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Gender Persecution in Afghanistan’s Education Crisis: proposing innovative responses from a human rights-based approach Wed March 15 

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Gender Persecution in Afghanistan’s Education Crisis: proposing innovative responses from a human rights-based approach Wed March 15 

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Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, together with Human Rights Watch and Women Living Under Muslim Laws, invite you to a live virtual event, Gender Persecution in Afghanistan’s Education Crisis: Proposing Innovative Responses From a Human Rights-Based Approach, a parallel session to the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women. Join us for this vital discussion looking at the complexities of Afghanistan’s deepening education crisis from a human rights perspective. Our session will address education as it links to the country’s wider humanitarian emergency and the erasure of women and girls from public life which has led to the forced displacement of millions. Speakers will propose solutions and share advocacy that can protect the right to learn and enhance access to safe, inclusive, and quality education for all through digital innovation, regional collaboration, and humanitarian services. Wednesday March 15th, 2023
Virtual
10 AM ET/4 PM CET/7:30 PM Kabul

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Registration for Tuesday, March 7 World Cafe Events

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Registration for Tuesday, March 7 World Cafe Events

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https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/530657409597

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A series of lightning talks and presentations, games, and networking opportunities to explore the development of UN SDGs at Douglas College

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To check out virtual, online and in person events at other campuses, check here:
https://sustain.ubc.ca/sdg-week-canada

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SDG Week Canada is a national collaboration from March 6-10, 2023 featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses. Brought to you by the Sustainability Hub at UB…

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Film screening and discussion in room N2201 at 4:00 pm -  "On the Way to School"

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Film screening and discussion in room N2201 at 4:00 pm -  "On the Way to School"

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GLGC 1101 students host this award-winning film about the journey of four kids from different parts of the world -- Kenya, Morocco, Argentina, and India -- take to attend school. Film discussion to follow led by GLGC 1101 students.

Popcorn and refreshments provided.

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ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL Trailer | TIFF Kids 2014

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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times shown on Omnivex Screen  in the NW Concourse - 12:30 - 1:00 pm and 4:30 - 5:00 pm

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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times shown on Omnivex Screen  in the NW Concourse - 12:30 - 1:00 pm and 4:30 - 5:00 pm

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Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times | Presented by Thandie Newton

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Registration for Dr. Lauryn Oates's talk

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Registration for Dr. Lauryn Oates's talk

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Zoom registration for attending virtually: https://douglascollege-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JD8RYRTRTwKf5vgh_zjtDg

EventBrite registration for attending in person: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-right-to-learn-why-gender-apartheid-in-afghanistan-matters-in-person-tickets-558155818077

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https://unsdgopff.opened.ca/

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowship was launched by Shinta Hernandez and Michael Mills at Montgomery College (Maryland, USA) in 2018, and has grown each year as additional institutions join the fellowship. The current institutional partners and the organizational structure are available to see through the links provided.

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World Café - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Lower Cafeteria/Douglas Room

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World Café - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Lower Cafeteria/Douglas Room

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Lightning talks from instructors incorporating UN SDGs into their curriculum
Games, refreshments, and prizes!
Informal discussions with topic facilitators and participants
Schedule:
11:00 am Introductions
11:00 - 11:30 am Assembling with Purpose - Electronics and General Assembly program's partnership with Purpose Society's Digital Inclusion Hub. - Karen Atwal
11:30 - 12:00 pm Urban Orienteering- Multiple SDGs - Jovian Radeshwar
12:00 - 12:30 pm Sulitest Quiz (interactive quiz about SDGs)/Global Citizenship, COIL and SDGs- Janice Sestan
12:30 - 1:00 pm Indigenous Peoples and the Sustainable Development Goals - Dr. Carling Beninger
1:00 - 1:30 pm UN experience with Women Peace and Security assignment in Mali - SDG #5 Gender Equality - Marie-Therese Atsena-Abogo
1:30 -2:00 pm  Chemical Oceanography and Saving Howe Sound - SDG #7 - Brenda Addison-Jones

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UN SDGs and the Institute of Urban Ecology

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UN SDGs and the Institute of Urban Ecology

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A short video about the Institute of Urban Ecology and how our work relates to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Thank you Naomi Higo!

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The Global Competency Certificate Framework

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The Global Competency Certificate Framework

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Popcorn at the Global Engagement table - NW Concourse

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Popcorn at the Global Engagement table - NW Concourse

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In the NW Concourse 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

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UN Sustainable Development Goals Research Guide from Douglas College Library

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UN Sustainable Development Goals Research Guide from Douglas College Library

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LibGuide for DC Library Resources on the SDG goals - put together by two of our amazing contract librarians - Reba Ouimet & Carolyn Soltau

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Research Guides: United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: Home

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This LibGuide provides an overview and a list of resources in the library that related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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Karen Atwal's table with SDG Week information

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Karen Atwal's table with SDG Week information

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NW Concourse

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Janice Sestan - Global Citizenship Faculty

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Janice Sestan - Global Citizenship Faculty

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Global Citizenship 1101 is a required course part of the Global Citizen Certificate (GCC). Students are introduced to global competencies and issues. Students explore the worldviews of others, reflect on their own cultural experiences, and take multiple perspective while exploring issues related to sustainability and intercultural conflict and harmony. Depending on the specific course offering, students may engage in intercultural activities or take this course as part of a study-abroad experience.

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Karen Atwal - Vocational Education and Skills Training Faculty

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Karen Atwal - Vocational Education and Skills Training Faculty

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Assembling with Purpose - Electronics and General Assembly program's partnership with Purpose Society's Digital Inclusion Hub. A presentation on how Electronics and General Assembly students are building Wi-Fi boosters from recycled electronic parts to give back to the community.

