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of the Jewish community, which flourished from the 15th century until WW2. We visited the two synagogues, the Jewish communitycommercial streets, buildings of architectural interest and Jewish past, important bank buildings, the Turkish bath, the Jewish Museum ofThessaloniki, and the Shoah/Holocaust memorial on Eleftherias square.Our last stop was breathtaking as we were on the top of the world at the ancient site of the Delphi oracle! It was an amazing day!The students were encouraged throughout to ponder and discuss issues related to global citizenship in our interconnected world. Wediscussed in particular the idea that as global citizens it is our duty to stand up and speak out when others are being treated unfairly. Wediscussed both historical political ideas of Europe and Greece and of contemporary issues in both Canada and Greece. It was a fabulous tripfull of memories that I’m sure the students will treasure for a lifetime!Marlene Grossman, PsychologyNew Indigenous Studies Certificate ProgramAs announced last spring, the Board of Directors has approved the fall launch of the new Indigenous Studies Certificate Program. You can reada description on the website, which is still under construction, here. We encourage all teachers to let their students know about the program.It is open to students of all backgrounds and in all programs!If you would like to receive promotional materials through college mail, request a 5 minute class visit, or find out whether you have coursesthat are eligible for the program, please write to indigenousstudies@vaniercollege.qc.ca or call extension 6073.Thank you to all who were involved in making this program a reality!Jacky Vallée, Indigenous StudiesIndigenous Education Training OpportunityThe Vanier Indigenous Circle continues to work toward the elements included in the CICan Indigenous Education Protocol, which VanierCollege signed in the fall of 2017. As a part of this larger project, we work to ensure that an increasing number of employees at the college areaware of Indigenous histories, cultures, and contributions to Canadian society. We also work to ensure that more of us are equipped toincorporate this knowledge in our work. This will contribute to a greater capacity at the college to support Indigenous students and theircommunities and to support non-Indigenous students in acquiring a more informed education and outlook on contemporary realities.Stand-alone workshops are held throughout the year as they have been for many years. However, employees who would like to participate ina more in-depth series of workshops are encouraged to sign up to participate in the second yearly installment of in-house Indigenous Educationtraining. Last year’s program included 3 full days of learning activities here at the college and in Kahnawake. We are now working with ourcommunity partners to improve last year’s program. Please note that teachers who wish to teach a core course in the Indigenous StudiesCertificate Program must follow Indigenous Education training. Teachers with related courses are also encouraged to participate. We wouldlove to have more representation from the career programs. The training is open to all employees in all areas!To learn more, please write to indigenousstudies@vaniercollege.qc.ca.Thank you!Jacky Vallée, Indigenous Studies

ContEd Student Resources “After Hours”Is anything even open for ContEd students after 4:30pm? The short answer is: YES!The following is a list of student resources available on campus, with a focus on those beyond the “normal” operating hours of M-F 8am4:30pm. If you have contact with Continuing Education DCS students in particular please pass this information on to them.Academic and Related Resources: ContEd Office: Day Hours – Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm in H-102; Evening Hours – Monday to Thursday, 4:30-6:30pm in E-115Academic Advising (Andrea Di Domenico, ContEd Advisor, E-114): Available Monday to Thursday from 4-6pm, Friday 2-4pmStudent Services (C-203): open Monday to Thursday from 8 am to 6 pm, and Fridays 8 am to 4:30pmCounseling and Mental Health (C-203): Intake is available with Sarah Dudley, Vanier’s Social Work Technician, at Student Services,Monday to Thursday from 8am to 6pm, and Fridays from 8-4:30.Cari Clough, Academic Success Advisor (Early Alert, resource point person, E-300): Monday to Friday from 10-4, or by appointmentafter hoursACCESS test services (B-207): open Monday through Friday until 6pm. ContEd students can begin their test with ACCESS in the earlyevening and at 6pm can be escorted to their classes to finish.English/STEM Tutoring (TASC, E-300): English and STEM tutoring is available from 10-4 (drop-in and scheduled private tutoring)Writing Centre: The Writing Centre is planning to add extended hours (4:30-6:30pm) one night a week, to be determined.Work Space, Computers: STEM Centre (D-301): workspace with computers, printer, and meeting space, open seven days a week! Monday through Friday7:30am-10pm, Saturday & Sunday 7:30am-5pmTASC (E-300): workspace with computers, printers, and meeting space is open from Monday through Friday from 8am-6pmLibrary (F-300): open Monday through Thursday from 7:45am-7pm, Fridays from 7:45am-5pmIn addition to the above resources, Kim Muncey with Integrated Interventions/TASC is available to visit classrooms and provide pedagogicalworkshops and provide more information directly to students about the available resources. Please contact munceyk@vanier.college for a fulllist of available workshops and for scheduling.A PDF handout of this information made for students is available upon request from rosek@vanier.college. Please consider printing anddistributing the handout in your night classes during the first weeks of the term, incorporating this information in your course outlines,uploading it to your Léa Distributed Documents, and reminding your students about these resources at regular intervals throughout thesemester.This work is part of an S1 Student Success Project at Vanier, and your input is appreciated! Please be in touch with Katie Rose,rosek@vanier.college, for handouts, corrections, feedback, or to receive more information.Katherine Rose, HumanitiesAuditorium renovations this autumnPlease, note that due to the renovation of the stage, the Auditorium will be closed from November 12 to November 18 inclusive.No events will be held during that week.Thank you for your understanding.Karine Petrosyan, Facilities

