Volume M24, Issue No. 22, June 15, 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. In Memoriam: Tony Romandini It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of former Vanier electric guitar teacher, Tony Romandini on June 3, 2020. Tony taught here for over 20 years and retired in 2012. In addition to being a guitarist and teacher, he was a respected composer and arranger. As a teenager he studied guitar in New York, and by the age of 15 had performed with Maynard Ferguson. By the age of 20 he was working for the CBC and performing in clubs around Montreal and abroad. In addition to performing on guitar, Tony also played banjo, mandolin, and classical guitar. He gave concerts of classical music in France and Germany during the 1960s, and has performed with the Montreal and Quebec Symphony Orchestras. Tony appeared several times in the Montreal International jazz festival, including as a backing musician to Oscar Peterson in the pianist's appearance with the MSO at the festival in 1985. Those of us who knew and worked with him will remember him fondly not only as an amazing musical talent, but as a warm, generous person with a wonderful sense of humour. Glen Ethier, Music Department Arch Tech Class of 2020 fêted by faculty with online event Following the cancellation of events honouring graduates, the Architectural Technology faculty hosted an emotional final send-off for the Class of 2020, with a live online gathering. The virtual session included awarding the John Pitre scholarship (with John himself announcing the winners), and a surprise goodbye video produced by teachers consisting of photos taken at department events over the years, with inspirational messages from the entire faculty . Turnout was high: Almost the entire Arch Tech Class of 2020 attended, with all teachers in attendance. Congratulations to the graduates! Michael Lancione, on behalf of the entire ArchTech faculty Screenshot from the live online event. Screenshot of the surprise video produced by teachers in honour of the Class of 2020. Arch Tech winners of the John Pitre Student Scholarships Congratulations to the 2019-2020 winners of the John Pitre scholarships for Architectural Technology students. John Pitre, a graduate of the Vanier Arch Tech program, offers two annual scholarships. One is awarded to the student at the top of the class (academically) at the end of their 2nd year of studies in Arch Tech (this one goes to a 2nd year student). This year, it went to Aleah Pompura (photo on the right). The other scholarship is given to a 3rd year (graduating) student, and it went to Maryam Pugganwala (photo on the left). The criteria state that “This scholarship is awarded to a graduating student at the end of the Winter Semester, who places in the top half of the class academically (as measured by cumulative average in program courses), and who has demonstrated the most academic improvement over the period between the 3rd and 6th semesters in program courses.” Congratulations to these two very deserving students. Michael Lancione, Architectural Technology Virtual Grad for ECE Students Given these uncertain times, during which graduation convocations, and celebrations are being postponed and more often cancelled, the Vanier College Early Childhood Education Department wanted to honor our graduates. Part of the excitement of a graduation is being able to celebrate with friends and families and being recognized by teachers and administrators for achieving this educational milestone. Although we cannot fill an auditorium, we have created a virtual GradAwaytion celebration for our students. These newly qualified Early Childhood Educators, will soon be on the front lines supporting families and offering care and education to the young children in our communities. Our department is proud to honor our graduates and to highlight this essential profession. We have included a video of our tribute. Enjoy the link below. Linda LeMesurier, Early Childhood Education Department You've Come a Long Way Baby Dedicated to the parents, family and friends of the ECE graduating class. https://vimeo.com/427092028/7eda7c8c2a You've Come A Long Way Baby! (Created with @Magisto) Dedicated to the parents, family and friends of the Vanier College, Early Childhood Education Class of 2020, as a tribute to your love, support and encouragement… vimeo.com Presenting the E.C.E Graduating Class of 2020 https://vimeo.com/427585901/d8b13bdafb E.C.E CLASS OF 2020 (Created with @Magisto) We are proud to present Vanier College Graduating Early Child Education Class of 2020. Way to go ladies! vimeo.com Personalized messages from the teachers of the E.C.E department to the graduates. https://vimeo.com/427965178/b1019b7b94 A word to our graduates before you go... (Created with @Magisto) The teachers of the E.C.E department give a personalized message of congratulations to the graduates. vimeo.com Volunteers Requested to work on Planning a Day Devoted in Racism in Canada As part of the 28th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide, we would like to devote one full day to scheduling lectures devoted to racism in Canada. Given the importance of this topic and its magnitude, I would like to strike a special planning committee to look at ideas. Ideally this committee would be made up of teachers, staff, outside community members and students. Please let me know if you are interested. Marlene Grossman, Psychology Department Virtual Graduation 2020 Vanier College will be hosting our first ever Virtual Graduation Ceremony to congratulate the graduates of Summer 2019, Fall 2019 and Winter 2020. Feel free to view our hype video at the following link. The full Graduation Ceremony will be available at this same link in a few weeks. https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/graduation/ Giovanna Arcuri, Vanier Communications Plans for Autumn Events and Festivals! Although we do not yet know the exact form the Autumn 2020 Semester will take, it will likely not be normal. Hence, Vanier’s annual fall events such as the Social Science Festival, Women of Science Week, Big Band Concert, English Symposium, and other events, may not take place as they usually do in the Auditorium. In fact, they may become virtual events instead. Already, the28th Annual Holocaust and Genocide Symposium, which was cancelled in April due to Covid 19 and the college closure, will take place virtually November 9-13, 2020. Please let me know what you are thinking of doing in the fall for our regular festivals or what other types of events you may have in mind so that I can help in any way possible, and the Communications Department can assist you in making your event a success. While you may be swamped with redesigning your courses this summer, I’m sure you are also thinking of how to give our students, and especially our new first year students the same a rich and varied experience of Vanier students usually receive. Please let me know your views on fall events and festivals, your tentative programs, and whatever questions you may have so that we can work together to maintain the high standard of student offerings and opportunities Vanier is renowned for. Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications and Corporate Affairs, [email protected] Social Science Festival 2020 Dear colleagues, Hope you and yours are all healthy and well. Before we head into the summer, I wanted to take a moment to advise everyone that I’m currently working on the organization of the 2020 edition of our Social Science Festival. Even if public health restrictions regarding assemblies will very likely still be in place this fall, barring any (other) unforeseen circumstances, we’re nonetheless going to have a festival. The festival will be fully virtual; probably the first of its kind for the Vanier community! Given unsettling contemporary events like the Covid19 crisis and challenges/crises surrounding indigenous and visible minority social justice and equity issues, the theme of the festival will be Community. I will keep everyone posted on potential speakers/participants and program once things start crystalizing. For those of you that are interested in working potential festival events into their course curriculums/outlines, the tentative date is set for the week of October 19, and the following themes and how they relate to Community are likely to be covered (in some form): pandemics/Covid19, racism, discrimination, inequity, identity, gender, indigenous issues, environment and mental health (many – if not most – festival activities are likely to be somewhat tainted by the relationships between the various themes and notions of community during times of crises (like the one(s) we’re currently embroiled in)). Wishing you all a wonderful summer. Ara Karaboghossian, Social Science Vanier College Social Media Accounts If you are considering starting a social media account for a Vanier program, department or project, and are not sure what to do, then read on. Take a look at our guidelines for Facebook & Twitter. We will be preparing more guidelines soon. Contact Vanier Communications and ask us any questions you might have. Your main contact in the department keeping track of the Vanier accounts is Zsofia Orszagh. You may reach her via email at [email protected] The College needs to know about the existence of any account linked to Vanier or using the Vanier name, so Vanier Communications asks for access to Vanier Social Media Accounts.