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Katherine Shipley - Associate Director, Learning Resources

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Katherine Shipley - Associate Director, Learning Resources

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Reading lists and resources from the Douglas College Library

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Brenda Addison-Jones - Science & Technology - Chemistry Faculty

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Brenda Addison-Jones - Science & Technology - Chemistry Faculty

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These links are from a geologist and friend on Bowen Island, Bob Turner. He is producing wonderful videos about life in Howe Sound. He has given me permission to use them for this event.
https://oursalishsea.ca/

https://youtu.be/XvCuL-coVOM

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Marie-Therese Atsena-Abogo - Humanities & Social Sciences - Anthropology Faculty

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Marie-Therese Atsena-Abogo - Humanities & Social Sciences - Anthropology Faculty

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UN experience with Women Peace and Security assignment in Mali

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·      ANTH 1100 sections 004, 005 taught by Jaime Yard

·      ANTH 1111 sections 001, 002 taught by Heather Robertson

·      ASTR 1105 sections 050, 051 taught by William Gunton

·      BIOL 1100 ALL SECTIONS

·      BIOL 1103 ALL SECTIONS

·      BIOL 1109 ALL SECTIONS

·      BIOL 1203 ALL SECTIONS

·      BIOL 1209 ALL SECTIONS

·      BIOL 2401 ALL SECTIONS

·      BUSN 3600 sections 001, 002 taught by Adrienne Watt

·      CMNS 1220 section 001 taught by James Rennie

·      CSIS 2300 section 001 taught by Saeed Mirjalili

·      DACS 1170 sections 001, 090 taught by Jennifer Christianson-Barker

·      DACS 2320 section 001 taught by Lisa Hansen

·      ENGL 1130 sections 090, 091, 092 taught by Michael Stachura

·      ENGL 2116 sections 090 taught by Michael Stachura

·      EAES 2605 section 001 taught by Derek Turner

·      FINC 1231 section 001 taught by Reza Hosseini Ghinani

·      FINC 1231 sections 003, 004 taught by Cleusa Yamamoto

·      GEOG 1110 sections 001, 002 taught by Susan Smythe

·      GEOG 1110 section 003 taught by Wendy Hales

·      GEOG 1120 sections 001, 002, and 003 taught by Kathy Runnalls

·      GEOG 1120 section 004 taught by Wendy Hales

·      GEOG 2230 section 001 taught by Susan Smythe

·      GEOG 2251 sections 001, 002 taught by Kathy Runnalls

·      HIST 1114 section 001 taught by Carling Beninger

·      MATH 1101 ALL SECTIONS

·      MATH 1105 ALL SECTIONS

·      MATH 1160 ALL SECTIONS

·      MATU 0310 All SECTIONS

·      MATU 0410 All SECTIONS

·      PEFA 1102 sections 050, 090 taught by Hazel Fairbairn

·      PHIL 1101 sections 013, 015 taught by Sarah Rossiter

·      PHIL 1102 section 001 taught by Elliot Rossiter

·      PHIL 1122 sections 001, 050 taught by Elliot Rossiter

·      PHIL 2201 section 001 taught by Sarah Rossiter

·      PHIL 4205 section 001 taught by Elliot Rossiter

·      PHYS 1104 All SECTIONS

·      PHYS 1107 All SECTIONS

·      PHYS 1110 All SECTIONS

·      PHYS 1207 All SECTIONS

·      PSYC 2300 sections 004, 005 taught by Nicole Vittoz

·      SOCI 1125 section 007, 008 taught by Joseph Moore

·      SOCI 1125 section 011 taught by Marni Westermann

·      SOCI 1125 section 012 taught by Anne Tseng

·      SOCI 1155 section 002, 003 taught by Joseph Moore

·      SOSC 2140 section 004 taught by Roger Tweed

·      SPSC 1103 section 002 taught by Shawn Hetherington

·      SPSC 1192 section 002 taught by Mandana Salajegh

·      SPSC 1192 sections 090, 091 taught by Anna Schachner

·      SPSC 1192 section 092 taught by Dustin Silvey

·      STSU 1100 ALL SECTIONS

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Carling Beninger, PhD - Faculty History Department

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Carling Beninger, PhD - Faculty History Department

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Indigenous Peoples and the Sustainable Development Goals
Dr. Beninger (settler historian) will comment on how she uses SDGs in HIST 1105: Global Issues in Historical Perspective to guide historical case studies. She will also discuss Indigenous Peoples and the SDGs, including the work of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to ensure that Indigenous Rights “are effectively accounted for and realized in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Numerous SDGs)

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Jovian Radheshwar	- Humanities & Social Science - Political Science Faculty

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Jovian Radheshwar	- Humanities & Social Science - Political Science Faculty

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Urban Orienteering

We have become too reliant on navigation technologies which have obscured our relationship with our surroundings. While apps like Google Maps enable a high degree of knowledge about one’s neighborhood to be at one’s fingertips, they undermine exploration and radical immersion in one’s surroundings. Immersion is our natural way of existing in our spaces, prior to the rise of technological mediation. These days, the sport of “Orienteering” has formed to encourage fitness and engagement with nature and the outdoors, and some adventure in this style in the city, but we can also envision the significance of “Urban Orienteering,” where we focus on the city, its machinery, and its steel and glass, since these are now our home. Hip-hop, punk rock, skateboarding culture, parkour, …. and radical solidarities await us in the modern city, but we won’t locate these vital spaces and places and concepts in our mapped reality. Encouraging walking, public transit, and wandering, and regulating the place of cars and dangerous vehicles is the pathway to a new commons for a new era of radical interdependence of all life in a technologically-enframed consciousness.

We hit SDG’s # 3,4,5,7,9,11,13 and 16.

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https://www.yorku.ca/unsdgs/toolkit/sdgs-in-the-classroom-toolkit/

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Douglas College Curriculum referenced in the AASHE STARS Report

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Douglas College Curriculum referenced in the AASHE STARS Report

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMyN_GfCMZ-piMnWB5AHoACMCE5VRCQ1W

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Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability at Douglas College 

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Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability at Douglas College 

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https://www.douglascollege.ca/about-douglas/learn-about-douglas/climate-action-environmental-sustainability

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This program addresses implementation of SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being; SDG 6, Clean Water and Sanitation; SDG 7, Affordable and Clean Energy; SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; SDG 11,  Sustainable Cities and Infrastructure; SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production; and SDG 13, Climate Action.
https://www.douglascollege.ca/sites/default/files/docs/department-ce-building-energy-and-resource-management/PEAK-new-program-information.pdf

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Mike McPhee's courses - Humanities & Social Science - Geography Faculty                          

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Mike McPhee's courses - Humanities & Social Science - Geography Faculty                          

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Environmental Studies, Land Use and Environment Planning, Human, Economic, Regional Geography

https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/explore-programs-courses/faculties/humanities-and-social-sciences/geography/faculty-michael-mcphee

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Michael McPhee BA (hons) (Simon Fraser); MA (Simon Fraser) Environ

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https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/explore-programs-courses/faculties/science-and-technology/institute-of-urban-ecology

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Institute of Urban Ecology | Douglas College

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About the Institute of Urban Ecology (IUE)

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Government of Canada Sustainable Development Data Hub

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Government of Canada Sustainable Development Data Hub

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Statistics Canada is the central focal point for reporting Canada's data for the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators as well as for domestic indicators reported in The Canadian Indicators Framework (CIF) for the Sustainable Development Goals. More information on the CIF can be found on the About Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals page.

