Referral Form: Early Alert Support Vanier Music Students ......The Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (TASC) has developed pedagogical workshops on a variety of topics relating to

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.

Referral Form: Early Alert Support The Early Alert Support referral form is available online for teachers to refer at-risk students to the Academic Success Advisor. Teachers are encouraged to fill out the online referral form as soon as it becomes noticeable that a student is likely to fail and requires support beyond help understanding course content. Referred students will be invited to meet with the Academic Success Advisor, who will work with students, or refer them to the relevant resource(s), and follow up to help ensure the student receives the necessary support. Please don’t hesitate to contact me should you want further information: extension 7568 or [email protected]. Referral form: Early Alert Support: https://goo.gl/forms/k2MxXEMbkFwjVXyd2

Cari Clough, Tutoring and Academic Success Centre, E-308

Call for Vanier College 50th Anniversary celebration ideas

In August 2020, Vanier will be celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Since it first opened its doors in 1970, more than 200,000 students

have studied at Vanier. If you have ideas or suggestions of projects

or events to help celebrate Vanier’s 50th, please send them to me

at [email protected].

Darren Becker, Communications and Corporate Affairs

Vanier Music Students in Threepenny Opera Production

Well, here we are coming into the last week of February, and there are some special concerts coming up—both on and off campus. For example, The National Theatre School of Canada is staging a graduating student production Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, which opens in February 27, 8:00 pm, at the Monument-National (1182, Saint-Laurent Boulevard). The production includes a live 6-piece band, which includes 3 Vanier College music students: Cedric Picard on Clarinet & Alto Saxophone, Kayla Wiley on Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone and Chris Uhbi on Guitar. You can find the promotional video for the production at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqpJjdg224Q. And here are some FB posts to share: https://www.facebook.com/entnts.montreal/posts/1552868411429240. Congratulations to our students on their upcoming performance!

Glen Ethier, Department of Music

Volume M20, Issue No. 6, February 26, 2018

2017

Vanier College & ESG UQAM Team Up to Launch a New Accelerated DEC-BAC program in Marketing

Vanier College is pleased to announce that, beginning this year, students that excel can enroll in a new accelerated business program given

jointly by Vanier College and École des sciences de la gestion at Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG UQAM).

This program will enable students to obtain their DEC in Business Management (Marketing - 410.D0) from Vanier College as well as a Bachelor

in Business Administration (B.B.A.) from ESG UQAM in just over 4 years of full-time study, instead of the six years normally required to

complete both programs. At Vanier, students will follow an accelerated marketing and general business curriculum for four semesters that

will culminate in an internship in industry, and possibly an international exchange in France. At ESG UQAM, students will have the option to

select one of seven concentrations: Marketing, International Management, Finance, Management Technology, Human Resource

Management, Management, or Operations Management.

Application

To apply to the accelerated program, students need to be accepted into Vanier’s Business Management (Marketing - 410.D0) program.

Students that achieve an R score of 28 or higher in their first semester are eligible for the accelerated program, and must maintain this average

over their four semesters at Vanier. As of their second semester at Vanier, students will follow a modified and more intensive curriculum.

Bilingualism and International Experience

At École des sciences de la gestion, students can choose from a vast selection of courses offered in both English and French. They also have

the possibility of doing a second internship at the end of their program, as well as participating in an international exchange. ESG has exchange

agreements with over 160 international partners, of which 15 are among the 100 best business schools in the world.

“The new DEC-BAC program is an exciting opportunity for strong, motivated students who want to quickly develop superior business skills in

both English and French” said Andrew Gates, Business Administration teacher at Vanier College. For more information about the accelerated

program please contact Andrew at [email protected] or 514 -744-7500 ext 7225.

Marguerite Corriveau, Vanier Communications

Cafeteria Special: Sushis pop-up shop

Bento sushis will be at your restaurant on the first day of March. Come and get your box from 11h. First come,

first served!

For more exclusive information: https://www.facebook.com/FoodServiceVanier/

Mélissa Therrien, Cafeteria Services

Architectural Technology students visit the historic Mount Stephen Club hotel

Teachers Michael Lancione and Jeff Johnston accompanied Architectural Technology students on a guided visit to the Mount Stephen Club hotel, designated a “national historic monument” by both provincial and federal governments. This Renaissance-style mansion was built in 1883 before being transformed into an elite “social club” in 1926 and as a hotel in 2016. The original exterior sculpted limestone walls and stained-glass windows, and interior wood, marble and gold décor have been carefully restored by Tidan Hospitality Group. Pictured are the students sitting on the grand central stairway (photo at right courtesy Claudia Dang).

Michael Lancione, Architectural Technology

Vanier Indigenous Circle Events, February 2018 The Vanier Indigenous Circle invites all members of the Vanier community to two events. We would appreciate it if you shared this information with your students and colleagues! Wednesday, February 28, 8:30AM to 9:45AM in A401: Christopher Herodier Snowboy, author and storyteller from Chisasibi, Eeyou Istchee (Eastern James Bay), will be sharing stories and songs with the class Native Peoples of the Americas. We have room for about 15 extra people – all are welcome! Wednesday, February 28, 5:45PM: We are meeting in front of the main entrance of Vanier’s F wing and we will take the metro to Espace Culturel Ashukan for the screening of HI-HO MISTAHEY! In this feature-length documentary, Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for First Nations children. Strong participation in this initiative eventually brings Shannen's Dream all the way to the United Nations in Geneva. More information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/269046220292464/?event_time_id=269046226959130 Please sign up with Jacky Vallée if you plan to attend. If you cannot meet with us at Vanier, you are welcome to meet us directly at the event, which starts at 7PM at 431 Place Jacques-Cartier, Montreal.

Jacky Vallée, Vanier Indigenous Circle

Introducing 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, 11am-1pm Wednesday, 10am-12pm Thursdays, 10am-2pm If you have any questions, please email Kim Muncey, [email protected]

Kim Muncey, Jen Mitchell, Ruby Viray and Vanessa Vandergrift, TASC

In-Class Pedagogical Interventions and Workshops The Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (TASC) has developed pedagogical workshops on a variety of topics relating to the development

of soft skills. The workshops can be as brief as 15 minutes, or take as long as an hour. It is possible to custom-tailor elements of any workshop

to better suit your specific class or assignment(s). It is also possible to combine workshops or elements from several workshops. If there is

something you see your class struggling with, and it’s not on this list, I am happy to design something specific for your class’s needs. Please

note that these workshops are also available for Continuing Education classes. Workshop topics include:

Avoiding Plagiarism / MLA and APA Referencing

Time Management and Avoiding Procrastination

Study Skills

Essay Writing

Oral Presentations

Note-Taking

Reading

Brainstorming

Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Writing Better Sentences

If you would like to book or discuss a workshop, or a list with the workshop descriptions, please contact me ([email protected]

or x7564)

Kim Muncey, Tutoring and Academic Success Centre (TASC)

Needed: Homestay families

The Language School is hosting several groups this June and July and is looking for homestay hosts. Students are here to learn French, so a

French-speaking or bilingual environment is preferred.

