2020-06-09 – Newsroom

#DawsonProud, Academic News, Homepage news, In the news/in social media

New pavilion to be fast-tracked

A new pavilion for Dawson College is one of the 202 infrastructure, health and education projects that the Legault government is fast-tracking. Dawson’s project was included in the omnibus Bill 61, which was tabled June 3 and is expected to be passed before the National Assembly breaks for the summer June 12.

Read our homepage news story for more about this innovative and unique project that will benefit the whole College.

#DawsonProud, Dawson Talent, Events

Vernissage Season continues with Interior Design Tonight, Photography Wednesday and Visual Arts Thursday

Dawson's extraordinary online Vernissage Season continues this week with more amazing work by our graduates.

June 9 beginning at 5:30 p.m.: Interior Design: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/vernissage/interior-design/
June 10 beginning at 6 p.m.: Professional Photography: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/vernissage/
June 11 beginning at 5 p.m.: Visual Arts: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/vernissage/

The Read More link leads to the news story about how it all came together.

From the Director General, Milestones

Recognition in our hearts this year

Director General Richard Filion's message to all those celebrating golden and silver anniversaries of service this year and to those who have recently retired.

Click Read More to go to his message.

Board

News from the June 8 Board of Governors meeting

Find out about the timeline to hire a new Director General and the major objectives of the Director General and the Academic Dean for the new Academic Year.

Click Read More for the news from the June 8 meeting of the Board of Governors.

Communications Office, In the news/in social media, Well-being for all

In the wake of acts of racism and hate, Dawson College recommits to well-being for all

Communities around the world have been mobilizing against racism in recent days. This mobilization is a reaction to the most recent murder of another unarmed Black person.

On May 25, George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis by a police officer after saying he could not breathe and pleading for his life. Even though we are living through a pandemic, many people decided that the risk of contracting COVID-19 was less important than showing solidarity with Black, Indigenous, people of colour and other marginalized groups.

Dawson College wishes to express our support for this struggle for justice and our desire to end systemic racism. Click Read More for the full statement.

#DawsonProud, Dawson Talent, Events

Industrial Design Graduates’ On-line Exhibition launches June 10 at 6 p.m.

The graduates and faculty of the Industrial Design department cordially invite you to the graduating class of 2020's online exhibition, which will be launched and available for viewing as of Wednesday, June 10 at 6:00 pm. The exhibition will be ongoing.

#DawsonProud, Academic News

On guard! Sword fighting class a success

It would be clear to many people that sword fighting would be pretty hard to learn over a screen. What you may not know is that sword fighting is an important competency in the Professional Theatre Program.

The teacher and students were so happy to be able to come back to campus briefly to complete their Movement course last week. Read about why sword fighting is important and how the students were accommodated by clicking Read More.

#DawsonProud, Academic News, In the news/in social media

History teachers’ Refugee Boulevard project wins national award

Stacey Zembrzycki and Nancy Rebelo's project Refugee Boulevard has won a 2020 Canadian Historical Association Public History Group Prize.

Click Read More for links to the project and more info.

DawsonAI, Faculty Hub

Update from DawsonAI

The ultimate objective of the DawsonAI initiative is to expose as many students as possible, in an as many ways as possible, to how data is transforming every facet of our lives at an unprecedented pace. The Dawson AI team has prepared an update about this initiative at Dawson College.

Virtual launch June 16 for new children’s book by Andrew Katz

Andrew Katz (English) is launching his second children's book, I just want to be super, next Tuesday, June 16. Click Read More for how to join the launch party and more about the book, illustrated by Dawson Illustration graduate Tony Luzano.

Continuing Education and Community Services (CECS)

Non-credit language courses offered

Non-credit Language courses are available online at https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/ctd/languages/

Interested employees should contact CTD@dawsoncollege.qc.ca to register.

#DawsonProud, Dawson Foundation, Dawson Gives, Dawson Talent, Well-being for all

Dawson Blues Band releasing new video Tuesday, June 16

The Dawson Blues Band has grown to 18 members, all employees of Dawson College, and they are working on their next release, set for next Tuesday, June 16. They want to lift us all up and raise support for our students through the Dawson College Foundation for the Dawson Financial Aid Program.

To send us all off on a happy note, their last video before the summer break will be With a Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles.

Did you see their first video? The Dawson Blues Band released Lean on Me on May 19. Link to the video is in the Read More link.

Well-being for all

Dawson community recipes: Kelly Ann Morel shares Zoodles with Creamy Avocado Salad

Kelly Ann Morel (Counselling Services) is sharing her go-to zucchini recipe, which her son loves even though he hates zucchini. On behalf all of the parents on staff at Dawson: thanks Kelly!

Click Read More for Kelly's Zoodles with Creamy Avocado Salad, a recipe you will need to have handy this summer.

Student Services, Well-being for all

Julie and Julie advise to keep up the health protocols

Even though the Quebec Government continues to open up the province, we all have to keep vigilant to protect the most vulnerable and to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections. College Nurses Julie Drolet and Julie Gosselin advise us to:

keep washing our hands properly and effectively
continue maintaining a two-metre distance from people outside our household
wear masks when we cannot maintain the two-metre distance and when entering closed public environments (e.g. grocery stores)
visit our friends and families outside and from a distance

The most recent and updated version of the COVID-19 Self-care guide from the Government of Quebec is in the Read More link.

Dawson Foundation, Dawson Gives

Golf Tournament cancelled

With a heavy heart, last week the Board of Directors of the Dawson College Foundation decided to cancel the 15th Annual Dawson College Foundation Golf Tournament, which was originally scheduled to take place June 10.

Please click Read More for the news. The needs have not been cancelled and your support would be most appreciated.

Faculty Hub highlights

Check out the self-paced tutorial Developing an Online Course. It was developed by Dawson French teacher and E-Learning Community of Practice Lead Chantale Giguère.
Learn Moodle by following this self-paced course: Teach with Moodle (you will be asked to enter your Dawson username and password).
Webinars continue until June 25th!

Click Read More to go to the Faculty Hub.

Dawson College in the news last week

Dawson College was in the news last week:

June 2: CTV Montreal covered our innovative Vernissage Season , which continues this week

June 3: Global News covered the Quebec announcement about fast-tracking over 200 infrastructure, health and education projects, including Dawson's new pavilion

June 6: The Journal de Québec ran a story about our new pavilion
Please note there are inaccuracies in this story, especially about welcoming more students. Dawson will be getting more space to enhance pedagogical approaches and create a better learning environment.

DawsonITE

DawsonITE Newsletter # 473

DawsonITE is your weekly curated news related to IT and Education prepared by Dawson's Rafael Scapin. In this issue:

Five ways online university learning can be better than face-to-face teaching
How to flip your class online: a webinar by Eric Mazur
Microsoft’s new Fluid Office document is Google Docs on steroids

Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2020