Vanier College 18th Annual Social Science FestivalOctober 15 to 19, 2018Can you believe it? The Vanier Social Science Festival is 18 years old. Yes, the SSF is officially an adult. With this in mind, we’d like to use thisyear’s festival to look how the Social Sciences have grown, changed and evolved. How are we applying studies in the Social Sciences to the21st Century World? What are the Social Sciences 2.0?This year’s presentation and activities relate to our students’ experiences within academia, while also giving them insights about issues goingon outside of school; issues that affect their lives in a broader sense.The goal of this year’s festival is to give students an opportunity to see how their CEGEP experience will prepare them for the next stage oftheir life - helping them to grow, adapt and evolve in this ever-changing world.All members of the Vanier community and public are welcome to attend these events.For more information, or if you have suggestions for speakers or workshops, please contact Kelly MacDonald atmacdonak@vaniercollege.qc.caBelow is the tentative list of events. An updated, confirmed roster will be posted in the upcoming weeks:PresentationsIsaac Souweine: A VC based in Montreal, Isaac Souweine is a partner at Real Ventures. With an M.A in Religious Studies from Columbia, anMBA from INSEAD, and experience working in both education and business, Isaac will be speaking about the value of having a diverseeducation, and the importance of making strong personal connections when taking on any leadership role.Mark Prentice: Vanier anthropology teacher and founder of the Social Science Festival, Mark will be discussing Social Science Paradigm withparticular focus of the science fundamentals essential to these fields of study.Miles DeNora: Vanier history teacher, Miles Denora, will be looking at the factors that contributed to the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Histalk will look at the media’s portrayal of Hilary Clinton, with a particular focus on The New York Time’s coverage of Clinton over her years inpublic service.Joel Casseus: Vanier sociology teacher and published novelist, Joel Casseaus will be discussing his career as both a sociologist and as a writer.Lateef Martin: Multi-disciplinary artist, Lateef Martin will talk about his work as the founder of Miscellaneum Studios - a production companythat delivers next-level entertainment while representing black, indigenous and people of color, women, the LGBTQ community and othermarginalized communities in a positive light.John McMahon: Vanier College Director General, John McMahon, will be discussing his career path and work in education – a fascinatingjourney and inspiring story, which all started when he was a student who dropped out of Vanier!Susan Bissonnette: Vanier librarian and history scholar, Susan Bissonette will present on the role of art and artists is relation to the rise offascism in Italy during the 1920s and 30s. This is a historical talk with frightening level of relevance to current global issues.Tracy Ying Zhang: Research fellow from Queen’s University, Dr. Zhang will be discussing her postdoctoral research on Chinese acrobats andhow the business of circuses recruit and manage culturally diverse labour forces. Dr. Zhang’s presentation includes a 30-minute film that wasproduced as part of her research.Pearl Eliadis: Human Rights Lawyer, Pearl Eliadis, will be presenting on the relationship between reasonable accommodation and religiousfreedom, and why has this been such a difficult issue in Quebec.Katharine Dempsey: Freelance writer and editor, Katharine Dempsey will be discussing her research and work on advanced technologies,society and culture, with particular focus on the intersection between the arts, social sciences and artificial intelligence.Yasmin Jiwani: Professor of Communications Studies at Concordia University, Dr. Jiwani will present on the intersecting influences of race andgender within the context of media representations of racialized groups and violence against women.

