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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 [email protected]. Submissions should be in WORD, and sent as an attachment. No formatting or bullets. Deadline: 4:00 pm on the Wednesday preceding publication.
Congratulations from the Academic Dean Congratulations to all the students who received Vanier Entrance Scholarships for the Autumn of 2018 at an award ceremony held on November 1. These scholarships are awarded annually to high school students in recognition of outstanding academic entrance qualifications, and they are funded by Vanier College in partnership with the Vanier College Foundation. At the same time, the College recognized the 17 students eligible to receive CPMT scholarships. The purpose of the CPMT (Commission des partenaires du marché du travail) scholarships, also known as Fonds de développement et de reconnaissance des competences de la main-d’oeuvre, is to increase the enrolment in technical programs leading to careers where an important need of skilled professionals has been identified and to encourage academic success in these programs. I would like to thank the Foundation for the generous contribution towards the Vanier College Entrance Scholarships and the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail for funding the CPMT scholarships. Many thanks to all who helped to organize the ceremony, the student volunteers from the Key Society, and all the participants. The event was a great success!
Annie-Claude Banville, Academic Dean
PEER TEACHING COURSE: CALL FOR APPLICANTS The “Peer Teaching” course is a special B-Block English course (603-HS course) open to students in all programs and offered every winter semester. Every fall, I recruit students with strong English language skills who are interested in learning how to teach and help other students. This course is a good opportunity for exceptional students to gain valuable peer tutoring experience while also obtaining a grade for the B-Block English course. Please encourage motivated and interested students in your classes to apply for my course by Friday, November 30, 2018. The students who apply must already have taken two English courses and passed them with a grade of 75% or over. Furthermore, they must be students who have not yet completed a B-Block English course. Application forms are available at my office (N-554) and at the office of the Faculty Dean of General Education (B-208). Applicants will be interviewed during the week of December 4th and selected according to their level of excellence, commitment, and responsibility. Selected students will then be pre-registered into my course in January. If you require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at extension 7271 or to send an email at [email protected] Thank you in advance for your help.
Spiridoula Photopoulos, English Department
Volume M21, Issue No. 13, November 12, 2018
Humanities Symposium on Empathy student prize for charity The Humanities Symposium on Empathy is now launching our student writing prize for charity! In order to win for the charity of their choice, students must write a short description of the charity and demonstrate their empathy for those who would benefit from this organization. Can you please circulate the attached poster? We need to circulate it this semester as the deadline falls January 30 2019, the week after we get back from our winter break. Thanks for helping us help students help others!
Sheila Das, Humanities
Collection of Second-hand Books
Dear Vanier community,
We are collecting second hand books to donate from October 15 to November 15!
Jake’s Co-op will be offering these books to La Fondation des parlementaires du Québec, Cultures à Partager. Most of them will be sent to libraries from countries in Africa and the Caribbean. The other books will be offered to other libraries in Montreal.
We will be accepting books in:
Books in English and French but preferably French.
Textbooks (History, Philosophy, Sciences, medicine)
Novels.
Children Books.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
All books should be in excellent condition!
If you have any question regarding this program, come see us at the Co-op. It will be a pleasure for us to explain you the details.
Thanks for collaborating to this wonderful cause!
Heather Eason, Jake’s Co-op
Intl Education Silent Auction Wine & Cheese Event to support Malawi Nursing Exchange
On Thursday November 22nd, 2018, the International Education Office will hold a Silent Auction Wine & Cheese event in the Boardroom (F-216) to raise funds for the Malawi Nursing Exchange. The bidding begins at 4:30 p.m. and the auction will end at 7:30 p.m. We have already received some big-ticket items for our auction including hockey tickets and gift certificates, so please join us for a special event to fund this worthy project. If you would like to donate items, please contact [email protected]. Big items or small, we accept them all! Event tickets are available at the following locations:
International Education Office ( F-217)
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Science (A-286)
Tickets are $15 and include two glasses of wine, cheese, and other desserts. You must be 18 years of age or older to consume alcohol, and you will be carded at the door. Non-alcoholic beverages are available for those under 18. As always, we thank the Vanier community for their generosity and their support!
Jennifer Joseph, International Education
For SALE: Canine and Equine Advent Calendars to support Animal Health Technology Students
The Animal Health Department is selling Canine and Equine Advent Calendars filled with twenty-five oven-baked CROCX treats made with ingredients we would find in our own pantry. https://crocx.co/categorie-produit/gateries/ These treats are loved by dogs, horses, but also by rodents, rabbits, and people can enjoy them as well! We are selling them for $10 per calendar. Proceeds will benefit the BEA (Bien-Etre des Animaux de Compagnie du Quebec) Foundation (http://www.fondationbea.org/en/) that also helps promote the Vanier College Foundation fund (http://vaniercollegefoundation.com/who-we-are/) benefiting our Animal Health Technology students, more specifically for the promotion of the Profession and of their Accreditation (https://www.aavsb.org/vtne/).
