Vernissage Season 2025 begins on May 21 with an exhibit by graduating students in the Illustration program and concludes on May 29 with the vernissage of graduating students in Interior Design.
Visit the link for all the dates and times for the Creative and Applied Arts programs' year-end shows.
Artwork by Illustration student Nicolas Gagnon-Fee.
Timothy Slonosky (Faculty, Humanities) will be hosting a Book Launch party for his new book, Civic Reformations, in Dawson's Library on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30 PM. All are welcome.
Fifty-four Dawson College students travelled to Toronto in mid-February to participate in the University of Toronto’s annual North American Model United Nations (NAMUN) conference. The conference stands as one of Canada’s oldest and most esteemed annual university-level conferences, attracting hundreds of university students from North America. Dawson College students Thomas Avilla Real and Bassma Al…
Dawson was in the news on Earth Day for achieving a platinum rating in sustainability from AASHE.
CTV News Montreal (April 22, 2025): https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/dawson-college-students-mark-earth-day-with-seed-planting-to-boost-biodiversity-on-campus/
City News (April 22, 2025): https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/04/22/earth-day-dawson-college-sustainability/
Global News (April 22, 2025) https://globalnews.ca/video/11144364/dawson-college-celebrates-earth-day
The Gazette (April 22, 2025): https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article890132.html
The Dawson College community came together on Earth Day to dedicate two new pollinator wildflower gardens on their “Living Campus” on April 22 in celebration of achieving a platinum rating in sustainability.
After years of work and great effort by hundreds of students and employees from the Dawson College community, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) confirmed Dawson’s platinum rating as a global leader in sustainability. Dawson had previously achieved the Cégep vert Excellence Level with special mention.
Dawson College is the first “Associate” level institution to achieve a platinum rating. There are only 13 other higher education institutions who have reached it. Over 1,000 institutions participate in the program located in nine Canadian provinces, 47 U.S. states and territories and more than 20 countries.
Visit the link for the news release.
The 27th annual Artists in Bloom was a successful evening with more than 100 guests and a grand total of $11,817 raised for the Dawson College Mental Health Fund and the vernissages of two of our programs, Illustration and Visual Arts.
Thirty student artists from Illustration and Visual Arts painted for two hours while those in attendance enjoyed seeing art being created, listening to live music, and visiting with guests and colleagues. All attendees were amazed by the talent of the student artists and what they were able to do in a mere two hours.
The auction, guided by The Beat’s Donna Saker and Dawson’s Geoff Kloos, featured some great back-and-forth bidding wars. All in attendance contributed to a great atmosphere.
This would not be possible without the support of our sponsors, student and staff volunteers and especially our incredibly talented student artists and supportive attendees. A special thank you to the organizing committee: Neal Armstrong, Amanda Beattie, Kiana Kisiel, Michelle Lee and Carey-Ann Pawsey.
Andrew Katz (Faculty, English) is launching his latest children’s book May 10 at 10 AM at Le Renard Perché. Jackie’s Drawing is the English title, and the French version is called Le dessin de Charlie.
Andrew will be accompanied by the translator, Juliana Léveillé-Trudel, and will read the book in English and in French. Snacks and activities for kids will be on the menu!
Here is a description of the story, suitable for young readers aged 5-7 years old: When a rusty haze falls over a city, a young girl named Jackie keeps up her spirits by drawing whatever nature she can see from her window, including the mountain where she used to bring her sketchbook and draw all day. As the days wear on into weeks and months, Jackie eventually loses the heart to do anything, even to draw. But one day, in the canal below her window, a dolphin leaps into the air. Soon, a moose, an eagle and other animals begin to wander into the city—a sight that inspires Jackie to pick up her pencils again and create a drawing unlike any she has ever made. Poignantly illustrated in a bright painterly style, this ecological fable celebrates the resilience of both the natural world and human creativity, and will have young readers eager to head outdoors and do some drawing of their own.
The diverse, multicultural and unique community of Dawson College is a place where barriers come down, where students from different backgrounds sit next to each other and where the value of well-being for all is promoted. Even teachers of French and English are coming together at Dawson!
Dawson teachers Carmen-Silvia Cristea (Faculty, French) and Jeff Gandell (Faculty, English) met through Writing in the Disciplines (WID), a Dawson community of practice focused on pedagogy and curriculum development related to writing, critical thinking and active learning.
“We really connected on teaching literature in a creative way,” Jeff said in an interview with Dawson’s Communications Office.
As a response to Law 14 (also known as Bill 96), Carmen and Jeff co-created a learning community and piloted their project in the Winter 2024 semester. “There was a lot of fear and anxiety, and I thought, how can we take this and turn it into something positive?” Jeff recalled. It seemed natural to work with Carmen since they had already worked together on a project for WID.
Visit the link for the homepage news story.
Three Sisters Soup Makes 4-6 portions Ingredients: 1 can of white kidney beans (or navy beans or red kidney beans) 2 leeks 1 acorn squash 1 butternut squash 1 large can of pozole / hominy corn (substitute if needed with chickpeas, fresh or frozen corn kernels, or hulled barley) 1 bunch of dandelion greens (optional…
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