After just one growing season, the Three Sisters Garden has provided aboriginal students at Dawson with an inspiring place to gather, to commune with nature and to harvest traditional foods. And as a Gazette article recently reported, “It is also a place of sharing and learning, a bridge between indigenous and non-indigenous students.” Talented veteran…
Along with some members of the Montreal Alouettes, six members of the Dawson Blues Men’s Hockey team (David Kronish, Marco Lento, Jacob Meltzer, Emile Badji, Ben Kreyzerman and Coach Carl Benoit) volunteered their time during the annual Thanksgiving dinner event at Welcome Hall Mission’s Men’s shelter. Thanksgiving is an occasion to celebrate blessings with friends…
History teacher Frédéric Bastien led his class last semester to the War Museum in Ottawa to pay heed to the words of Hans Uhthoff, a veteran of German origin with a remarkable story to tell. The visit was captured by Radio-Canada and broadcast as a mini-documentary as part of its Second Regard series, also available…
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) announced two years ago an exciting new partnership program aimed at fostering social innovation and collaboration among Canadian colleges, industry, and community organizations to find solutions to social challenges. Social innovation entails an initiative, product, process or program that creates positive social outcomes for societies….
Living Campus is a concept that integrates educational approaches under the vision of well-being for all and is the embodiment of the College’s commitment to the betterment of society. It recognizes that our entire campus is a learning lab that explicitly demonstrates that Nature matters and mobilizes the College mission values and strategic plan through…
Madison Gold, a first-year student in the Child Studies profile in Social Science was named on Monday evening as the recipient of the first-ever Irwin Cotler Award. Named for the long-standing former Member of Parliament for Mount-Royal and Minister of Justice in honour of his five decades championing social justice, the award recognizes outstanding community…
Commemoration services on Tuesday, September 13 gave the Dawson Community and the greater Montreal community at large a chance to look back in remembrance, but also to look toward the future with hope. The 90 minute ceremony contained some somber moments marking the day first-semester Dawson student Anastasia De Sousa lost her life in a…
The mission of the Dawson College Peace Centre is to achieve peace and nonviolence through education and action. To that end, this year’s selected theme of Reconciliation and Restoration exemplifies our mission, vision and values. This year the Centre will focus on projects and activities that engender healing, understanding, compassion and collaboration. The spirit of…
On Tuesday, September 13, Dawson College will mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting tragedy that took the life of first-semester student Anastasia De Sousa, injured 16 other people and traumatized an entire learning community. A remembrance ceremony will be held 11 a.m. in the Peace Garden, built as a living memorial to Anastasia and…
Open House will take place on Sunday, October 30, 2016 from 1-5 p.m. On this day, the College is open to prospective students and their families, and anyone thinking of applying to CEGEP or transferring programs. This is a chance to meet and talk with current students, teachers, advisors, admissions and other non-teaching staff about…
Last Modified: October 17, 2016
