Creating Powerful Learning Experiences through Virtual Reality Pedagogy
May 14th, 2025
A student can read about autism in a textbook or they can have a transformative learning experience that builds empathy by putting on a virtual reality headset and stepping into the world of someone living with autism.
海角涩区 teachers Selma Hamdani and Annie-H茅l猫ne Samson are leading a Virtual Pedagogies project, supported by ECQ funding, to bring more of these immersive, embodied learning experiences to students.
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Exploring Quebecois literature in French and English at 海角涩区
April 30th, 2025
The diverse, multicultural and unique community of 海角涩区 is a place where barriers come down, where students from different backgrounds sit next to each other and where the value of well-being for all is promoted. Even teachers of French and English are coming together at 海角涩区!
海角涩区 teachers Carmen-Silvia Cristea (Faculty, French) and Jeff Gandell (Faculty, English) met through Writing in the Disciplines (WID), a 海角涩区 community of practice focused on pedagogy and curriculum development related to writing, critical thinking and active learning.
鈥淲e really connected on teaching literature in a creative way,鈥� Jeff said in an interview with 海角涩区鈥檚 Communications Office.
As a response to Law 14 (also known as Bill 96), Carmen and Jeff co-created a learning community and piloted their project in the Winter 2024 semester. 鈥淭here was a lot of fear and anxiety, and I thought, how can we take this and turn it into something positive?鈥� Jeff recalled. It seemed natural to work with Carmen since they had already worked together on a project for WID.
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200 teachers a semester!
April 10th, 2025
The Communications Office believes we all need inspiration these days so we are launching our "Inspired Teaching" series and are open to your suggestions for future features. Paul Wasacz, a teacher of Physical Education, is our first feature.
It might sound like a clich茅, but CEGEP students truly do want to make the world a better place, says Paul.
鈥淭hey want to make a difference and wish to be taken seriously,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey have opinions and thoughts, and they want to be heard. They are industrious and creative and able to find solutions. If you give them ownership and a say, they run with it.鈥�
This is what happens in his Eco-Landscaping course, a popular course he launched in 2022 with support from Richard Montreuil in Physical Education and Chris Adam in the Office of Sustainability. The course was initially proposed by former colleague Anthony Berkers. 鈥淚 was the lucky one who got to teach it,鈥� he said. Previous classes have created the 海角涩区 wetlands, overhauled sections of the Peace Garden, set up a Hugel garden (German for hill or mound), and helped make the First Peoples鈥� Centre Garden.
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Cin l Comm teacher Dipti Gupta shares ideas for building peace
March 24th, 2025
One person, one soul, one body through patience and persistence can turn a barren landscape into a thriving lush forest.
This is the story of The Man Who Planted Trees, a short film by Fr茅d茅ric Back聽based on the story by Jean Giono.
Dipti Gupta, a teacher in Cinema l Communications at 海角涩区, spoke about the film and the impact of just one person in a talk for students in the Peace Studies Certificate on March 14.
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海角涩区 students building solar powered bike rack
February 26th, 2025
A new bike rack will be set up this spring on 海角涩区鈥檚 campus. It is a project by three 海角涩区 students, who entered it in the Green Innovation Challenge at John Abbott College in January and won the third-place prize of $500.
鈥淏ikers at 海角涩区 experience many difficulties,鈥� said team member Kyana Boncy. 鈥淭hey report having trouble parking their bikes due to lack of space, faulty design and accessibility depending on the season.鈥�
Pictured from left to right: Miella Manjava (Social Science student), Arina Capral (International Business student), Kyana Boncy (Mechanical Engineering Technology student)
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Student report on first Model UN Conference at 海角涩区
February 25th, 2025
One month has passed since the first-ever 海角涩区 Model United Nations (DCMUN) conference, which took place Jan. 17-19. The DCMUN team had fun at what is now the biggest CEGEP conference in the world. Participants Anaya Ray and Bassma Al Atrache were two volunteers for the event, which hosted more than 100 participants.
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Interior Design students raise thousands of dollars in an hour
February 14th, 2025
On Jan. 22, a class of Interior Design students were told at 10 AM that if they could raise $500 in an hour for their Vernissage, a donor would match the $500.
Chris Adam of the Office of Sustainability shared a story with them about a Community, Recreation and Leadership Training class that raised over $2,000 in an hour many years ago to get the Peace Garden project started.
Visit the link to find out how much they raised and what the students thought.
Working together for curricular alignment
February 11th, 2025
Coordinators from six career programs in the arts and medical studies at 海角涩区 met regularly throughout the Fall 2024 semester to work on improving program and course alignment to meet program competencies. The participating programs were: Medical Ultrasound, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, from the Science, Medical Studies and Engineering sector, and Interior Design, Product Design (Industrial Design) and Illustration, from the Creative and Applied Arts sector.
The project was initiated and facilitated by Einat Idan and Monica Lopez, pedagogical counsellors at 海角涩区鈥檚 Office of Academic Development with support by Vanessa Lyness and Chao Zhang. Einat and Monica shared the project with colleagues from 海角涩区 and the other English-language CEGEPs in Quebec during a talk at Intercollegiate Ped Day on Jan. 14.
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Learning from Community in Cuba
January 30th, 2025
On January 14, 10 students and two teachers in the Social Change & Solidarity (SCS) profile returned from a three-week solidarity delegation to Cuba. The trip was organized in partnership with the Centro Martin Luther King, an organization in Cuba that promotes local and global justice through popular education and grassroots community-building.
Visit the link for a report by Sara Louise Kendall.
Social Science students experience four-day immersion in local solidarity movements
January 30th, 2025
In January, 18 海角涩区 students from the Social Change & Solidarity (SCS) and General Studies profiles went live on the radio at CKUT: 90.3-FM. 鈥淭his song is dedicated to the people we met this week from the group Solidarity Across Borders,鈥� announced Emerson Rheault, a student in SCS, into the microphone. 鈥淪olidarity was really the theme of this entire week.鈥�
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