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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 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding publication.
Vanier Communications students go behind the scenes at CTV Montreal
What better way to introduce students to the relevance and evolution of television broadcasting than to take them to one of Montreal's longest running broadcast stations? On October 21st, 2013, CTV welcomed our “Intro to Mass Media” class with a fantastic, behind-the-scenes tour of how they operate on a day-to-day level, including the wealth of research, details, and technical talent that fuels the city with “up-to-the-minute” news on a daily basis.
Our hosts also invited the students to apply for internships and to pitch stories for broadcast segments! The students came away inspired and amazed in ways that only an "on-location" activity can provide. You can be sure that more of these opportunities will fuel future classes!
Colleen Ayoup, Teacher, Communication: Art, Media, Theatre
Recycle red Vanier College bags
For teachers who would like to recycle the red Vanier College bags that they might have, please drop them off at the Print shop. Thank you.
Mike Demole, Printing Services
Thomas Mulcair to visit Vanier on February 13, 2014
On Thursday, February 13, 2014, the Honorable Thomas Mulcair, head of the NDP Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada is coming to visit Vanier and speak to the Vanier Community and our students in particular.
Mr. Mulcair is a Vanier graduate who went on to become a lawyer, university professor and politician. He will share his personal story of how he went from Vanier College to Leader of the Opposition and answer questions from the audience about issues of interest to the Vanier Community such as women in politics, leadership, discrimination and social justice and sustainability.
His talk is meant to inspire and motivate students to pursue their own dreams and passions. Mr. Mulcair’s presentation will take place from 1:00 to 2:15 PM in the Vanier Auditorium.
Please contact Sheila Das or Lora Terlizzese at [email protected] to confirm space for your class.
Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications
The 2014 Vanier College Humanities Symposium: Lying and other Misdirections
The Vanier College Humanities Symposium, Lying and Other Misdirections, will be held February 3 to 7. We are delighted to have Randal Marlin as our Keynote Speaker who will deliver his talk, “Truth, Lies and Propaganda: Seeking Ethical Communication in an Age of Spin,” on Tuesday, Feb. 4
th, at 8:30 –
10:00. See the full program at the end of Intercom.
Sheila Das, Humanities
Volume M 12, Issue No. 1, January 20, 2014
Vanier CAMT students tour CTV Montreal
"Stronger than a Rock" VCSA's Anti-Bullying Awareness Campaign
This semester, I decided to create an anti-bullying awareness committee for the Vanier College Students Association and a campaign that consists of three components: a short video, surveys, and an installation of rocks. The short campaign video consists of Vanier students giving words of advice to those who are overcoming bullying experiences. It also aims to promote the resources available to the students such as free psychological support through counselling (psychologists, counsellors, and the Student Advocate). The link for the video can be found on Vimeo and Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kGxW17jfN0 or https://vimeo.com/81459579 It was also screened during Vanier's Video Festival! As for the surveys collected from the students, the committee collected 250. The survey was used for research purposes, in order for us to find out whether or not bullying was present on campus, if students knew about the free services available at school, and if the effects of bullying continue to follow those who were targeted. Lastly, the "wall-of-rocks" consists of over 300 rocks painted by students over a course of three weeks. Each rock is unique and personalized by a student. As a collective, the stones represent the student body: unique, multicultural and diverse. We took an element from nature that can be seen as a weapon and turned it into something beautiful. In order for an individual to overcome a bullying experience, one needs love, support, integration, and a positive environment. Thus, the second layer added to these rocks symbolizes the protection from harm. The name "Stronger than a Rock" was inspired by my childhood experience. Getting rocks thrown at me in school seemed to be a normal occurrence, when I was a 7-year-old immigrant. I use to think this was an initiation to a new environment-a way to make new friends. The only way I could get better was through the support around me. This concept stuck to me throughout the years.