Sara Varano, Animal Health Technology
Man Down! A Forum theatre piece on Masculinity Childhood friends Patrick and Stef are living the college dream. On their own for the first time, they are trying to take full advantage of their newfound freedom. Patrick just wants to do well and get to know Amy, the cute girl in his dorm. But Stef keeps on egging him on to be more of a “real man” by partying hard and being with as many college girls as possible. Patrick doesn’t know how to maintain his friendship with Stef and get to know Amy at the same time. On November 21, you have a chance to participate in a unique theatre experience: a “rehearsal for life”. The Atwater Library theatre troupe will be on hand with a piece that explores some modern dilemmas faced by young men today. Participants will view the short piece once, and then will be invited to suggest changes to the behaviours of the characters—you may even be able to take on a role yourself and act opposite one of the actors. Help guide Patrick and Stef towards the kinds of lives they want. Audience participation prizes will be awarded.
When: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 @ 12:30 (UB) Where: Vanier Amphitheatre, B 223
Sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies. For more information, please contact Maggie Kathwaroon ([email protected]).
Maggie Kathwaroon, Women’s and Gender studies
Annual Holiday Craft Fair
Our annual Holiday Craft Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in participating in this year’s event, please reserve your table with me by Nov. 28th. The participant MUST be a member (faculty, staff or student not a family member or friend) of the Vanier community. All items to be sold MUST BE HANDMADE by the participant. Each participant will pay $15.00 as a donation to the Vanier College Foundation. For any further information, please call me at ext. 7572.
Nora Soukiassian, FSSCAL
2018 Canadian Liberal Arts Fair
BAnQ (salles M.450 & M.460),
November 17 from 12-4PM
I am happy to announce the first annual Canadian Liberal Arts Fair, November 17 from 12-4 PM at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (salles M.450 & M.460), hosted by the Canadian Liberal Arts Association, an initiative of the Thomas More Institute. The Fair will bring together high school and CÉGEP students who have interests in the Liberal Arts and related disciplines, including philosophy, religion, literature and history, with departments from colleges and universities that may suit the needs and interests of these students. Some students who are actively engaged in reading literature or philosophy may not know what options they have when it comes to post-secondary studies. Montreal has several outstanding programs that can speak precisely to this curiosity. In addition, universities from Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will be in attendance for students who are inclined to discover other parts of Canada while pursuing a Bachelor’s degree. Other students find themselves discouraged from studying in these disciplines because they are unsure what their future career options might entail. In order to address this concern, the Fair will include a panel discussion with three former Liberal Arts students who have found successful and fulfilling careers outside of the classroom: a lawyer working in the Attorney General’s office in Toronto, a CBC radio personality and a co-founder of the College néo-Classique here in Montreal.
Finally, the Fair will include a Workshop sponsored by Brila Youth Projects inviting students to participate in the kind of creative and deeply thoughtful conversation that these sorts of disciplines cultivate. The Fair is free and open to the public (students, teachers, parents). While the event will run from 12 to 4PM, the panel discussion will take place from 12:30 to 1:30PM and the workshop from 2:30 to 3:30PM. Please be sure to announce the event to any and all students you think may be interested. If you have any questions, please contact Timothy Budde at [email protected]. Sponsors: Brila Youth Projects (Montréal), Carleton U. – College of the Humanities, Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, Collège néo-classique (Montréal), Concordia U. – Lib Arts College, Concordia U. – Dept. of Religions & Cultures, Concordia U. – Dept. of Theological Studies, Dawson College – Lib Arts Program, The Grammaticus (Toronto), Marianopolis College – Lib Arts Program, McGill U. – Dept. of English, McGill U. – Dept. of History & Classical Studies, McGill U. – Lib Arts Program, Mount Allison U., Saint Paul U., Thomas More Institute (Montréal), U. of King’s College, Vanier College – Lib Arts Program
Timothy Budde, Liberal Arts
Montreal Documentary Filmmaker Agata De Santis and 'Terra Mia' coming to Vanier With gracious support from Faculty Dean Alena Perout and from the Department of Languages and Cultures, I would like to invite your students and staff to a screening of 'Terra Mia'. This documentary, first screened at Italian Week in August 2018 and then shown on CBC, looks at the evolution of families and the Italian community in Montreal through the second and third generations of immigrant eyes. What has been kept of traditions, what has been discarded with time. Please publicize this event to your students and to your fellow co-workers. Drop me a line at [email protected], if you intend on attending or bringing your class. The director Agata De Santis will be present for the screening of her film and remain for a short discussion afterwards.
Screening Terra Mia!
Location N521 Time Universal Break (12:30-13:45)
November 21, 2018 Save the date!
