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Mental health workers caring for suicidal clients and family members  supporting suicidal loved ones face great challenges, as they might experience  anxiety, inadequacy, and compassionate fatigue. This seminar aims to serve as  a platform for frontline workers to exchange ideas about how to adopt a  proactive approach to managing and supporting clients who have the risk of  self-harm and suicidal behavior. The speakers will share their experiences and  provide practical skills about how to engage with these clients.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Ms. Cheong Cheng Ian  Macau Society of Registered Psychotherapists (MSRP) President Trainer for DSEDJ  Macau registered psychotherapist (T-0494)  Certified EMDR therapist Certified hypnotherapist  Accumulated more than 1500 hours of specialist training hours Over 5000 hours of direct contact with clients in individual and family  therapy sessions Mr. Lao Chan Fong  MSS clinical psychology  Chairman- Macau Society of Registered Psychotherapists  Psychology Director and Psychotherapist-Psychotherapy Center of  The Women's General Association of Macau  Visiting Lecturer /Academic Supervisor – University of Saint Joseph

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DETAILS: Date: Monday, 25 July 2022 Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus REGISTER HERE* > *Registration is required as seats are limited. **The language of the symposium is Cantonese. Admission is free. Online Access: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82976633811?pwd=dU1iTzNOenpNUE5UMnk0WEE4bGxxQT09 Meeting ID: 829 7663 3811 Passcorde: 727017 Organised by: Macau Society of Registered Psychotherapists, and USJ Counselling Centre Moderated by: Ms. Helen Lao, Psychological Counsellor at USJ 📆 Add to my Google Calendar " ["post_title"]=> string(50) "Seminar | Preventing Suicide: Empowering Frontline" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(47) "seminar-preventing-suicide-empowering-frontline" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2022-06-29 16:33:49" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-06-29 08:33:49" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(52) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=event&p=40867" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#3808 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(40850) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-06-29 11:54:50" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-06-29 03:54:50" ["post_content"]=> string(3646) "

The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in cooperation with the Zhuhai College of Science and Technology, China, held the 22nd IEEE/ACIS International Hybrid Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS 2022) from 26 to 28 June 2022. The conference was sponsored by the IEEE and International Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS).

Professor Keith Morrison, the vice-rector of USJ served as an ICIS 2022 General Chair. Professor Roger Lee from Central Michigan University, USA was a co-General Chair. The International Program Committee comprised representatives from China, Canada, the UK, Macao, and the USA. Professor George Wencai Du, Dean of the Institute for Data Engineering and Science (IDEAS) at USJ, was the key organizer of the conference, serving as co-chair, and Associate Professor Alexandre Lobo from the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) at USJ was Registration Chair.

The conference included a keynote lecture, presentations, workshops, discussions, and the best papers award. More than 100 participants from across the world took part, with 70 papers presented and two workshops conducted, which were received enthusiastically by those present.

Professor Keith Morrison confirmed the significance of hybrid developments in computer and information science for improving society in his opening remarks.

Staff from USJ co-authored two papers with two teams of researchers: 'Object Detection based on Convolutional DCGAN and CNN Deep Learning Architectures in Blood Smears Images' and 'Noise Detection and Classification in Chagasic ECG Signals based on One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks.

Two prizes were awarded for the best papers received; one of these went to Dr. Shengbin Liang, a postdoc researcher at IDEAS of USJ, for his joint paper on 'A model of Integrating Bert and BiGRU+ Attention Dual-Channel Mechanism for Investor Sentiment Analysis of Stock Price Forecast', co-authored with Huawei Ma, Jixin Ma and Zhang En.

In closing the conference, Professor Morrison noted that the challenge was to ensure that those ideas and developments that had been learned at the conference were turned into consequent actions and that the application of computer and information science was poised to make a profound contribution to business, community, and governments.

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On June 24th, 2022, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), represented by the Rector, Professor Stephen Morgan, participated in the 6th Zoom Webinar Forum on "Managing Covid-19 During Pandemic: Best Practices, Experiences and Challenges" organised by the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific (AUAP). 

This webinar was aimed at AUAP's member institutions to share best practices, experiences, and challenges on how they had managed during Covid-19. The Rector of USJ participated as one of the Resource Speakers and shared the University's experiences and challenges in a presentation titled "COVID in a Golden Cage: USJ Macao in time of Pandemic."

During his presentation, Professor Morgan shared how USJ dealt with the pandemic during the global outbreak, and in another scenario, the COVID-19 epidemic Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) is facing at the moment. He underlined that based on the uniqueness of USJ, "as a Catholic, private, small, Liberal Arts focussed institution, being one of the most internationalised, with a shared campus with a Secondary School in Macao SAR, and with that campus being used as Covid testing station for Macao-wide Nucleic Acid Test, the challenges had been and continue to be enormous."

