Learn tools that will assist educators in maintaining a healthy work life balance and stay connected with the broader purpose of the work we do.
This full day session offers a rich and diverse set of tools for helping students decrease stress, increase learning, and gain a greater sense of connection and resilience in undertaking post secondary education.
Questions? Contact CPI at cpi@brocku.ca or X 3933.
Photography instructor Amy Friend has mounted an exhibition titled Are We Stardust? At the John C. Hodges Library of The University of Tennessee.
April 1 to August 31, 2015
University of Tennessee
1015 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN.
Professor Gyllian Raby of Dramatic Arts (DART) and DART Alumna Caitlin English were recently honoured by the news that their film COMMOTION was awarded a Gold medal in the education category and a Silver medal in the research category by Prestige Film Awards, an international juried competition that connects filmmakers with distributors.
Commotion is a tri-generational program that trains emerging Brock Graduates to create theatre and work with high school students in the surrounding community. The program is run by Gyllian Raby, a Brock professor and Pablo Felices Luna, the past artistic director for Carousel Players youth theatre in St Catharines.
In reaching out to the local youth, this program is a vital resource to identifying and teaching the relationship between the creative process and group dynamics for Brock’s emerging artists.
For more information about the project see this news item from November 2011. See also Prestige Film Awards.
The COMMOTION project was made possible by SSHRC: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Department of Dramatic Arts of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at Brock University, Carousel Players, TALK Niagara and with support from the District School Board of Niagara.
Congratulations Gyllian and Caitlin!
The 2015 issue of ti< (ISSN 1929-4336) is now online. It contains several contributions by students in French Studies and Visual Arts realized during their work at Rodman Hall this year.
Snowbanks are deep and winter term still has weeks to go, but registration will soon open for Brock’s expanded Spring Summer 2015 course offerings.
Two years of double-digit enrolment growth speak to the program’s booming popularity, and on March 9 registration will open for Spring Summer 2015.
The 2015 course lineup can be viewed now at www.brocku.ca/springsummer/
See the complete article here.
DART courses available for registration include:
| DART | 1F01 | Acting For Non Majors | Spring |
| DART | 2F04 | Intro To Physical Theatre | Spring |
| DART | 3P91 | Shakespeare In Performance (restricted) | Summer |
| DART | 4P51 | Shakespeare: Voice & Text (restricted) | Summer |
Contact the Department for more information: dramatic.arts@brocku.ca or 905.688.5550
905.688.5550
A special opportunity to study in Ottawa at Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival!
Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival (MNTF) takes place in Ottawa this year, and students in this three-credit undergraduate course (for University of Ottawa) will explore its past, present and future during one intense week focusing on theatre history, performance analysis and criticism. Students are expected to see all nine MNTF shows outside of class time (evenings and weekend).
from the University of Ottawa:
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On March 8, 2015, International Women’s Day, Dramatic Arts students, faculty, and community members joined Equity in Theatre in addressing the online gender disparity of the representation of women in theatre. For three hours, Brock’s Hackathon joined groups of theatre practitioners and supporters from across the country as part of Equity in Theatre’s Hackathon to create or update Wikipedia pages for diverse women in Canadian Theatre.
Brock’s Hackathon was led by a group of student leaders from DART 1F93, Introduction to Drama, but also saw students from other cohorts in attendance. Musicians Bri Lidstone and Hayley Malouin, fourth year Dramatic Arts students, performed strategically female-driven set-lists during the event, creating an empowering and inclusive atmosphere for all those in attendance. At the end of Brock’s Hackathon, the group had updated and completed 16 Wikipedia entries, focusing on female faculty and staff members, as well as members of the greater Niagara arts community. While the official number of pages updated and/or created is yet to be released from Equity in Theatre, if the online communication and support from groups across the country is any indication, the event succeed in increasing gender representation online, and fostering a network of engaged young theatre practitioners. (Kat Gottli)
On February 28th, 2015 approximately 30 people participated in the Drama in Education and Applied Theatre symposium "Story, Drama, & Video in Personal and Social Contexts" at Rodman Hall of Brock University. The symposium included presentations by former and present graduate students, faculty members, instructors, and a performance by current Drama in Education /Applied Theatre (DIE/AT) students of the Department of Dramatic Arts.
Professors Yasmine Kandil and Joe Norris, assisted by Kat Gottli (BA Dramatic Arts, MEd Teaching, Learning and Development) organized the event to “create a space for dialogue between students, faculty, instructors, and community members about how we conduct our research and the challenges and rewards of using story, drama, or video to mobilize our work with different target groups.” The symposium was an opportunity for instructors and students of the Department of Dramatic Arts to share their research and participate in dialogue about the theories and practices of students, colleagues, and mentors in this ever-growing field.
