2 OR 3 YEARS This program aims to foster interactions and partnerships between university and college researchers, economic and government partners

and potential users of research, in areas of strategic importance to Québec. In particular, the program aims to:

Boost the development of new scientific and technological skills and expertise urgently needed in Québec through research;

Stimulate the interest of Québec researchers in the priority research and training needs expressed by government, institutional and

industrial partners;

Encourage the training and development of new teams of emerging researchers and the consolidation of existing teams;

Enhance research potential in fields considered to be a priority for Québec and train a new generation of researchers;

Foster links between researchers from Québec and Canada and international researchers with recognized scientific merit.

General information:

Principal investigator: A college researcher may lead a research project if he or she has a master's or PhD, or an equivalent

qualification recognized by a Quebec University. Alternatively, a project can be led by a university researcher or clinical university

researcher.

Co-investigators: Research projects must be carried out by teams of at least 2 co-investigators, including the principal investigator.

Budget: An obligatory minimum of 30% of the grant must be dedicated to the training of new researchers. These funds must be

used to contribute to salaries, scholarships and scholarship supplements for college or university students, award holders and

postdoctoral fellows involved in project activities.

Collaborator: The team may be joined by one or more other collaborators.

For additional information, please visit the program webpage.

If you intend to apply for this grant, please contact the PSI Research Officer, Angela Vavassis (vavassia@vaniercollege.qc.ca).

PAREA EXTERNAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 23RD, 2020 INTERNAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 9TH, 2020 DURATION OF GRANT: 1 YEAR – 2 YEARS This program is offered by the Ministry of Education with the goal of broadening and consolidating pedagogical research.

Eligible projects can fall under one of these research themes:

1) Teaching

2) Learning

3) The educational environment

General information:

The grant offers teaching release as well as an operating budget.

Teaching staff and professional staff are eligible to apply.

For more information, please visit the program webpage.

Internal application process timeline:

If you intend to apply for this grant, please notify the PSI Research Officer, Angela Vavassis (vavassia@vaniercollege.qc.ca) by

December 23rd, 2019. In order to do so, please complete the NOI form found on our website.

If you would like feedback on a draft of your application, email it to Angela by January 2nd, 2020.

Your complete application package must be submitted to Angela by January 9th, 2020.

Conferences

CFAS CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PROPOSALS REGISTER BY APRIL 12TH, 2020 TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY-BIRD RATE

If you are a researcher, you may submit an application to present your research at the 88th ACFAS conference.

The conference will be held at the University of Sherbrooke and at Bishop’s University between May 4th and 8th, 2020.

For more information on membership and registration fees, please click here.

For rules and application forms, please click here.

Faculty Awards PRIX DU MINISTRE CANDIDACIES CAN BE SUBMITTED UNTIL NOVEMBER 4TH, 2019 The MEES has announced this year’s Prix du ministre contest.

These awards recognize pedagogical innovation, creativity and excellence by college teachers and undergraduate-level university teachers.

There are three categories of awards:

Educational resources (Volet Ressources éducatives)

Distance Learning (Volet Formation à distance)

Teaching excellence (Volet reconnaissance de l’excellence en enseignement)

Journée de perfectionnement sur le thème de la littératie The AQPC, the Quebec writers’ union and the Salon du livre de Montréal have collaborated to offer to AQPC members a day of training on

literature. The event, which will be in French, will take place Monday November 25th from 9:00 till 5pm. Places are limited. For details please

visit the announcement on the AQPC site.

Coming Soon: The Launch of the Vanier TIEK

The Vanier TIEK (Teacher’s Innovation Exploration Kit) will allow teachers to explore, experiment, envision, or

even innovate with Augmented and Virtual reality, 360 video, document projection, and more. In line with the

Ministry’s Digital Action Plan, the TIEK is aimed to allow Vanier teachers to discover and develop innovative

approaches to learning.

The TIEK will soon be housed in the STEM Centre. Teachers may borrow equipment or, in some cases, use on-site. Keep an eye on this spot

for upcoming news of the TIEK Launch, coming soon.

For a list of TIEK equipment and apps, check the TIEK page on PSI’s site.

Getting the Word out about OCSA OCSA has been working hard since last January to develop strategies for integrating online

curation and social annotation into the classroom. Earlier this term, we published an article

describing our work on the website La Vitrine Technologie Éducation. More recently, we

were invited to join the SALTISE Learning Communities and Partners. As a result, we now

have our own SALTISE page. Where we offer a summary of our work and a list of our available

resources. If you are interested in working with the OCSA team or joining our community of

practice, please contact Patti Kingsmill.

MTP The Winter 2020 course schedule for Performa’s Master Teacher Program (MTP) is now available. The following courses will be offered at

the following colleges:

WINTER 2020

1. College Teaching and Course Design – Vanier College

2. Instructional Strategies for Active Learning – Dawson College

3. Constructing Knowledge in your Discipline – Dawson College

4. Group Work to Team-Based Learning – John Abbott College

5. Dynamics and Diversity in the College Classroom – Vanier College

6. Exploring Research Strategies – Champlain College, St. Lambert

The deadline to register is Friday, November 22, 2019. Please see the MTP Winter 2020 Schedule poster below for specific dates and times.

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 le lien suivant:

HIVER 2020 : https://www.usherbrooke.ca/performa/fr/programmations/reseau/hiver-2020-activites-en-francais/

For more information about any Performa program, or to register for a course, please contact Julia Hall at hallj@vaniercollege.qc.ca or at

extension 7375.