Professor Morgan shared USJ's approaches in dealing with the situation: "the institution had to be flexible, nimble and give people headroom, permission to take initiative free from the fear of sanction if they make mistakes … the communication strategy had to be adapted to reach our clients accurately". He said that the physical and mental well-being of staff and students was paramount. USJ had adapted its educational and institutional strategies quickly by changing the teaching modality for each module, adopting flipped classroom methodology, and developing a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Studio in a short time; alongside all these, it was imperative to trust your staff. Financial resilience was also a factor which had had to be addressed.

Finally, USJ’s Rector said that the “in reimagining of the future of Higher Education, it was important to remember that the core proposition remains unchanged – it is the production and dissemination of knowledge; the subject of the proposition – a community of scholars and students – remains unchanged; only the modality has changed and it has changed utterly.”

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Students, staff, and alumni members of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) provided volunteer assistance during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd round of citywide COVID-19 nucleic acid testing (NAT) between 19 to 28 of June 2022, at the Ilha Verde Campus.

The mass testing was successfully completed thanks to the efficiency and professionalism of the front-line workers of the Macau SAR government, and for the generous support of the USJ volunteers along with volunteers from Colégio Diocesano de São José 5 (CDSJ5), and the well-organised arrangements of the NAT testing facility at Ilha Verde Campus station from the management of Colégio Diocesano de São José 6 (CDSJ6).

Volunteer work is an important whole-person development. Members of USJ, staff and students alike, are encouraged to get involved in social events to increase the awareness of the community and to contribute their own time for meaningful activities. The University aims to cultivate a caring surrounding among students and staff members while providing more community outreach services.

Interested individuals are welcome to sign up to become a USJ Volunteer for future in-campus mass testing assistance or related activities in the link below:

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The “Belonging” graduation exhibition was officially inaugurated on 16 June 2022 at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) Ilha Verde Campus. The event was organised by the Department of Creative Industries (DCI) of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) to present the graduation projects of this academic year's DCI's students from Bachelors of Architectural Studies, Communication and Media, Design, and Digital Cinema.

This year's theme conveys the sense of shared community and creativity that is present at USJ, bringing together four different exhibitions titled - Gap (Architecture), Shift (Design), Unusual (Communication and Media), and Power (Digital Cinema), showcasing the talent of the future generation of Macao's creative.

Officiating guests of the event included: Vice-Rector of USJ Prof. Álvaro Barbosa, Dean of the USJ Faculty of Arts and Humanities Prof. Carlos Sena Caires, Dean of the USJ Faculty of Social Sciences and Education Prof. Elisa Monteiro, Head of Higher Education Exchange and Cooperation Division of DSEDJ Mr. Fong Ka Kin, Director of Alliance Française de Macao Mr. William Bascaule, Deputy Director General of CPTTM Mr. Jack Chang, and Prof. Lampo Leong from the University of Macau.

The opening ceremony began at the Fátima Auditorium with an encouraging speech by the Dean of FAH and a screening of four outstanding short films ("Kind of Mage", "Just a Piece", "Unexplained", "Back") under the theme "Power", produced, directed and edited by Digital Cinema students and supervised by the programme Coordinator Prof. João Brochado.

An interacting guided tour of the Exhibition by the Coordinators of each programme was followed after the screening, addressing the beginning of the "Belonging" at the Kent Wong Exhibition Gallery.

Prof. Nuno Soares, Coordinator of the Architecture programme, introduced the "GAP" exhibition, which encapsulates nine projects exploring urban gaps as an opportunity to develop alternative interactive spaces. These architectural works were created with the aim of revitalising the urban gaps by reconnecting useless spaces with context to achieve users' needs and new alternative ideas to improve the potential positive impact of the Macau Masterplan on the Outer Harbour Zone 1.

Introduced by Prof. José Simões, Coordinator of the Communication and Media programme, the "Unusual" works comprises nine individual projects showing different and original perspectives of Macao, exploring innovative techniques that mix photography, videography, sound and art installations. These works ranged from documental photography of the old Macao to minorities and communities to visually impacted animated images that show the full potential of the graduating students.

Lastly, "Shift" was the name given to the Design exhibition. The coordinator of the Design Programme, Prof. Filipa Martins, explained that students were asked to design for impact, addressing their target user's requirements, social relevance, economic sustainability, ecological balance, and cultural contextualization. The resulting projects were "Flip & Slide", "EV8", "Ukino" and "Wave" - each reflects their diverse interest and perspective but share a common vision of contributing to a more sustainable and liveable Macau.

The Exhibition is open to the public from 16 June until 30 September 2022, on Mondays to Fridays (9am - 7pm), and Saturdays (10am - 2pm), at the basement of the Kent Wong Exhibition Gallery, except public holidays.