WorkshopsUnleash Your Creativity: Back popular demand, Elana Cooperberg will help students learn to develop their creative potential throughexercises, team activities, and problem solving, allowing them to become more creative in their everyday activities: at school, home, and work.Go on Vanier Garden Tour: Vanier Geography teacher and resident green thumb will be giving students a tour of the college’s incrediblegarden initiative, helping them to understand the value of urban agriculture.Kelly MacDonald, History DepartmentVanier Students Participate In The Decelles Street TransformationDecelles Street is getting a makeover as part of the Montreal Shared Street pilot projects program, so expect lots of orange cones in front ofour campus just in time for the new academic year! When it is all done, we will have a new pedestrian promenade from Decarie to SainteCroix with interesting landscape features, urban furniture and interactive elements.Vanier’s I.D.E.A.S. Studio, in collaboration with the Borough of Saint-Laurent and other partners, has engaged our students in all stages of theprocess, from the public consultation activities to the design and construction of a 100-foot long installation for Parc Decelles. As reportedlast semester, 15 student teams participated in a design competition for sculptural urban furniture along the new pedestrian corridor. Thewinning project, entitled “Anapausis,” proposed a ribbon of wood for Decelles Park that transforms in shape to encourage a wide range ofuses, from lounging to picnic to parkour. Some of our Physical Education teachers are already planning to use the structure for their classes.In June, nearly 20 student volunteers joined our 2nd-annual summer construction camp to build the winning design and preassemble it in theparking lot behind the N-Building. It took nearly 3 weeks of intense work to put the structure together. A sneak peek event was held on June21, before disassembling it into transportable modules. As a teaser, we installed a fragment of the project in Place Rodolphe Rousseau, thesite of our 2017 design-build project.Construction on Decelles Street is well under way and the student project is scheduled to be installed by the end of the month. Come to theofficial opening event on Saturday, September 8 to congratulate our students and thank our many collaborators, in particular the Boroughof Saint-Laurent, Jakes Co-op, and the team at Vanier Facilities.Richard Klopp, Architectural TechnologyI.D.E.A.S. StudioIntegrating Design Education and Action for Sustainability

The Vanier College Learning Commons groups together three key academic student-oriented services, the Library, the Tutoring & AcademicSuccess Centre (TASC), and the Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Centre.Bookings Spaces within the Learning CommonsGiven the popularity of the new Learning Commons space, we have put in place guidelines that explain the spaces that can be put on reserveas well as procedures for how to place bookings with us. The goal is to ensure that there is a fair balance between the number of events heldwithin the Learning Commons and prioritizing student use of the spaces.Guidelines for booking: ce-booking-guidelines.pdfBooking request form: ce-booking-form.pdfOur Hours This SemesterPlease take note of our hours for the various spaces:LibraryStarting on August 22nd: Monday to Thursday 7:45am to 6pm, Friday 7:45am to 5pmStarting on August 27th: Monday to Thursday 7:45am to 7pm, Friday 7:45am to 5pmTASCStarting on August 22nd: Monday to Thursday 7:45am to 5pm, Friday 7:45am to 4:30pmStarting on August 27th: Monday to Thursday 7:45am to 6pm, Friday 7:45am to 4:30pmSTEMMonday to Friday 7:30am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 7:30am to 5pmA Note About Our LaptopsAs a reminder to the members of the community, please keep in mind that we do not lend out laptops for use outside of the LearningCommons.Vanier College Library – F-300Scheduling a Bibliographic Instruction SessionTo schedule sessions with one of our librarians, please fill out the following form: sessionrequest.php. Susan Bissonnette will contact you to schedule a session.Help with CopyrightAny faculty member who is looking for help with better understanding Copyright and its application here at Vanier is encouraged to contactour Information Services Librarian, Susan Bissonnette (bissonns@vanier.college).

