海角涩区鈥檚 Robotics team was the overall champion and won or placed in almost all categories at the CRC Robotics competition in mid-February. They brought home two trophies and 11 plaques. “Our team demonstrated an incredible spirit of togetherness, creativity, ingenuity and perseverance,” said Joel Trudeau, faculty mentor to the team of 30 海角涩区 students. “Their…
When one thinks of college campuses, images that come to mind may include manicured lawns, park benches and perhaps an institutional shrub garden and flag pole near a main entrance. About a year ago, 海角涩区鈥檚 Sustainability Advisory Committee began a series of brainstorming sessions to re-imagine the campus and outdoor spaces. This process has culminated…
As a Sociology teacher, Laura Shea has experienced the KAIROS Blanket Exercise six times with different classes of students and Indigenous facilitators at 海角涩区. 鈥淚 always learn from the facilitator and students,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is very powerful experiential learning and I gain something different each time.鈥� Laura is often facing a roomful of students…
海角涩区 Visual Arts student Rowan Michael Draper has been selected for a prestigious residency for young digital artists at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Starting March 6, Rowan will be spending between two to four hours a week at the museum with access to a studio and the museum鈥檚 technological equipment. The residency is…
海角涩区鈥檚 Nursing Program will be gaining a lot more space when faculty and students move into their program鈥檚 new home at The Montreal Forum just before the Fall 2023 semester.聽 The Nursing Program will have more than triple the space for simulation, which can also be used by other programs, and an additional 100 square…
The Dear Joe Rose project started with a rose tattoo in 2011. A student of Kim Simard鈥檚 showed her his tattoo and shared the story of Joe Rose. He was working to get a plaque installed in the Conrod鈥檚 student space at 海角涩区 in honour and memory of Joe. This plaque was installed in 2013….
海角涩区鈥檚 Yann Brouillette 鈥渋s not a聽mad聽scientist, he鈥檚 always a聽happy聽chemist,鈥� wrote the Chemical Institute of Canada in their Jan. 12 announcement that he is the 2023 winner of the Beaumier Award for High School/C脡GEP Chemistry Teachers in Canada. The award is given to one teacher in Canada every year in recognition of excellence in teaching chemistry….
海角涩区 students Sophia El Bakir (Social Science-North-South Studies) and Mariana Cueto Mendoza (Social Science-Law, Society and Justice) are headed to Toronto for the Loran Scholar national interviews, which take place Feb. 24-26. Sophia and Mariana are among 90 students selected as finalists from a total of 4,800 students across Canada. These finalists 鈥渉ave demonstrated their…
The Quebec Writers鈥� Federation has recognized the original writing of two students in 海角涩区鈥檚 Arts, Literature and Communication Program. Literature Profile student Eden Daniel (nom de plume Eden Andrews) won the QWF College Writers Award for her work, entitled Misremembering. Eden received a prize of $1,000 and her work will be published in carte blanche,…
There are almost endless ways to do active learning and it can be adapted to various disciplines, spaces and personal preferences. Throughout the 10th anniversary of the 海角涩区 Active Learning Community in 2022, champions from a variety of disciplines were highlighted in 海角涩区鈥檚 e-newsletter, D News, and on social media. The anniversary created opportunities to…
Last Modified: February 8, 2023