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The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) was awarded the "Blood Donation 10-Year Partnership Award" at the "Blood Donation Organization Award Ceremony" held by the Macau Blood Transfusion Service Centre of the Macau Special Administrative Region on June 15 2022 in the 2022 "World Blood Donor Day" series of activities in the conference hall of the Health Bureau.

The initiative aimed to thank local government departments, educational institutions and other public institutions for organising blood donation activities and for their continuous contributions in years 2019, 2021 and 2022.

USJ will continue to support and promote blood donation activities, assist the Blood Donation Center of the Macau Health Bureau to reserve enough blood for hospital use and help people in need of transfusions.

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Childhood is a crucial stage in human development and respecting the “best interest of the child” should be considered a primary social concern (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children, 1990). Ensuring that children are happy and socially integrated is a precondition to promote social well-being and development. Still, many challenges exist today to the full protection of children, both regionally and globally.

This interdisciplinary conference aims to be a forum for scholars, practitioners, and decision makers, to connect and make meaningful contributions to knowledge and policy building on child protection.

This will be a two-day event co-organized by the Cradle of Hope Association, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), the Department of Innovative Social Work of City University of Macau, and local NGOs. The first day will be dedicated to scholarly contributions. We welcome contributions from scholars, and Ph.D. or Master’s students, in the fields of Social Work, Psychology, Education, and other areas that focus on child welfare and protection. The second day will be dedicated to practitioners and associations working in this area and include presentations and workshops.

The organizing committee of the "2nd Child Protection Conference: Working Towards a Safeguarding Policy for Children in Macau: from Theory to Practice" welcomes you to submit your research to present at this event.

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Dates to remember:

Abstract submission deadline: August 13^th, 2022 Acceptance decision date: September 15^th, 2022 Proceeding paper deadline: November 15^th, 2022 Conference date: November 25^th - 26^th, 2022 Conference location: University of Saint Joseph, Ilha Verde Campus

  Submitting is easy! Just email your abstract to the conference email: child.protection.conference@usj.edu.mo     Visit the 2nd Conference on Child Protection Website>   Please forward this announcement to your colleagues. For questions, contact Helen Liu, Research Coordinator for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, child.protection.conference@usj.edu.mo" ["post_title"]=> string(139) "CALL FOR PAPERS | 2nd Conference on Child Protection - Working Towards a Safeguarding Policy for Children in Macau: from Theory to Practice" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(47) "call-for-papers-2nd-conference-child-protection" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2022-06-15 18:42:45" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-06-15 10:42:45" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=39798" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [7]=> object(WP_Post)#3802 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(40334) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-06-15 13:45:03" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-06-15 05:45:03" ["post_content"]=> string(14130) "In cooperation with Macao’s anti-pandemic measures and due to the current uncertain pandemic situation, this event will be postponed until further notice. (Updated: 20 June 2022)

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This symposium contributes to the discussion of education as a tool to promote social equality and a more sustainable world in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main aim of the symposium is to motivate an interdisciplinary dialogue about how to fight different types of social inequalities, locally and globally, in order to inform research, decision making, and policy building. The four presentations will be followed by a discussion session on how the interventions might be improved, replicated, and extended in order to contribute to a more fair and inclusive society. 

This symposium brings together four presentations on different areas of intervention, namely: 

1. pedagogy and improvements;
2. professional reintegration; 
3. a comparison of experiences of parents in Beijing and in New York City in early intervention and special education;
4. an action research study about a sustainability education program in Macao.

This Symposium is co-organised by the University of Saint Joseph's (USJ) Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, the Macao Observatory for Social Development, and the USJ Green-committee.

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Details:

Date: Tuesday, 28 June, 2022  Time: 14:30 - 17:00 (See table and poster below for schedule) Venue: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus Address: Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, 14 - 17,Macau. REGISTER HERE* > *Registration is required as seats are limited. **The language of the symposium is English. Admission is free. Online access: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89390390262?pwd=OXZQR2NQL2s3R3dLOXdMS0ZObjdZdz09 Meeting ID: 893 9039 0262 Passcode: 769444  

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Programme:

Time	Content	Presenters
14:30 - 14:40	Opening Remarks	Prof. Elisa Monteiro, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, University of Saint Joseph, Macao
14:40 - 15:00	Presentation 1 A Pathway to Rehabilitation: Pedagogy and improvements in a Prison Outreach Program in Macao	Prof. Helen Liu, Research Coordinator of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, University of Saint Joseph, Macao
15:00 - 15:20	Presentation 2 Professional Recognition of Ex-Offenders in Macao: A Case Study in the Social Welfare Services	Miss Ip Ka I (Vinci), Prof. Helen Liu
15:20 - 15:35	Coffee Break. Light food and refreshments will be provided.
15:35 - 15:55	Presentation 3 Access to Early Intervention and Special Education: Parents’ Experiences in Beijing and New York City	Prof. Xiaoran Wang, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, China
15:55 - 16:15	Presentation 4 Enhancing Sustainability Development in Macao: An Action Research Study	Miss Cíntia Pacheco Leite Martins
16:15 - 16:35	Discussion	Prof. Maria Rita Silva, Chair of the USJ Green Committee, University of Saint Joseph, Macao
16:35 - 16:45	Conclusion	Prof. Jacky Ho, Director of Macao Observatory for Social Development, University of Saint Joseph, Macao