As a host, you must provide the following:

Private bedroom (2 students per room is acceptable)

3 meals per day (packed lunch to school)

Airport pick-up and drop-off

A warm and welcoming environment

Access to laundry facilities

OPUS pass

Families are compensated $200 per week, plus the expense of the OPUS pass. If you are interested, please click on this link to complete an

application form: http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/homestay/family-application-form/

Georgiana Guica, Language School

PSI News

Entente Canada-Quebec Applications are now open for funding from Entente Canada-Quebec for the 2018-2019 academic year. ECQ funds a broad range of projects

linked to teaching in the language of the minority and second-language teaching, up to $150 000 per project per year. All documents related

to the application, including this year's application guide and the application form, are available at the following link:

http://www.education.gouv.qc.ca/references/publications/resultats-de-la-recherche/detail/article/entente-canada-quebec-relative-a-

lenseignement-dans-la-langue-de-la-minorite-et-a-lenseignement-de/. (Please note the updated link since last week's Intercom.)

This year's ECQ applications are due on March 9, 2018. A first draft must be submitted internally to Krista Riley before March 1 to ensure

that the necessary support from the college can be obtained in time. Any drafts that will need translating into French must be submitted to

Krista by February 23 at the latest to ensure sufficient time for translation.

Please contact Krista Riley as soon as possible if you are thinking of applying.

Improvements to Program Dashboards We are planning on making several improvements to the standard Program Dashboards for 2018. The changes are based on feedback from

Program Coordinators, as well as external factors such as the availability of better data sources. We presented these changes to FABSS on

February 7th and will present them to FST on March 7th. If you have any feedback you would like to see incorporated into this year’s

dashboards, please contact Jane Hudson as soon as possible.

Two programs have requested to change their comparison group on the “Following Cohorts” dashboard page from “Public” (the entire

public network) to “Anglo” (the English colleges, both public and private). Any other programs that would like to discuss changing their

comparison group are invited to get in touch with Jane Hudson.

Elana Cooperberg, Pedagogical Support and Innovation

2017-2018 TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Academic Council’s 2017-2018 Teaching Excellence Award Committee is calling for nominations for this year’s award. Here is an excellent opportunity for a student to show a teacher or for a teacher to show a colleague appreciation for his/her work and commitment to the profession. Nomination forms are available on the College website at http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/teachers/files/2018/02/teaching-excellence-form.pdf Copies are also available at the Faculty Deans’ Offices, the Academic Dean’s Office, Student Services and the V.C.S.A. office. You are strongly encouraged to submit the nomination form to the 2017-2018 Teaching Excellence Award Committee, c/o Office of the Academic Dean (F220), or [email protected], by Friday, April 6, 2018. In addition to the nomination form, all supporting documentation must be submitted to the Committee in a sealed envelope by Monday, April 20, 2018. All nominations and selection deliberations are kept strictly confidential.

Olga Mardas, on behalf of Academic Council’s 2017-2018 Teaching Excellence Award Committee

Academic Council

AGENDA

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

1. Welcome and Introductions

2. Approval of the Agenda

3. Approval of the Minutes of January 26, 2018

4. Business Arising from the Minutes

5. Main Business

i. Items for Recommendation

a) Request – Paralegal Technology (A-C. Banville)

b) Self Evaluation Framework (CEEC) (A-C. Banville)

ii. Items for Consultation

a) Complementary Course Offerings (S. Tardif)

6. Reports, Announcements and Correspondence

a) First Round Admissions - Fall 2018 (S. Tardif)

b) Winter 2018 Validated Enrollment (S. Tardif)

c) Teaching Excellence Award Nominations (A-C. Banville)

d) New Science Program (M. Sendbuehler)

e) PED DAY Report (PED Animation Committee)

7. Varia

8. Adjournment

Olga Mardas, on behalf of Academic Council

Semaine de la FRANCOPHONIE 2018 au Cégep Vanier 26 février au 2 mars 2018

Conférences, rencontres, causeries, films, documentaires, concours vidéo et concours d’écriture : la Semaine de la francophonie 2018, organisée par le département de français, est, encore une fois cette année, riche en activités se déroulant en français dans notre collège! Cette semaine célèbre non seulement la langue française, mais aussi celles et ceux qui la font rayonner dans leurs milieux respectifs. Qu’elles ou qu’ils soient artistes, linguistes, journalistes, députés, conseillers, auteurs, réalisateurs, professeurs, étudiants ou militants, elles et ils sont nombreux à avoir accepté notre invitation à venir nous rencontrer. Vous êtes donc, étudiants, professeurs et employés du cégep Vanier, chaleureusement invités à assister aux conférences, à participer aux discussions, à visionner les documentaires et les films et à participer aux divers concours organisés à l’occasion de cette semaine. Votre présence vous permettra notamment de découvrir des personnes aux compétences et aux talents multiples, d’apprécier encore

plus votre appartenance au monde francophone et d’accroître votre compréhension du Québec d’aujourd’hui. Bonne semaine à toutes et à tous ! Consultez le programme au complet en ligne ou à la fin d’Intercom.

Catherine Duranleau, Département de français, [email protected]

International Women’s Week, March 5 – 9 | Disruptions: Reimagining Media, Gender and Representation

Vanier will again be commemorating International Women’s Day (March 8) with a week’s worth of speakers and

events. Our theme this year is Disruptions: Reimagining Media, Gender and Representation.

The full program and schedule is attached to this issue of Intercom.

Maggie Kathwaroon, Women’s and Gender Studies, [email protected]

26th Annual Symposium on the Holocaust and Genocide The 26th Annual Symposium o the Holocaust and Genocide, April 9-13, 2018 entitled Civic Responsibility: Toward Dialogue is quickly

approaching. Although we don’t have all the speakers lined up, I would like to give an advanced view of the speakers we have available so

that teachers can begin booking speakers into their classrooms. Please contact me as soon as you are able to ensure that we can get you the

speaker of your choice.

Speakers that will present in the Auditorium

Our Honorary Chairman is Dr. Charles Asher Small, one of Vanier’s Social Science alumni who later received his Bachelor of Arts in

Political Science from McGill University; M.Sc. in Urban Development Planning in Economics, Development Planning Unit, University

College London; and a Doctorate of Philosophy (D.Phil.), St. Antony’s College, Oxford University. He also completed post-doctorate

research at the Groupement de recherche ethnicité et société, Université de Montréal. He is the founding Director and President of

the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). He convened ground-breaking academic seminar series in the

emerging field of contemporary antisemitism studies at Columbia University, Harvard University, McGill University, amongst others.

He will be speaking in the Auditorium.

Dr. Wahied Wagnat-Hagh, Past President of the International Human Rights League. Wahied Wahdat-Hagh was born in

Ludwigsburg, Germany (October 20, 1957). In the 1960s, he resided in Tehran, with a one-year interruption in Hamburg. He is a

German citizen and has lived in Germany since 1971. He has a Diploma in Sociology, with the subsidiary subjects of Psychology and

Education. He has a second Diploma in Political Science, as well as his PhD in Political Science. He was a fellow with Memri and

European Foundation for Democracy. He will be speaking on the topic of Religious Discrimination in Iran, from Antisemitism over

Anti-Bahaism to the Persecution of New Christians. He will be speaking on Monday, April 9th at 10:30.

Dr. Barbara Perry, a Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

She has written extensively on social justice generally, and hate crime specifically. She has published several books spanning both

areas, including Diversity, Crime and Justice in Canada, and In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crime. She was the General

Editor of a five volume set on hate crime (Praeger), and editor of Volume 3: Victims of Hate Crime of that set. Her work has been

published in journals representing diverse disciplines: Theoretical Criminology, Journal of Social and Behavioral Sciences; Journal of

History and Politics; and American Indian Quarterly. Dr. Perry continues to work in the area of hate crime, and is making substantial

contributions to the limited scholarship on hate crime in Canada, including work on anti-Muslim violence, hate crime against LGBTQ

communities, the community impacts of hate crime, and right wing extremism in Canada. She will be speaking on Right-wing

Extremism in Canada. She will be speaking Thursday, April 12th at 2:30.

