{"id":74,"date":"2020-06-12T06:14:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T13:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/?p=74"},"modified":"2020-08-02T18:51:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T01:51:50","slug":"june-12-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/2020\/06\/12\/june-12-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9dition Mise \u00e0 jour francophone&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le\u00a0semestre\u00a0approche du point m\u00e9dian<\/strong><em>.<\/em> On this rainy Friday, many of you will\u00a0be looking forward to the weekend or taking stock as we enter the midterm period of the summer semester.\u00a0 In this pandemic time-zone, the days and weeks seem to blur together, so\u00a0taking\u00a0note of\u00a0the many\u00a0happenings\u00a0in Arts\u00a0is one way\u00a0to stay\u00a0grounded in\u00a0the present moment.\u00a0Today, we offer\u00a0a few highlights\u00a0from this week and some resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>F\u00e9licitations!<\/strong>\u00a0The Canadian\u00a0Political\u00a0Science Association\/ Association\u00a0canadienne\u00a0de science politique announced this week that\u00a0Val\u00e9rie\u00a0V\u00e9zina<em>\u2019<\/em>s book,\u00a0<em>Une \u00eele, une nation ? Le nationalisme insulaire \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re des cas de Terre-Neuve et Puerto Rico<\/em>,\u00a0is\u00a0the official\u00a0runner-up for\u00a0<em>le Prix francophone 2020 de l\u2019Association canadienne de science politique<\/em>.\u00a0Taking\u00a0home \u2018silver\u2019 for the\u00a0most prestigious prize for a French-language work in Canadian Political Science is a veritable feat!\u00a0<em>F\u00e9licitations<\/em>, Val\u00e9rie!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/files\/2020\/06\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/files\/2020\/06\/image.png 720w, https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/files\/2020\/06\/image-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Val\u00e9rie&nbsp;V\u00e9zina at her book launch, Political Science Department, KPU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Merci&nbsp;mille&nbsp;fois!&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;On Tuesday,&nbsp;Kristie&nbsp;Dukewich&nbsp;hosted a highly informative&nbsp;workshop&nbsp;on academic integrity&nbsp;for approximately 30 Arts faculty members via an interactive session on Teams. Many thanks to Kristie for her time and energy, and for sharing her knowledge. Kristie has generously&nbsp;provided&nbsp;a PDF of her PowerPoint slides&nbsp;and&nbsp;recorded the&nbsp;Teams&nbsp;session, which we&nbsp;have&nbsp;uploaded&nbsp;to&nbsp;the Faculty of Arts&nbsp;SharePoint&nbsp;site.&nbsp;&nbsp;The files are available for consultation&nbsp;under the&nbsp;\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/our.kpu.ca\/sites\/arts\/resourcesforfaculty\/Academic%20Integrity%20Resources\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\">Resources for Faculty<\/a>\u201d menu via the link to \u201cAcademic Integrity Resources\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>R\u00e9fl<\/strong><strong>\u00e9c<\/strong><strong>hissez<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>avant<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;de&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>sauter<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;We appreciate that faculty are under tremendous pressures with the shift to online teaching; however, we&nbsp;would like to&nbsp;send a gentle reminder to make sure that&nbsp;you are using KPU-approved platforms,&nbsp;such as Moodle, Big Blue Button, Kaltura,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Teams&nbsp;(with restrictions).&nbsp;Legal has reminded us that other platforms&nbsp;that&nbsp;have not been deemed&nbsp;FIPPA-compliant may place students at risk, and KPU at legal risk, by storing&nbsp;students\u2019&nbsp;private information on servers based outside of Canada.&nbsp;Also, having multiple instructors using different platforms can place an extra burden on students, who are then required to navigate all these platforms in addition to the challenges of coursework and&nbsp;Covid.&nbsp;While KPU is actively exploring&nbsp;future&nbsp;options, examples of high-profile&nbsp;platforms&nbsp;that are&nbsp;currently&nbsp;non-compliant&nbsp;include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Zoom&nbsp;<\/li><li>WhatsApp&nbsp;<\/li><li>Google Educate&nbsp;<\/li><li>Slack&nbsp;<\/li><li>MS Teams&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;under our current arrangement,&nbsp;faculty&nbsp;can&nbsp;invite students to a Teams&nbsp;meeting, but&nbsp;<em>should not create a Team with students in it<\/em>. The chat function is also a serious issue, as personal information in chat can be stored on American servers; please refrain from any use of this with students.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please remember that the Teaching and Learning Team is&nbsp;always&nbsp;ready to offer support if you are facing challenges or are having difficulties deciding which platform will work best for your teaching needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recherche&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>r\u00e9activ\u00e9e<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Arts Research Courses will be revived this fall semester and paid at the Guided Study rate.&nbsp; Because of a need to balance the cost of these courses with the excellent opportunities they present to students who would like to be meaningfully involved in faculty-led projects, these courses will be capped at 10 distinct sections per semester, with one student per faculty member.&nbsp;&nbsp;Please watch for an email later this month inviting faculty to&nbsp;submit proposals&nbsp;to teach this course.&nbsp; The submission form&nbsp;will require a brief description of the research project, the potential role for the student,&nbsp;and any specific tasks that the student would be engaged in that are relevant to the learning of research skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>C<\/strong><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><strong>l<\/strong><strong>\u00e9<\/strong><strong>brer<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;en&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>anglais<\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Departments across Arts continue to innovate to celebrate their graduating students.&nbsp;&nbsp;Through the coordinated efforts of&nbsp;Kelly Doyle (who&nbsp;taught herself how to use&nbsp;the software in one day&nbsp;to&nbsp;edit the video!),&nbsp;Heather Cyr,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bryn&nbsp;Jones Square, the English department recently shared this montage:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/77zLYvHbIAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/77zLYvHbIAA<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Even though we remain at home&nbsp;separated&nbsp;from one another,&nbsp;Arts is creating a vibrant online community for KPU students.&nbsp; Please keep sharing&nbsp;with us&nbsp;the many ways you are&nbsp;working to stay&nbsp;connected!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bo\u00eete<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;\u00e0 suggestion:<\/strong>&nbsp;We&nbsp;began&nbsp;sending these Friday updates in late March to help Arts faculty keep pace with the scale and volume of changes precipitated by the pandemic. While things have settled down, our sense is that the continuation of these updates throughout the summer and fall semesters would be useful. We always welcome your feedback and would like to extend an open invitation to faculty and staff to let us know if there are additional items you would like to see included.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Enjoy le weekend!<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Diane, Greg, Wade, and Shelley<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Le\u00a0semestre\u00a0approche du point m\u00e9dian. 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