Active Learning Activities

Editing Exercise: Mock Academic Conference

Students write, present as 'experts', and edit.

100 Years of Work

This is a jigsaw activity where students map key developments in workplace design over 100 years.

Don’t go NUTS: A Case Study on the Physiology of Stress

Blended Learning: Just in Time

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

In this activity, students learn to define sustainability and apply this to a single Montreal neighbourhood. 

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

In this multiple-class activity, students write a “texte expressif”, applying theory & grammatical lessons learned in class.

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Disappearing Sea Otters

Students take the role of an ecologist and try to analyze species behaviours and predict population change.

Rhetorical Strategies

Understanding Terminology Using Jigsaw