Industrialized food production and international food supply chains significantly increase food insecurity, worsen environmental degradation, and lead to inadequate livelihoods especially for women and youth. Food systems have the potential to be multi-functional levers for change. Small-scale, Indigenous, and traditional approaches can offer needed solutions for transformation. Last week at Dawson College, a group of…
David Wigglesworth was never a teacher or staff member at Dawson but he worked here for 10 years. David was the architect who oversaw the transformation of the Motherhouse of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame into Dawson College in the 1980s. On May 16, the Westmount Historical Association invited him to tell the story of this…
Nominated by Student Services staff Sandra Gravel and Trudy Ste. Croix, Dawson student Kiera Robak received the Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medal at a ceremony on April 20. The commendation recognizes sustained volunteer involvement or an inspiring and determined attitude with a positive influence on society. Sandra and Trudy called Kiera “a dedicated student who has…
About 150 current and former students, facilitators, faculty and friends of New School attended a 50th anniversary celebration at Dawson on April 13. For many, New School was a defining moment in their lives. It was “really great to see so many people from such a span of years come out with fond memories of…
On April 11, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the appointment of 188 Guggenheim Fellowships, including Dawson’s own Fine Arts faculty member Antonietta Grassi! “I am thrilled and incredibly honoured to have received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2024,” Antonietta said. “Many thanks and appreciation to the Guggenheim Foundation for…
People around the world will be participating in a four-day BioBlitz April 26-29, including students, staff, alumni, retirees, friends and neighbours of Dawson on Monday, April 29. Take a break and drop by the Peace Garden* at Dawson anytime between 3 PM and 6 PM on April 29. This global BioBlitz is part of the…
So, what’s going on at New School? Through the eyes of Andrew Katz, New School’s newest coordinating English teacher. Andrew has made New School up on the 8th floor a home for his dynamic and creative English classes for the last six years. Co-coordinators Cory Legassic and Mari Heywood interviewed Andrew on how New School…
In August 1973, the founders of the New School gathered to prepare for the arrival of 180 students in our alternative pre-university arts program. We comprised 15 full-time and part-time teachers, a librarian, an office manager, an admissions officer, two community animators, a director and a community facilitator. The school occupied two charming elderly mansions…
Dawson is launching a new AEC in Cyber Security: Prevention and Intervention to meet the growing demand for jobs in the workforce in Quebec, Canada and the world. Susie Bouchard of Dawson’s Continuing Education and Community Services expects to welcome the first students in the fall of 2024, probably in November. Students take the program…
In recognition of Chris Adam’s remarkable contribution of creating a culture of sustainability and promoting the value of well-being for all at Dawson College, he will receive the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on…
Last Modified: May 23, 2024