The project would not be where it is today, without the anti-bullying awareness committee, numerous volunteers, students, Keith Orkusz, Corrie Sirota (a social worker who had a workshop on bullying, during the Vanier Holocaust and Genocide Symposium), Leanne Rondeau (a psychologist who guided me through the process), the Student Services (C-203), Marguerite Corriveau (Vanier College Communications Officer) and Martin Siberok (CAMT Communications Coordinator) for helping me promote in school, the donations from my colleagues, sponsorship from the VCSA, feedback from several teachers in the Communications Department, Justin Visser (stone engraver from the United States), Benjamin Nikolajew for designing the project poster, Sabrina Laura Porselli for editing the short video, and John Lynch and his colleagues for helping with the installation of the rocks (Service Department- C-108). For more information or questions feel free to contact: Alexis Lahorra, VCSA Communications Coordinator and Chairperson of the VCSA Anti-Bullying Awareness Campaign (514) 744-7500 extension 7065 [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/strongerthanarock
Alexis Lahorra, VCSA
Vanier students raised over $5,000 to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Congratulations to VCSA Communications coordinator Alexis Lahorra and the other students who organized a fundraising event to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines last November. The event, which took place Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Club Soda on St-Laurent Blvd., featured more than 20 acts as well as poetry readings, dancing and singing. In total over $5,000 was raised with all the funds going to Sagip Migrante, a non-profit group that is helping the recovery efforts in the Philippines. To view a video from Global News that includes an interview with Alexis at the 2:28 mark go to: http://globalnews.ca/video/1063536/morning-news-headlines-monday-january-6
Darren Becker, Vanier Communications
Meg Sircom Memorial Scholarship Winner and Awards Ceremony
The English Department is very pleased to announce that the Meg Sircom Memorial Scholarship, a recognition of achievement in English and creative writing, has been awarded to David Hayeur, a Social Science student. David submitted an absorbing, epic prose fiction passage about war, famine, and royal lineage that evokes historical fantasy works from Guy Gavriel Kay to Game of Thrones! Two honourable mentions have also been awarded, to Bertha Boulingui (Social Science) and Kayla Gasperec (Communications). A brief awards ceremony will be held on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, in the Learning Centre Reading Room, at UB (beginning at 12:15). All Vanier students, staff and faculty are invited to attend. Coffee and snacks will be served. A small scholarship donation at the door ($2-$5) would be appreciated but is not required. Please come to show support for David and the other awardees, the scholarship, and the activity of creative writing amongst our students. It would be wonderful if teachers could send a MIO message to your students with the above information, inviting them to attend. Congratulations to David and the other honourees!
Dana Bath, English Department
Two outstanding Vanier Business Admin Grads making their mark at university
Two of our Business Administration and 2012 Vanier Case competition team members are enjoying success representing the John Molson School of Business. Julia Ferrera won a gold medal in Marketing at the recently held Jeux de Commerce beating out 13 other university teams while Gregory Rocha won a silver medal at the highly prestigious Queens University ICBC Case Competition. Congratulations to both of them!
David Moscovitz, Business Administration
Academic Advising
This is the place to send students who have questions about:
their current program, Diploma requirements, changing programs
registration, course load, course sequencing
academic policies and procedures; e.g., reduced course load, withdrawals, standing & advancement
university programs, prerequisites, entrance requirements, R score, application procedures
alternative career paths
Debora Resnick, Academic Advising
Vanier Cafeteria menu and news
After many requests, the Cafeteria is now accepting debit card payments with a minimum $5 purchase. Check out this week’s Main Menu for January 20, 2014 attached at the end of Intercom. Cafeteria Hours
Main Cafeteria: Monday to Friday, 7:00am to 3:30pm
N-Building: Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 3:30pm
Jake’s Mall: January 20 – 24, open 7 am to 4 pm
Beginning January 27: Monday to Thursday 7
am to 7:30 pm and Friday from 7 am to 4 pm
If you have questions, comments or suggestions please contact Chantal Riffon, Vanier Cafeteria, extension 7938.
