To celebrate #mrtweek2023, members from the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) were in Ottawa this week to speak with MPs, senators and their staff about the MRT profession and the need for federal investments and leadership to help address the MRT workforce challenges throughout Canada at CAMRT's Hill Day.
Dawson's Kathleen Mailly (Faculty, Diagnostic Imaging) was part of the delegation.
Charles Brisson (third-year student in 3D Animation and Computer Generated Imagery) and Nemesis Jarry (Class of 2023- Arts, Literature and Communication – Literature) are two of three finalists for the Quebec Writers Federation College Writers Award.
The winner will be announced at a gala on Nov. 13.
To read their writing entered in this competition and for interviews with them, go to the homepage news story: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/q-a-with-dawson-semifinalists-for-the-qwf-college-writers-award/
To read the QWF press release, visit the link below.
The third-year students from the Professional Theatre Program have started practicing for Shakespeare's Henry V. This bilingual version is thrilling, featuring both English and French language texts.
The lead role of Henry, affectionately known as Hal, is portrayed by a group of five actors. Here, Henry invades France to rightfully claim his throne. Directed by Michael E. Hughes, the show will run from November 13 to November 25 at 7:30 PM. Ticket sales will begin in November.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN PREVIEWS will be held on Monday, November 13 and Tuesday, November 14.
Dawson students, staff, and faculty can attend for $5, while regular admission is $15 and students/seniors pay $1.
Watch a short souvenir video of Dawson's inaugural Homecoming event from last September where alumni — some of whom are now valued employees — reflect on their time as Dawson students.
Visit the link to watch the video.
Jenn de Vera, Sophie La Font and Chris Adam of Dawson's Office of Sustainability were in North Bay, Ontario this week to visit Canadore College.
"Dawson is entering an exciting partnership with Canadore that will further define what it is it be a Living Campus that offers high impact practices, research and experiential learning to reconnect people, community and Nature," Chris Adam said before the team left.
More to come...
Photo: Jenn de Vera on a tour of Canadore.
Four outstanding teachers at Dawson received the Director General’s Teaching Excellence Award on the occasion of Ped Day on Oct. 13:
Please visit the link for the homepage news story.
Marc-André Lévesque, a college French instructor, will release his fifth book of poetry, Tricératopcanon, in October. The book will be available in stores beginning October 17. A launch event was held Oct. 19 at the Atomic Café.
The book explores the theme of an impending apocalypse caused by dinosaurs reappearing on Earth, with everyday experiences related to dinosaurs forming the basis for most of the poems. The collection is written entirely in French, and includes several neologisms and a few citations in English.
Dawson’s Open House was Oct. 22 and thousands of prospective students and their families took us up on the invitation.
Sunday was a record crowd, according to organizer Carey-Ann Pawsey of the Communications Office and Geoff Kloos of Student Services, two staff members who have more than two decades of Dawson Open House experience.
The last time the College opened up without appointments was in 2019. That year, 14,000 Viewbooks were distributed. To be more sustainable, guests were invited to see the Viewbook online.
In the morning, guests arrived for tours and program experiences by appointment and in the afternoon, doors were open to all to come in and speak with teachers at program booths and ask questions to academic advisors. There were close to 2,000 people who went on student-guided tours, 700 at the Science info sessions and 300 at program experiences. The Science webinar on Oct. 18 and the How to Apply webinar on Oct. 24 drew a total of 600 participants online.
“I would like to sincerely thank everyone who gave up their Sunday to welcome our future students and their parents to Dawson,” said Megan Ainscow, Head of Communications. “We have an amazing team of colleagues at Dawson who go above and beyond to make this event possible. We feel very grateful.”
The next Open House will be Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Three Dawson Professional Theatre students were finalists in Infinithéâtre’s The-Write-Stuff playwriting competition: Marcel Paré, Alina Ichmouratov and Elliot Million-Lovett.
Marcel`s play Cadillac took first place and Alina`s play Egg tied for second place. The plays by finalists were read by professional actors on Sept. 25 at Parc Drolet-Rachel.
Dawson`s Communications Office interviewed the three young playwrights. Visit the link below to read transcripts of those interviews.
Last Modified: November 8, 2023