 

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About the Presentations and Speakers:

Presentation 1: “A Pathway to Rehabilitation: Pedagogy and improvements in a Prison outreach program in Macao” 

This presentation describes a Higher Education Prison Outreach program in Macao in the area of Social Work and explores areas for pedagogical improvement and benefits. Surveys of instructors and students and semi-structured interviews with former students were collected. Proposed improvements include making more materials available, arranging self-study time, and ensuring continuous support of instructors. Current and former students expressed a sense of value and self-esteem and interest in exploring psychological aspects of social work. Implications include the need for strengthening collaboration between NGOs and local government, expanding the program to different fields, and improving class size.

Professor Helen Liu is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, University of Saint Joseph, Macao SAR China. She is a researcher-practitioner in social work and an associate affiliate of China Center for Social Policy Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City. Her research interests focus on child and family well-being, with fostering family resilience and developmental outcomes in children and adolescents; the rehabilitation and social reintegration of prisoners. Professor Helen’s work has been supported by the Education and Youth Development Bureau, Social Welfare Bureau, and Macao Foundation.

 

Presentation 2: “Professional Recognition of Ex-Offenders in Macao: A Case Study in the Social Welfare Services” 

This presentation explores the journey of professional (re)integration of ex-offenders in Macao after attending a Higher Education Prison Outreach Program in the area of Social Work. The Macao SAR government attaches great importance to professional integration as a way to reduce the chance of recidivism. Professional integration requires coordination of social policies, family support, and in-prison education and training. Yet, in Macao existing professional certification legislation does not cover ex-offenders. Implications are discussed for legislation on professional certification of ex-offenders as a way to enhance their motivation to strive for a future career and help them reintegrate fully into society.

Ip Ka I (Vinci), a MSW student at USJ, is a social worker, working in Macao Youth Residential Home at Astor Shore, Sheng Kung Hui Macau. She has been working in the field over 12 years. In the recent years, she has been responsible for supervising the frontline social workers and social work interns, and planning the training of the institution staff so as to improve the service and quality in the residential homes.

 

Presentation 3: ““Access to Early Intervention and Special Education: Parents’ Experiences in Beijing and New York City” 

Early intervention and special education are crucial for the rehabilitation and development of children with special needs. The fundamental task for policymakers and service providers is to ensure service accessibility. This study explores what influences access to early intervention and special education from parents’ perspectives. Data were collected through one-on-one in-depth interviews conducted in Beijing and New York City. Thematic analysis identified three areas in that parents often encountered difficulties in both cities: service resource adequacy, service navigation, and service transition. By comparison and contrast, the discussion centered around policy supports in need and provided pertinent recommendations.

Professor Xiaoran Wang is a lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Beijing University of Technology. She earned her PhD in social work at Fordham University, USA. Her research interests include early intervention and early education, parenting support, and social work education. Her recent studies have been published in the International Social Work and China Journal of Social Work.

 

“Enhancing Sustainability Development in Macao: An Action Research Study”

This presentation explores the application of an educational program to middle-school students in Macao to increase their understanding of sustainability. As Macao is a highly urbanized city, children have unequal access to natural settings which may negatively affect their perceptions of sustainability. Through an Action-Research approach, this study analyses the impact of the Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy as a framework for sustainability education. Findings underpin the need for carefully designed programs to empower individuals to become powerful change agents of sustainable development, and suggestions and tools are proposed to promote sustainability education in Macao.

Cíntia Pacheco Leite Martins, Originally from Brazil, was raised in Macau. Graduated in Design, with a Postgraduate and Master's in Education. Cintia works full-time as a fitness and wellness coach by conducting both individual sessions and corporate workshops. Her passion for fitness and wellness led her to found a social enterprise and an NGO to empower people for a healthy and active lifestyle. Also, her desire to find natural ways to heal the body, led her to co-found Mighty Greens- A company that educates the community about food systems, personal behaviours, and life skills to become more sustainable. 

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The Mangroves Project by the Institute of Science and Environment (ISE) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) was one of the few invited presentations at the international online Workshop on “Fostering Applied Research on the Synergies between Biodiversity and Climate" held on June 8 - 9, 2022, by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BFN).