Chantal Riffon, Vanier Cafeteria
Day Advising
Room A-201 (ext. 7556) - individual appointments or drop-ins - Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 12 pm
and 1 pm – 4:30 pm
Continuing Education Advising
Room A-201 (ext. 7566) - individual appointments or drop-ins - Monday to Thursday 10 am – 12 pm
Room E-114 (ext. 7566) - drop-ins only - Monday to Thursday 4 pm to 6 pm - Friday 2 pm to 4:30 pm
Commerce and Business Administration students helped raise funds for the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation
On December 16
th and 17
th, 2013, Vanier Commerce and Business
Administration students participated in the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation Gift-Wrapping event. Vanier students donated their time and good will to a good cause: raising funds for the Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation. The role of the LGH Foundation is to purchase specialized equipment and support much needed Emergency Services infrastructure improvements. I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the 15 students who participated and made the Gift-Wrapping event a success. In the photo we have: Sonia Gualtieri, Chantal Hudon, Rajdeep Kaur, Nayiri Tufenkdjian and Elizabeth Bruno in the background.
Gerry La Rocca, Commerce Department
The PDO presents: Magna Online Workshops
Helping Introverts Thrive in an
Active Learning Classroom
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
F-217 (PDO)
For more information on the
content of this workshop please see
the Magna webpage.
Please register by contacting us at
Jennifer Mitchell, Pedagogical Development Office
Vanier College Water Week February 3 to 7
Student volunteers have been busy over the holidays preparing our installation for Water Week. Kenneth Tse, Mariana Gabriela, Stacey Olynek, Fatimah Rehman and Daniela Monzon Leotaud , led by Nick Segura, the sustainability stagiaire, have prepared evocative art work that portrays some of the important dynamics present in the global water crisis. The interactive art installation will be on display from February 3
rd
to 7th
in the Student Mall. Volunteers will lead students or staff individually through the exhibit which makes links between plastics, pollution, oil, agriculture, climate change and the individual’s relationship to water. Also as part of Water Week, a 20-minute presentation is ready for teachers who wish to explore water within the context of their subject. This can be done in English or French. Please contact Richard Dugas to arrange for the brief presentation or to arrange a tour of the exhibit with your class.
Richard Dugas, Student Services
Mathematics & Science Centre
Happy 2014! We hope that the New Year has started off well for everyone. Now that we are back, here is some information outlining what we have coming up as well as some opportunities to get involved. What is the Math & Science Centre? The Centre is a large, interactive study space located on the top floor of the Vanier Library, F-540. There can up be up to a hundred students in the Centre who use the space to do group study, to work on one of the 21 computer stations, to consult math and science textbooks, or to see tutors and teachers for help. Tutoring Service Please note that our tutoring service is starting earlier this semester. Students can receive drop-in and private tutoring as of January 23
rd. Drop-in tutoring operates Monday to Friday, 10am
to 4pm with extended hours and possible Sunday hours to be announced at a later point. Teacher Volunteers The Centre benefits greatly from the active involvement of faculty. As such, we are looking for teachers who would like to
volunteer up to 1.5 hours a week to help students in the Math & Science Centre. If you are interested, please e-mail us at [email protected] with your preferred weekly timeslot. Centre Hours Although our hours of operation are subject to change throughout the semester, we are normally open from 7:45am to 7pm on Monday to Thursday, 7:45am to 4:30pm on Fridays, and 9am to 3:30pm on Sundays. Classroom Visits As part of our awareness campaign, at a teacher’s invitation, we conduct short 5 minute classroom visits in order to inform students of the services and enrichment activities that we offer throughout the semester. If you would like us to visit your classroom, please e-mail us at [email protected] with your preferred timeslot and location. Puzzle of the Week Every week, a new math or science puzzle goes up on the bulletin board near the Centre’s entrance. Students who correctly solve a puzzle are entered into a draw where they have the chance of winning a prize at the end of the semester.
