The First ever annual Dawson ScienceFest was organised this past year. A series of activities to took place in various venues of the college from Wednesday May 6th to Friday May 8th. Event organisers invited all students from all programs to participate. There were over 100 students who presented various projects at the event.There was...

Students from Interactive Media Arts created three interactive art pieces, this included: a Light Wall that would react, when anyone would walk by, by creating different patterns of colour; “Taps” an interactive pop-up installation was placed in the cafeteria on the second floor, this piece let the viewer create audio and visual patterns by touching...

The 2015 Liberal Arts Anthology entitled Trying to say (67 pages) was published in May 2015. The editorial board (made up of nine 2nd year Liberal Arts students) planned, collected the contributions, edited and prepared the manuscript. The 2015 Anthology features a variety of artwork, poetry, essays, anecdotes, photos, etc. from students and faculty.This year’s...

This year’s CALL festival was based on the theme METAMORPHOSIS. The festival featured some twenty different events, and almost all of the projects showcased were the work of Dawson students. This was also a lunch time concert that inaugurated the festival. Eleven students received awards for their IA project as well as two students received...

Thirty student artists joined together to help raise money for the “Bruno Mital B Positive Scholarship Fund” at the eighteenth annual Artists in Bloom auction held on Thursday, April 23. Artists had only two hours to complete a painting, as attendees gathered and watched artworks come to life before their eyes. The auction raised a...

There were three end of the year gallery-based events, the first of which, Glitch a screen culture exhibit. The second, Flash Back Friday (FBF), a charity fundraiser with all proceeds going to the Montreal Children’s Hospital and the third event lnsitewas a social media experiment. These events were an excellent opportunity for students to showcase...

The Dawson College Annual Bilingual Business Case Competition offers teams from participating CEGEPs across Québec the opportunity to demonstrate their presentation skills and business acumen by analyzing, assessing and solving a business case. The competition features two streams: one with an accounting/finance focus and one with a marketing focus. The competition is bilingual: cases are...

The principle objective of this trip was to observe the direct consequences on the natural surroundings around the oil refineries in Montréal-Est. The central themes of the project were the environmental consequences of the oil refineries and the relationship between the refineries and the residents and wildlife of the borough. The project combined students from...

Students from Professional Theatre attended a brand new play “The Envelope” written by Montreal playwright, Vittorio Rossi. The play sheds light on the Canadian Film Industry and its relationship with the film industry in the United States, particularly in Hollywood. It was an opportunity for students to see a local artist and actors bring to...

The 2015 edition of Science, On Tourne! challenged students to build an autonomous machine that hurled a ball against a wall as many times as possible within 60 seconds. The winning team from the Local Dawson competition is sent to the Finals held at Cégep Charlevoix on May 1 & 2. The local Dawson competition...