Statistics Canada also works as a coordinating body for the National Statistical System. Statistics Canada is responsible for the collection, collation, analysis, presentation and dissemination of data for regular monitoring of Canadian progress against the global indicators and has developed this on-line data hub for disseminating Canada's SDG data.

Statistics Canada is continuing to examine data sources that may be useful for reporting on SDGs and over the coming months will continue to add data, statistics, and data visualization features.

Canadian Statistics for the SDG Global Indicators can be accessed by selecting the Goals below. Statistics for Canada's domestic indicators can be accessed through the Canadian Indicator Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals Data Hub.

If you have further questions, or would like to provide feedback on the SDG Data Hub please contact: statcan.sdg-odd.statcan@statcan.gc.ca.

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Statistics Canada is the central focal point for reporting Canada's data for the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators as well as for domestic indicators reported in The Canadian Indicators Framework (CIF) for the Sustainable Development Goals. More information on the CIF can be found on the About Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals page.

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Co-organized by the Sustainability Hub at UBC, SDSN Canada, and Colleges and Institutes Canada, SDG Week Canada is a chance to showcase and accelerate the SDGs on university and college campuses in a coordinated, collaborative way.

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Co-organized by the Sustainability Hub at UBC, SDSN Canada, and Colleges and Institutes Canada, SDG Week Canada is a chance to showcase and accelerate the SDGs on university and college campuses in a coordinated, collaborative way.

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The Harbour - Youth-for-Youth Climate Support System

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The Harbour - Youth-for-Youth Climate Support System

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https://theyouthharbour.org/

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Youth and future generations are at greater risk if greater action is not taken to tackle the climate crisis. We need innovative, climate-justice, and entrepreneurial actions now. Luckily, youth are leading the way and we're going to do everything we can to support them.

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Youth and future generations are at greater risk if greater action is not taken to tackle the climate crisis. We need innovative, climate-justice, and entrepreneurial actions now. Luckily, youth are leading the way and we're going to do everything we can to support them.

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SDGS LAB (Under consideration for next year)

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SDGS LAB (Under consideration for next year)

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SDGs LAB aims to raise awareness about theUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals,to ensure that students from a wide diversity ofacademic purviews have a foundationalunderstanding of what the goals are, how theycame to be, and how youth can become betteradvocates and champions sustainabledevelopment in their own communities. Lab Summary (under consideration for next year)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UfcovRcMZ5LsuNF4DLoqs5VpcXyw-jG8/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mlfKarp194hUEeWJmz5Kpaiss-H6L4rI/view

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A map perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals

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A map perspective on the Sustainable Development Goals

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A map perspective on sustainable development goals

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https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthesdgslab.com%2Fsample&data=05%7C01%7Csestanj%40douglascollege.ca%7C458705c3d7c24fb115ea08daef662077%7C3af48838cd5345079e7ffc6dac355e33%7C1%7C0%7C638085519157438945%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=S9zR0bh%2B9t7W8%2BS43R%2BwRP4ngFY7%2BSirQfkCUoaC%2F2s%3D&reserved=0

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Take part in a program that over 10,000 students have joined to launch youth awareness and action towards building a more sustainable future. Through a speaker series, seminar, and interactive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to reflect and build on their understanding of sustainable development.

SDGs LAB empowers youth to become sustainability leaders through virtual educational sessions that will connect, educate, and empower participants to become catalysts for change in their communities.

JOIN US FOR THE SDGS LAB VIRTUAL EVENT!

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Take part in a program that over 10,000 students have joined to launch youth awareness and action towards building a more sustainable future. Through a speaker series, seminar, and interactive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to reflect and build on their understanding of sustainable development.

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Building a sustainable
future together!

For a sustainable future, we need a world full
of people with sustainability awareness and core literacy.

https://www.sulitest.org/en/index.html

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Test and improve your SD
awareness and knowledge
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Test and improve your SDawareness and knowledge Multiple Choice QuestionsGlobal & local focus Covers the whole scopeof sustainability and CSR issues Fully customizable for your ownorganization whatever your industry Start tweet this I am a student, an employee or just a "citizen". I can...

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Douglas College Scorecard with the Sustainable Tracking Assessment & Rating System

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Douglas College Scorecard with the Sustainable Tracking Assessment & Rating System

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https://reports.aashe.org/institutions/douglas-college-bc/report/2022-08-23/

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Liaison

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Silver

46.21

Sept. 20, 2025

Chris Gardner

Aug. 23, 2022

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.

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Douglas College | Scorecard | Institutions | STARS Reports

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Skip to content Rating Score Valid Through Liaison Submitted Silver 46.21 Sept. 20, 2025 Chris Gardner Aug. 23, 2022 The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE.

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The Right to Learn: Why Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, and Its Consequences, Should Matter To All of Us - Dr. Lauryn Oates 7:30 to 8:30 pm N2201 Lecture theatre 

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The Right to Learn: Why Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan, and Its Consequences, Should Matter To All of Us - Dr. Lauryn Oates 7:30 to 8:30 pm N2201 Lecture theatre 

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Organized by the DCFA Status of Women committee

This talk will describe the current human rights crisis in Afghanistan and its impacts on women and girls. Afghanistan is the only country in the world to ban girls from secondary education and women from higher education, and women and girls face a myriad of other restrictions on their basic rights and freedoms. The implications of this for Afghans, and indeed, for the world, will be discussed, as well as how Afghan women and girls are fighting back. We will also hear about opportunities for Canadians and Canadian education institutions to take meaningful action and make a difference to what Human Rights Watch has referred to the most serious women’s rights crisis in the world today.

Lauryn Oates works to achieve social change and empowerment through equitable access to high quality education, focusing on those to whom the right to education is denied. She is currently Executive Director of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, which was founded in 1998 to advance the human right to education and make educational opportunities accessible to women and girls in Afghanistan. Their award-winning programs include Afghanistan's first and only open educational resource (OER) initiative, the Darakht-e Danesh Library, winner of a presidential citation from the American Library Association and the successful adult literacy education program Afghanistan Lowalee (Afghanistan Reads), recognized as a Literacy Best Practice honouree by the United States Library of Congress, among many others. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UBC, and teaches graduate students in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University. She has also worked as a consultant with UNICEF, the World University Service of Canada, Global Rights, the Nike Foundation, Action Aid, USAID, and Womankind Worldwide, among others. She holds a BA Honours in International Development Studies from McGill University, a MA in Human Security and Peace building from Royal Roads University, and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia. She’s the recipient of a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal awarded by the province of BC.