Upcoming Competitions
Canadian Computing Competition & AMC12 Math Competition
The American Mathematics Contest and the Canadian Computing
Competition will be taking place at Vanier on February 20th
(12
noon) and 25th
(9am) respectively. The February 5th
deadline to
sign up for these is quickly approaching however. Interested
students can find out more and sign up online at:
http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/msc/event-registration.php
Continuation of International Virtual Competitions at Vanier We are looking for teachers to help us establish international competition possibilities for our students in math, physics, English, and chess. Vanier has a highly competitive partner in Romania, the National College of Mircea cel Batran. We already held a virtual chess competition with this school last year, which was highly successful, and now we want to offer follow-up competitions. However, we need help in designing the competitions and in supporting our students as they prepare for the competitions. This is an exciting project with the possibility of other Canadian, European, and American partners in the future. If you would be willing to coach or if you would like to work with Romanian colleagues in designing the competitions, write to us at [email protected] or drop by the Centre. We particularly would appreciate a chess coach so that we can win the next competition!
Do you have any questions? Please feel free to contact us at
[email protected] with any inquiries.
Furthermore, please encourage your students to visit us.
Haritos Kavallos, Math & Science Centre
Teaching Tip: More Ice Breakers!
Classes are about to begin and we’ll have a whole new group of students to get to know. Here are some more ice breakers that you can use to help that process. For each of these ice breakers you should join in so the students can get to know you as well. Remember that ice breaker activities can also be done on the second, third, fourth day and on. This allows students to continue to get to know one another and allows the students who registered late or missed the first class to get to know you and their follow classmates.
Getting to Know You Have students break into pairs and get them to interview their partners with three questions. Here are some suggestions for questions:
1. Their names 2. One thing they don’t
understand from the course outline
3. Something interesting or personal
1. Their names 2. Something unique
about themselves 3. One word that
describes them that starts with the same letter as their first name
After giving students a few minutes to discuss, bring the group back together and have them introduce their partner to the class.
Dr. Maryellen Weimer suggests a variation of this activity in her article on Faculty Focus. In her version you can take a speed dating approach where you have students form two rows with their chairs facing one another. You then have student interview their partners with three questions. Once they have completed ask students from one row to move one chair down (like in speed dating) and ask them to repeat the activity with their new partner.
Non-Verbal Teamwork For this ice breaker you will need room for everyone to stand up and move around. Tell students that as a group their task is to get into a line where they (and you) are in alphabetical order by everyone’s first name. Then tell them the real challenge: everyone has to do it without talking. Once everyone is in a line ask them if they think they’ve got it right or if they want to make changes, try to build up tension before you reveal how successful you were as a team. Then have each student (and you) say their name and see if the group succeeded in getting everyone in order. You can also do this activity with birth dates.
For more Ice Breakers and suggestions on getting to know your students better, check out the following: Ice Breakers Teaching Tip: Ice Breaker Suggestions for a Great Start to the Semester Teaching Tip: Learning Students’ Names
Jennifer Mitchell and Tim Comerford, Pedagogical Development Office
Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono/
Freedigitalphotos.net
Judges needed for the 2014 CRC Robotics Competition
For the second time in three years, Vanier College will be hosting the CRC Robotics Competition. The event takes place from Thursday Feb. 20 to Saturday Feb. 22. This is an annual event in which teams from high schools and CEGEPs across the Montreal region build a robot designed to perform some task in competition with other robots. Vanier has participated in this competition for about 10 years, and this year we are lucky to be hosting the event again. For three days, the Sports Complex will be invaded by hundreds of eager and ambitious high school and CEGEP students. This will be an excellent opportunity to show high school students what a great place Vanier would be for their college education. In addition to designing, building and operating a robot, each robotics team must also build a display space (a kiosk). The main goal of this message is to recruit a team of Vanier Community members to judge the kiosks. Each kiosk covers a floor area 12 feet square and must include a space for maintenance and repairs to the robot as well as provide information for guests and judges. We are expecting over 30 such kiosks being set up in Gyms B and C of the Sports Complex. Ideally, we will need about 30 to 35 judges to keep the judging load to a reasonable level. Each judge will be given a brief training session and a detailed judging form. The kiosk judging will take place on the Friday morning and afternoon and will require a few hours of your time at most. We would like to have a team of judges with a broad range of backgrounds from technical to artistic or just people who like to interact with students. No experience is required. Being bilingual is an asset (but not a requirement) as many of the teams will be from French schools. To get a better sense of the scope of the competition, visit the CRC website, www.robo-crc.ca. If you are interested in acting as a judge and/or if you have any questions, please contact Mauro Di Renzo at [email protected] by Friday, February 7. Hope to see you at the Robotics Competition.
