Master Teacher Program 2018 Graduate Recognition Ceremony

Volume M21, Issue No. 11, October 29, 2018

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Master Teacher Program 2018 Graduate Recognition Ceremony

Vanier College is pleased to announce that 13 of its teachers received recognition of their Master Teacher Program Certificate, Diploma, or Master Degree at the recent 2018 Graduate Recognition Ceremony which was held at Champlain College, St. Lambert Campus, on Friday, October 19, 2018 at 7:15 p.m.

This Graduate Recognition Ceremony is an event that is held every two years and celebrates the accomplishments of the Cegep teachers and staff who complete one of the three programs offered within the Master Teacher Program (MTP). The Master Teacher Program is a graduate- level, education program for Cegep teachers, offered by the Université de .

Graduate Certificate in College Teaching (GCCT): Participants who take the Certificate program are taught the pedagogical basics of excellent teaching skills, knowledge, and attitudes in the four core courses: College Teaching and Course Design, Assessment as Learning, How Students Learn, and Instructional Strategies for Active Learning. From there, there are several elective courses to choose from: Inclusion, Developmental Psychology, Teaching with Technology, Dynamics and Diversity, Blended Learning, Group Work, Motivation, and Program Evaluation.

Graduate Diploma in College Teaching (D.E.): Participants who continue in the Master Teacher Program, take the next 15 credits to complete the Diploma program. Core courses include Constructing Knowledge in Your Discipline, Constructing Knowledge Across Disciplines, Philosophy of Education, Integration Seminar, as well as a few elective courses from the GCCT list above.

Master of Education in College Teaching (M.Ed.): Participants who continue to the end of the Master Teacher Program, complete the research portion of the program, both the theoretical and the practical components, and develop and conduct a research activity, often in their own college or classroom.

Vanier College is proud to announce that we have 13 MTP graduates in total, with five teachers who completed the 15-credit Graduate Certificate in College Teaching: Meghna Banerjee (Economics), Stefan Bracher (Physics), Chester Moran (Respiratory and Anesthesia), Valeria Rea (Nursing), and Fiona Rowlands (Early Childhood Education).

Four Vanier College teachers completed the 30-credit Graduate Diploma in College Teaching: Meghna Banerjee (Economics), Michelle Bayard (Nursing), Elana Cooperberg (Pedagogical Support and Innovation Office), and Juan Alejandro Robles (Nursing).

Four Vanier College teachers completed the full 45-credit Master of Education in College Teaching degree: Dana Bath (English), Jailson Lima (Chemistry), Juan Alejandro Robles (Nursing), and Nicholas Rudi (Industrial Electronics).

The Master Teacher Program is offered in English and is available to all individuals who work in a Cegep, teachers and staff alike. Courses are held in the -area , however, thanks to the online, blended-learning structure of the program, Cegep teachers from anywhere in the province can attend online and participate fully in the activities being done in the physical classroom in Montreal. Some individual classes are designed where everyone, all the participants, the teacher, and the technical support person, are all online for the entire class, while other classes require that everyone attend physically, in-class, in Montreal.

For more information about the Master Teacher Program, please contact Julia Hall from the Pedagogical Support and Innovation (PSI) Office, or visit the Université de Sherbrooke, Performa website.

Wilma Brown, Office of the Academic Dean

Academic Council

AGENDA Friday, November 2, 2018, 1:00 p.m. Room F-216

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Approval of the Agenda

3. Approval of the Minutes of September 7, 2018

4. Business Arising from the Minutes a) Academic Council Committees (A-C. Banville) b) Abertay MOU (A. Perout)

5. Main Business i. Items for Consultation a) International Education at Vanier College (J. McMahon, A-C. Banville, A. Perout, A-M. Lemay) ii. Items for Recommendation a) English – French DEC Report ( A. Perout, D. Hoida) b) Architectural Technology Grid Revision (J. Hall, L. Yachnin, S. Tardif) c) Sexual Violence Policy (G. Iaboni) d) By-Law No. 7 (S. Tardif, M. Béland) e) Complementary Courses Committee Recommendations (I. Delisle) f) Articulation Agreement – Concordia - Business Administration Programs (A. Perout, A. Gates)

6. Reports, Announcements and Correspondence a) Fall 2018 Validated Enrollment (S. Tardif) b) Board of Directors – September 18 Meeting (A-C. Banville) c) Network News (A-C. Banville) d) PMP Revision Report (I. Delisle, M. DeNora)

7. Varia

8. Adjournment

Olga Mardas, Office of the Academic Dean

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

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!

My Hunny Bunny really loves them :) Find attached an image of my Hunny Bunny and her sample of the biscuit.