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SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes

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SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes

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https://pressbooks.pub/sdgcicanguide/

A practical guide to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for post-secondary institutions

Author: Colleges and Institutes Canada

License: Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

READ BOOK

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Building-based courses & programs | Douglas College

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Curriculum developer and instructor in the Practical Energy and Advanced Knowledge - Buildings Certificate Program and Building-based courses and programs at Douglas College

https://www.instagram.com/peak_buildings/?igshid=MjkzY2Y1YTY=

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Building-based courses & programs | Douglas College

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Develop your career skills in the low-carbon, energy-efficient building, and resource management s

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Menstruation Research Symposium, March 24th, 2023, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Aboriginal Gathering Place (S4650)

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Menstruation Research Symposium, March 24th, 2023, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Aboriginal Gathering Place (S4650)

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For full event details and to register head over to the Eventbrite page - https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/spill-it-a-menstruation-research-symposium-tickets-545701988337

Speakers include:
Laura Alix, Douglas College, Menstrual Cycle Research Group

Mehre Dlir, Douglas Students’ Union

Dr. Gillian Anderson, Vancouver Island University

Dr. Alicia Horton, Douglas College, Menstrual Cycle Research Group

Rebecca Johnson, Douglas College, Menstrual Cycle Research Group

Zeba Khan, UBC, Free Periods Canada

Sue Lu, UBC, Free Periods Canada

Diana More, United Way British Columbia, Lower Mainland

Niki Oveisi, UBC, Free Periods Canada

Dr. Lisa Smith, Douglas College, Menstrual Cycle Research Group

Dr. Whitney Wood, Vancouver Island University

SDGs #1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 10

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spill it. a menstruation research symposium

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spill it. a menstruation research symposium new westminster

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spill it. A Menstruation Research Symposium

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Eventbrite - Lisa Smith presents spill it. A Menstruation Research Symposium - Friday, 24 March 2023 at Douglas College New Westminster Campus, New Westminster, BC. Find event and ticket information.

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UN SDG Cancel Culture Workshop - March 27

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UN SDG Cancel Culture Workshop - March 27

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It's time to call-out some of societies worst offenders! Microplastics, fast fashion, even your front lawn are all causing serious environments damage and need to be stopped ASAP. At this workshop we will show how you can join the UN SDG collective and help cancel some of urban societies biggest polluters.

The workshop will be happening on the last Monday of the month, March 27, 2023, at our Coquitlam campus (1250 Pinetree Way) from 5:00pm-6:00pm PST.

This is an exclusive, FREE event. All are welcome! Registration is required. Please email iue@douglascollege.ca for more information.

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A Continuous Journey: Exploring Careers in Sexual Violence Prevention, Thursday March 30th, 2023, 3:30 - 5:00 pm.

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A Continuous Journey: Exploring Careers in Sexual Violence Prevention, Thursday March 30th, 2023, 3:30 - 5:00 pm.

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This event is free and open to the public.

Join us in the Aboriginal Gathering Place (Room S4650), at Douglas College New Westminster Campus.

This panel style event will feature individuals actively working in the field of sexual violence prevention, as counsellors, advocates and more.

For full event details and to register head over to the eventbrite page:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-continuous-journey-exploring-careers-in-sexual-violence-prevention-tickets-517158584247

Poster and slide for promotion are attached. Please share with others in your network.

Panelists include:

Z ahra Hashemi, Women's Support Program, Multicultural Outreach Services, Violence Prevention Program

Nova MacLeod, Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator, Student Affairs and Services, Douglas College

Raji Mangat, Executive Director, West Coast LEAF

Anna Marie M. Parayno, Educational Outreach Project Lead, WAVAW

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‘Swap it Like it’s Hot’ on March 30th at David Lam Campus in the atrium from 10:30am-2:30pm.

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‘Swap it Like it’s Hot’ on March 30th at David Lam Campus in the atrium from 10:30am-2:30pm.

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The Sustainable Event’s class HOSP 3120 is inviting you all to our event ‘Swap it Like it’s Hot’ on March 30th at David Lam Campus in the atrium from 10:30am-2:30pm. Please see the poster attached and scan the QR code on the poster to follow our social media for the event. This event is inspired to meet the Sustainable Development goal #12 (substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse)

We are also requesting donations of raffle prizes and used (but in good condition) clothing, books, household items, accessories, etc. You can bring your item(s) on the day of the event to swap directly, or you can donate in advance.

Bring donations to room A2280 David Lam Campus during Andrea’s class hours (just knock if she’s teaching) or set up an alternative time for donations by contacting  Andrea at terpenkasa@douglascollege.ca. You will receive a ticket to use for swaps during the event if you donate in advance.

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TriCites Urban Forest Forum - May 7 at 7:00 pm

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TriCites Urban Forest Forum - May 7 at 7:00 pm

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SDG Content on the Douglas Educators Network blog

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Featured

Video recording from the March 7, 2023 SDG Week Canada at Douglas College World Café presentation: http://api.ca.kaltura.com/tiny/i3ceq
PowerPoint presentation

A small group of organizers with a lot of supporters help the first UN SDG Week Canada event at Douglas College yesterday. The World Café featured short talks and dialogue from the following instructors who have incorporated UN SDGs into their curriculum:

Assembling with Purpose - Electronics and General Assembly program's partnership with Purpose Society's Digital Inclusion Hub. - Karen Atwal
Urban Orienteering- Multiple SDGs - Jovian Radeshwar
Global Citizenship, COIL and SDGs- Janice Sestan
Indigenous Peoples and the Sustainable Development Goals - Dr. Carling Beninger
UN experience with Women Peace and Security assignment in Mali - SDG #5 Gender Equality - Marie-Therese Atsena-Abogo
Chemical Oceanography and Saving Howe Sound - SDG #7 - Brenda Addison-Jones

Introduction: http://api.ca.kaltura.com/tiny/tax8x

For the full week program, related Douglas College and SDG resources, upcoming events and more, see:
https://padlet.com/bishops21/sdg-week-canada-at-douglas-college-i8wyrbgi9wif5ceu

Dylan Le Roy is a Student Affairs and Services Counsellor at Douglas College, and provided a much-needed "Managing Uncertainty with Gratitude" session for the Better Together - Partners in Learning Conference May 2-6, 2022 at Douglas College. Dylan' sessions was delivered in-person, and streamed to remote participants as well.

Dylan Le Roy, SAS Counsellor

Recorded dialogue with Dylan Le Roy and Steven Bishop
People and resources mentioned by Dylan

Mans' search for meaning by Viktor Frankl (summary) https://blog.12min.com/mans-search-for-meaning-pdf-summary/#:~:text=Author%20Viktor%20Frankl%2C%20the%20founder,and%20find%20meaning%20in%20it.