Prof. Karen Tagulao from the ISE/USJ gave a presentation focused on how the research outputs - mangroves for phytoremediation of coastal water pollution, and their important role in climate change adaptation and mitigation – are being translated into action through community and school-based outreach programs. The workshop was participated by around 30 experts from the  international scientific community with the common goal of addressing biodiversity and climate crises.

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ABOUT THE TALK:

Data from the Talents Development Committee in Macau have demonstrated that the number of new teachers keeps increasing, but it is also predicted that the number of teachers demanded by schools is going to display a downward trend. This research aims to investigate and report the reasons for, constraints on, and causes of, pre-service teachers and career switchers applying in significant numbers to become teachers in Macau, at a time when there is an oversupply of teachers and when pressures on teachers are increasing.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Mr Hong Leng Ian, Eli 

Hon Leng Ian, Eli has been working as a secondary school teacher in Macau for 14 years. Seeing different cohorts of new teachers entering the field every academic year, he wonders if they share the same ideals that drive them to become teachers. From the hardworking new teachers, he sees the same anxieties and insecurity he held after he finished his bachelor’s in education, and he knows that there are more teachers joining than teachers leaving every year, so he wants to know what really makes pre-service teachers and career switchers in Macau opt to work as teachers in Macau.

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DETAILS: Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2022 Time: 19:30 – 20:45 Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus Online Access: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86868259914?pwd=RFhCOXlVYUJGMnVQSnpTR1FsWjJPZz09 Meeting ID: 868 6825 9914 Passcorde: 364748 Organised by: Faculty of Social Sciences and Education Moderated by: Prof. Keith Morrison and Prof. Elisa Monteiro 📆 Add to my Google Calendar *This Research Seminar will be conducted in English **USJ Public Lectures and Research Seminars are free to attend and members of the public are very welcome

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‘Student engagement’ is a catch-all term, with limited agreed-upon meanings, and caught up in a multitude of discourses; it is itself a discourse. The conjuncture of knowledge, power, and language within a contemporary context renders understanding student engagement a somewhat elusive exercise. ‘Student engagement’ is irresistible to politicians and educationists of all persuasions, as they can bring it into their own agendas, values and interests, and as it would be difficult to defend students not being engaged in their learning and education. Drawing on the literature of a particular aspect of student engagement, which is it its relationship to wider social issues and how student engagement serves wider social interests, and through a worked example of a theory-driven systematic review, the thesis aims to ask and answer: Student engagement in what? Student engagement for what? Student engagement for whom?

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Ms Corinna Bramley

Corinna Bramley is currently an English for Special Purposes (ESP) Trainer at the MPU-Bell Centre of English at Macau Polytechnic University (since 2008), where she is involved in courses and programmes in teacher education, mentoring, undergraduate work and open-enrollment courses. She has worked in higher education in Macau and in universities in Hong Kong, teaching local, international and mainland Chinese groups. She has been a certificated examiner for international qualifications for the University of Cambridge certificates in English language proficiency at many levels and in many areas, and in Aptis testing with the British Council. Prior to becoming a teacher, she was involved in international industry-specific publication and worked in the US and Europe as well as Tokyo.

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DETAILS: Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2022 Time: 18:00 – 19:15 Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus Online Access: Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82966976132?pwd=dkxKVjhDY3M4WStGZ3E4MVNtbHNQQT09 Meeting ID: 829 6697 6132 Passcorde: 181354 Organised by: Faculty of Social Sciences and Education Moderated by: Prof. Keith Morrison and Prof. Elisa Monteiro 📆 Add to my Google Calendar *This Research Seminar will be conducted in English **USJ Public Lectures and Research Seminars are free to attend and members of the public are very welcome

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The Green Committees of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) and the British Chamber of Commerce in Macao (Britcham Macao) organised the "World Environment Day 2022" on the 5th of June, 2022, at the USJ Ilha Verde Campus. The event was held in observance of the United Nations (UN) World Environment Day, celebrated annually on the 5th of June, to promote environmental preservation and enhancement, with this year’s theme “Only One Earth.”

The event consisted of an afternoon of activities and learning experiences to encourage environmental protection awareness on issues like marine pollution, overpopulation, global warming, sustainable consumption, and wildlife crime among the local community.

During the welcoming speech, Britcham Macao Chairman Keith Buckley said: “All of us should be thinking of what each one of us can do as individuals to save our world … we may make our own little contributions in our own way.”

Following, USJ Rector, Prof. Stephen Morgan added that “there are 7 billion of us and if we all reform, if we all convert our lifestyles to be aware of putting less strain on the limited home that we have, things will change … couldn’t change overnight, of course, but they change remarkably quickly when you look back.” He added that the process of changing people’s mentality towards the environmental protection goals would allow everyone to see that “there is only one earth that we all share as our home."