Open to the College Community
Giovanna Picciano, Italian, Languages and Cultures
APA/MLA Citation Clinic If your students are struggling with their in-text citations, references, or works cited, please send them to the Writing Centre’s Citation Clinic!
Students can drop in with questions about APA or MLA referencing or citing. They are encouraged to bring actual reference or works cited
entries that they have already prepared, and we will be available to give feedback on their work.
The Citation Clinic is open on a drop-in basis on the following days:
Wednesday, November 14th, 12:30pm-2:00pm, E303 (in TASC)
Friday, December 7th, 2”30pm-4:00pm, E303 (in TASC)
Kim Muncey, The Writing Centre, TASC
Creative Writing Workshop with Har Leen Bhogal, Last Session! The Writing Centre is hosting the final creative writing workshop with poet, artist, and educator Har Leen Bhogal. All the participants from the
last three workshops greatly enjoyed their time with Har Leen and their experiences learning about and writing poetry.
Please encourage your students to attend this session, where they will get the opportunity to discuss writing, explore writing prompts, and
then create and share their own writing in a safe place.
Friday, November 23rd, E303
If any student in interested in attending, they can sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/IrBp62VMK3O6sYSH2
Kim Muncey, The Writing Centre, TASC
Last Day 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
Today is the Deadline for applications: November 12, 2018
Requirements:
The applicant must be a student at Vanier College during the A18 semester.
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 (A513, 514-744-7500 x 7814, or through MIO)
Dana Bath, English Department
UBZEN The beginning of UBZEN marks the beginning of the end of the semester! Just 5 more weeks to go until exams and most everyone is busy
and feeling the pressure.
UBZEN is a quiet space in the Sports Complex where students and staff can come and relax for 10 minutes or the entire hour from 12:30-
1:30. There is the sound of the ocean and the lights are dimmed, there are soft red mats on the floor to lay down on, and at minute 10 and
minute 40 of the hour we play a guided meditation on soothing breathing or creating our safe place or the like.
No talking, no headphones or texting. Students and staff are asked to sign in. People are welcome to come and go at any time during the
hour. You cannot be late for UBZEN. People who fall asleep will be woken up gently by a bell at the end of the hour.
I send out weekly invites for UBZEN usually the day before and the morning of. If you or your class would like such an invite just send an
email to [email protected] with your name or in the case of your class their student numbers.
Leanne Rondeau, Student Services
Fall events organized and offered by the Vanier Garden team
Please spread the word among students! Want to learn about food preparations from a member of an Indigenous nation? Try eating insects for the first time? How about herbs that will help with fighting a cold or the flu virus? The Gardens at Vanier are bringing exciting new workshops to the campus on themes of sustainability, wellness and food over the next month on UBs. Details on the poster. Note: students are given priority for the free food, but the Vanier community at large is welcome to attend any of the events and workshops.
The Vanier Gardens overall MISSION STATEMENT:
The mission of the Vanier Collective Gardens has three branches:
1- Urban agriculture: empowering people living in cities to engage with nature and their source of food. 2- Education: providing a hands-on learning environment to develop life skills and learn about sustainability. 3- Community: building an affirming space that fosters collaboration and a sense of belonging.
For more information, visit our website, consult the online calendar, or contact me directly.
Myriam Mansour, Geography
PSI NEWS
Call for Proposals: Entente Canada-Québec The call for proposals for Entente Canada-Québec (ECQ) has come out early this year. ECQ funds projects related to teaching in English and to second-language teaching. The scope of projects can be quite broad: past Vanier projects funded by ECQ have worked on Virtual Team Teaching, intercultural competence, community building around the Vanier Collective gardens, and using games for language teaching. This year’s application guide is here: http://www.education.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/site_web/documents/enseignement-superieur/Guide-ECQ-2019-2020.pdf. The deadline for proposals is December 5, 2018, which means proposals must be submitted to PSI by November 28, 2018. Proposals that will need translation into French must be submitted by November 23. If you are interested in applying, please contact Angela Vavassis in the PSI Office to let her know. Angela can also be contacted if you have any questions about your application.
Submit your proposals to develop print or online pedagogical materials to the CCDMD Are you a teacher interested in developing print or online pedagogical materials? The CCDMD is asking applicants to submit their proposals by March 1, 2019. Follow this link for more information: https://ccdmd.qc.ca/appel-de-projets. Or, please get in touch with Angela Vavassis ([email protected]) in PSI if you have any questions.
Pédagogie Collégiale
The latest issue is now available. This issue includes articles in French on such subjects as professional development in the CEGEP system, an inter-disciplinary and inter-program collaboration between science and social science, integrating Universal Design for Learning in the classroom, oral portfolios, and integrating research into student learning in order to train the next generation of scientists. If you would like to read some or all of these articles, but are not a member of the AQPC, you can pick up a copy in your Faculty Dean’s office or in PSI.
Elana Cooperberg, Pedagogical Support and Innovation
