Hotline – synopsis A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration. It’s 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have moved to Montreal, leaving behind a civil war in Lebanon. She had plans to find work as a French teacher, but no…
The weeklong Humanities and Public Life Conference begins Monday, Sept. 18.
There is a full program of speakers, including a former student of organizer Daniel Goldsmith, Andreas Nicolaidis-Gagnon. His talk is entitled "Humanities at Dawson Helped Me See What’s Important."
Daniel said Andreas "is currently doing a degree in social work at McGill, and he was deeply impacted by all of his humanities courses. I think for students wondering "what's the point of doing humanities," he will give some excellent answers!"
Consult the program: HPL 2023 Program
The incredibly popular Science Program at Dawson has been reviewed, re-imagined and thoroughly revitalized! The Science Program Revision was presented to Dawson’s Board of Governors and approved on April 19.
Please visit the link to read the homepage news story.
The constant news of crises, from Covid to climate change to wars to the rise of extremist ideology, has left many people disoriented and wondering how to navigate these uncertain times. Questions central to the humanities like: what does it mean to lead a fully human life? What should we value, and why? To whom can I look for guidance? are more important than ever.
From Sept. 18-21, 2023, we will explore them during the Humanities and Public Life Conference. The conference will help us to connect the dots, zoom out to see the big picture, and provide a bridge between great ideas and real-world situations.
Stay tuned to D News, D Announcements and the Events calendar for program details.
Dawson students showcased science experiments under the theme of 'energy' to over 300 visitors at the Eurêka 2023 festival that took place at Parc Jean Drapeau on May 26. Eurêka is a yearly science festival taking place over three days with hundreds of free activities for the whole family.
With the help of Andrew Stewart (Physics) and Brian Mader (Biology), these students went above and beyond by preparing two separate photosynthesis experiments with bilingual graphics and teaching non-stop to the elementary and high school visitors for over three hours straight.
The students were second-year Enviromental Science students: Ruisi Yang, Cassandre De le Sablonnière, Elizabeth Lebuis, Melanie Song Liu and Nicole San Cristobal.
The work of Paul Wasacz’s students in his Eco Landscaping Physical Education course can be clearly seen in Dawson’s Peace Garden, located on the western side of the campus toward Wood Avenue in Westmount. During their intensive course, which began Aug. 17, “they worked, weeded and removed lots of invasive goutweed in an attempt to…
The Creative Collective for Change will be hosting an event at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery at Dawson on Sept. 21 at 5:30 PM to present Creative Change Maker Awards to three recipients.
Congratulations to Kessy Ininahazwe and Elishah Alphonse for their project "Can't Bare No More", Kylie Brown for her video "Say Gay" and Sarah Browne for her poster "Love Beyond Culture" (pictured).
From Sept. 18-21, the gallery will host an exhibit of the student artworks submitted to the Creative Collective for Change (CC4C).
Industrial Design graduate Aneta Chirowski (Class of 2023) is one of 67 young women in Quebec to be honoured with a Chapeau, les filles award for the 2022-2023 academic year. She was recognized in the Creativity category.
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The Professional Theatre (Acting) Program will be staging three productions this fall:
For tickets and more info, visit the Dawson Theatre Box Office webpage. Please note that tickets are available on Eventbrite two weeks before a show opens.
The College has decided to delay the launch and implementation of its five-year Strategic Plan slightly in order to ensure the extensive consultation process thus far is properly considered. The College plans to submit the Strategic Plan to the Board of Governors in Fall 2023 and begin implementation in Winter 2024.
“The consultation process on the Strategic Plan has been more extensive than ever before and we sincerely appreciate the feedback we’ve received from the community. We want to make sure the document reflects the richness of this feedback, so it is taking a little more time than originally expected,” said Leanne Bennett, Academic Dean.
In addition, the necessity to implement Bill 96-related measures on curriculum and admissions has kept many employees of the College quite busy, causing some delay in progress.
If you’d like an update on the activities and progress of the Strategic Plan Design and Writing Committee, visit the Strat Plan Teams site to view posts on the timeline for development of the plan and on some of the draft components developed so far. Feedback is welcome in the form of public comments on the posts.
The Strategic Plan Design and Writing Committee includes Sameer Bhatnagar, Quality Assurance and Planning; Cathy Giulietti, Executive Assistant, Academic Dean; Dianne Hawryluck, Academic Advising; Ian MacKenzie, Faculty; and Alan Stewart, Assistant to the Academic Dean.
Last Modified: September 13, 2023