The event featured a series of talks that included the topics of waste reduction in Macao by local eco-activist Ms. Annie Lo, environmental and health risks of microplastics by post-doctoral researcher at ISE/USJ Dr.. Sara Cardoso, and mangroves as a source of conventional plastic degrading and bioplastic producing bacteria by doctoral student at ISE/USJ Mr. Muhammad Bashir Saidu. Prof. Thomas Lei and Prof. Karen Tagulao from the Institute of Science and Environment of USJ (ISE/USJ) were also present with a demonstration about mangroves and air pollution.

Lupia Lupia, founded by USJ Design alumnus and artist Ms. Nelma Silvestre, also brought Hac Sa beach to the campus on the day, including a sand-pit filled with used toys for kids to play with, along with artworks made of collected plastics and waste materials from Hac Sa beach were on display. 

Local SME's and NGO's were also invited to share and promote their services, and sustainable products, including Macau For Waste Reduction, Sustaincia, Mighty Greens Macau, The Blissful Carrot, Trigod'ouro, Less is More Macau, Mimocean, and Lyllon skincare.

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Every year, new graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) present their capstone project to the public through a month-long exhibition as the final step of their student experience.

This year’s Graduation Exhibition is titled “BELONGING”, conveying this sense of shared community and creativity. It brings together four different exhibitions – Gap (Architecture), Shift (Design), Unusual (Communication and Media) and Power (Digital Cinema), showcasing the talent of the future generation of Macao’s creatives.

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Opening Ceremony:

June 16, 2022, 6:00 PM – Screening Auditório Centenário de Fátima

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The first edition of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education (FSSE) Academic Workshop Series, comprised of 10 sessions on the basics of academic and dissertation writing and with topics ranging from reading strategies and note-taking to guidelines on the writing of a literature review chapter for a Master dissertation, was successfully completed on June 1, 2022. Refreshments were provided in the last session to commemorate the occasion.

Overall, 30 students completing Bachelor and Master degrees at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in the fields of Psychology, Education, Social Work, Design, and Communication and Media, attended the sessions that began in February, having expressed how useful the workshops are to their academic journeys.

Due to popular demand, the workshops, designed to support the FSSE/USJ students by providing the necessary tools to enhance their academic learning and skills, will be returning in the 2022/2023 Academic Year.

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On June 8, 2022, Prof. Thomas Lei and Emeritus Prof. Shek Kiu Chan from the Institute of Science and Environment (ISE) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ), visited the Shenzhen InnoX Academy, for meetings and discussion for further collaborations.

The USJ representatives were warmly welcomed by Mr. Zhou Yuying, Director of External Relations, Ms. Dong Xinye, Head of Student Recruitment, Ms. Zhou Tian, Lecturer of Smart Construction Center.

Shenzhen innoX Academy is one of the two branches of the Shenzhen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy. Shenzhen InnoX Academy aims to help students acquire practical skills needed for starting a business and training entrepreneurs in engineering, with five research centers in the fields of smart driving, smart construction, smart life, smart medical care and flexible manufacturing. It provides four training camps every year and students with outstanding performances will have the chance to earn a scholarship for one year’s training.

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On 6 June 2022, the Judicial Police held the "School Safety Network" crime prevention exchange meeting with representatives from the local education department, higher education institutions and youth organizations to explore the optimization of the existing police school safety network mechanism and the continuous improvement of crime prevention education strategies to promote the cooperation of multiple parties to protect the safety and healthy growth of young people.

Ms Teresa Loong, Director of Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA) and Mr Ambrose Antonio, Chairman of the University of Saint Joseph Students' Association (USJSA) participated in the meeting. Delegates expressed concern about the mental health of youth and suggested that the government should establish a mechanism to prevent youth from committing suicide or self-harm. Other suggestions include organizing seminars on domestic violence prevention for parents, advocating education and personal skills training for youth to strengthen their ability to resist crime, adopting newer and more suitable ways to educate young people on crime prevention.

The Judicial Police will further strengthen the liaison between the police and schools, and will continue to work together to efficiently respond to juvenile delinquency cases, and include information on juvenile mental health, signs of suicide or self-harm in the school safety network mechanism.

For more information (click here).

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The University of Saint Joseph Alumni Sports Association (Macao) - USJASA, will hold a basketball-friendly game on Saturday, 11th of June, 2022.

All USJ alumni are welcome to participate by joining the game or supporting the teams. The games will take place on the Basketball Court at USJ Ilha Verde Campus, from 2 PM to 5 PM.

This activity aims to encourage alumni members to meet both old and new friends, build up and extend their network, and to enhance mobility/sports skills to stay healthy.

The registration is individual and the participants will be drawn and placed in teams, with a maximum of 4 teams to be formed and the game will run in a round robin tournament format. All participants will receive a special souvenir at the end of the day.

