{"id":1061,"date":"2021-01-15T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T00:00:04","slug":"the-alice-in-moodleland-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/2021\/01\/15\/the-alice-in-moodleland-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alice in Moodleland Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What with floating, disembodied heads, mouths moving\u00a0but making no\u00a0sound, classes and meetings attended\u00a0in\u00a0fuzzy slippers, and assorted species of animal crossing our screens at random intervals, there is a \u201cthrough the looking glass\u201d quality to the online world. A bit like Alice, we pass through the glass and find\u00a0ourselves in\u00a0a wondrous place\u2026called Moodleland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lions and Unicorns: <\/strong>It\u2019s nomination season! Please consider nominating a worthy colleague for the brand-new Faculty of Arts Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Awards. Nominations close on January 31, 2021; the link is here<\/a>.  As well, we invite nominations for the prestigious Dean of Arts Teaching Award, linked here<\/a>, for Feb. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe\u00a0time\u00a0has\u00a0come,\u201d\u00a0the Walrus said,\u00a0\u201cto\u00a0talk of\u00a0many\u00a0academic integrity violations:\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0The Arts Academic Integrity Symposium, featuring experts from the Teaching and Learning Commons,\u00a0runs on Monday, January 18, 10:00-11:30 on MS Teams.\u00a0Click here to join the meeting<\/a>.\u00a0The session will be recorded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Caucus Race:<\/strong> The call for candidate nominations for Senate vacancies will open on February 1 and close on February 19. The Faculty of Arts has two vacant seats, so we encourage folks to consider putting their names forward to represent our Faculty in this crucial site of university governance. For more, see the Senate Elections page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gyre and\u00a0Gimble in the\u00a0Wabe:<\/strong>\u00a0As per Diane\u2019s\u00a0email of earlier this week,\u00a0BCcampus\u00a0is inviting research proposals from B.C. post-secondary educators and students who are committed to exploring and improving student learning and eager to conduct and share research with others. For this call, only projects with Indigenous-led researchers and\/or projects that are equitably and reciprocally partnered with Indigenous peoples and communities will be considered.\u00a0Deadline for submissions is Sunday, February 14, 2021. Awards are typically up to $6,000. For more information, visit the\u00a0BCcampus Research Fellows 2021\u20132022 page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Garden of Live Flowers:\u00a0<\/strong>Rachel Chong<\/a>,\u00a0KPU\u2019s Indigenous Engagement and Subject\u00a0Liaison\u00a0Librarian, will be giving a talk on\u00a0the Indigenous Information Literacy Project on January 22 10:00-11:00 on MS Teams. For more information, and to register, please click here.<\/a> \u00a0And\u00a0note that Rachel has assembled an impressive list of resources on indigenous knowledges and information literacy\u00a0which may prove invaluable to both faculty and students. Access it via this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wool and Water:<\/strong>\u00a0An increasing engagement with Indigenous and 2Spirit\/Queer stories and perspectives presents important opportunities for learning and deepening relationships, but it also carries the potential for appropriation, tokenizing, and harm.\u00a0The Task Force on Anti- Racism\u00a0will\u00a0present\u00a0\u201cTreating Stories with Care: A Workshop for Students on Appropriation, Ethics, and Telling Your Own Stories.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0This 90-minute workshop and discussion will focus on how participants can engage Indigenous narratives with ethical care and draw on their own personal stories to act in solidarity, address systems of oppression, and foster social change. The event will be facilitated by Shane Sable, a 2spirit Gitxsan artist, activist, and facilitator whose work focuses primarily on\u00a0rematriating\u00a0Indigenous sexuality through burlesque and community-engaged art and cultural\u00a0activities\u00a0.\u00a0The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, January 26, 4:00-5:30 on MS Teams. Please consider encouraging your students to attend! Here is the link:\u00a0Click here to join the meeting<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Un-Birthday Present:<\/strong> The President\u2019s Diversity and Equity Committee (PDEC) has renewed KPU\u2019s subscription to the Multicultural Calendar, which is a helpful resource for raising awareness of important cultural, religious, national, and international holidays, festivals, and observance days. Click here<\/a> to access the Calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who It Was That Dreamed It All:<\/strong>\u00a0Creative Writing is hosting a\u00a0virtual Book Launch for Aislinn Hunter\u2019s\u00a0acclaimed novel\u00a0The\u00a0Certainties<\/em>.\u00a0Aislinn will be joined guests Chelsea Franz and Jordan Roper. Please see the attached PDF for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2019Oh, I\u2019ve had such a curious dream!\u2019 said Alice. And she told her sister, as well as she could remember them, all these strange Adventures of hers that you have just been reading about; and, when she had finished, her sister kissed her, and said, \u2018It was a curious dream, certainly; but now run in to your tea: it\u2019s getting late.\u2019 So Alice got up and ran off, thinking, while she ran, what a wonderful dream it had been.\u201d<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well,\u00a0we\u2019re not out of MOODLELAND yet\u00a0by any means\u00a0\u2013 but we eagerly await the day when we can look back on these dreamlike (nightmare-like?) months,\u00a0and\u00a0share\u00a0our\u00a0\u201ccurious\u201d\u00a0stories\u00a0with the future.\u00a0Preferably while\u00a0taking\u00a0tea together…and in person.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All our best,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane, Wade, Shelley, and Greg<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sir John Tenniel illustrations public domain \u2013 taken from <\/em>https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/114\/114-h\/114-h.htm#alice21<\/em><\/a> and<\/em> <\/em>https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:John_Tenniel%27s_illustrations_of_Through_the_Looking-Glass_and_What_Alice_Found_There<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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