Student Memoir from Stories of Home
Ayssar Habeeb responded to the Stories of Home call for submissions. This is a fragment of her memoir, Day 26 The bombardment echoed in the neighbourhood, long night with ambiguous possibilities. The rumbles shuddered my bedroom window, cracked… Read More
Impressive student work from Professor Marshall’s Creative Problem Solving course
In this assignment for Creative Problem Solving, students are asked to choose a new creative experience and report on it; the second part of the assignment is reflective practice through structured questions. For Professor Patsy Marshall, these student… Read More
Stories of Home: An Update
In the Fall 2021 Alchemy edition, we introduced a new project set up by a team from the English as a Second Language (ESL) department: Nataly Shaheen, Claudia Daniela Cirip, Sara Cordeiro Alexandre, Suzanne Soares, and Diana Catargiu…. Read More
Alya Somar: CanLit Makes Me Nervous
Nonfiction by CW&P Student Alya Somar The first time I walked into my ‘Fundamentals of Publishing’ class, my professor said that the publishing industry was dominated by white women. My mind immediately went back to my program orientation,… Read More
Daniel Meehan: By the Lakeshore
Fiction by CW&P Student Daniel Meehan When I was a young boy, and the ducks still bobbed along the little teeming lake of our backwater home, and the fish dove deep by the breast-high shoal out in… Read More
Saidah Vassell: Jump the Broom
Fiction by CW&P Student Saidah Vassell In that moment, I don’t just see a broom. I see my life as it flashes before my eyes. I see myself meeting her for the very first time. The way a… Read More
A World of Possibilities from the ESL Program
By: Nataly Shaheen, Diana Catargiu, Suzanne Soares, Daniela Claudia Cirip and Sara Cordeiro Alexandre A team from the ESL Program has launched a new project, entitled “Stories of Home.” We aim to exhibit the inspiring stories of our students and faculty in different art… Read More
Patsy Marshall’s Students use CPS to Tackle Elder Food Insecurity
Patsy Marshall had an amazing team of students in her Principles of Creative Problem Solving (CPS) class during the Summer of 2021! This team applied the CPS FourSight Model, developed by Dr. Gerard Puccio, to a selected challenge… Read More
Patsy Marshall’s Students Continue to Impress!
Prof. Patsy Marshall’s students continue to impress with their course deliverables, even when they’re working remotely. Included below is a major project submitted to Patsy’s Group Dynamics and CPS Facilitation class from last semester that was particularly successful;… Read More
Ecological Psychology Students Get Outside to Get Creative
Since launching PSYC26632: Ecological Psychology last year, Dr. Lisa Droogendyk has had much to celebrate, particularly around one of the course’s major projects for which students are required to carry out a hands-on 6 week nature connection project… Read More
