The main objectives of the project were to foster knowledge, experience, and understanding amongst Dawson Environmental Studies Profile, North South Studies, and Professional Photography students with respect to Cree and Northern Quebec culture. The trip was designed to investigate the impacts of Hydro-Quebec’s James Bay Project and the subsequent diversion of the Rupert River.  In...

The 20 day trip took 2 teachers and 5 Interior Design students to 5 Chinese cities: Beijing, Wuhan, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Suzhou. The focus of the trip was meeting and sharing educational issues with Environmental Design teachers and students at 4 Chinese institutions: Beijing Normal University, Hubei Institute of Art (Wuhan), Zhejiang University of Technology...

The 2016 Liberal Arts Anthology project was an incredible success. The collaboration between the first and second year cohorts of Liberal Arts was wonderful to experience. The editorial board exhibited impressive creative, editorial and organizational talents. Due to their enthusiasm, more students than ever were convinced to contribute to the publication. At the official launch, students and faculty...

Pompeii Exhibit This was a rare opportunity where Dawson students were able to  immerse themselves in Roman history. Students appreciated the visit and many were impressed by the different objects and artifacts displayed (jewelry; dice; bowl of olives; gladiator’s equipment, even a loaf of bread). It was interesting to listen and answer to their questions during the...

The Art History Discipline of the Fine Arts Dept. was very honored to have been able to invite Canadian architect Julia Gersovitz,OAQ,OAA,FRAIC to come to Dawson to speak about Restoration and Conservation architecture of which she is a specialist in Canada. Her 90 minute talk followed by a question period dealt with case studies of...

Students visited the War Museum and met a WW2 German veteran, Hans Uthoff, who talked about indoctrination, telling us about his years in the Hitler Youth and his time during the war. His lecture was filmed by Radio-Canada for a feature report to be broadcast later this fall. The students were very interested. They asked many questions...

The Jeux de Commerce Edouard-Montpetit Six students (3 from the Marketing Program and 3 from the Accounting Program) have been training since September, honing their business case analysis and presentation skills to compete at the inaugural inter-CEGEP Jeux de Commerce hosted by CEGEP Edouard-Montpetit. The Dawson teams were two of twenty teams that competed in...

The IBS Stock Market competition is an opportunity for students to learn how to invest in the stock market. Students develop an understanding of how the stock market works, how to pick winning stocks by looking at charts and reading company information, how to allocate assets by building a diversified portfolio. Each student startrf with $100,000...

A busload of students from the Law, Society and Justice Profile (Social Science) travelled to the National Assembly in Quebec City. The students had lunch in the National Assembly restaurant and toured the National Assembly before taking in Question Period. Afterwards, they met with Jacques Chagnon, MNA for Westmount (Dawson’s riding) and the Speaker of...