Mauro Di Renzo, Chemistry Department, on behalf of the Robotics Competition Organizing Committee
Human Resources Reorganization
The Human Resources Department (HR) has begun its reorganization and is working towards a simplified and more efficient way of providing services to the Vanier community. Here is an overview of the changes that took place or will be taking place in the next few weeks. The overall HR structure has been changed: the division between “Faculty Affairs/Teaching” and “Benefits and Non-Teaching” no longer exists. The previous sectors have now been replaced by “Talent Acquisition” and “Human Resources Operations”. The “Talent Acquisition” sector is responsible for the selection and hiring processes, new employee integration as well as employment equity and professional development for all teaching and non-teaching personnel. Andrea Di Domenico, Coordinator for this sector, is supported by two staff members, Judy Martin, Secretary/Receptionist, and Elisa Marcel, temporarily filling the Talent Acquisition Administrative Support Agent position until a permanent incumbent is selected. The “Human Resources Operations” sector manages all elements in teaching and non-teaching employees’ lifecycle: contracts, classification and remuneration, benefits, leaves, retirement, etc. Two HR Operations Technicians, Angela Pacitto and Joanne Tsatoumas, are now the resource persons to contact regarding these aspects, and are reporting to Johanna Cosentino, Coordinator. A third Operation Technician is expected to complete the team in the near future. A Human Resources Advisor for Special Projects, Joanie Robert, has also joined the team for a 1-year mandate and will develop and improve policies, processes and procedures related to Human Resources management throughout the College. She will also play an important role in building tools and presenting readily available information on the HR webpage. A full contact list is presented and regularly updated on the HR “Contact” webpage. Please consult it to identify whom you should contact for all your inquiries. We will continue to monitor the transition process and ensure a progress report is made at the end of March. If you have any ideas or suggestions as to improving our services, please contact Joanie Robert at 7208 or [email protected].
Joanie Robert, Human Resources
Religious Holy Days
I would like to remind faculty members of the College's policy and procedures regarding religious holy days. The only holidays formally recognized by Vanier's Academic Calendar are those set by law or by the collective agreements and which impact on faculty, staff and students. These are Labour Day, Thanksgiving, the Christmas break, Good Friday, Easter Monday and Victoria Day.
Other religious holy days, such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover (Jewish) and Id al-Fitr (Islamic) amongst others, are not recognized in the Academic Calendar. On such days the College functions normally and classes take place as usual. The students who are absent for religious reasons should not suffer a penalty related only to their absence. They are responsible for the material covered in the classes and labs which they miss, just as with other absences. Faculty, however, should avoid giving examinations on these days, or should provide a suitable alternative to the students who will be fulfilling their religious obligations. Faculty should realize that Jewish Holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the holiday. Late afternoon exams should be avoided on these days, if possible, in order to permit students to be at home by sundown. I would like to suggest that faculty request that their students inform them in writing within the first week of classes of the particular date(s), time(s) and name(s) of the religious holy day(s) on which they will be absent. Alternative arrangements convenient to both students and faculty can then be made.