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

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 Treats (but no Tricks) UB Concert

It’s Halloween this Wednesday! I can’t disguise my delight at being able to invite you to head down to the Auditorium during UB for some scary music courtesy of the Music Department’s excellent and talented students. And what’s scary about it? Can’t tell you. That will give away any surprises. But I CAN tell you that there will be some wonderful musical treats to be had—and no tricks or unpleasantness to speak of. So come along and join us—jazz and pop music from the combos of Eric Harding and Christopher Smith for all to enjoy!

Glen Ethier, Department of Music

2018 Canadian Liberal Arts Fair

BAnQ (salles M.450 & M.460), November 17 from 12-4PM

Dear faculty and staff,

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 and 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, – Lib Arts Program, The Grammaticus (Toronto), – 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.

Screening of 'Terra Mia' on November 21, 2018. UB Activity open to the College Community Agata De Santis will be present for a short discussion after film. More information to follow.

Giovanna Picciano, Italian, Languages and Cultures

Vanier/ASHRAE Building Engineering Career Show

Several hundred visitors showed up at Vanier College on Wednesday, October 24th during PASS Day when the Building Systems Engineering Technology (BSET) Program held the Vanier/ASHRAE Building Engineering Career Show for students interested in studying or working in the field of Building Engineering.

About 20 companies and university representatives participated in the career show along with two high schools and Cegep St Hyacinthe. .

Four companies gave presentations on career possibilities in the industry and inside the companies themselves. The idea was to increase student retention in BSET and increase new applications. Honeywell, Carrier, Pageau Morel, Bouthillette Parizeau, Nortek, and Baulne, were among the companies present for the day.

Field trips took students to visit the state-of-the-art Bibliothèque du Boisé, where the Ville de Montréal engineer who is responsible for the operation of the LEEDS certified building gave them a guided tour.

Vanier College is the only English-language Cegep that offers the Building Systems Engineering Technology program. Even though there is a huge demand for graduates of this program not enough students pursue studies in this area. In particular, more young women with an interest in science should apply to BSET, which provides students with the expertise necessary to design heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems in modern buildings.

“I was thrilled with the number of visitors during our Vanier/ASHRAE Career Day. The students, the exhibitors, and the companies that made presentations were also extremely pleased with the event,” said Ilya Meldrum, the Coordinator of Building Systems Engineering Technology.

Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications The Writing Centre

What is it?

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.

What do we do?

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.

The writing specialists are available to help your students with their written assignments, everything from preparing an outline to polishing their final draft.

How do I refer my students?

We are located at the back of the Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (E300). Sessions are on a drop-in basis and free.

Schedule  Mondays, 10am-2pm  Wednesdays, 12:30pm-2:30pm  Thursdays, 10am-12pm

If you have any questions, please email Kim Muncey, [email protected]

Kim Muncey, TASC

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 7th, 12:30pm-2:00pm, E303 (in TASC)  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, Session #3

The Writing Centre is hosting the third creative writing workshop with poet, artist, and educator Har Leen Bhogal. All the attendees in the first session loved it, and this new session will be even better.

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 2nd, 2:30pm, E303

If any student in interested in attending, they can sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/s1QTVMIJ1QOcY7Uj2

Kim Muncey, The Writing Centre, TASC

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: 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

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

Halloween Haunted House

Please note that the staff lounge D-140 will be closed as of 4pm on October 30th and all day on October 31st for a Halloween haunted house organized by the Vanier Student Life Leadership Team. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Kristen Whitelaw, Student Services

Halloween Whoooo Done It

PSI NEWS

Want help in pursuing some of your projects or research?

Is there a pedagogical area of interest that you would like to pursue through research? Is there pedagogical support we can help you with through the sharing of resources, strategies, and other teaching tips and tools?

Drop by the PSI office area, B228, for an informal conversation with the PSI coordinator, Elana, or any of our pedagogical counsellors - Dave, Krista, Joanne, Julia, Patti, Zohreh, and Angela.

We’re here to support faculty in their pedagogical practices. Check out our video on the PSI website: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/psi/what-is-psi/

Performa – Master Teacher Program Winter 2019 Courses

The following Master Teacher Program (MTP) courses will be offered by Performa this winter.

 College Teaching and Course Design – Marianopolis College  Motivation for Learning –  Constructing Knowledge Across the Disciplines – Champlain College, St-Lambert  How Students Learn – Champlain College, St-Lambert  Blended Learning by Design – Dawson College  Philosophy of Education: What Matters Most – Dawson College  *NEW!* Fostering Creativity to Enhance Learning – Vanier College

Please see the flyer below for specific dates and times. For more information or to register for a course, please contact Julia Hall at [email protected] or extension 7375.

The deadline to register is Friday, November 30, 2018.

Upcoming Pedagogical Workshops Working on a research proposal? Attend this workshop!

How to Write Research Proposals Presenter: Krista Riley Time and place: November 7th, 12:30-1:45, Room D-221

To register, visit http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/psi/a18-ped-workshop-registrations/.

Elana Cooperberg, Pedagogical Support and Innovation