Speakers available in the Classroom:

Workshop entitled Being a Refugee in Canada (conducted by the Montreal Holocaust Museum).

This activity about forced migration during the Second World War and today, offers the opportunity to consider why an individual

might leave everything behind to start a new life elsewhere, as well as the responsibilities of states and civil societies. It highlights

primary and secondary sources, and offers several analytical charts. Throughout the workshop, students discuss the issues inherent

to becoming a refugee, make links between the past and present and engage with concepts of active citizenship.

Workshop available in English and French. Available for classes on Monday April 9th at any time or on Tuesday April 10th in the

afternoon.

Guided tours through the exhibit entitled Shoah: How was it Humanly Possible? This is an exhibit by Yad Vashem on loan to Vanier

College for the week.

The exhibition deals with major historical aspects of the Holocaust, beginning with

Jewish life in pre-Holocaust Europe and ending with the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camps across the continent

and the remarkable return to life of the survivors.

The panels feature explanatory texts, interspersed with personal stories of the victims, quotes, original photographs and images of

relevant artifacts.

“The making and remaking of a German 20th century composer: Kurt Weill (1900-1950), Threepenny Opera, and the legacy of

1933” (Thursday, April 12, 14:30)

Marlene Eberhart (Music, Vanier), and Doug Price (National Theatre School) will discuss Kurt Weill’s career before and after 1933,

with a focus on his hit, Threepenny Opera of 1928 (being performed by NTS this February 2018). Weill was committed to a renewed

German opera that spoke to timely social issues in a musical style that was modern and both sophisticated and popular. He had begun

to make his mark in the German, and European, cultural scene with works like Threepenny Opera and The Rise and Fall of the State of

Mahagony, and through his published music criticism. But he and his works were increasingly reviled by Nazi propaganda: he and his

wife were forced to flee to France in early 1933 after the Nazis came to power, and then on to the U.S. From the mid 1930s, he wrote

music considered important to the development of the American musical, among which Street Scene. His songs have been widely

recorded and remain popular today. We will illustrate with musical examples and extracts from Weill’s writings, and Doug Price will

elaborate on the performance aspects of Threepenny Opera, with footage from the NTS recent production.

Raphael Wibmer’s presentation, What do Quebec and Austria have in common? Raphael is an Austrian Holocaust Memorial Intern

who will be speaking on: The role of media in shaping and creating images of national identity, the influence of media in creating

and prioritizing social issues, the effects of immigration policies on refugees and would be immigrants, minority and ethnic rights, the

moral responsibility of individuals and the collective responsibility of governments, and to address the distinction between advertising

and propaganda.

Holocaust survivors are available to come into your classrooms, we have access to some of the survivors that speak at Vanier annually such

as Sidney Zoltak, Ted Bolgar and Ben Bicher. We also have access to survivors new to Vanier including survivors that speak French. This

includes:

1. Paula Boltzmann (English speaking) was born in 1935 in Warsaw, Poland. The German army invaded Poland in September 1939 and Paula’s

father was called into the army and was never heard of again. Paula and her mother, Bella, fled Warsaw a few months after the German

occupation. They managed to get across the border to the Soviet Union but were discovered by the Soviet authorities. They were arrested

and sent to a Soviet labor camp in Siberia. Paula, a little girl of 4, spent her days alone in the barracks, while Bella was cutting lumber with the

other prisoners. In 1940 they were sent from Siberia to Uzbekistan, where they remained until the end of the war.

2. Elie Dawang (French or English speaking) was born in 1934 in Paris, France. The German army invaded the northern part of France in 1940.

In 1941 the French police arrested Elie and his parents and imprisoned them. Elie’s parents were sent to Auschwitz. His father managed to

get Elie out of prison before they were taken away. Elie went into hiding with a Jewish acquaintance of his parents, Genia Ginsburg. For a

while they hid in the suburbs of Paris but after a big roundup of Jews in Paris in July 1942, they fled to a small village and they stayed there

until liberation.

3. Leon Celemencki (French speaking) was born in Belfort, France, in 1940, the youngest of three children. His parents were originally from

Poland and moved to France in 1932 in order to escape increasing persecution facing Jewish Poles. Leon was two years old when his mother

was deported to Auschwitz, in 1942, where she was murdered. Only narrowly escaping deportation, his father placed Leon and his two older

sisters in the care of O.S.E. (Organisation Secours Enfants) in order to protect them from being found and deported by the French police.

4. Fishel Goldig (French or English speaking) was born in 1933 in Mielnica, Ukraine. The German army occupied the town in 1941 and many

restrictions were imposed on the Jews. In 1942 the Germans murdered many Jews in town and forced the rest to move to the ghetto of the

nearby Borszczow. When news spread that the ghetto would soon be liquidated, people started fleeing. They found a Ukrainian farmer who

was willing to hide Fishel, his parents and his aunt’s family. They spent almost two years in a hole dug out from the potato cellar. They spent

two years in a Displaced Person’s camp and arrived in Montreal in 1948.

Marlene Grossman, Psychology Department

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Conférences, rencontres, causeries, films, documentaires, concours vidéo et concours d’écriture : la Semaine de la francophonie 2018, organisée par le département de français, est, encore une fois cette année, riche en activités se déroulant en français dans notre collège! Cette semaine célèbre non seulement la langue française, mais aussi celles et ceux qui la font rayonner dans leurs milieux respectifs. Qu’elles ou qu’ils soient artistes, linguistes, journalistes, députés, conseillers, auteurs, réalisateurs, professeurs, étudiants ou militants, elles et ils sont nombreux à avoir accepté notre invitation à venir nous rencontrer.

Vous êtes donc, étudiants, professeurs et employés du cégep Vanier, chaleureusement invités à assister aux conférences, à participer aux discussions, à visionner les documentaires et les films et à participer aux divers concours organisés à l’occasion de cette semaine. Votre présence vous permettra notamment de découvrir des personnes aux compétences et aux talents multiples, d’apprécier encore plus votre appartenance au monde francophone et d’accroître votre compréhension du Québec d’aujourd’hui.

Bonne semaine à toutes et à tous !

Catherine DuranleauDépartement de franç[email protected]

MOT DE BIENVENUE

LE CARREFOUR VOIT LE JOUR!Afin de faire connaître et de promouvoir les activités en français se déroulant au cégep Vanier, un espace virtuel de rencontre francophone a été créé : Le Carrefour.

Ce tout nouveau site a pour mission d’offrir une vitrine à la panoplie d’événements intramuraux organisés en français au collège : Semaine de la francophonie, Prix littéraire des collégiens, Prix des Horizons imaginaires, Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, Mois de l’Histoire des Noirs, Concours écrits interculturels Ouvrons nos fenêtres, etc. Pour illustrer le dynamisme de la langue française et de la culture québécoise, le site vise aussi à faire connaître différents événements et lieux culturels du Grand Montréal où s’épanouit la langue française. Pour encourager l’écriture et l’expression de soi, le site regroupera des textes et des œuvres des étudiantes et étudiants du cégep Vanier. Chaque mois, les meilleurs rédacteurs seront récompensés par l’octroi de prix.

Participez aux activités de la Semaine de la francophonie 2018 et publiez vos impressions sur ce nouveau site!