Sharon Salzberg - book and podcast https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/real-change-podcast-series/

Employee connect with Employee and Family Assistance Program https://collegedouglas.sharepoint.com/sites/dcconnect/department_faculties/administrative/hr/benefits/Pages/efap.aspx

Greater Good Science Center - University of California, Berkeley https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Gratitude journal https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/gratitude_journal

Douglas College Counselling Services https://www.douglascollege.ca/student-services/student-support/counselling

NPR podcast: Chelsea Handler & Sharon Salzberg: Sharon Salzberg leads a guided meditation. Chelsea Handler talks about her special, 'Evolution.'​

​ Dr. Rick Hansen The Neuroscience of Lasting Happiness What is living you? The Practice: Give over to good. Why? In every moment, you and I and everyone and everything else - from quantum foam to ﬂeeting thoughts, intimate relationships, rainforest ecosystems, and the stars themselves - are each a kind of standing wave, like the ever-changing though persistent pattern of water rising above a boulder in a river.​

​ The Awkward Yeti: Heart and Brain Cartoons ​

Tree of Contemplative Practices - "....the roots symbolize the two intentions that are the foundation of all contemplative practices: cultivating awareness and developing a stronger connection to God, the Divine, or inner wisdom."​

Jacob Goldowitz is one of the Learning Designers at Douglas College, and was a big part of envisioning and organizing the Better Together - Partners in Learning Conference May 2-6, 2022 at Douglas College. The conference sessions were delivered in-person, and virtually. Stay tuned for more episodes
Recorded dialogue with Jacob Goldowitz and Steven Bishop

Categories Tags Better Together - Partners in Learning, Uncategorized * Better-Together, by Steven Bishop

Tracy Ho
Organizer-Advocacy & DSU Ombudsperson

This month, Steven met up for a virtual hallway chat with Tracy Ho, the Organizer-Advocate and Ombudsperson for Douglas Students' Union. Tracy shared her insights based on student experiences taking courses during the 2020 emergency education delivery. We discussed things we learned and hopeful indications for the future.

A few links to things mentioned in the recording:
Here2Talk Douglas Students' Union Services Douglas Students' Union Ombudsperson SHIFT - Tracing the impacts of COVID-19 online conference, March 2 -4

* Tags by Steven Bishop, digital-humanity

Featured

Jovian Radheshwar

This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Jovian Radeshwar, a Faculty Member in the Department of Political Science at Douglas College. We were also joined by our invited co-host, Rim Gacimi. Rim is a recent graduate from the Bachelor's of Psychology program at Douglas College. Rim was an honours student and research assistant to Dr. Lisa Smith. Her work aims to better understand social behaviour and inequality using empirical research methods. Rim is also interested in socio-political discourse and was once a student of Dr. Jovian Radheshwar.

Jovian is a creative and enthusiastic instructor, who does not shy away from tackling everything under the sun when diving into international politics. We caught up with Jovian to chat about some of the ways he's approaching the design of his online courses this fall. In addition, we wanted to hear his thoughts on how anti-racist pedagogy can help us navigate the chaotic world we find ourselves in.

If you want to read / watch more, check out some recommendations from Jovian:

- Maria Lugones, https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/lugones-maria/

- The Great Hack, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Hack

- Democracy Now! Amy Goodman https://www.democracynow.org/

You can also check out the podcast he co-hosts.

- Jovian Moondough Show https://youtu.be/7fvzBqY-dm0

Join the conversation by sharing your comments, observations, and suggestions with us!

Until next time,

Lisa and Steven
Digital Humanity is recorded on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Digital Humanity, Podcast *

This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Kira Tomsons, a Faculty Member in the Department of Philosophy at Douglas College. Kira is an experienced and innovative online instructor who enthusiastically delves into new techniques and methods for engaging students in virtual learning environments. (She is also pretty good with stick people drawings!) She shared with us some of the ways she is setting up her courses for Fall 2020. In addition, Kira reflected on how feminist care ethics can help us consider how to care well in these novel times.

If you want to read further, Kira has some suggestions:
Moral Boundaries by Joan Tronto Moral Contexts by Margaret Urban Walker
Link to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-ethics/

Check out the Blooper Reel Kira shared with us!

Join the conversation by sharing your comments, observations, and suggestions with us!

Until next time,

Lisa and Steven
Digital Humanity is recorded on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Digital Humanity, Podcast, Uncategorized, whole-person learning *

I've enjoyed working with and conversing with Florence Daddy a few times, and was pleased when we had this chance to record an interview.

Current Teaching
Florence Daddey, currently teaching in the Faculty of Commerce, Business and Administration in the Business Management Department

Background
I am grateful for the opportunity to have lived in 3 continents. I was born in Ghana- West Africa, lived in England where I did most of my post secondary education and then moved to Canada in 2003. After University, I trained with Price Waterhouse in London to be a Chartered Accountant. I quickly realized that I did not enjoy auditing and through many volunteering opportunities with youth in inner city London, I discovered my passionate and love of teaching. Therefore, I decide to choose education and teaching as a career. In the last 17 years, I have had the opportunity to work as an instructional designer-supporting faculty in developing curriculum for different programs and supporting faculty in adopting appropriate teaching and learning pedagogy for their context in which learning takes place.
In addition, to that I support faculty in using technology to support teaching and learning and I think we met each other attend various Educational Technology User Group - (ETUG) workshops.
Given my personal experiences, I'm passionate about accessibility, inclusion and diversity issues. I'm certainly aware of the numerous barriers that can prevent certain groups of students in accessing post secondary education. Growing up in Ghana I quickly became away of my status and privileges. I witnessed true poverty where my family provided for many children. However, in Western nations we are given the impression that there is no poor person and the social security system is a buffer.
As I engage with students I quickly realized that is not the case so I develop a passion for open education practices and advocates how the use of open textbooks and resources can benefit both faculty in terms of having control over your teaching resources and materials and helping reduce the educational cost for students.

" How can we respond, in our roles, to the increasing calls for change? Especially in regards to post-secondary education?"
It is important to decide what is important to you about teaching and your pedagogical belief and identity.
I want my students to have a positive learning experience and especially in the current environment where a lot is changing around us and the change is happening so quickly. I have to take a step back and reassess my purpose and my role as an instructor.
By doing that, I'm able to figure out how best to use all the tools and resources available to meet my needs and to adopt an appropriate pedagogy for the student to learn given the context and learning environment.
In my practice, I get students to think about the learning environment as a community and the importance of building relationships. I like referring to the image on the text book " Pulling Together: A guide for Indigenization of post-secondary institutions. A professional learning series ".

Different cultures emphasize the importance of family and community and I try to use that belief to our classroom and learning experience.
I emphasis the strengths within a learning community and I promote learning through collaboration and get students to appreciate the contributes of everyone to our learning.
So, as I think about my discipline in the light of all the calls for actions I've certainly considered the changes that I can make, for example, by bringing indigenous perspectives and knowledge to our conversations as we discuss leadership.