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The Department of Languages and Culture of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) launched the digital platform "Português à Vista" – platform of audiovisual materials to learn Portuguese, a project sponsored by the Higher Education Fund of Macao SAR Government, on the 30th of May 2022.

The event was held in the Don Bosco Auditorium at Ilha Verde Campus, and was attended by the Rector of USJ, Rev. Prof. Stephen Morgan; Dr. Carlos Roberto Xavier, member of Higher Education Fund Board and Director of Department of Tertiary Education; Ambassador Paulo Jorge Rodrigues do Espírito Santo, Deputy Secretary-General of Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation Between China and Portuguese-Speaking Countries; the representatives of Portuguese-Speaking Countries in Forum Macao; and Dr. João Francisco Pinto, Director of Information and Portuguese Programmes at TDM.

The launch was officiated by Prof. Carlos Sena Caires, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and Prof. João Paulo Pereira, from the Languages and Culture Department and responsible for the project, introduced the project and the platform.

The digital platform "Português à Vista" aims to develop teaching and learning of Portuguese as a second/foreign language in Macao, by using various types of audiovisual content, such as news, documentaries, and video clips, many of them about Macao and Portuguese speaking countries. This audiovisual content was the ground to create hundreds of interactive exercises that intend to promote mainly listening skills as well as visual literacy.

Various entities in Macao collaborated on this project, such as TDM and Forum Macao. The session was covered by TDM (University of Saint Joseph launches platform "Português à Vista" - https://www.tdm.com.mo/pt/news-detail/697823).

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Lançamento da plataforma digital "Português à Vista"

O Departamento de Línguas e Cultura / Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades lançou, no passado dia 30 de maio de 2022, a plataforma digital "Português à Vista" – plataforma de materiais audiovisuais para o ensino do Português, projeto financiado pelo Fundo do Ensino Superior.

O evento, que teve lugar no Auditório Dom Bosco, contou com a presença do Reitor da Universidade de São José, Reverendo Professor Stephen Morgan; do Dr. Carlos Roberto Xavier, Membro do Conselho de Administração do Fundo do Ensino Superior e Chefe de Departamento do Ensino Superior; do Embaixador Paulo Jorge Rodrigues do Espírito Santo, Secretário-Geral Adjunto do Fórum para a Cooperação Económica e Comercial entre a China e os Países de Língua Portuguesa; dos representantes dos países de língua portuguesa junto do Fórum Macau; e do Dr. João Francisco Pinto, Director de Informação e Programas Portugueses da TDM. 

A apresentação do Lançamento esteve a cargo do Director da Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades, Professor Carlos Sena Caires, e o projeto e a plataforma digital "Português à Vista" foram apresentados pelo Professor João Paulo Pereira, do Departamento de Línguas e Cultura e responsável pelo projecto. 

A plataforma digital "Português à Vista" visa apoiar o ensino e a aprendizagem do Português Língua Não Materna em Macau, tendo como base conteúdos audiovisuais de vários géneros, como notícias, documentários e videoclipes, muitos dos quais sobre Macau e os países de língua portuguesa. A partir destes conteúdos audiovisuais, são apresentadas centenas de exercícios interativos, que visam desenvolver concretamente a compreensão do oral do Português e a literacia visual. 

Colaboraram neste projeto várias entidades de Macau, como a TDM e o Fórum de Macau.

A sessão teve a cobertura televisiva da TDM (Universidade de São José lança plataforma "Português à Vista" - https://www.tdm.com.mo/pt/news-detail/697823).  

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The USJ Philosophy Alumni-formed Macau Association of Chinese and Western Philosophy (MACWP) and the Office for Student and Alumni Affairs (OSAA) held a one of a kind thesis and oral defence workshop titled "Co-Construct Your Thesis & Oral Defence", on Tuesday, 31 May 2022, at the USJ Ilha Verde Campus.

Joshua Yuan, Chairman of the MACWP, said that "a stifling-tied atmosphere in an oral defence would be inevitable, particularly for students who have never experienced that." therefore, he came up with the idea of a workshop aimed to provide practice, support and peer review to USJ Philosophy master students who are preparing for this year's oral defence.

The mock oral defences of the three Philosophy master students were presented during the workshop and received great feedback from the participating guests. The participants commented on their performance and questioned the thesis's fundamental argument, the logic behind the research question to the conclusion, and asked for clarification of the definitions of terms.

The evening's interaction did not just create an Academic Splendour that permeated the whole room; it also offered great help to the students to better prepare for their upcoming oral defences.

Speakers and other participants agreed that doing this workshop as a continuous event is an excellent initiative.

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ARTeFACTo 2022 MACAO has the format of a conference with technical sessions, invited talks, discussion panels, and exhibition areas for artefacts and installations. Contributions can be in the form of full papers, short papers and proposals for artefact exhibitions/art installations.