Pour tout savoir, visitez-nous : http://lecarrefour.vaniercollege.qc.ca

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CONCOURS D’ÉCRITURE DIS-MOI DIX MOTS VANIERJusqu’au 31 mars 2018 – 500$ en prix à gagner

Chaque année, depuis dix ans, le réseau OPALE, qui regroupe des organismes de la France, de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, de la Suisse romande et du Québec ainsi que l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, choisit les dix mots de la langue française qui font l’objet d’activités, de jeux et de concours tout au long du mois de mars.Cette année, les mots à l’honneur sont : accent, bagou, griot ou griotte, jactance, ohé, placoter, susurrer, truculent ou truculente, voix et volubile.

Ces mots savoureux et singuliers rappellent tous que le français, langue subtile et attrayante, sait décrire de multiples concepts, dans différents contextes, particulièrement lorsqu’il est question de prendre la parole. Pour en savoir plus sur les dix mots : https://www.francofete.qc.ca/dix-mots/

Le concours d’écriture Dis-moi dix mots Vanier est destiné à tous les étudiants et étudiantes du cégep Vanier. Rédigez un texte poétique de 50 à 500 mots comprenant ces dix mots et courez la chance de gagner des prix!

Pour tout savoir sur le concours, ses modalités et les prix à gagner : http://lecarrefour.vaniercollege.qc.ca

CONCOURS VIDÉO SLAME TON FRANÇAIS VANIER! Jusqu’au 31 mars 2018 – 500$ en prix à gagner

Inspiré du concours vidéo Slame tes accents du Centre de la francophonie des Amériques destiné aux jeunes de 12 à 17 ans, le concours vidéo Slame ton français Vanier est destiné à tous les étudiants et étudiantes du cégep Vanier.

Slame ton français Vanier célèbre la diversité et la vitalité de la langue française, dans un cégep anglophone. Que le français soit votre langue première ou votre langue seconde, soyez fiers de connaître et de maîtriser cette langue et déclamez votre fierté sous la forme d’un slam, dans une courte vidéo de 60 à 90 secondes.

Pour tout savoir sur le concours, ses modalités et les prix à gagner : http://lecarrefour.vaniercollege.qc.ca

FRANCOJEU DES CÉGEPS

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Version 2018Jusqu’au 31 mars 2018 – De nombreux prix à gagner!

Participez au concours Francojeu des cégeps 2018 qui met également en vedette les dix mots de la Francofête:http://francojeu.ccdmd.qc.ca

BONNE INSPIRATION ET BONNE CHANCE À TOUTES ET À TOUS!

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14 h 30 à 16 h

10 h à 11 h 30

13 h à 14 h 30

Le cinéma et les femmes (A-103)

L’écriture de soi (A-103)

Journaliste, un métier en transformation (A-103)

Les affaires et les femmes (A-103)

Le français à l’ère de la diversité (A-103)

La parité en cinéma a beaucoup fait jaser dans les dernières années et de nombreux défis subsistent pour les jeunes réalisatrices. L’organisme Réalisatrices équitables milite depuis 2007 pour que l’imaginaire des femmes occupe sa juste place dans le cinéma québécois. Ses membres se préoccupent également de l’image des femmes dans les médias, afin de s’éloigner des stéréotypes de genre. Animée par Marie-Hélène Panisset, réalisatrice et productrice, cette conférence vise notamment à sensibiliser les étudiants aux défis qui attendent les réalisatrices de demain et à faire réfléchir sur la place des femmes en cinéma, devant et derrière la caméra.

Raconter son parcours personnel a permis à Myriam Lecousy, 22 ans, de mieux se comprendre pour s’accepter. Lors de cette conférence, Myriam abordera l’importance d’exprimer ses émotions afin de bien les comprendre et de s’épanouir. Elle est une étudiante de dernière année en psychologie à l’Université McGill et fait notamment partie du conseil des jeunes et du conseil LGBTQ2+ de la Commission de Santé Mentale du Canada. Elle a commencé à écrire son histoire à la fin de ses études secondaires et en la partageant, elle espère contribuer à réduire la stigmatisation entourant les jeunes et la maladie mentale.

Le métier de journaliste est en pleine évolution, transformé notamment par les nouvelles techniques de production et de diffusion de l’information. Est-il encore possible, pour les journalistes, d’approfondir la réflexion et de publier de grands reportages, à l’ère de l’instantanéité de la nouvelle? Sans aucun doute! Lors de cette rencontre, Catherine Dubé, reporter depuis plus de 15 ans et maintes fois récompensée par des prix de journalisme au Québec et au Canada, nous parlera de ce métier

La présence des femmes dans le monde des affaires est encore trop faible, surtout dans les conseils d’administration et à la haute direction des entreprises. Quels sont les mécanismes qui entrainent ce déséquilibre et comment changer la situation? Lors de cette conférence, Marie-Claude Lortie, journaliste à La Presse depuis 1988, chroniqueuse au cahier Affaires et critique gastronomique, abordera ces questions avec nous.

Une représentation équitable de la diversité est non seulement une marque de reconnaissance essentielle, mais c’est aussi une condition à la pleine participation des personnes de minorités ethnoculturelles à la vie citoyenne. Qu’en est-il de la représentation de la diversité ethnoculturelle et linguistique dans la société québécoise? Et précisément dans l’industrie des arts et de la culture? Quelle perception les jeunes issus de la diversité ont-ils de l’importance qu’accorde la société québécoise au fait français? Lors de cette rencontre, monsieur Michael Farkas, notamment directeur de la maison des jeunes Youth in Motion et président de la Table ronde du Mois de l’histoire des Noirs, suggèrera des pistes de réflexion pour répondre à ces questions et agir.

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en plein changement et des nouveaux défis que rencontrent les journalistes d’aujourd’hui. Elle nous présentera également les reportages marquants qu’elle a publiés au cours de la dernière année dans le magazine L’Actualité, où elle écrit depuis 2011.

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La poésie, le slam et le spoken word (A-103)

Sommeil, rêve et science (A-308)

Tadoussac (2017), de Martin Laroche (C-305)

Les luttes des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs pour leurs droits (A-103)

Astuces pour la recherche d’emploi (D-244)

À l’occasion de cette conférence sur l’historique de la poésie, du slam et du spoken word (poésie à l’oral), Queen KA (de son vrai nom Elkahna Talbi), artiste de spoken word de Montréal, parlera de son parcours artistique, partagera quelques stratégies d’écriture et présentera des auteurs à découvrir. Queen KA a réalisé son premier spectacle, Délirium, en 2010, a sorti son premier album Les éclats dépareillés en 2014 puis en 2015, elle a créé Chrysalides. Elle est collaboratrice à Radio-Canada entre autres à l’émission Plus on est de fou plus on lit et vient tout juste de publier chez Mémoire d’encrier un premier recueil de poésie intitulé Moi, figuier sous la neige.

Les études faites sur le sommeil prouvent qu’il est d’une importance capitale pour la santé et les fonctions cérébrales. Le rêve l’est tout autant, car il assure un équilibre sur les plans physique, émotionnel et mental. À l’occasion de cette conférence, madame Nicole Gratton, auteure de 16 livres, coach en art de rêver, consultante en gestion du sommeil et directrice de l’École internationale des Rêves, fondée en 1992, viendra nous parler des cinq fonctions du rêve reconnues par la science et des catégories du rêve. Elle abordera aussi l’importance de la signification des cauchemars, des rêves récurrents et des métaphores du rêve.