I use examples of indigenous entrepreneurs and highlight their stories, how Indigenous businesses are set up... to give back to their communities. Even if it's for profit, it's not always individual profit but share. Let these be reflected in the textbooks and materials that students are reading, along with other ways to use stories from minorities and ethnicities.
Faculty can create their own materials and resources reflecting inclusivity and diversity by engaging in open education.
We can help change the narrative, and consider the impact on students who may have financially challenging situations by creating and adopting more open educational resources and strategies.
Interview with Florence Daddey, July 16, 2020

* Tags by Steven Bishop, digital-humanity

This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with a Douglas College student taking courses for the first time online this summer. Among other things, Charlene is a mom to twins and has her sights set on a career as a dental hygienist.

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This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Eamonn O'Laocha a Douglas College Faculty Member in the Department of Business Management. Among other things, Eamonn is working with the Douglas College Facilitating Faculty Online Group and kindly shared some of his observations about the challenging path facing faculty. In addition, Eamonn spoke to some of the work he is doing to address tech inequity and access to education.

To learn more about his work check the full article https://www.douglascollege.ca/about-douglas/news-and-media/news/2020/May/digital-devices-donations. Eamonn's interview is full of excellent insights and reminds us all of the importance of understanding the 'novel' times we are in.
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Dr. Eamonn O'Laocha

Dialogue with Eamonn, Lisa, and Steven-June 23, 2020

Eamonn referred to the work of Paulo Friere in the recording; here is a link to more information about Friere: https://infed.org/mobi/paulo-freire-dialogue-praxis-and-education/

Categories Digital Humanity, Learning Design, Podcast, whole-person learning *

Seren Friske

This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Seren Friskie. Seren is an Indigenous Psychology student, mental health advocate, community organizer, and activist living on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish People's. She kindly and generously shared with us what's it like to be an online student, as well as some of the important work she is doing to research and support better mental health outcomes for vulnerable and marginalized communities. We highly recommend you check out her interview to see things from a student point of view.

Dialogue with Seren Friske, Lisa Smith, and Steven Bishop-June 3, 2020

To learn more about some of the work that keeps her busy, check out the links below:

SARAVYC: https://www.saravyc.ubc.ca/person/seren-friskie/

IMPACTS: https://www.douglascollege.ca/programs-courses/faculties/humanities-social-sciences/sociology/impacts

Foundry: https://foundrybc.ca

Connect with her on Instagram @renfriskie

Please share your thoughts, comments, and suggestions with us as the podcast continues to grow.

We are Lisa Smith ( lsmith65@douglascollege.ca) and Steven Bishop ( bishops@douglascollege.ca).
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Tags Digital Humanity, Podcast * Lisa Smith, Podcasts

This week Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Dr. Sarah Hogarth Rossiter. Sarah shared with us what's it like to be a contract instructor (on short notice) at Douglas College for Summer 2020. In addition, we chatted about some of her thoughts around the importance of critical thinking under COVID-19 times.

Check out her recent Burnabynow.com article, "We shouldn't be second-guessing Dr. Henry during this crisis"

Listen to the Kelly Hunt song, "How Long" that Sarah mentioned for some food for thought while we're apart. Check it out! https://youtu.be/ElwRHoDOjpE

Please share your thoughts, comments, and suggestions with us as the podcast continues to grow.
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

with hosts Lisa Smith (Sociology) & Steven Bishop (Learning Design)

With the spread of COVID-19 across the globe, the Summer of 2020 is profoundly different for Douglas College faculty, staff, and students. Winter 2020 ended abruptly with a move to on-line teaching for the remainder of the term. For folks teaching summer courses at Douglas College, for the first time ever, all course instruction will be on-line. Dare we say that the phrases, 'I'm scrambling...', 'I'm freaking out...', and 'when will this be over', have certainly become common enough! We are just beginning to realize the vast and far-reaching impacts of this virus on individuals and communities across the globe. Many members of our community are grappling, both directly and indirectly, with the fallout of this massive social upheaval.

For instructors there is an imminent and ongoing need for technological support; however, the nuts and bolts of navigating on-line teaching are not the central focus of this podcast. This podcast is about hearing from DC faculty, staff, and students, as they navigate through the on-line realm in these novel times.

We had many questions at the outset of this podcast:
What was it like to move everything on-line within a week?
What things did you try, but found didn't work?
How do you build a sense of connection and community when teaching in on-line spaces?
How do you cultivate presence as an instructor when teaching on-line?
How do you manage the complex patterns of inequality that continue to shape how students gain access to education?
Are we aware of all the ways our students are impacted by COVID-19 (emotional, physical, and beyond)?
What kinds of things do you consider when making choices about content delivery?
What is it like to instruct from home? To learn from home? To work from home?
What expertise can you share with us to help us understand the social changes that are unfolding?
What are your hopes, fears, worries for this time?

Even though the questions are complex, the format is simple. Guests are invited for virtual hallway chats. We record the conversation and share with others. We chose the hallway chat model to replicate one of the benefits of the close quarters we inhabit as HSS Faculty. We have the privilege of 'running into' each other throughout the term. We find these conversations rich opportunities for learning about the work of our colleagues, trouble-shooting small issues, or even delving into deeper reflection. For each chat session we will post any additional reading materials that are mentioned in the recording.

We invite you to listen, share, and create with us as we explore the depths of our new digital humanity.

The first podcast is an interview with Joseph (Joey) Moore, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Douglas College. He has research interests in environmental sociology, urban sociology, and social movements.
Hallway Chat 1: Joseph Moore (Sociology)
Steven and I were pleased to welcome Dr. Joseph Moore, Sociology, for our first virtual hallway chat.

In this chat, Joey mentions Arlie Hothschild's book, The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work, first published in 1997.

Check out his co-edited collection, Sociology of Home: Belonging, Community, and Place in the Canadian Context
https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/sociology-of-home

Digital Humanity - Episode 1

Joey sent us this link to an University Affairs article with ideas on "humanizing an essentially dehumanizing medium."
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Podcast, Uncategorized *

Technology interconnects us, as this snapshot of world-wide internet activity shows.
Image from The Opte Project
(CC BY-NC 4.0)

"What would you do if you suddenly had to deliver your face-to-face class online, and with minimal preparation time?"
This was the question Michelle Jickling, Instructional Designer and E-Learning Developer for Douglas College's Training Group, and Steven Bishop, Douglas College Learning Designer, discussed in the first of a series of episodes exploring digital literacies.