In order to provide the full class time for the students, faculty who are absent for religious holy days should make every effort to see that their classes meet as usual. There are two ways to provide substitute teachers for your classes:
1. Find a teacher qualified to teach in your discipline who would be willing to "swap" classes with you, at no cost to the College, and inform the Faculty Dean in writing prior to the absence. This notification must include the name of the religious holy day(s) and the date(s) of absence, the scheduled classes for these days and the name of the substitute teacher(s).
2. Notify the College as per the normal absence reporting procedures. Since you are officially absent, the College will apply the Substitute Teachers Policy.
Absences on religious holy days should be reported by clicking on Teachers on the College’s home page (http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca) then on Omnivox; log in on Omnivox and then click on Teachers Absences. You can also call the Class Cancellation number, 744-7500, ext. 7940, a few days in advance of the absence.
Wanda Kalina, Office of the Academic Dean
Students from Vanier, John Abbott, Dawson and Cégep du Vieux-Montréal about to leave for the 2014 Montréal-Gaspé Exchange
On January 15th
, 22 students from four Montreal Colleges (Vanier College, Dawson College, John-Abbott College and Cégep du Vieux-Montréal) left to spend the Winter semester studying at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Iles in Gaspé. Started 4 years ago with a grant from Entente Canada-Québec, this initiative has grown in terms of the number of students and Cegeps involved. What began with 4 students from Vanier has grown to 22 students from 4 Montréal Cegeps. This project was created to help stop declining enrollment in regional Cegeps and to offer city students an opportunity to experience life in one of Québec’s spectacular regions. Most of the participants are in their 2
nd or 4
th semester in Social Science
and register in courses that are part of their program. While in Gaspé, they live in the College’s residence which is attached to the school. This in itself is a pleasant surprise for students used to travelling over an hour morning and night to get to school! For
most of these students this is also the first time they are living on their own and experiencing all the choices, challenges and opportunities that go with it.
In Gapsé, students get to be part of a close-knit, small community. In addition to taking courses, the students also participate in outdoor activities organized by the College, such as weekend skiing, winter camping, and backpacking. Every year students return from Gaspé with incredible memories, increased self-confidence and new friendships. The five participating Colleges are working to ensure this project continues and eventually expands as other schools join in. Organizers want to reinforce the idea of cooperation among colleges and underline the importance of regional Colleges in their respective areas as well as the value of offering students the widest possible range of educational experiences.
Mark Prentice, Social Science
The 2014 VANIER COLLEGE HUMANITES SYMPOSIUM Feb. 3rd – Feb. 7th
LIES AND OTHER MISDIRECTIONS
MONDAY, February 3rd
10:00 – 11:30 MATTHEW BEHRENS (TASC and Homes not Bombs)
Making Visible the Invisible: How nonviolent direct action can expose, confront, and transform situations of injustice
This talk will demonstrate how grass roots efforts tackle corporate and governmental secrecy and lack of accountability, and how, on
the other hand, rationales from private property to national security are used to perpetuate injustice based on secrets and lies.
Specific examples include exposing Canadian complicity in the torture of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin,
and also finding church sanctuary for refugees at risk of deportation to torture.
2:30 – 4:00 SEVAK MANJIKIAN (Vanier College)
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong's lies and deceit have harmed the image of professional cycling and the sport in general. However, his actions also
mirror some of the unethical and dangerous behaviour currently being normalized in various levels of society today. This
presentation will track Armstrong's rise and fall and juxtapose his journey with some of the lack of ethics exhibited in certain sectors
of North American society.
TUESDAY, February 4th
8:30 – 10:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: RANDAL MARLIN (Carleton University, Philosophy)
Truth, Lies and Propaganda: Seeking ethical communication in an Age of Spin
Manipulative discourse is ever-present in the modern world. Recognizing different forms of propaganda is important for preserving
autonomy. But artless expression of unvarnished truth can also run afoul of ethical norms such as charity and considerateness. This
lecture will explore different aspects and dimensions of truth, goodness and beauty as they apply to the ethics of communication in
both personal and political spheres.
