CTV News Montreal and Global Montreal (TV) were at Dawson College on Feb. 3 for the Social Science Week presentation by Bradley Heaven and Daniel O’Connor about their unique friendship and how they work together to improve life for people living with disabilities. Brad has non-verbal spastic cerebral palsy. Danny was 19 in 2010 when…
In 2019-2020, S.P.A.C.E (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education) held its second 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: TECHNIQUE. The submissions were judged by an interdisciplinary jury: Liam Lachance (Faculty, English), Gesche Peters (Faculty, History),…
The concepts of Sustainable Happiness and Living Campus were centre stage at several CEGEP sustainability-themed Ped Days in early January. John Abbott College focused on Climate Action with a keynote address by Dr. Catherine O’Brien, who shared Dawson’s development of Sustainable Happiness training and resources. Jenn de Vera of the Sustainability Office gave a well-attended…
Our Fine Arts Department is presenting the 14th Faculty Biennial exhibition until Feb. 19 in the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery near the Upper Atrium. “This is an opportunity for the teachers to highlight a diverse collection of artworks, which represent but a fragment of our ongoing studio/research practice as visual artists, theorists, curators, critics…
Find out all about the most successful DAWSCON conference to date in our news report about the software conference organized by Computer Science teacher Ken Fogel.
In the Jan. 1 New Year edition of La Presse, they looked back on the remarkable journey of Dawson College Visual Arts student Hannah Tooktoo in the summer of 2019. Click Read More for the article.
Dawson College has been selected by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) as one of nine colleges nationally that will track how their colleges are advancing the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Launched in 2015, the SDGs are an urgent call to action for the entire planet. On the SDG website, it is stated that “they…
Venkat Subramaniam (pictured at Dawson) was the rock star speaker at the fourth annual DAWSCON conference, according to organizer Ken Fogel of Computer Science. The fourth annual software conference took place Jan. 10 at Dawson College and drew a record audience of 300 participants from industry and academia. A news piece will be posted soon with more news from the successful conference.
Take a break from winter and come see our Living Campus through a video produced by the Sustainability Office. The video showcases initiatives by students, faculty and staff that are inspiring elementary schools, high schools and other institutes of higher education to also take action. Live Living Campus group tours will be offered this semester. Watch for dates and times in upcoming D News.
Living Campus Orientation Tour
For further information on our sustainability inititiative and projects, please visit: www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/sustainable/
From now until May, about 30,000 kids in schools across Ontario will read all 10 of the French picture books nominated for Le Prix Peuplier. One of those books is the French version of How to Catch a Bear Who Loves to Read by Dawson teacher Andrew Katz and Juliana Léveillé-Trudel. The nominees are kid-picked, and the eventual winner will be as well. Congrats Andrew and good luck!
Last Modified: February 4, 2020