We used Blackboard Collaborate online meeting software to model the solutions we were proposing, since we were both at different locations. Here are the topics, images, and links discussed during the session:
Top Five Essentials for going from face-to-face course delivery to online delivery:

1. Organize and collate the (existing) essential deliverables into a logical pattern (e.g., navigation information, weekly content folders, and assessment descriptions).

2. Decide what kinds of communication are most practical (e.g., course messages, email, synchronous online meetings, and asynchronous discussion forums).

3. Work backwards from the (existing) means of assessment to develop the assessment tools, Grade Center, and communication of grades and feedback to students.

4. Set up the course for basic delivery (e.g., create content areas, folders, items; upload files).

5. Deploy Blackboard tools as appropriate for all of the above.

Additional Considerations:

Student communications: synchronous meetings may be limited due to bandwidth, or access to reliable online services.

Means of assessment: other than proctored examination, Blackboard assessments would primarily be useful as open-book quizzes and formative assessments.

Instructional presence: an essential consideration not addressed in the list above.

SAMR = Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition How Technology Can Improve Learner-Centred Teaching Douglas College Blackboard Faculty Resources DEN (Douglas Educators Network) Blackboard Organization Blackboard Collaborate online meeting software-Help for Moderators We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

* Tags by Steven Bishop, Michelle Jickling

Today's students are experiencing stress, anxiety, and depression at record levels, caused by everything from moving away from home (or country), to social expectations, to work pressures, to academic pressures. Without intervention, the weight of all this can be overwhelming leading to various mental health conditions that can negatively impact their academic performance.

On January 20, Rebecca Gagan, Founder and Director of the University of Victoria's Bounce program, came to Douglas College to facilitate an interactive workshop to discuss her work and Douglas College's opportunity to intervene at an early stage to help prevent crisis-level mental health issues. By changing the way we understand and talk to students about their struggles, we can create a community of support, helping students before they become overwhelmed by building positive coping skills that will change the course of their academic journey.

Rebecca Gagan, Founder and Director, UVic Bounce

The genesis of UVic Bounce

Rebecca's work in this area started in 2015 after she received a scholarship in teaching and learning from UVic's Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI). She studied her first-year writing classes to understand how students could become more resilient through short in-class writing interventions. Her study in turn led to the creation of a website for the Faculty of Humanities for a video initiative called "UVic Bounce."

Using videos in which alumni and faculty speak openly about their successes and failures during their university experiences, students will see that their own struggles and failures are an important part of their learning experience. By normalizing and de-stigmatizing the challenges that students face, UVic Bounce will make it easier for students to share their struggles and to seek the support that they need.
Cited from https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/student-resources/bounce/index.php

Some workshop A-ha! moments

Rebecca started the ball rolling by playing one of the videos in the Bounce project. A hush fell over the room as we watched and listened to the story playing out on screen. At times it was hard to watch, but by the end, my heart was full of optimism. Listening to the stories of senior professors and administrators talk about their own struggles while studying underlined that all of us (even truly successful people) can fail. On the flip side, those same people can rebound to success, when given the proper support and encouragement, which is exactly what happened with the video participants. You can bounce back.

Some rich discussion followed including having participants reflect on a time when they felt particularly troubled, alone, or anxious while at school. In other words, what did that feel like and how did they overcome that challenge.

Rebecca provided some concrete examples of ways staff, instructors, and administrators could be there for students by simply telling their own stories, thus becoming vulnerable, bridging the distance between them and their students.

But, enough from me. Here is the full workshop recording. Sit back, grab a cup of tea, and prepare to be amazed at our collective resiliency.

Our sincere thanks goes to the Douglas College-Wide Faculty Professional Development Committee and Academic Technology Services for funding this workshop.
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Tags Workshop * emotional safety, mental health, Rebecca Gagan, UVic Bounce, WPL-CoP

On September 23, Eva Brownstein, documentary filmmaker, and Jake Costello, Studio Director for CBC's The Early Edition, led a workshop at Douglas College on incorporating documentary and news story-making elements techniques into courses. Eva and Jake help others tell their stories, nurture stories, and reveal meaning buried in information through film and radio media. The workshop was mediated by Steven Bishop, Douglas College Learning Designer.

We started with a brief discussion of two premises:

1. We have been using Story since before the beginning of civilization (15,000 years or more if we consider the earliest known cave paintings as comprised of story elements).

2. Learning relies on the ability to imagine a past, and a future. Storytelling and story receiving are coeval with the conception of time.

"Between the continuous barrage of information and madness, stands only story. Eva and Jake are skilled story makers; they each play an important part in informing others about the meaning of events in our world. As Douglas College instructors and people transmitting knowledge to others, we hope to learn from their experience how to shape information and fact into story. It might not seem apparent that producing news and crafting documentaries involve similar skill sets to lesson planning and curriculum delivery. This quote from Yuval Harare speaks to me about how we are all involved in creating and receiving story. After listening to news (let's say CBC's Early Edition), I feel informed. After watching a documentary, I feel moved. In both cases, I care about what I have just experienced. The root of the word "education" means to care, to nurture. That is what Eva, and Jake, bring to us today: story as education." from introduction by Steven Bishop

"...the last thing a teachers needs to provide today... is more information for they already have far too much of it. Instead, people need the ability to make sense of information, to tell the difference between what is important and what is an important and above all to combine many bits of information into a broad picture of the world." Yuval Noah Harare in 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Listen to a recording of the first half of the workshop Read the transcript for the first half of the workshop
...to be continued
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Tags Story * audio recording, by Steven Bishop, Long Story Short, Podcasts, Storymaking, Storytelling

Part 1 of a series

by Steven Bishop

Michelle Jickling, who is currently working as an Instructional Designer and eLearning Developer with the Training Group at Douglas College, and I sat down for a conversation about the essentials of helping subject-matter experts and instructors with course development. We specifically addressed some of the initial concerns with translating the expert's knowledge to an online environment, such as the Blackboard LMS currently used by the College.

Our discussion touched on:

Starting from scratch: storyboarding, assessing learning needs, organizing existing content, reviewing the learning goals

Meeting desired outcomes vs. delivery of information

Scaffolding into advanced knowledge

Iterative processes and updating content

Discipline-specific priorities

Synchronous and asynchronous modalities - how best to meet the student where they are

Modern educational and life challenges for students

Relevancy in course design and assessments

Balancing an expert's knowledge with time constraints (the 80:20 rule)

Time expectations

Listen to the 8:30 minute recorded dialogue
We would like to acknowledge that we live, learn, work, and play on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

Categories Learning Design, Podcast *

Categories Uncategorized

bbacademy.blackboard.com

I just completed my Blackboard Academy certificate on Fundamentals of Digital Teaching and Learning, and thought the course was well organized and an excellent and up-to-date review of the topics, which include:
> What we know about learning
> Introduction to digital teaching
> Digital teaching approaches and the LMS
> Designing e-learning courses
> Developing e-learning content
> Principles of learner assessment and feedback
The instructor, Cynthia Crenshaw, was super engaged and encouraged me to get the most out of the course.

