Dawson’s Professional Theatre Department presents Mary Page Marlowe, by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Tracy Letts. Mary Page Marlowe follows the life of an ordinary woman in the Midwest through seven decades, from her childhood (1940s) to her old age (2010s). Seven actresses play Mary Page. The play is non-sequential with each decade represented at least once. The play tackles tough issues such…
Implementing Smart Cities: Interventions to Build Healthy Cities is the name of a training platform and research project that is in the running for a $5 million grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Anna-Liisa Aunio (Sociology) is a co-applicant in the multi-disciplinary project led by David Ma of the University of Guelph,…
The more than 300,000 people around the world who follow the social media gardening site Humans Who Grow Food met Jenn de Vera of the Sustainability Office. Jenn and her garden were featured Feb. 24. Click on Read More to see the post on Facebook and photos of Jenn's home garden.
Five films of students in 3D Animation and CGI will be screened during the Ben’s Screening Room event at the 2020 Hudson Film Festival March 4-8:
“Forgotten Wars” by Renault McKinnon; “Luminate” By Amanda Velardo; “Fowl Play” by Fabrizio Prioletta; “Feed” by Quyen Nguyen; “Children of War” by Elliott Creton. Click Read More for the film fest website.
Two projects that count DawsonAI as a partner have been selected by PIA to go forward. The organizaiton made the announcement Feb. 26. Here are the two DawsonAI projects: How virtual assistants and applications powered by artificial intelligence can help promote student academic success. Comprising members from Dawson College, Concordia University and McGill University, the team…
Go Dawson Blues! Dawson is hosting the Div. 1 provincial basketball championships this coming weekend. The Women’s Team will be playing for a spot to represent the RSEQ at the CCAA Nationals on Saturday, March 7 at 12 p.m. The Men’s Team will play in a ¼ final game on March 3. Check out the details in the Read More link.
CICan is partnering with Dawson and eight other colleges to help Canada reach the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ImpAct, with the support of the McConnell Foundation and the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, will help advance Canada’s commitment to sustainability.
Chris Adam, who represented Dawson, said: “It was clear that the sustainability-related work implemented by Dawson staff and students is recognized across Canada as innovative, current and entrepreneurial!”
Anyone interested in identifying how their existing course content meets SDGs or are interested in integrating SDGs into their programs, profiles or courses can contact Chris Adam. To read more about the project, see the CICan news release in the Read More link.
Teacher Maureen MacMahon (Physiotherapy) was inducted into the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame on Feb. 21. Here is Maureen’s listing on the 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees page: A powerhouse on the field, strong leader in the community and inspiration to younger generations, women’s rugby pioneer Maureen “Mo” MacMahon exemplifies the Canadian rugby athlete. In…
Chris Bourne (Political Science) and Caroline Chochol (Psychology) led a Dawson College delegation of 34 students to Toronto to participate in the 35th edition of the North American Model United Nations. It was held at the beautiful Victoria College campus of the University of Toronto from Feb. 20-23. Our students debated pressing global and historical challenges…
Dawson College teachers Selma Hamdani (Psychology) and Yann Brouillette (Chemistry) share their experience with the innovative pedagogy of active learning and the peer support of the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) in a new video requested by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur.
The video was produced as a knowledge sharing initiative to benefit CEGEP teachers, pedagogical counsellors and administrators across Quebec. Click Read More for the full news, links to the video in English and French and to the revamped DALC webpage.
Last Modified: March 3, 2020