Elana Cooperberg, Pedagogical Support and Innovation

MTP WINTER 2020 SCHEDULE | October 09, 2019

MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM MTP Winter 2020 Course schedule

Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in College Teaching (GCCT & GDCT)

PED601 – College Teaching and Course Design (2 cr.)

GCCT: Core course GDCT: N/A Teacher: Hélène Mathieu Location: Vanier College

Fri. Feb. 28 3:00-6:00pm Fri. Mar. 13 3:00-6:00pm Fri. Mar. 27 3:00-6:00pm Sat. Apr. 04** 9:00-4:00pm F2F only Tues. Apr. 14* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Fri. May 01 3:00-6:00pm

Note: Recommended first course in the Master Teacher Program

PED617 – Group Work to Team- Based Learning (1 cr.)

GCCT: Elective course GDCT: Elective course Teacher: Lorelie Bouchard Location: John Abbott College

Thur. Jan. 09 9:00-4:00pm Mon. Jan. 13* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sat. Jan. 25 9:00-4:00pm

PED604 – Instructional Strategies for Active Learning (2 cr.)

GCCT: Core course GDCT: N/A Teacher: Wilma Brown Location: Dawson College Fri. Jan. 31 3:00-6:00pm Fri. Feb. 14 3:00-6:00pm Wed. Feb. 26* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sat. Mar. 14 9:00-4:00pm Wed. Mar. 25* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Fri. Apr. 03 3:00-6:00pm Fri. Apr. 17 3:00-6:00pm

COL874 – Dynamics & Diversity in the College Classroom (2 cr.)

GCCT: Elective course GDCT: Elective course Teacher: Marc Belanger Location: Vanier College

Sat. Feb. 22 9:00-4:00pm Tues. Mar. 03* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sat. Mar. 21 9:00-12:00pm Tues. Mar. 31* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sat. Apr. 18 9:00-4:00pm

COL855 – Constructing Knowledge in your Discipline

(3 cr.)

GCCT: N/A GDCT: Core course Teacher: Elizabeth Janik Location: Dawson College

Fri. Jan. 10 3:00-6:00pm Fri. Jan. 17 3:00-6:00pm Sat. Jan. 18 9:00-4:00pm Fri. Feb. 21 3:00-6:00pm Wed. Mar. 11* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Fri. Mar. 20 3:00-6:00pm Wed. Apr. 01* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Sat. Apr. 25 9:00-4:00pm

Prerequisite: Minimum of 13 credits in the GCCT program

Research Component

PROGRAM / COURSE FORMAT IS BLENDED * 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 participants: Online format (Adobe Connect) will be used by ‘out-of-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.

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MEC951 – Exploring Research Strategies (3 cr.)

Research Component: Core Course Fri. Jan. 17 3:00-6:00pm Teacher: Dianne Bateman, Christina Sat. Jan. 25 9:00-4:00pm Clausen, Amir Shoham & Stephen Taylor Fri. Feb. 07 3:00-6:00pm Location: Champlain, St. Lambert Fri. Feb. 21 3:00-6:00pm Sun. Mar. 01 9:00-4:00pm Prerequisite: MEC950 – Tues. Mar. 10* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Understanding the Research Cycle Tues. Mar. 24* 6:00-9:00pm Online only Fri. Apr. 03 3:00-6:00pm

Registration Deadline: Friday, Nov. 22, 2019

To register, contact your

Local Performa Representative (RL)

MTP WINTER 2020 SCHEDULE | October 09, 2019

MTP Winter 2020 Course schedule

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTIONS PED601 - 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. PED604 – Instructional Strategies for Active Learning, 2 credits (Core course in GCCT) This course is designed to enable teachers to call upon instructional strategies to suit particular classroom situations. Participants will design instructional strategies that foster active learning and further the reciprocal relationship between teachers and students. PED617 – Group Work to Team-Based Learning, 1 credit (Elective course in GCCT and GDCT) Participants examine different ways to use small groups and the instructional challenges these approaches often present. Principles and strategies for working with casual groups, cooperative groups, and team-based learning groups are also examined. COL855 - Constructing Knowledge in your Discipline, 3 credits Core Course in the GDCT) The purpose of this course is to connect each teacher’s content knowledge with the theoretical and practical knowledge about teaching and learning that has been acquired in the preceding courses in the program. Its primary purpose is to allow for a detailed analysis and integration of principles, theories, and assumptions about learning and instruction that underlie expert knowledge and competence in different disciplines. Prerequisite: Minimum of 13 credits in the GCCT COL874 - Dynamics & Diversity in the College Classroom , 2 credits (Elective course in GCCT and GDCT) Participants gain an awareness and understanding of the role diversity plays in classroom dynamics. As well, they will have a better understanding of how to embrace and use their legitimate authority for the purpose of empowering students to learn. MEC951 - Exploring Research Strategies , 3 credits (Core course in the Research Component) Extending on MEC950, participants will develop skills in defining problems, analyzing scholarly articles, formulating researc h questions, and constructing appropriate methodologies. Participants will refine their research problem and choose a methodology to develop a preliminary research proposal. Basic concepts in statistics are introduced. At the end of this course, participants will submit a preliminary research proposal. Prerequisite: MEC950 – Understanding the Research Cycle

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 from 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, $107.85* UdeS Foundation Campaign per activity,

$3.30* Administration Fee per Academic Year $34.31

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.

*$2.85 of the $107.85 tuition fee per credit and the UdeS Foundation Campaign are optional. Participants must opt out each semester.

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