4:00 – 5:30 SCOTT TAYLOR (contributor to the Halifax Herald, the Embassy Magazine, Ottawa Citizen, Maclean’s magazine, the
Globe and Mail, Indian Defense Review, and Al Jazeera.)
(FILM) MYTHS FOR PROFIT : Canada’s role in industries of war and peace
A dramatic, exposé documentary unveils the specific interests and profits that are made by certain corporations, individuals and
agencies within Canada. By debunking three primary myths of peacekeeping, reconstruction, and defense, the film probes the
possible motives underpinning these misrepresentations, and reveals who may stand to gain by maintaining these misconceptions.
Only by breaking down these myths can we hope to understand how these systems of power operate, and then help empower
people across Canada to challenge them.
WEDNESDAY, February 5th
10:30 – 12:00 MIA CONSALVO (Concordia University, Communications)
Cheating and Social Network Games: Cheating 2.0?
Almost everyone cheats in videogames at some point. That’s what early research about cheating in games has told us. But how do
things change when we consider games that are played via Facebook and other social network platforms, compared to Xbox 360 or
Playstation 3 games? Do players' views about cheating and their specific cheating practices change as a result of a shift between
gaming platforms? This talk looks at players and how their views about cheating change (or not) when games move to social
networks, and also how social network platforms themselves shape the possibilities for cheating or not in regular gameplay.
1:30 – 3:00 SPECIAL HUMANITIES LECTURE: NEIL CAPLAN (Scholar in residence, Vanier; Concordia, History)
The Elusive Quest for Truth in the Israel-Palestine Conflict Perhaps more than other unresolved, protracted international disputes, the Israel-Palestine conflict poses special challenges for
neutral observers, owing to more than a century of disinformation, propaganda, and indoctrination. Each of the contesting parties
has built up its own exclusivist narratives based on fear of “the other” and feelings of righteous victimhood, resulting in distortions,
delusions and multiple conflicting versions of “the truth.” This talk will examine the obstacles not only to discovering “the truth”
about the conflict, but even the more modest goal of generating a corpus of reliable and even-handed scholarship on the subject.
3:30 – 5:00 DAVID KOLOSZYC (Vanier College)
On Truth and Lies in the Psychoanalytic Sense
This presentation will discuss some key concepts that inform Freud’s understanding of self-deception and the manner in which his ideas concerning the relationship between truth and fiction, fantasy and reality, and reason and desire offer a significant reinterpretation of the Enlightenment project’s central principles: progress, education, and liberty.
THURSDAY, February 6th
8:30 – 10:00 BRIAN ABOUD (Vanier College)
Spaces of Deception: Urban change and its concealments--the case of the Syrian neighbourhood in Old Montreal between 1900 and the 1930s. This presentation explores the idea of deception in relation to urban space and especially to change in urban space using, as an illustrative case, the emergence/appearance of a Syrian neighbourhood in Old Montreal at the beginning of the 20th century and its subsequent dissolution and disappearance some thirty years later. Several central propositions include: that urban change effects a kind of deception; that this deception obscures or conceals a range of human actions and social relations that shaped and produced the space; that strategies of challenging the deception - e.g. reconstruction – may effect a deception of their own.
10:00 -11:30 DAVID SHANTZ (Archambault Correctional Institute)
If We Knew the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth, Would It Really Help Us to Live Truthfully? Within the Canadian Justice system both the offender and the victim are required to declare the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. At first glance this appears to be a foolproof method of obtaining a conviction. In reality this is not what happens. The offender and the victim each desire the truth of the event to be slanted in their favor. How can we discern not only motives and intentions but also their bias and prejudice which misdirect the discerning process? Since truth distortion is accepted at a very early age, the tolerance of deception sadly becomes entrenched in society. Is there any benefit to living truthfully?