The day began with a performance by third year DIE/AT students about youth at risk in the alternative education programs and was followed by a rich talkback about the themes explored in the piece.
(A Better Tomorrow. Jenna Klomp, Victoria Van Sickle, Spencer Walker, Michelle Lemme, Melissa Butera, Maddy DeLuca.)
In the field of Drama in Education there were presentations that explored the use of drama to engage and better understand cyberbullying (Exploring Cyberbullying Through Drama for Social Intervention. Gillian Fournier, OCT, MEd), identity formation in relation to social media (Do they “like” me? An exploration of the 21st century student’s new socialization experience and its implication for pedagogical practice. Mary Code, MEd student, Faculty of Education), body image and self-loathing amongst school children (I’m perfect/Imperfect: Dramatic Explorations of body image with elementary and post-secondary students. Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters, Faculty of Education), Romeo and Juliet as Educational Theatre through Facebook (Facebook Romeo and Juliet as Educational Theatre: An Improbable Fiction? Helen Zdriluk, MEd, Department of Dramatic Arts), and the important roles that artists can play within the classroom environment and curriculum delivery (Playlinks: Investigating an Artist-in-the-Classroom Approach to Enhanced Student Learning. Dr. Debra McLauchlan, Faculty of Education).
Applied Theatre presentations included topics such as the pitfalls of charity work in the field of international development and the importance of creating change that is sustainable (Keep your coins: We want change. Rox Chwalulk, OCT, MEd), as well as an examination of the ethical considerations in the use of personal stories for raising awareness and celebrating experiences of immigration and settling (Personal Stories in Applied Theatre: Redefining the Blurred Lines. Dr. Yasmine Kandil, Department of Dramatic Arts).
On the topic of Research Dissemination one presentation explored the use of web-based videos to share and mobilize research initiatives (Disseminating Performative Research Through Web-based Videos. Dr. Joe Norris, Department of Dramatic Arts). From the area of Social Justice and Equity Studies a presentation examined anti-oppressive literature in elementary school classrooms (“They’re trying to trick us!” Making sense of anti-oppressive children’s literature in the elementary school classroom. Kate Paterson, MA student, Social Justice and Equity Studies).
Professor Kandil came from Victoria, British Columbia to join the Department of Dramatic Arts in 2014. Her research investigates the effective methods of Theatre for Development practice by understanding the conditions that provide autonomy and empowerment for marginalized communities. Her dissertation (University of Victoria) showcases two long-term projects: one carried out with a community of garbage pickers living in the slums of Cairo, and the other with immigrant and refugee youth in Victoria, B.C. Professor Kandil’s current research investigates the relationship between not-for-profit organizations’ arts-based projects and participant autonomy and privacy in projects that depict participants’ real-life experiences. The outcome will be to produce a guidebook, for use of organizations and artists, which would outline the parameters and ethical considerations when working with people’s real-life stories in community-based theatre projects.
For more information and to contact Professor Kandil please see https://www.brocku.ca/humanities/departments-and-centres/dramatic-arts/faculty-dart/dr-yasmine-kandil
Two departments at Brock are working as one in the art exhibit “Chaussettes vertes et bonne nuit, les _toiles /Green Socks and Good Night Stars.
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Students, faculty, alumni and staff are invited to recognize part-time/sessional teaching staff that have contributed significantly to student learning at Brock University. All instructors on contracts or limited-term appointments who teach undergraduate classes, and who have been teaching at Brock University for two or more years, are eligible. One award is available annually.
If you know a sessional instructor that has contributed significanly to student learning at Brock – consider nominating them for the Clarke Thomson Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching.
Award details are available online http://www.brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/awards-grants/clarke-thomson-award
Questions? Contact the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation at X3933 or cpi@brocku.ca. Deadline: March 15, 2015
Study in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Spring/Summer 2015
Language courses from beginner to advanced available.
SPAN 2V90: Em/bodying Trauma and Memory through Testimony
(2 weeks at Brock + 2 weeks at the University of Buenos Aires)
Examination of Argentine testimonial genre in late 20th to 21st century focusing on physical and psychological embodiments of trauma and memory.
Students are expected to pay their own expenses.
Contact: csantos@brocku.ca
Study in Canada – Spring/Summer 2015
Community outreach and internship
SPAN 3F80: Im/migrant and Community Outreach Internship
(at Brock University)
Promotes community engagement as a medium for linguistic fluency and cultural understanding of the Hispanic im/migrant experience. Students will be placed with community organizations and agencies. Provides students with career-oriented volunteer experience at participating sites.
Contact: iblayer@brocku.ca, csantos@brocku.ca