L’un des cinq films en lice pour le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ). Synopsis : Une jeune Montréalaise se rend à Tadoussac afin d’y retrouver sa mère biologique, qui l’avait abandonnée à la naissance. Exploration intimiste d’une relation mère-fille impossible. © 2017 Mediafilm. Projection du film (1 heure 30 minutes) suivie d’une discussion.

Les femmes dans les sociétés à majorité musulmane ont-elles commencé à lutter pour leurs droits parce qu’elles étaient inspirées par les femmes occidentales blanches? Peuvent-elles être musulmanes assumées tout en luttant contre le sexisme? Quelles sont les luttes des femmes musulmanes dans les espaces francophones? Asmaa Ibnouzahir est l’auteure de Chroniques d’une musulmane indignée (2015), et présidente fondatrice de l’Institut F. Elle est chargée de cours à l’Université du Québec à Montréal où elle a enseigné en études féministes le cours Féminismes et Islam, un cours qu’elle a conçu et qui est donné pour la première fois dans une université francophone.

Une recherche d’emploi efficace nécessite une bonne connaissance de soi, mais aussi une démarche structurée. Par où commencer? Comment bien s’organiser? Quelles sont les caractéristiques d’un bon CV, d’une lettre de motivation bien rédigée, d’une entrevue réussie? À l’occasion de cette rencontre, Andrew Mackay, directeur des services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier et Jacinthe St-Hilaire, coordonnatrice aux avantages sociaux et au personnel non-enseignant des services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier, nous livreront leur expérience en recrutement et leur point de vue sur ces questions.

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8 h 30 à 10 h 10 h à 11 h 30 Les changements climatiques et les jeunes francophones (A-103) Féminisme, égalité des chances et

transformations néolibérales de l’État (A-103)

L’implication citoyenne et politique (A-103)

La préservation des langues autochtones et le cas de la langue abénakise (B-223)

Quels sont les grands enjeux climatiques? Quel est l’état de la science sur le climat? Cette conférence, animée par Catherine Gauthier, directrice générale chez ENvironnement JEUnesse, abordera le thème des relations entre pays développés et pays en développement dans les négociations internationales sur le climat, notamment en lien avec l’Accord de Paris. Au-delà des images des grands dirigeants de ce monde, que se passe-t-il derrière les portes closes? Qui négocie et comment? Quel rôle joue le Canada? Et les jeunes francophones?

Depuis plusieurs années, un grand nombre de politiques économiques mises en œuvre par le gouvernement du Québec fragilisent les institutions publiques et les personnes vulnérables. Cela contribue entre autres à accentuer les écarts socio-économiques entre les sexes. Lors de cette conférence, madame Aurélie Lanctôt, chroniqueuse au journal Le Devoir et à Radio-Canada, discutera des effets de la gouvernance néolibérale sur la société québécoise. Madame Lanctôt est diplômée en droit de l’Université McGill et complète une maîtrise en droit à l’Université de Montréal.

Élue depuis le 5 décembre 2016, Catherine Fournier est la plus jeune femme députée de l’histoire de l’Assemblée nationale. Au moment de son élection, elle s’est donné pour mission de lancer un appel à l’engagement des membres de sa génération, les milléniaux. C’est pour concrétiser cet appel qu’elle a publié, en novembre 2017, un livre intitulé L’audace d’agir. Pour porter ce message, madame Fournier a entrepris une tournée des cégeps, collèges et universités du Québec, au cours de laquelle elle se rend disponible pour rencontrer et échanger avec les étudiants sur la thématique de l’implication citoyenne et politique.

Le Canada compte plus de 60 langues autochtones que leurs locuteurs, natifs ou non, tentent de protéger et de faire connaître par des projets novateurs et stimulants. De nombreux efforts de sauvegarde des langues ancestrales ont en effet été mis sur pied dans les dernières années. Lors de cette rencontre, Philippe Charland, chargé de cours en histoire des Autochtones à l’Université du Québec à Montréal et à l’Université de Sherbrooke, et professeur de géographie au cégep du Vieux Montréal, nous dressera un portrait des aires linguistiques et culturelles

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autochtones au Canada. Il nous présentera spécifiquement l’évolution de la langue abénakise et les efforts de préservation de cette langue, qu’il enseigne depuis quelques années. Monsieur Charland sera accompagné de l’artiste pluridisciplinaire Sylvain Rivard, spécialisé dans les arts et les cultures des Premières Nations d’Amérique et consultant, ici et ailleurs, auprès de musées et d’organismes culturels. En plus de nous entretenir sur ses divers projets artistiques, monsieur Rivard nous récitera des poèmes et des chants en langue abénakise.

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15 h à 16 h 30 L’interculturalisme et la langue française (A-103)

L’interculturalisme est le modèle d’aménagement de la diversité au Québec. Il se distingue des autres modèles notamment par l’importance qu’il accorde au partage d’une langue commune, dans le cas du Québec, le français. À l’occasion de cette rencontre, monsieur Charles-Antoine Sévigny, spécialiste des questions interculturelles au ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, fera avec nous la lumière sur l’importance de l’affirmation de ce modèle unique d’aménagement de la diversité pour consolider des liens de confiance et de solidarité entre les personnes de toutes origines.

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JEUDI1er MARS8 h 30 à 10h 10 h à 11 h 30 75e, elles se souviennent (2015), de Flavie Payette-Renouf (A-103)

Et si on riait en français ? (A-103)

Le documentaire 75e, elles se souviennent retrace 75 ans d’histoire des femmes au Québec depuis l’obtention du droit de vote en 1940. Grâce aux témoignages vibrants de personnalités marquantes de diverses générations telles que Janette Bertrand, Julie Snyder, Thérèse Dion, Lise Payette, Pauline Marois, Karima Brikh, Martine Desjardins, Tamy Emma Pepin, de même que Julien David-Pelletier et Léo Bureau-Blouin, ce documentaire porte un regard passionnant sur 75 ans d’évolution, voire de révolution, de la situation des femmes au cœur de notre société. © 2015 s : s J- Québec. Projection du documentaire (52 minutes) suivie d’une discussion.

Que ce soit dans sa barbe, aux larmes ou de bon cœur, rire fait partie du quotidien. Lors de cette performance, l’humoriste Serge-Yvan Bourque nous fera non seulement rire aux éclats, mais aussi réfléchir sur le métier qu’il pratique. Originaire de Rimouski, Bourque a un baccalauréat en psychosociologie (Université du Québec à Rimouski, 2004) et une maîtrise de son humour à l’École nationale de l’humour (Montréal, cuvée 2012). Il a notamment participé aux émissions En route vers mon premier Gala Juste pour rire (Montréal) et Le Grand Rire comédie club (Québec) et a donné à ce jour plus de cent spectacles en Europe.

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13 h à 14 hLes Québécois de la loi 101 (2017), de Stéphane Leclair et Judith Plamondon (A-103)

Causons français (A-103)

Astuces pour la recherche d’emploi (D-244)

De la série Les Grands Reportages diffusée à RDI, le documentaire Les Québécois de la loi 101 brosse un portrait de ces Québécois, immigrants ou de parents immigrants, qui sont aujourd’hui des francophones d’Amérique du Nord, 40 ans après l’adoption de la loi 101. Projection du documentaire (44 minutes) suivie d’une discussion.