FRIDAY, February 7th
8:30 – 10:00 MARIKA HADZIPETROS (Vanier College)
Lying with Facts: Conspiracy theories and truth-telling People often find conspiracy theories attractive when they suspect they are being deceived. Conspiracy theories provide a truth that confirms this suspicion: these are the people lying to you, and this how they manipulate you. One of the strengths of such theories is that they present evidence that is easily confirmed, or generally known. Although conspiracy theories often provide many facts to support their allegations, they use these facts as a means of deception. Taking facts out of context is a particularly insidious way to deceive. It provides a compelling version of events, but invites the curious to “check” on its claims.
10:00 – 11:30 KATIE GIBBS (Evidence for Democracy; University of Ottawa, Biology)
No science, No evidence, No truth, No democracy There have been drastic changes to science in Canada in recent years. These changes have happened in three distinct ways: reduction in the ability of government scientists to communicate their research to the public, the erosion of our science capacity, and a reduction in the role of evidence in policy decisions. Science and evidence are essential elements for a functioning democracy. These concerns have led to a more vocal scientific community as well as the formation of Evidence for Democracy - a new science-led, national, non-partisan, non-profit organization advocating for science and evidence-based policies in Canada.
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SOUPE / POTAGE
KETTLE CLASSICS
Soupe au poulet et auxnouilles
Chicken and noodle soup
Soupe aux tomates à la thaïeTomato Thaï soup
Soupe aux lentilles àl’asiatique
Asian lentil soup
Soupe au bœuf et à l’orgeBeef and barley soup
Soupe au porc et aux nouillesPork and noodle soup
Crème de poireauxCream of leek
Crème de chou-fleurCream of cauliflower
Crème de brocoliCream of broccoli
Crème de légumesCream of vegetables
Choix du chefChef’s choice
SAVEURS DU MONDEOption végétarienne
Possibilité quotidienne deremplacer le plat principal par
une salade de fèves ou delégumes secs (175 ml)
du bar à salades
WORLD FLAVOURSVeggie Option
A bean or legume salad (175 ml)will be offered daily at thesalad bar as a vegetarian
substitute to the main dish
Ragoût de bœuf San DiegoSan Diego beef stew
Option végétarienneCari de lentilles
Veggie OptionLentil curry
Option végétarienneGratin de brocoli et de riz
Veggie OptionGratin with broccoli and rice
Pâté chinoisShepherd’s pie
Pâtes du jourPasta of the day
Morue grillée au fourOven-baked cod
Poulet à la sauce hoisinChicken with hoisin sauce
Pâtes à la GigiPasta Gigi
Roulé de poissonet salade asiatique
Wrap fish and Asian salad
Option végétarienneFrittata aux épinards
Veggie OptionSpinach frittata
Option végétarienneMacaroni au fromage gratiné
Veggie OptionCheese macaroni au gratin
Effiloché de porc barbecueBBQ pulled pork
Bœuf bourguignonBeef burgundy
Option végétariennePanini aux légumes grillés et
au fromage de chèvreVeggie Option
Grilled vegetables andgoat cheese panini
Bœuf sauté aux légumes vertsSautéed beef with green vegetables
AccompagnementSide dish
Riz pilafPilaf rice
Pommes de terre à l’ailet aux fines herbes
Garlic and fine herbs potatoes
Purée de pommes de terreMashed potatoes
Riz brunBrown rice
Nouilles de rizRice noodles
Légumes / SaladeVegetables / Salad
Mélange de légumesà la californienne
California-style vegetable medley
Macédoine de légumesMixed vegetables
Mélange de légumesde la récolte
Mixed vegetable harvest
Mélange de légumesà la scandinave
Mixed vegetables Scandinavian
LentillesLentils
Salade verteGreen salad
Salade de carottesaux agrumes
Carrot salad with citrus
Salade CésarCaesar salad
Salade de pois chiches et cariChick pea salad and curry
Salade de légumesVegetable salad
Desserts Tous les jours, il y aura un choix de fruits en coupe, de desserts à base de lait, de yogourts, de desserts à base de grains entiers et de fruits frais.A selection of fruit cups, milk-based desserts, yogurts, whole grain-based desserts, and fresh fruits will be available every day.
