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April 10th, 2025
The Communications Office believes we all need inspiration these days so we are launching our "Inspired Teaching" series and are open to your suggestions for future features. Paul Wasacz, a teacher of Physical Education, is our first feature.
It might sound like a cliché, but CEGEP students truly do want to make the world a better place, says Paul.
“They want to make a difference and wish to be taken seriously,” he said. “They have opinions and thoughts, and they want to be heard. They are industrious and creative and able to find solutions. If you give them ownership and a say, they run with it.”
This is what happens in his Eco-Landscaping course, a popular course he launched in 2022 with support from Richard Montreuil in Physical Education and Chris Adam in the Office of Sustainability. The course was initially proposed by former colleague Anthony Berkers. “I was the lucky one who got to teach it,” he said. Previous classes have created the Dawson wetlands, overhauled sections of the Peace Garden, set up a Hugel garden (German for hill or mound), and helped make the First Peoples’ Centre Garden.
Visit the link for the homepage news story.
Cin l Comm teacher Dipti Gupta shares ideas for building peace
March 24th, 2025
One person, one soul, one body through patience and persistence can turn a barren landscape into a thriving lush forest.
This is the story of The Man Who Planted Trees, a short film by Frédéric Back based on the story by Jean Giono.
Dipti Gupta, a teacher in Cinema l Communications at Dawson, spoke about the film and the impact of just one person in a talk for students in the Peace Studies Certificate on March 14.
Visit the link for the homepage news story and to see a photo of Dipti with Frédéric Back.
Dawson students building solar powered bike rack
February 26th, 2025
A new bike rack will be set up this spring on Dawson’s campus. It is a project by three Dawson students, who entered it in the Green Innovation Challenge at John Abbott College in January and won the third-place prize of $500.
“Bikers at Dawson experience many difficulties,” said team member Kyana Boncy. “They report having trouble parking their bikes due to lack of space, faulty design and accessibility depending on the season.”
Pictured from left to right: Miella Manjava (Social Science student), Arina Capral (International Business student), Kyana Boncy (Mechanical Engineering Technology student)
Visit the link for the homepage news story.
Student report on first Model UN Conference at Dawson
February 25th, 2025
One month has passed since the first-ever Dawson College Model United Nations (DCMUN) conference, which took place Jan. 17-19. The DCMUN team had fun at what is now the biggest CEGEP conference in the world. Participants Anaya Ray and Bassma Al Atrache were two volunteers for the event, which hosted more than 100 participants.
Visit the link to read the homepage story.
Interior Design students raise thousands of dollars in an hour
February 14th, 2025
On Jan. 22, a class of Interior Design students were told at 10 AM that if they could raise $500 in an hour for their Vernissage, a donor would match the $500.
Chris Adam of the Office of Sustainability shared a story with them about a Community, Recreation and Leadership Training class that raised over $2,000 in an hour many years ago to get the Peace Garden project started.
Visit the link to find out how much they raised and what the students thought.
Two extraordinary Dawson students are finalists for the Loran Award
February 14th, 2025
Two exceptional Dawson students will be in Toronto Feb. 21-23 for the final part of the selection process for the Loran Award, the country’s largest and most comprehensive four-year undergraduate award, valued at $100,000.
Ahmad Mousattat, a student in Enriched Health Science, and Leila Pozzi, a student in the Social Change and Solidarity profile of Social Science, are winners already. All finalists who are not selected are eligible to receive a one-time $6,000 Loran Finalist Award tenable at any Canadian university. Ahmad and Leila were chosen based on criteria that goes beyond good grades. Finalists have “a guiding sense of purpose” and “demonstrate strength of character, a deep commitment to service, and exceptional leadership potential,” according to the Loran Foundation.
Those selected as Loran Scholars will benefit from a four-year leadership-enrichment program, financial support for undergraduate studies in the form of a tuition waiver and living stipend, diverse opportunities for experiential learning, one-on-one mentorship from a business or community leader, scholar gatherings, and a long-term community of peers, alumni, and supporters. The 2025 Loran Scholars announcement will be in March.
The Communications Office interviewed Ahmad and Leila. Visit the link to read the Q & A.
Working together for curricular alignment
February 11th, 2025
Coordinators from six career programs in the arts and medical studies at Dawson met regularly throughout the Fall 2024 semester to work on improving program and course alignment to meet program competencies. The participating programs were: Medical Ultrasound, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, from the Science, Medical Studies and Engineering sector, and Interior Design, Product Design (Industrial Design) and Illustration, from the Creative and Applied Arts sector.
The project was initiated and facilitated by Einat Idan and Monica Lopez, pedagogical counsellors at Dawson’s Office of Academic Development with support by Vanessa Lyness and Chao Zhang. Einat and Monica shared the project with colleagues from Dawson and the other English-language CEGEPs in Quebec during a talk at Intercollegiate Ped Day on Jan. 14.
Visit the link for a full report.
Learning from Community in Cuba
January 30th, 2025
On January 14, 10 students and two teachers in the Social Change & Solidarity (SCS) profile returned from a three-week solidarity delegation to Cuba. The trip was organized in partnership with the Centro Martin Luther King, an organization in Cuba that promotes local and global justice through popular education and grassroots community-building.
Visit the link for a report by Sara Louise Kendall.
Social Science students experience four-day immersion in local solidarity movements
January 30th, 2025
In January, 18 Dawson students from the Social Change & Solidarity (SCS) and General Studies profiles went live on the radio at CKUT: 90.3-FM. “This song is dedicated to the people we met this week from the group Solidarity Across Borders,” announced Emerson Rheault, a student in SCS, into the microphone. “Solidarity was really the theme of this entire week.”
Visit the link to read the report by Sara Louise Kendall.
Helping prepare students to face real life situations
January 29th, 2025
Building the belief that “I’ve got this” was the subject of CRLT teacher Heather Martin’s Performa project. The belief that you can achieve your goals, or self-efficacy, was the focus of her research paper and Intercollegiate Ped Day workshop.
(Pictured: Heather, far right, with her students at the Winter Outdoor Experience course)
Visit the link for a report on her presentation.
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