Que ce soit notre langue première ou notre langue seconde, le français façonne nos relations avec les autres et notre rapport au monde. Langue distinctive d’une nation majoritairement francophone, le français permet au peuple québécois de toutes origines d’exprimer son identité et sa culture depuis plus de 400 ans. C’est aussi, bien simplement, l’instrument de communication dans les différentes sphères de la vie publique. À l’occasion de cette causerie, monsieur Guy Bertrand, chroniqueur et premier conseiller linguistique à Radio-Canada, exposera les nombreux avantages de la maîtrise de la langue française et partagera avec nous la joie de connaître sa poésie et son évolution, ses mots et ses expressions.

Une recherche d’emploi efficace nécessite une bonne connaissance de soi, mais aussi une démarche structurée. Par où commencer? Comment bien s’organiser? Quelles sont les caractéristiques d’un bon CV, d’une lettre de motivation bien rédigée, d’une entrevue réussie? À l’occasion de cette rencontre, Andrew Mackay, directeur des services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier et Jacinthe St-Hilaire, coordonnatrice aux avantages sociaux et au personnel non-enseignant des services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier, nous livreront leur expérience en recrutement et leur point de vue sur ces questions.

18 h à 20h Les affamés (2017), de Robin Aubert (F-216)

L’un des cinq films en lice pour le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois (PCCQ). Synopsis: Dans une région rurale isolée du monde, les parcours croisés de divers individus pris en chasse par des morts-vivants. © 2017 Mediafilm. Projection du film (1 heure 40 minutes) suivie d’une discussion.

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VENDREDI2 MARS8 h 30 à 10h 8 h 30 à 10 h Parcours d’une jeune Syrienne (N-275)

La francophonie des Amériques : une constellation francophone (A-103)

Christina Darstbanian, née à Alep, en Syrie, étudiante en sciences de la nature au cégep Vanier et écrivaine à ses heures, racontera, lors de cette rencontre, son expérience d’immigration de la Syrie au Liban, puis au Canada. Elle décrira les changements vécus par une jeune adulte rescapée de la guerre qui voit ses perspectives sur le monde bouleversées. Après le récit de ses expériences, elle animera une discussion avec les étudiants et lira des extraits de son œuvre.

De la Louisiane jusqu’à la Saskatchewan, en passant par Port-au-Prince, la Belle Province, l’Acadie ou le Chili, le français dans les Amériques vibre, s’affirme et vit. Sur un même continent, des millions de francophones et de francophiles partagent une langue riche et belle aux multiples accents et expressions. Lors de cette conférence, monsieur Denis Desgagné, président-directeur général du Centre de la francophonie des Amériques, fera un portrait de cette vibrante francophonie des Amériques. Il présentera les programmes que le Centre met de l’avant, dont la radio jeunesse des Amériques et le projet pilote en cours au Costa Rica, seul pays en Amérique latine où l’enseignement du français est obligatoire dans les écoles publiques.

10 h à 11 h 30 13 h à 14 h 30Les énergies durables et leur intégration dans les habitations (A-103)

À l’heure actuelle, l’hydroélectricité constitue la principale technologie d’énergie renouvelable utilisée au Québec. Mais que savons-nous des autres ressources d’énergie durable? Lors de cette présentation, monsieur Jean-Pierre Desjardins, chargé de cours depuis 30 ans à l’Université du Québec à Montréal et membre de l’équipe ayant créé le certificat en ressources énergétiques durables au département des sciences de la Terre et de l’atmosphère, dressera un portrait du potentiel de ces énergies et définira leur place dans le bilan énergétique mondial. Étant également formateur en énergie renouvelable pour Écohabitation (OBNL vouée au bâtiment écologique), monsieur Desjardins nous fournira aussi de précieux conseils pour intégrer, notamment, le solaire thermique, le solaire photovoltaïque et l’éolien domestique dans les habitations de demain.

Lors de cette conférence sur les enjeux globaux et montréalais de l’eau, les étudiants réfléchiront à leur propre rapport à cette ressource. Après tout, si plusieurs d’entre nous n’ont pas la chance de contempler l’eau au quotidien, il reste qu’elle façonne le territoire de l’île de Montréal, et que les enjeux reliés à sa consommation et à sa qualité ne font que commencer à faire l’actualité. La conférence, animée par Raphaëlle Devatine, chargée de projet aux certifications chez ENvironnement JEUnesse, abordera notamment les notions de territoire hydrique de l’île, la consommation résidentielle et industrielle, le traitement de l’eau potable et l’épuration des eaux usées, les contaminants en milieu naturel et l’eau embouteillée.

Soif de savoir, soif d’agir (A-103)

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BONNE SEMAINE!

LISTE DES INVITÉS• BERTRAND, Guy – Chroniqueur et premier conseiller linguistique à

Radio-Canada• BOURQUE, Serge-Yvan – Humoriste• CHARLAND, Philippe – Cégep du Vieux Montréal et Université du

Québec à Montréal• DARSTBANIAN, Christina – Cégep Vanier (étudiante)• DESJARDINS, Jean-Pierre – Université du Québec à Montréal• DESGAGNÉ, Denis – Centre de la francophonie des Amériques• DEVATINE, Raphaëlle – ENvironnement JEUnesse• DUBÉ, Catherine – L’Actualité• FARKAS, Michael – Table ronde du Mois de l’Histoire des Noirs, maison

des jeunes Youth in Motion• FOURNIER, Catherine – Députée provinciale dans Marie-Victorin• GAUTHIER, Catherine – ENvironnement JEUnesse• GRATTON, Nicole – École internationale des rêves• IBNOUZAHIR, Asmaa – Université du Québec à Montréal• LANCTÔT, Aurélie – Chroniqueuse et auteure• LECOUSY, Myriam – Université McGill (étudiante)• LORTIE, Marie-Claude – La Presse• MACKAY, Andrew – Services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier• MÉNARD, Sylvain – Artiste pluridisciplinaire• PASSINET, Marie-Hélène – Réalisatrices équitables• SÉVIGNY, Charles-Antoine – Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité

et de l’Inclusion• ST-HILAIRE, Jacinthe – Services aux ressources humaines du cégep Vanier• TALBI, Elkahna – Auteure et slameuse

Disruptions: Reimagining Media, Gender and Representation When Tarana Burke created the me too movement in 2006, she was a grassroots organizer determined to provide services to sexual assault survivors, particularly those in underprivileged areas. When me too was taken up as a Twitter hashtag in 2017, in the wake of accusations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein, a flood of survivors revealed themselves. The number of tweets and Facebook posts (1.7 million and 12 million worldwide respectively) exemplified the scale of the problem of sexual harassment and violence. It took Tarana Burke’s initiative over ten years to disturb the status quo, but ultimately the simple pronouncement “Me, too” broadcast over social media proved to be unassailable. It is within this context that Women’s and Gender Studies explores how media and creative expression can both disrupt and entrench beliefs about gender roles and how individuals and groups are represented and represent themselves. Every day of this year’s International Women’s Week celebrations is packed with the diverse voices of individuals who have analyzed, challenged and changed the way we project our struggles and our lives onto the dominant modes of social communication.

