Volume M25, Issue No. 9, October 19, 2020 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. Photos are welcome. Deadline: 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the week of publication. MID-TERM ASSESSMENT – DAY DIVISION The Mid-Term Assessment online module is active on OMNIVOX. The deadline for submission of student ratings is at 11:00 pm on Friday, October 23. To complete the mid-term assessments, please go online, login to OMNIVOX, select Léa, click on Mid-term Evaluations and follow the instructions. If you have any questions regarding Mid-term Assessments, please email [email protected] or contact Johanna Cosentino at extension 7300. Sylvie Tardif, Dean Academic Systems – Registrar Vanier College seeks an alumni member to join its Board of Directors The Vanier College Board of Directors is currently seeking an alumni graduate (Technical studies program) to serve a three-year term. This is a tremendous opportunity to represent your peers in College matters, participate in Board deliberations and decisions, and collaborate with a broad cross-section of other Board members representing industry, faculty, staff, administration, alumni and students. The Board is the governing body of the College and is composed of 19 members who serve on a voluntary basis. The Board of Directors meets approximately six times per academic year on Tuesday evenings and oversees certain college operations, establishes major college policies, and develops academic and related plans. To be eligible, the candidate should have received their diploma from a Technical studies program at Vanier College and not be a member of College staff. Preference will be given to candidates who received their diploma at least three (3) years ago, work in the St-Laurent borough, and are involved in social/community activities and organizations. How to Apply Interested candidates are invited to submit their expression of interest to the Department of Corporate Affairs at [email protected]. Submissions must include (1) a CV accompanied by (2) a short cover letter describing why they are interested in sitting on the Board of Directors and what relevant experience they would bring to the Board. Submissions should also include the year of graduation and the program from which they graduated. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 30th October 2020 at 4 pm. Candidates’ files will be reviewed by Board Executive Committee who will make a recommendation to the Board of Directors for final appointment. Sonya Santolin, Vanier Corporate Affairs Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Wins BASF Scholarship Join me in congratulating recent Women’s and Gender Studies Major graduate India-Lynn Upshaw-Ruffner, who has earned the 2020 Jackie Robinson Entrance Award from the BASF (Black Academic Scholarship Fund). This $2000 scholarship will enable India to pursue her studies at Concordia University in Art History and Studio Art. Ultimately, India wants to curate and write about art works by marginalized communities. Many of you may remember India from her exemplary involvement in Vanier’s community life. She was actively involved in many organizations on campus, including acting as editor-in-chief for the student newspaper and head curator for Vanier’s art gallery. Her stewardship of both the newspaper and the gallery was quiet, but consistent and professional, and the choices she made for publication and exhibit included a wide range of social justice issues. India is also a graduate of the Women’s and Gender Studies Major and was heavily involved in promoting the activities of the program. I was privileged to have India as a student, and she proved to be a quick study and adapted easily to the collaborative environment of the major. You can view the entire online award ceremony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBF1b6S4Qe0. India’s award and acceptance speech can be found at the 19:00 mark. Maggie Kathwaroon, Coordinator Women’s and Gender Studies Academic Council AGENDA Friday, October 23, 2020, 1:00 p.m. ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/91031287273 Meeting ID: 910 3128 7273 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Approval of the Agenda 3. Approval of the Minutes of September 11, 2020 4. Business Arising from the Minutes a) Webcam Guidelines (H. Kavallos) 5. Main Business i. Items for Consultation a) Winter 2021 Planning (A-C. Banville) b) IPESA Report (I. Delisle, K. Purdy) ii. Items for Recommendation a) New Program - Integrated Support Technician AEC (JNC.1W) (T. Diamantakos, C. Leonard) b) Preliminary Recommendation from ASC – Programs to Move to New Building (H. Kavallos, A-C. Banville) iii. Information, Reports and Announcements a) Board of Directors Report (A-C. Banville) b) Network and Program Report (A-C. Banville) c) Fall 2020 Validated Figures (S. Tardif) d) CCAC Virtual Assessment Visit (A. Perout, H. Kavallos) 