CINEMA POLITICA is a Montreal-based media arts, non-profit network of community and campus locals that screen independent political film and video by Canadian and international artists throughout Canada and abroad. Cinema Politica – Dawson will promote documentaries and engage students in discussions on political cinema by independent artists, with an emphasis on Canadian works. The main...

The students of the learning communities class Counting the Cost: Social Justice in Canada? will have the opportunity to visit the community of Kahnawake – including guided visits to the cultural centre, the village itself, and a longhouse. This field trip has been designed and organized by Kahnawake tourism officer Wakenhnhiiohstha Montour.

The Dawson Reading Series hopes to continue this year, with one writer visiting in the fall and another in the winter 2018 semester (TBD). We publicize these events to students and always get a good turnout and positive feedback.

The Dawson English Journal is an academic journal, published online and in print, which features compositions written by Dawson students for their English courses (and related subjects). The journal is run by an editorial team made up of students. We get submissions of assignments from students across all programs, and we publish them so that...

“Irish History & Culture Abroad” compliments the activities of History Course 330-325-DW, Class Abroad: Ireland (Winter 2017), which is designed to take students from the classroom to the field to apply learned knowledge in History and Classics. Students are meant to participate in an engaged learning environment. They will travel, visit, observe, present, and discuss...

The Liberal Arts Anthology is an annual project culminating in the publication of essays, short stories, poems, photographs, drawings, etc. by 1st & 2nd year students in the program. The project is run entirely by students (planning, coordinating collaborators, editing, desktop publishing). The theme of the anthology is different every year and reflects the diverse...

Students will visit the Old Prison of Trois-Rivières which was built in 1822-1823 and is now part of the musée québécois de culture populaire. The visit also includes a group session with an ex-convict who will describe the harsh reality of prison life in the 1970s and 1980s, just before the prison closed its doors. The visit...

In this workshop, History students will create short stop-motion videos that capture the drama and division of certain episodes during the French Revolution or inspired by it, such as the Haitian Revolution. The students will work in groups of 6, taking on various roles such as writer, director, set builder and so on. They will...

The Dawson Case Competition offers teams from participating CEGEPs across Quebec the opportunity to demonstrate their presentation skills and business acumen by analyzing, assessing and solving a business case. The Competition will take place on Sunday, April 9, 2017. In 2017, for the first time in its history, the competition will feature four streams: accounting/finance, marketing, entrepreneurship,...

Akwé:konskàtne/Maamuu: Journeys in Leadership combines experiential learning and a strength-based approach to building academic skills while celebrating indigenous identity and culture. Students will be the coordinators and managers of this project. It includes: 1) Children’s Day: Dawson Journeys students will plan, organize and host a program for Indigenous Awareness Days Children’s Day on April 6. 100 students...