Monday, March 5 8:30-10:00, Panel, Auditorium Who Steps Up? The Influence of the Media on Participation in Environmental Justice Have you ever noticed who participates in events or situations related to social and environmental justice? From urban gardening to neighborhood vitality to community development, who tends to be the driving force regarding issues of sustainability? Coming from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, this panel of four students will explore the ways in which today’s media has influenced participation in such events, particularly asking whether there is a gender bias that skews participation in one direction – and not another. Join students Rachel Shelton, Dar Nguyen Adam Leal, and their teacher Ricardo Duenez. 10:00-12:00, Feature Film, Auditorium 20th Century Women (2016) – dir. Mike Mills During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boarding-house landlord (Annette Benning) decides the best way she can parent her teenage son (Lucas Jade Zumann) is to enlist her young tenants: a quirky punk photographer (Greta Gerwig), a mellow handyman (Billy Crudup) and her son’s shrewd best friend (Elle Fanning). All will serve as role models in a changing world. 1:00-2:30, Panel, Auditorium Women in Broadcasting: Confronting Sexism and Harassment Come hear a panel of four local female broadcasters/journalists address issues of online sexual harassment, assault and trolling. Robyn Flynn (CJAD 800/TSN 690), Toula Drimonis (freelance writer), Maya Johnson (CTV’s Quebec City Bureau Chief), and Jessica Rusnak (CBC) are vocal women in our community who often use social media to address various social issues women face. Whether it be topics of violence against women or women in sports, they often suffer online abuse just for being vocal women. They will speak of their personal experiences of online abuse, their coping mechanisms and provide advice to students who share similar experiences of online bullying. 2:30-4:00, Documentary, Auditorium Flirting With Danger (2012) – dir. Sut Jhally and Andrew Killoy Social and developmental psychologist and author Lynn Phillips explores the line between consent

and coercion in this thought-provoking look at popular culture and the ways real girls and women navigate their heterosexual relationships and hookups. Featuring dramatizations of interviews that Phillips conducted with hundreds of young women, the film examines how the wider culture's frequently contradictory messages about pleasure, danger, agency, and victimization enter into women's most intimate relationships with men. Essential for courses that look at popular culture, gender norms, sexuality, and sexual violence. 4:00-5:00, Speaker, Amphitheatre Nirmala Bains |Representation and Racism: Two sides of the same coin? The media plays a tremendous role in teaching us how to see and understand the world around us. Yet, this isn’t the only institution that influences our understanding of each other. This interactive talk will explore how racism has always been an integral part of how Canadians have come to know each other. We will explore how three categories of racism (structural racism, institutional racism and individual racism) came to be and how they continue to have an impact us all. Space is limited. Please reserve ([email protected])

Tuesday, March 6 8:30-10:00, Documentary, Auditorium GTFO: Get the F&#% Out (2015) – dir. Shannon Sun-Higginson Sparked by a public display of sexual harassment in 2012, GTFO pries open the video game world to explore a 20 billion dollar industry that is riddled with discrimination and misogyny. In recent years, the gaming community has grown more diverse than ever. This has led to a massive clash of values and women receive the brunt of the consequences every day, with acts of harassment ranging from name-calling to cyber vandalism and death threats. Through interviews with video game developers, journalists, and academics, GTFO paints a complex picture of the video game industry, while revealing the systemic and human motivations behind acts of harassment. 10:00-11:30, Performance & Talk, Auditorium Malek Yalaoui | SistersInMotion: Amplifying the voices of Black, Indigenous and Racialized Women and Femmes We are now in an age where women's stories are finally beginning to be believed and valued. But women of colour and, in particular, queer women of colour, will be left behind if we don't explicitly make space for their voices and honour their vulnerability. This is the mandate of SistersInMotion, an organization co-founded by Malek Yalaoui, which runs workshops and hosts shows that highlight the stories we rarely hear -- those of queer women and femmes of colour. Malek Yalaoui will perform from her work and speak about SistersInMotion. 12:00-1:30, Speaker, Auditorium Miles DeNora | The 25-year New York Times war against Hillary Clinton: How the “Newspaper of Record” made Donald Trump president What happened? How is it possible that Donald Trump was elected president of the United States? As the election was remarkably close, many reasons can be offered to explain Trump’s election. This talk will make the argument that the New York Times, with its incessantly negative, false, unfair and misleading coverage of Hillary Clinton, was ultimately the key ingredient in what transpired. 1:30-3:30, Documentary, Auditorium Amy: The Amy Winehouse Story (2015) – dir. Asif Kapadia Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse. A powerfully honest look at the twisted relationship between art and celebrity - and the lethal spiral of addiction. Winner – Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. 4:00-5:30, Speaker, Auditorium Krista Riley | Unmosqued and Online: Muslim Feminist Bloggers on Gender and Prayer Spaces This talk will highlight the work of four Muslim feminist bloggers from Canada and the United States as they write about personal stories and ideas related to gender, prayer, bodies, mosques, sexuality, scripture, and more. With a focus on women’s spaces in mosques, Krista will look at how these writers use their online platforms to tell stories, crowdsource photos, and challenge inequalities in local communities. As they connect with readers around the world, these bloggers create online religious spaces where they imagine new kinds of community spaces.

Wednesday, March 7 8:30-10:00, Documentary, Auditorium Miss Representation (2011) – dir. Siebel Newsom Today, women are better represented on television, in movies and in the news media than they have ever been in the past. However, while this increased visibility has led many to believe that women have achieved something like equality, the truth is that women have a long way to go before they achieve anything close to parity. For example, women count for only seventeen percent of elected officials in the U.S. Congress and seven percent of working directors of feature films. Actress turned filmmaker Jessica Congdon Newsom studies the obstacles women face in the media and the stereotypes that still define them. 10:30-12:00, Documentary, Auditorium A Better Man (2017) – dir. Attiya Khan On a hot summer night 22 years ago, 18-year-old Attiya Khan ran through the streets of Toronto, frightened for her life. She was fleeing her ex-boyfriend Steve, who’d been abusing her on a daily basis. Now, all these years later, Attiya has asked Steve to meet. She wants to know how he remembers their relationship and if he is willing to take responsibility for his violent actions. This emotionally raw first meeting, filmed by Attiya with Steve’s consent, is the starting point for A Better Man. A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and revelation that can happen for everyone involved when men take responsibility for their abuse. Teachers bringing their students can request links to conversation guides designed specifically for the film ([email protected]).

12:00-1:30, Speaker, Auditorium Aurelie Le Chevalier | What is it like to be a Game Play Programmer at Ubisoft? “Are you interested in having a job that is both fun and challenging every day? I make video games for a living, and let me tell you, it’s awesome! Come learn about working in games, an industry that generates more revenue than the movie and music industries combined. This talk will cover a brief history of gaming, a look into how games are made, and what the future trends are for this booming industry.” 1:30-3:00, Panel, Auditorium Imago Theatre: Daring feminists, creators and mentors Come meet and chat with Imago Theatre, the leading feminist English language theatre company in Montreal. Imago Theatre's Artistic and Executive Director Micheline Chevrier will lead a discussion exploring her vision and experiences as an award-winning director who has worked across Canada for over 30 years. Through the lens of her work as a theatre creator, she will delve into her drive for a daring artistic practice that is challenging, thought-provoking and socially engaged. The exchange aims at understanding why theatre is vital to our collective understanding of an ever-evolving world and of the diversity of lived experiences within it. Micheline will be accompanied by Joy Ross-Jones - Creator/Performer and Artista Program Director and Cristina Cugliandro - Director/Creator and Imago’s Outreach Coordinator. 3:30-5:00, Documentary, Auditorium A Better Man For description, see Wednesday, March 7, 10:30-12:00.