6. Varia 7. Adjournment Olga Mardas, Office of the Academic Den on behalf of Academic Council From the Library Reporting Publications to Copibec https://www.copibec.ca/en/reporting-cegep-college Teachers must report all photocopied or scanned excerpts from publications uploaded to Vanier’s secure network for their students. Step 1. Create an account in Savia (https://admin.copibec.qc.ca/en/AccountCreation) Step 2. Fill in the information from course outlines. It is possible to request an Excel sheet to expedite reporting. Step 3. Submit. Note: If you used a course pack from the Co-op, it will be automatically reported to Copibec. Reporting Deadline Any publications used from July 1st through December 31st, 2020 must be reported before January 31, 2021. If you have any questions, please contact Susan Bissonnette ([email protected]) Susan Bissonnette, Library Services Celebrating Italian Language and Culture around the World The week of October 19, 2020 marks the 20th edition of the promotion and celebration of the Italian Language and Culture around the World. To celebrate along with my students studying Italian at Vanier this semester, I invite the greater community to take part in watching the film, ‘18 Regali’ (‘18 Presents’) on Netflix. It recounts the story of an 18 year old girl and her life triumphs and struggles. It’s available in Italian with subtitles along with various dubbed versions. Buona visione! And Keep safe. Giovanna Picciano, Italian, Languages and Cultures Social Science and Commerce Peer Tutoring Updates: Private Tutoring and Peer Support Online private tutoring is currently an option for Social Science and Commerce students. To request a private tutor go to https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/social-science/resource-center/ The Social Science and Commerce Tutors roles have expanded to include online Peer Support especially for first semester students. Do you have first semester Social Science or Commerce students who you think might want to connect online with a peer who can answer any questions that they may have? These questions can be about their courses, online platforms, resources at Vanier, tips on how to succeed, or any concerns that they may have. If yes, the Social Science and Commerce Peer Tutors are here to help! The student can contact them directly through Zoom: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/social-science/resource-center/ Or they can contact Nirmala Bains by MIO and she can match them with Peer Support. Nirmala Bains, Anthropology Department Tutoring for Social Science Students in Research Methods If you are a RM teacher, please consider reminding students of the new tutoring service being offered by Dr. Shelley McColl, psychology instructor. Students can sign up for 1:1 virtual sessions (done over TEAMS) via Vanier's TASC website: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning- commons/help-with-rm-qm/ Students can also join the RM TEACHER TUTORING team (code: 5uwklv5) where they can send questions by chat anytime and review short video capsules and tips on various RM topics. 30 students have joined so far. 17 have taken part in private tutoring sessions. RM students have asked for help with the following so far: * review of main concepts for tests * choosing a research question and making a hypothesis * help with study design * operationalizing variables * finding good articles on EBSCO or Science Direct * writing article summaries and annotated biblios * writing introduction sections (how to organize and link in article summaries) Other forms of support that may be needed in the upcoming weeks: * setting up surveys on MS FORMS * data entry on MINITAB or Excel * data analysis on MINITAB (MAC or PC) * writing a results section * making graphs on minitab * writing up discussion sections Shelley McColl, Psychology Department Tutoring for Social Science Students in Quantitative Methods If you are a QM teacher, please consider reminding students of the new free QM 1:1 tutoring service being offered this year by Dr. Shelley McColl, psychology instructor. Students can sign up for 1:1 virtual sessions (done over TEAMS) via Vanier's TASC website: https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/learning- commons/help-with-rm-qm/ They can also join the "QM TEACHER TUTORING" team (code: 11qw1s6) where they can send questions anytime over chat and access tips and short capsules that review important QM topics. Shelley McColl, Psychology Department News from the Collective Gardens: Cancellation of Workshops and Gardening Volunteer Sessions Due to the COVID restrictions, the Gardens team has to unfortunately cancel the workshops and gardening sessions planned for the month of October. However, since we filmed the two workshops held in September (Herbal Teas and Build Your Immunity), you can benefit from the information by watching the videos that were uploaded on VTV Sustainability.