PEACE STUDIES AT DAWSON Peace Studies is an interdisciplinary, values-based, engaged field of study that integrates scholarship and application, theory and practice. Peace Studies invites and inspires a commitment to exploring violence prevention and the practice of nonviolent approaches to transforming and resolving conflict. The Peace Studies Certificate encourages students to reflect critically and creatively on the complex roots of violence, nonviolence, and peace, their consequences, and their roles in our world. The Peace Studies Certificate aims to prepare students to work for justice and to build peace in any context, whether in their personal or professional lives, their communities, in society, or on a global scale. The Peace Studies Certificate is a collaborative initiative of the General Education departments (English, French, Humanities and Physical Education), the Dawson Centre for Peace Education (also known as the Peace Centre), and other academic departments of the College.
Certificate Requirements To complete the Certificate over the course of their DEC studies, students will need to complete: • One (1) required Foundational Peace Centre Activity – offered once per semester, and ideally taken in the student’s first semester of college studies. • Two (2) additional Peace Centre Activities – see Peace Centre webpage for details. • Three (3) courses of the students’ choice from the courses offered in the Certificate – see course listings on the following page and in the Dawson College Timetable & Registration Guide available from the Registrar’s Office, or online. These Peace Studies courses do not add any additional course load to a student’s college (DEC) program. They are designed to serve both the student’s DEC requirements and the Peace Studies Certificate requirements.
Students in any program can take the Peace Studies Certificate
Peace Centre Activities The Peace Centre Activities are designed to engage students in applied learning, and will offer an opportunity to participate in and contribute to a community of peacebuilders. This active Dawson community made up of students, faculty, and staff will serve as peace advocates and will be encouraged to reach beyond the borders of Dawson College to share their skills, values, and knowledge for transforming conflict and building peace.
Peace Studies Certificate Learning Objectives
The collection of courses and activities offered in the Peace Studies Certificate provide students and teachers with the opportunity to: KNOWLEDGE • Explain the nature of peaceful societies • Identify the various forms of violence, nonviolence, and peace • Analyze the social and psychological roots of violence • Describe the potential of nonviolence as both a principled and practical alternative SKILLS • Practice and model nonviolent communication skills • Demonstrate skills in resolving conflict nonviolently ATTITUDES • Develop greater self-awareness • Recognize one’s own capacity for peacebuilding • Care for themselves, their relationships, their communities, the environment, and beyond • Be a catalyst for positive change
The Ecological Peace Garden at Dawson College
Dawson Peace Studies Certificate 3 courses + 3 activities
Courses Offerings 1 & 2 Department
Course Code
Course Title and Teacher
English
603-BXW-DW
Imagine: A Course About Literature & Peace
Offered once per semester, ideally taken at the start of the Certificate
1 required FOUNDATIONAL PEACE CENTRE ACTIVITY See Peace Centre web page for details
Marie-Thérèse Blanc
603-BXE-DW
Applied Themes : Humans, Animals, and the Environment Gina Granter
French
602-103-MQ
Littérature contemporaine Leila Safi
Fine Arts
520-BWA-03
3 courses from HUMANITIES
520-221-DW
Photography: Art and Influence Maureen McIntyre
Humanities
345-102-MQ
Consciousness Daniel Goldsmith
ENGLISH
345-BXH-DW
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
345-BXH-DW
FRENCH
345-102-MQ
OTHER ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS
345-BXH-DW
COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATION
345-101-MQ
The Ethics of What We Eat Carl Saucier-Bouffard
The Universe on Your Plate Daniel Goldsmith
Violence & Nonviolence Pat Romano
(1) Not all courses are offered every semester. Please check the Timetable and Registration Guide for the listing of courses offered in a given semester. (2) Also note that only sections of these courses that are offered by the teachers listed here count toward the Peace Studies Certificate.
Certificates of Study Certificates of Study at Dawson College provide an opportunity for students and faculty
Women and War Pat Romano
345-BXH-DW A minimum of 2 Peace Centre Activities See Peace Centre web page for details
From Cruelty to Forgiveness Pat Romano
Ethical Issues: Says Who Greta Hofmann Nemiroff
Must be completed by end of DEC Studies
345-101-MQ
Anger Greta Hofmann Nemiroff
Physical Education
109-102-MQ
Aikido
109-103-MQ
Wilderness Camping
Political Science
385-101-DW
Mark Abbott Richard Montreuil & Doug Smyth
Introduction to Politics Vanessa Gordon
Psychology
350-101-DW
Introduction to Psychology Julie Andrews Melanie Doyle Susan Finch Selma Hamdani
Religious Studies
370-102-DW
Introduction to World Religions: Peace Ivan Freud
370-BWS-03
Introduction to Religious Studies: Peace Ivan Freud
Social Service
388-BWS-DW
The Power of Nonviolent Communication Rosemary Barrett
to come together around certain topics or
388-624-DW
themes of interest to them. Through selected
388-116-DW
Community Intervention Patricia Murphy
courses and activities, students are able to
Social Welfare and Legislation Patricia Murphy
388-413-DW
broaden and enrich their learning while clearly
Understanding Families II Marie-Eve Dufour
and cleanly following the path of their program
388-BXS-DW
The Role of Alcohol in Society Shirley Watkins
of studies.
Integrative Seminar
For more information on the Peace Studies Certificate, contact Julie Mooney, Coordinator Dawson Centre for Peace Education Dawson College tel | 514 931 8731 ext 1414
16th Century to Modern Art Maureen McIntyre
Must be completed by end of DEC Studies
email | jmooney@dawsoncollege.qc.ca or visit www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/peace-centre
300-308-DW
Peace and Social Order Ivan Freud