I was asked to take the course to learn more about the Ultra Base Navigation which the College is in process of transitioning to; additionally, I was pleasantly surprised at how the course served as a review of ideas and practices that I am quite familiar with in my daily work. The timing was interesting too-to take a course during an avalanche of work associated with helping an institution transition from in-person to remote learning is a bit crazy! So I started looking at the course as a resource to help in the planning of workshops, in the curating of content to support new-to-online instructors, and in many other ways in my daily work. The discussion posts from other participants contained valuable insights, ideas, and links to resources. Taking the time to post my thoughts in the Discussion forums served as a welcome reflection time too. I used the assignments to review a course I am designing, and found the prompts useful in that process.

#LetsAdvanceLearning #BlackboardAcademy #DTLS

Categories Tags ATS, Learning Design * by Steven Bishop

Joseph Thompson, PhD

Last month, Steven and I met up for a virtual hallway chat with Joseph Thompson, a Faculty Member in the Department of Psychology at Douglas College since 2019. Joe shared with us some of his experiences with online teaching this past Summer 2020, as well as some of his plans as he steps into the role of Facilitating Faculty Online (FFO) for HSS. Joe also discussed some of the ways his research can help us understand the process of building expertise, as it relates to the transition to being online instructors.

Join the conversation by sharing your comments, observations, and suggestions with us!

Until next time,

Lisa and Steven

Digital Humanity is recorded on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.
References
Joe studies experimental psychology and is not a clinical psychologist. For a explanation of the difference, see:

American Psychological Association (2020). Understanding Experimental Psychology. Retrieved Dec 11, 2020 from https://www.apa.org/action/science/experimental.

Joe does not want to give the impression that intelligence tests have always been used ethically or that scientists are incapable of bias. For a brief discussion of the history of racism in intelligence testing see

Benjamin, L. T. Jr. (2007). A Brief History of Modern Psychology. Blackwell.
For more information on the ethics behind the use of assessment tools, see
American Psychological Association (2017). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. American Psychological Association. Retrieved Dec 11, 2020 from apa.org/ethics/code.
For background on Transfer, see
Kimball, D. R., & Holyoak, K. J. (2000). Transfer and expertise. The Oxford handbook of memory, 109-122.
For the study behind Joe's reference to basketball, see
Keetch, K. M., Lee, T. D., & Schmidt, R. A. (2008). Especial skills: Specificity embedded within generality. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30(6), 723-736.
For the notion that chess could serve as a model organism for cognitive science see
Simon, H. and Chase, W. (1973). Skill in chess. American Scientist, 61. 393-403.

We have only glossed over the messy process by which psychologists use science to improve their psychological tests. For further reading on the history and philosophy behind this process, see

Slaney, K. (2017). Validating Psychological Constructs: Historical, Philosophical, and Practical dimensions. Palgrave Macmillan
For background on Joe's research methodology, see
Thompson, J.J., Blair M.R., Chen L., Henrey A.J. (2013) Video Game Telemetry as a Critical Tool in the Study of Complex Skill Learning. PLoS ONE 8(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075129

Categories Tags Digital Humanity, Podcast * by Steven Bishop, Lisa Smith

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Featured Video recording from the March 7, 2023 SDG Week Canada at Douglas College World Café presentation: http://api.ca.kaltura.com/tiny/i3ceq PowerPoint presentation A small group of organizers with a lot of supporters help the first UN SDG Week Canada event at Douglas College yesterday.

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Knowledges of Women in International Development Practice - A Keynote by Catherine Andela - UN Dept. of Peace Operations, Gender Unit Chief

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Knowledges of Women in International Development Practice - A Keynote by Catherine Andela - UN Dept. of Peace Operations, Gender Unit Chief

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Friday, March 31, 2023
Laura Muir Theatre - N 4100
New Westminster Campus - 700 Royal Avenue
5:30 - 7:30 pm

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Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/knowledges-of-women-in-international-development-practice-tickets-570081738827

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National and International Environmental Days

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National and International Environmental Days

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February 2, 2023: World Wetlands Day

February 27, 2023: International Polar Bear Day

March 3, 2023: World Wildlife Day

March 14, 2023: Internation Day of Action for Rivers

March 18, 2023: Global Recycling Day

March 21, 2023: International Forest Day

April: Earth Month and Earth Week

April 22, 2023: Earth Day

May 7-13 2023: International Compost Awareness week

May 19 2023: Bike to work day and Endangered Species Day

May 20, 2023: World Bee Day

May 22, 2023: International Day of Biodiversity

June is Indigenous History Month

June: Canadian Environment Week TBD

June 5 2023: World Environment Day

June: World Ocean Week TBD

June: Canadian Rivers Day and Pollinator Week TBD

June 8, 2023: World Ocean Day

June 21, 2023: National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 22, 2023: World Rainforest Day

July: Plastic free July

Sept 21, 2023: Zero emissions Day

October: Canada Circular Economy Month and Waste Reduction Week

October 5 2023: Energy Efficiency Day

Nov 1, 2023: World Vegan Day

Dec 11 2023: International Mountain Day

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Film screening and discussion in room N2201 at 4:30 pm - "Living on One Dollar"

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Film screening and discussion in room N2201 at 4:30 pm - "Living on One Dollar"

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Come to view this amazing film that follows the experience of four university-aged friends and their experience of living on $1/day in rural Guatemala for two months. Film discussion to follow, hosted by GLGC 1101 students.

Popcorn and refreshments provided.

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We are grateful to Douglas College and the following supporters

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We are grateful to Douglas College and the following supporters

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Douglas College respectfully acknowledges that our campuses are located on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa: n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and qiqéyt (Qayqayt) First Nations.

- The Office of the Vice President Academic and  Provost (Thor Borgford) for providing catering funds
- Global Engagement & International Student Services (Director, Brian Storey)
- Douglas Educators Support Community (DESC) members
- Douglas College Instructors (see list in the Presenters & Topics column)
- Academic Technology Services members (ATS)
- Douglas College Faculty Association (DCFA) and the DCFA's Status of Women Committee (Dorritta Fong)
-Marketing and Communications Office members (MCO)
- Facilities & Ancillary Services members
-Global Citizenship 1101 Students for working to prepare and host Thursday and Friday film screenings
- Douglas Student Union members (DSU)
-Chartwells for their help in setting up and refreshing the catering