Authors are invited to submit:

• A full paper of six to ten pages for oral presentation. Artefact descriptions are welcome, embracing part or the overall creation process, from seminal concept, implementation until the final exhibition preparation or the fruition experience analysis;
• A short paper up to four pages of the conceptual and technical information concerning artefact/art installations and interactive artwork proposals.

Due to the current pandemic situation and the travel restrictions, the conference will be on a hybrid mode; on-site and online participation are welcome. We are welcoming digital representation of artefacts/art installation to present them in a virtual exhibition if possible.

Submissions are accepted in the conference’s official languages: English and Portuguese*.

*If your paper or artefact/installation proposal is in Portuguese, please prepare an English version of the title and abstract (200 to 500 words).

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MAIN TOPICS:

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to)

• Virtual and Mixed Reality
• Augmented Reality and Immersive Art
• Art and Technology
• Digital Art and Communication
• Digital Culture and Media
• Digital Sound and Music
• Digital Transmedia Storytelling
• Information and Data Visualization
• Digital Dance & Body Poetics
• VideoArt and VideoMapping
• Interactive Film
• Generative Art
• Algorithmic Art & Design
• BioArt, NanoArt and xArt
• Tangible and Gestures Interfaces
• Digital Serious Game
• Art Game
• Digital Poetry & Electronic Literature

ARTeFACTo 2022 MACAO uses a double-blind reviewing process. As such, submitted papers/artefacts/installation proposals should not have any author and institutional identification in the title and header areas, nor in the body of the paper.

Explicit self-references should be avoided. Instead, authors citing their own prior work should discuss it in the third person (“Previous work by <Author> [X1]…” instead of “In our previous work [X1]…”). Authors should also avoid mentioning the names of institutions where the work was done (“participants were recruited from the university campus”, instead of “participants were recruited from the <Institution name>”). Authors should also avoid clear identification of their affiliation in figures and supplementary material and remove metadata from submission files.

In addition to the anonymized text for each paper, separate identification info must be provided at Easy Chair:

• Name, organization, country and e-mail addresses of each author
• Name of the contact author
• A list of keywords

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TEMPLATE:

Submissions must follow the ACM guidelines. The template is available here.

In addition to author keywords, authors must provide a classification for their papers using ACM Computing Classification System (CCS). The classification system is available at http://dl.acm.org/ccs/ccs.cfm. You should examine the CCS thoroughly, but we recommend looking particularly inside the following categories:

• Information systems -> Information systems applications
• Information systems -> Multimedia information systems
• Human-centered computing
• Applied computing -> Arts and humanities

Technical questions regarding the template can be directed at acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com

Photos, colour pictures or graphics must be inserted only in two pages (full paper) or one page (short paper, artefact/installation proposals).

The submission of a paper or art installation implies the intention of at least one of the authors to register and attend the conference to perform a spoken presentation. Papers accepted and presented at the conference by one of the authors will appear in the conference proceedings. The final version of accepted papers should be submitted with the name of the authors and institutions (there’s no need for a further blind review).

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PROCEEDINGS:

Authors of selected papers presented at the conference (including essays describing the best art installations) will be published primarily in the ART(e)FACT(o) Journal and also invited to submit extended versions to the International Journal of Creative Interfaces and Computer Graphics (http://www.igi-global.com/IJCICG ).

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SUBMISSIONS:

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Can we know that God exists? Is there evidence for God? Is there a conflict between science and religion? What constitutes good evidence for a religious claim? This lecture series explores answers to these questions.

ABOUT THE TALK:

The lecture reflects the relation between creation and evolution, specifically, the deeper meaning of God the “Creator of Heaven and Earth,” and the difference to evolutionary theory in biological science. The lecture provides insights from Josef Ratzinger (Pope Em. Benedict XVI), and the swiss biologist Adolf Portmann, on the unique development and position of humans, compared to other mammals, and its relevance for understanding the mystery and mission of man.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Prof. Franz Gassner

Franz Gassner, completed Professional School for Electrical Engineering, studied Catholic Theology in Austria, and a Master in Philosophy at Boston College. After his ordination, he worked in youth and academic ministry in Vienna. He completed his Ph.D. in Social Ethics in 2012. Currently, he is teaching philosophy, ethics, and theology at the University of Saint Joseph in Macau, and serves as Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy.

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Details: Date: Thursday, 9 June 2022 Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. (GMT+8)  Location: Don Bosco Auditorium, USJ Ilha Verde Campus Organised by: Faculty of Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of Saint Joseph

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Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82562952856?pwd=TVJtMFNEWWlKbmROVFFFbFZFeFFKQT09 Meeting ID: 825 6295 2856 Passcode: 569778

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