ChatGPT and student intern talks featured at DawsCon
April 5th, 2023
Students were given the opportunity to push ChatGPT to its limits in an AI jailbreak competition on March 24 and ChatGPT was also the focus of a popular workshop led by Robert Stephens Notably, DawsCon was designed to be a truly student-centered event with more than 30 students presenting work in progress on projects related to a wide range of AI topics in conjunction with internships being undertaken with the Applied AI Institute. Next year, organizers DawsonAI and the Computer Science Department plan even more student presentations for what is hoped will be an annual event.
April 5th, 2023
At the opening of DawsCon on March 24, Dawson AI lead Joel Trudeau gave some updates about the last three years of the Dawson AI initiative: “We are grateful to put on an event like this with our colleagues in Computer Science spearheaded by Victor Ponce and are especially pleased to have students actively contributing…
Sustainable Happiness in Mexico
April 5th, 2023
Jennifer de Vera and Chris Adam of the Sustainability Office were in Mexico in late March to see the final projects of students in the Dawson-developed Sustainable Happiness Course at Preparatoria Comunitaria Tres Marías, a senior high school located in the mountains near the city of Cuernavaca. Jenn and Chris were also on hand to give the students their SH certificates at the school's 25th anniversary.
Many students gave things away as part of their SH final project, Jenn said. Noteworthy projects included a grandfather-granddaughter intergenerational gardening project with a garden herb give-away, a succulent plant give-away with pots that were painted with positive quotes, and a mushroom identification project on campus. "They use what they have and the resources of the land," Jenn said. She came home inspired by the Mexicans' warmth and authentic community and reported that the Mexican partners are eager to continue their projects and their partnership with Dawson.
Law, Society and Justice student is a 2023 Loran Scholar!
March 22nd, 2023
Changemaker Mariana Cueto Mendoza is one of 36 students across Canada to win the Loran Scholarship, the country’s largest and most comprehensive four-year undergraduate award, valued at $100,000.
For the homepage news story, visit the link below.
Silver and bronze for Dawson Blues Men’s and Women’s Div. 1 Basketball
March 22nd, 2023
The Dawson Div. 1 men's and women's basketball teams won national silver and bronze, respectively, at the CCAA National Tournament this past weekend. Bleed Blue! #DawsonProud!
Interview with screenwriter & Dawson grad Ryan Christopher Churchill
March 22nd, 2023
Ryan Christopher Churchill (Creative Arts, 1999) is the screenwriter of Simulant, a science fiction thriller that will be released in Canada on April 7.
Simulant tells the story of a humanoid A.I.'s attempt to win over a widow's heart, which places it in the path of a government agent trying to stop the rise of machine consciousness. The film stars some of the most popular actors right now: Simu Liu, Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster and Robbie Amell. The trailer can be viewed here.
Visit the link below to read a Q&A with Ryan, learn how he landed his dream job and find out how Dawson prepared him.
Nominate an outstanding teacher by April 3
March 22nd, 2023
All students and employees are invited to nominate outstanding teachers for the Director General’s Teaching Excellence Award from now through Monday, April 3 at 11 p.m.
To nominate an outstanding teacher, go to Omnivox and find the link entitled Teaching Excellence Award under the My Dawson Life menu.
Literary duo Arizona and Heather O’Neill share thoughts on Dawson experience
March 22nd, 2023
Ahead of their guest appearance at a Dawson Reads event on March 22, Arizona O’Neill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather O’Neill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their Dawson experiences, the creative process and writing. Thanks to organizer and English teacher Sarah Gilbert for interviewing the mother-daughter duo.
For the short Q & A with the O'Neills, visit the link below.
5th annual SPACE writing competition: winners and honourable mentions
March 22nd, 2023
In 2022-2023, SPACE held its fifth annual writing competition. Students from all disciplines across Dawson College were invited to submit writing that offered a personal interpretation of this year’s theme, What If? The submissions were divided into three categories––prose (fiction and creative non-fiction), poetry and essay––and were judged in a blind fashion by Lois Valliant (retired Faculty, Fine Arts) and Hannah Rahimi (Faculty, English).
Entries were evaluated according to originality and depth of thought, style, arts-sciences connections and relation to the theme. The winners received gift certificates from Argo Bookstore, and the winners and honourable mentions have been published and highlighted in the SPACE web magazine.
Stay tuned as well for the announcement of a public reading by the winners and honourable mentions during the first week of May for SPACE Week.
You can read and comment on their thought-provoking work in the link below.
Four Dawson students presented abstract at Lunar and Planetary Science conference
March 22nd, 2023
When it was time to submit an abstract to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas, the Dawson student team was not sure which category described them best.
“I think we are the first CEGEP students to present research at the LPI! Undergraduate was the category closest to us,” said Darcy Loane-Billings (Pure & Applied Science), lead author of the abstract and second-year student at Dawson.
For the homepage news story, visit the link below.
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