SSAP was happy to sponsor some of the Reconciliation & Resurgence F2021 events including the student’s in class Blanket Exercises and Kanien’keha:ka storytelling with Elder Niioie:ren Patton, The Corn Husk Doll Story.

This project comprises of two workshops that students would participate in to gain a better understanding of the Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action. The workshops were designed by Raymond Wilson, who is a member of the Laichwitach Nation and is an Indigenous educator. The first workshop is a simulation of students portraying NGOs, giving...

Two classes of Dawson Electronics Engineering students, along with their counterparts in a school in Tres Marias, Morelos, Mexico, will help design and build components for a community’s first solar-powered internet radio station housed in a traditional adobe brick house. This off-electrical grid house will also collect rooftop water to create a pond micro-habitat for...

Dawson will once again be the Montreal host for Entrepreneurship Week, coinciding with Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 12-15, 2018). This week is all about creativity, innovation, resources and networking, the early stages of starting a new enterprise whether a social project or in business. Students and faculty will be inspired by hearing people who have...

Onkwaká:rá is a collaborative story telling series between the First Peoples’ Centre and the Dawson College Peace Centre. Each month we will bring in a speaker from an Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) Nation to share a story. There will be diversity of speakers and stories. The stories will range from correcting erroneous narratives...

S.P.A.C.E. is a student enrichment initiative that nurtures exploration and fosters open dynamic academic discussion and collaboration, both within and beyond the classroom, and within and across the disciplines. By stimulating the wonder and excitement of self-directed exploration and discovery while offering guidance, support and mentorship as resources, S.P.A.C.E. provides students with an opportunity to...

The Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Regatta or CSSRA Championship has been held annually for over 75 years. Since the inception of the Dawson Rowing Team, the CSSRA has been the culminating race of each year of training. The CSSRA is the North American Championship event for (U19) High School crews. It is a highly...

A week-long Sustainability event showcasing the field of sustainability, College milestones, and accomplishments Dawson has achieved with the help of its students, staff and faculty. We will have multiple locations around the school displaying all these accomplishments and will also welcome eco-friendly vendors, guest speakers, and numerous workshops on the social justice, economic or environmental...

The Three Sister’s Garden, established in the 2015-16 year, is a commitment to acknowledge the land as Indigenous, promote Indigenous agricultural knowledge and provide students and staff alike a unique experiential learning experience that connects community and learning. This year, the Peace Centre will continue working on the Three Sister’s Garden in partnership with the...

Dawson students and two faculty members will participate in the North American Model United Nations (NAMUN), which will be held at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario. UTMUN aims to train and prepare both experienced and novice delegates for larger simulations on a university scale. Taking place in February of each year, the four-day...