Book Purchasing Guidelines and Procedures for Faculty and StaffLast November, procedures were put in place which provide information on how faculty and staff can purchase books for department usevia budget codes. By law, the college must purchase books through the Library since the Coop Bookstore is not accredited at the moment.Please take a moment to review the document here: urchasing-procedures.pdf.Faculty and staff may request us to purchase books to add to our library collection here: ollections-form.phpNew Databases AddedAs of this semester, we have added a number of new databases. These include the following: CanCorePS: all-Canadian video streaming library Naxos Music Library: 1.7 million recordings spanning medieval music to modern, electronic, pop, film soundtracks, and more Naxos Music Library Jazz: over 185,000 tracks of top jazz music from 400 labels Naxos Music Library World: music from around the world Naxos Spoken Word Library: classic audiobooks and independent publisher productions Naxos Video Library: 2,500 titles ranging from opera, ballet and concert performances to theater, master classes Naxos Works: information about classical musical works - instrumentation, duration, year of composition, composer biographies,music notesOur full list of databases can be found ses-find-articles/article-databases-by-title/In addition to these databases, Faculty are now welcomed to browse Kanopy (https://www.kanopy.com/) for video streaming content. Ifyou are interested in any of the films for your course(s), please speak with one of our librarians.Haritos Kavallos, The Learning CentreSpotted at Vanier: Northern Cardinal: Cardinalis cardinalisSince the addition of bird feeders near Vanier’s N building, there has been anincrease in bird species on campus. One species I’m happy report, is the northerncardinal. It appears we have a mated pair, but it is the male that is seen most often.An iconic northern species, most Canadians easily recognize this stunning, red birdwith the crest. Their namesake is due to the fact that the male’s beautiful redplumage reminded settlers of the rich red garments of Catholic cardinals. Femaleshave the same shape and crest as the male, but are a pale brown with red on thewings, tail and crest.Only a few female North American songbirds sing, and the female Northern Cardinalis one of them. She often sings while on the nest which may inform the male whento bring food. A mated pair shares song phrases, but the female often has a longer,more complex song.It has been observed that both male and female cardinals attack their own reflections in windows, car mirrors, or other reflective surfaces. Itis believed that they are mistaking their reflections for rival birds and think they are defending their territory against intruders. Male cardinalsare fiercely territorial and will even scold humans for getting too close to their space. The male that frequents the N building feeders chipsloudly at me when I go to refill them.Since cardinals are year round residents, we have the opportunity to observe them through all four seasons. I believe we have one regularpair that has been coming to the feeders for two years. I have not yet seen the fledglings. In winter, more cardinals come to feed, as there isless concern with territorial disputes.Cardinals are normally monogamous birds that mate for life, but will divorce if necessary to find a more suitable mate or find a new mate iftheir original partner perishes. Mated pairs often feed together with the male gently offering a seed to his mate in a kiss-like gesture. Theiraverage life span is around five years but the oldest recorded Northern Cardinal was a female that lived to be over 15.

Northern Cardinals diet consists primarily of seeds and fruit with supplementary insects and they are regular feeder visitors. They have welldeveloped, conical beaks, adapted to cracking seeds. During spring they capture insects to feed their young. Vanier is making an effort to planttree and shrub species that supply fruit for these and other species of wildlife and to increase habitat by planting a diversity of species thatsupply shelter and nesting space.If you are interested in learning more about birds visit the Cornell Lab of arch/Keep your eyes and ears open. There are many bird species and other wildlife here at Vanier College. Take the time to look around. You maybe surprised at what you see.Evelynne Barten, Environmental and Wildlife ManagementPSI NEWSConference of interestCheck out an upcoming conference on indigenous education that you may want to attend or make a presentation ecent funding grants received by VanierEntente Canada-QuébecDanielle Altidor (French) has received a grant for her project “Écrire et réagir contre le racisme et lesdiscriminations dans des perspectives antiracistes et interculturelles, » a project that aims to produce apublication and a conference about racism and anti-racist perspectives.Catherine Duranleau (French) has received a grant for her project « Le Nord :territoires et imaginaires, » which will support an interdisciplinary course that includesa trip to Quebec’s Côte-Nord.Krista Riley (PSI) has received a grant for a project entitled “Centre d’expertise enrecherche et en pédagogie de la diversité, » which will expand Vanier’s capacity toconduct and support research on diversity education.PAREALeila Bdeir (Humanities) and Krista Riley (PSI) have received a three-year grant for a project that will take a Participatory-Action Researchapproach to examine the experiences of Muslim students at the college level.Researcher email listAny members of the Vanier community who want to be kept up-to-date about research activities, workshops, and fund

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