Model UN students attended CCMUN & SSUNS
November 30th, 2022
Our DCMUN (Dawson College Model United Nations) executive team (Aidan Byrne, Nica Calandriello, Sanjana Deb, Sydney Levitt, Mathis Paquin, and Bryan Vu) prepared a rigorous fall training schedule for new and returning delegates, culminating in an all-day United Nations General Assembly simulation. DCMUN welcomed the return of in-person conferences, with delegates attending CCMUN (Champlain College) and SSUNS (McGill University) where their diplomacy and research skills were commended. Our delegates look forward to competing in the winter conference season, with travel to national and international conferences planned.
Stress-Free days from Dec. 5-9
November 30th, 2022
This year our Stress-Free days are happening Dec. 5-9. Yoga and meditation are open to everyone, including faculty and staff. However, all other activities will be reserved for students only.
Please spread the word and encourage students to attend.
Click Read More for the full schedule and offerings.
Next: The Art, Literature and Culture festival, Dec. 5-9
November 30th, 2022
The fall edition of the festival starts next week. Discover the creative works made by students in the program, this time in-person! Click Read More to visit the festival webpage for more information about the events.
Pareidola: Dawson College Professional Photography Vernissage
November 30th, 2022
Pareidolia is the ability to see or make pictures out of randomness. Seeing beyond what the average person sees and expressing that vision in an image is a large part of training to be a photographer. This collection of work by Dawson’s third-year photography students embodies how they see people, places or objects in their world.
Twenty-two Dawson students will be showcasing their work at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery from Dec. 9-15, their vernissage will be held on Dec. 8 from 6-9 p.m.
Languages Profile presents: Daniel Grenier: The Writer as Translator
November 30th, 2022
How does one become a literary translator? To what extent is translation creative writing? How does the writer inspire and inform the translator? Celebrated writer and translator Daniel Grenier will explore these questions with us in English and in French. He will also read from his collection of short stories Malgré tout on rit à St Henri (2012) and from his translation of Dawn Dumont’s Glass Beads, Perles de Verres (2021).
Daniel Grenier was a finalist to several Governor General’s literary awards for his translations of novels by Canadian authors Andrew Forbes and Dawn Dumont and for his own works of fiction and non-fiction. He won the Prix Littéraire des Collégiens in 2016 for his novel L’année la plus longue.
This event takes place on Dec. 8 from 1-2 p.m. in the CoLab (3F.43).
Celebrating Dawson’s Fall Awards recipients
November 30th, 2022
Meet Dawson’s Fall 2022 Awards recipients! They are all current students at Dawson in a wide range of programs. These students are distinguished by involvement in the Dawson community, giving back or academic excellence and perseverance. Congratulations to our students and many thanks to all the donors and staff who make these awards possible.
At the celebration held on Nov. 24, we marked the 40th anniversary of the Anne-Marie Howlett Memorial Award, the inauguration of the Harry Fainsilber Memorial Award, given in memory of a beloved Dawson Mathematics teacher, and the return of the Dawson Teachers’ Union Polytechnique Memorial Scholarship.
Click Read More to see all the recipients of our Fall 2022 Awards.
Author Sheila Arnopoulos speaks at Dawson Nov. 17
November 16th, 2022
On Nov. 17, from 1 to 2:15 p.m., author and journalist, and recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award, Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, will speak to the Dawson community about her research in India on the difference that microcredit has made to women's lives.
The presentation will take place in room 3E.9. If you would like to bring your class, please contact Johanna Rabbat at jrabbat@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Here is a flyer with more info about Arnopoulos' book entitled Saris on Scooters: How Microcredit Is Changing Village India:
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Reunited at Dawson Holiday Party Dec. 9
November 2nd, 2022
All Dawson employees are invited to save the date for our first-in-three years Holiday Party! It will take place on Friday, Dec. 9. Keep an eye out for an email invitation soon.
November 2nd, 2022
Each year since the pandemic began, the Open House Committee has been coming up with solutions and new ideas for how to stage Open House, a critical recruitment activity to fill the programs for the coming academic year. This year was the first time the College held a true hybrid event. Oct. 23 was by…
November 2nd, 2022
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) is holding the 1st Workshop on Ices in the Solar System at Dawson College (Jan. 9–11, 2023). The two principal convenors are Richard Soare (Geography), a Mars researcher and Dawson College faculty member and Jim Garvin, formerly NASA’s Chief Mars Scientist and currently the Principal Investigator of the DaVinci Mission…
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