Smartphones in the classroom. Neighbourhood profile: Le Plateau. 'Minoan Architecture and Urbanism'.

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• Associate professor of art education Juan Carlos Castro was interviewed on CBC Radio One's 'Breakaway' (no link available) about his 2016 research into the creative use of smartphones in the classroom and how mobile media could offer new opportunities for deeper learning.
• Journal Métro runs another in a 12-part series of articles highlighting various neighbourhoods in Montreal. The new installment, featuring Le Plateau, in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, is co-written by Jean-Philippe Warren, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Science. 
• The Hamilton liberal arts college announces the publication of the book, Minoan Architecture and Urbanism, (Oxford University Press), which includes a paper co-written by Matthew Buell, assistant professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics.

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