Thursday, March 8 8:30-10:00, Documentaries, Auditorium Two short films about labour issues

“Restaurant dress codes: Should dressing sexy be a job requirement?” – CBC Marketplace Restaurant dress codes: Should women have to dress sexy to serve you a sandwich? Charlsie Agro goes undercover to apply for a job serving in popular family restaurants. Along the way, we meet women who as servers have been forced to wear high heels, short skirts, full make-up – and in general a far more sexual dress code – than their male counterparts. Are these dress codes sexist? Some experts say yes. Should women be treated this way at work? We hear from servers who feel they shouldn't have to dress sexy to keep their jobs. “Pay Your Interns” (2015) – dir. Cynthia Helen Pandev In Canada, each year approximately 300,000 individuals (mostly female) take on unpaid work in the form of internships, but the number is likely much higher due to our government's lack of interest in tracking illegal unpaid internships, or even recognizing that they exist. Pay Your Interns! is a brutally honest, unapologetic critique of the shady practice of Canadian employers turning a blind eye to the Employment Standards Act by “hiring” interns, who are expected to perform the work of a “paid” employee, for free!

10:00-11:30, Speaker, Auditorium Liz Singh | Making The Lower Plateau and other Stories Local filmmaker Liz Singh discusses her trials and tribulations as a woman of colour working in the film industry and will show a clip from her forthcoming release The Lower Plateau, which is a feature-length production about a pot dealer / Alanis Morrissette cover artist trying to figure out life and love during the darkest part of the Montreal winter. In addition to discussing her current film, she will address issues such as making films on a low budget, brown identity, and the world after Weinstein. 11:30-1:00, Documentaries, Auditorium Two Short films About Indigenous Women

“Six Miles Deep” – dir. Sara Roque A documentary portrait of a group of women who led the largest reserve in Canada, Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, in an historic blockade to protect their land. On February 28, 2006, members of the Iroquois Confederacy blockaded a highway near Caledonia, Ontario to prevent a housing development on land that falls within their traditional territories. The ensuing confrontation makes national headlines for months. Less well known is the crucial role of the clan mothers of the community who set the rules for conduct. When the community's chiefs ask people to abandon the barricades, it is the clan mothers who overrule them, leading a cultural reawakening in their traditionally matriarchal community. “The Future” – dir. Michelle Metivier, Brian Quigley, and Adrian Callender A young woman scrambles to finish a TV show against all the hurdles the north provides, while everyone else prepares for the next season.

1:00-2:30, Presentation & Talk, Auditorium Skawennati Fragnito | Exploring Indigenous History Through New Media Skawennati is a contemporary artist who is interested in history, the future, and change from an Indigenous perspective. In her talk, she will present and discuss her work, including a screening of her recent machinima, She Falls for Ages, a sci-fi retelling of the Haudenosaunee creation story; and an overview of the work she has done as co-director of the Skins workshops in Aboriginal storytelling and experimental media design. Born in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Skawennati earned a BFA from Concordia University. Her pioneering new media projects have been widely presented across Turtle Island and are in both public and private collections.

2:30-4:00, Documentary, Auditorium Buying Sex (2013) – dir. Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason Timely and wise, this feature documentary explores the state of prostitution laws in Canada. Buying Sex captures the complexity of the issue by listening to the frequently conflicting voices of sex workers, policy-makers, lawyers and even the male buyers who make their claim for why prostitution is good for society. With the landmark Supreme Court decision in Canada, the film examines the realities in Sweden and New Zealand. The film also challenges us to think for ourselves and offers a gripping and invaluable account of just what is at stake for all of us. Warning: This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. 4:00-5:30, Speakers, Auditorium Dalia Tourki and Kama La Mackerel | On Being Trans and Visible From articles on newspapers to television documentaries, trans people are everywhere. This increasing representation of trans people in the media, however, is not necessarily or always positive. Based on their experiences with the media, Dalia Tourki and Kama La Mackerel will speak about the shortcomings and the less glamorous side of being trans and visible. Kama La Mackerel is a tio’tia:ke/Montreal-based performer, writer, story-teller, arts facilitator and multi-disciplinary artist. Kama is also co-founder of Qouleur and founder of Gender (Blender). Dalia Tourki co-organized the 2016 and 2017 editions of the Trans March and helped to intensify advocacy around issues pertaining to trans migrants in Quebec. She is also a member of the Centre for Gender Advocacy as their new trans rights advocate and public educator. Sponsored by The Open Door Network.

Friday, March 9 8:30-10:00, Documentary, Auditorium Growing up Trans (2015) – dir. Karen O’Connor Just a generation ago, it was adults, not kids, who changed genders. But today, many children are transitioning, too — with new medical options, and at younger and younger ages. Growing Up Trans takes viewers on an intimate and eye-opening journey inside the struggles and choices facing transgender kids and their families. 10:00-11:30, Documentary, Auditorium It Was Rape (2013) – dir. Jennifer Baumgardner Rape is wrong, illegal, and reprehensible-and yet still tragically common. In this film, eight women tell their diverse personal stories of sexual assault, from a Midwestern teenager trying alcohol for the first time to a Native American woman gradually coming to terms with her abusive childhood. Gripping and emotional, this film is an opportunity to empathize with people-not just absorb faceless statistics-and to puncture the silence and denial that allow sexual assault to thrive. Ultimately, their stories shed light on how this epidemic affects us. 11:30-1:00, Speaker, Auditorium Andrée Cazabon | Documenting the Indigenous Experience Andrée Cazabon has been working in film and television for nearly twenty years as a Gemini nominated producer and director. Her works have been featured at film festivals and broadcast on television screens across the country, from the Vancouver Film Festival and the Hot Docs Film Festival to CBC Television and TVA. Andrée will speak about her vast experience as a director and will touch on Indigenous stories and issues in her films, while screening excerpts. Past films include, among others: 3rd World Canada, as well as the current series, 4 Seasons of Reconciliation: Reconciliation on Bay St.; Waniska; Douglas Cardinal; and a fourth film, soon to premiere. Sponsored by the Vanier Indigenous Circle. 1:00-2:30, Speaker, Auditorium Hannah Wakeling | Women in Physics Outreach Project We know that for numerous reasons women, racialized and LGBT people are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In particular physics, engineering and computer science suffer with gender disparity and this problem has been intractable for decades, despite a considerable investment in interventions to retain under-represented people in the field. Join Hannah Wakeling - Women in Physics Outreach Project Coordinator for McGill University’s Department of Physics, and also 1st year Particle Physics PhD student, for this interactive talk where she will consider the status of under-represented people in STEM subjects and discuss problems that hamper equity and diversity, such as imposter syndrome, microaggressions, and more. 2:30-4:00, Documentary, Auditorium The Year We Thought About Love (2015) – dir. Ellen Brodsky What happens when LGBTQ youth of color band together and dare to be 'out' on stage about their lives and their loves? The cast of True Colors: OUT Youth Theater transforms their struggles into performance for social change. With wit, candor, and attitude, the troupe captivates audiences surprised to hear such stories in school settings. Our characters include a transgender teenager who is kicked out of her home, a devout Christian who challenges his church's homophobia, and a girl who likes to wear masculine clothing, even as she models dresses on the runway.

Woman of the Year Cocktail Please join us to celebrate this year’s Woman of the Year, Thursday, March 8, 5th Floor, Vanier Library.

Acknowledgements: Thanks to all the volunteers on this year’s IWW 2018 Steering Committee, and heartfelt thanks for support from F.A.B.S.S, Vanier Student Services, the V.C.T.A., the Open Door Network, the Vanier Indigenous Circle, and the Micropublishing & Hypermedia program. For More Information: Women’s and Gender Studies, Maggie Kathwaroon, Coordinator ([email protected]).

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