Dawson has launched an awareness campaign, featuring a short video and social media posts, to make students aware of the importance of having their cameras activated during online classes.
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Queenie Clément (Class of 2017, ALC- Cinema | Communications) is a candidate to watch on the upcoming season of Quebec talent show Star Académie.
Click Read More for the homepage news story with links to her performance and a self-produced video. Plus learn which teacher she remembers fondly.
The Campus Life and Leadership team of Gianna Di Giacomo-Smith, Michelle Lee and Billi-Jo Poirier and their Blue Ring student volunteers have redefined success this semester.
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Students have greater needs this year so Dawson College is delivering more support. One example is the Dawson College Financial Aid Bursary (DCFAB), which was set up last fall by the Dawson Student Union (DSU), the Student Services team of the College and the Dawson College Foundation. The Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur has provided additional support.
“I am pleased to report that as of Feb. 1, we have distributed $83,250 through the DCFAB to 123 students,” said Monique Magnan, Director of Student Services.
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Click Read More to go to the news brief, which contains the second and final video compilation of Dawson community reactions to the news of being recognized at the AASHE Gold level for leadership for sustainability. You will also find links to the previous two videos and written messages from the Dawson community and to the Dawson community.
When the pandemic first struck last March, curator and Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery administrator Rhonda Meier, began thinking of what could be done if life stayed completely online for the next six or more months. With online projects being the obvious solution, she leapt to program Thirza Cuthand, a Plains Cree/Scots artist whose work first intrigued her in Vancouver in 2003. At Indian Acts, a conference on indigenous performance art, a very young Cuthand presented a video candidly discussing her struggle with depression.
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Storytelling is at the heart of the oral cultures of Indigenous peoples in Canada. A unique project in Quebec led by Dawson College faculty uses storytelling to advance the inclusion and welcome of Indigenous cultures and students in higher education institutions.
“Our project is about changing the culture in academic institutions, underlining the need for Indigenous people to have leadership roles within these institutions and making sure that Indigenous perspectives are reflected and part of the educational experience for everyone,” explained Michelle Smith, a faculty member of Dawson’s Cinema | Communications Department and principal investigator.
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We could all use some good news to propel us through this difficult winter.
Many colleagues reached out with reactions in words and videos to the amazing news last month about Dawson College being officially recognized as a world leader in sustainability. All of these words and videos will be shared.
Click Read More for a brief news story and link to a new video compilation of Dawson colleagues reacting. Next month, we will present a second compilation video. May this encourage you!
At Ped Days on Jan. 20, the tables were turned as students taught teachers for the first time at the annual professional development event for teachers.
Four final-year CRLT students shared Sustainable Happiness with teachers in the hopes of making students and teachers in virtual classrooms more connected, engaged and happy.
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Last semester, students who are not usually in a math course had the opportunity to discover the beauty of math in a new complementary course developed by Dawson's Mathematics Department.
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Last Modified: February 10, 2021
