The Dawson College Model United Nations (DCMUN) is proudly hosting the third edition of the Montreal United Nations Conference (MUNC) this year Nov. 27-29 (http://m-unc.org/). MUNC combines the exciting thrills of political simulation with extensive educational opportunities for all its participants. We are looking forward to once more deliver an incredibly rich academic experience to...

Dawson College’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education organizes the annual Entrepreneurship Week (Eweek). Set to coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Week, this 5-day intensive and intense entrepreneurial boot camp will bring together budding entrepreneurs and the business community for a series of unforgettable events. E-Week 2014 For more information please visit the Centre for Innovation...

We had a total participation of 6 students participate this year. Once again, Dawson was the only English college represented. One student will probably do his independent CE linked to the trip. Because I did not attend the conference this year, all I have are comments from students and teachers. Attached are some photos of...

Professional Theatre students attended a production of L’Homme Invisible at the Theatre La Licorne. This performance was a dramatic setting of Franco-Ontarian poet Patrice Desbiens’ bilingual prose poem of 1981, which dealt with the ambiguous heritage and identity of a man “whose mother tongue was bilingualism”. The role of the eponymous “Invisible Man” (Desbiens’ nod...

McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine hosts an annual conference that entices young aspiring students to learn from the experience of those practicing in the field. This year’s lectures were centered around epidemiology; with specific topics involving disease, medication and childbirth. This provides a wonderful opportunity for aspiring medical doctors to find out about the realities...

“Life of Socrates”, an original play arranged by Dawson students and faculty for the Humanities Public Life Conference. The play features scenes from the life of Socrates, the famous ancient Greek philosopher and one of the first great critical thinkers in western civilization. The play opens with a scene from Plato’s dialogue the Phaedrus, in...

The Humanities department puts on the annual Humanities and Public Life Conference, this past year speakers examined the theme of world views, the conceptual frameworks that helps us understand, from a variety of historical and ideological viewpoints, how the world is structured, functions and develops. The conference dealt with concepts such as an understanding of...

Fine Arts Students attended a lecture by Dr. Clarence Epstein of Concordia University, Senior Director of Urban and Cultural Affairs. Dr. Epstein spoke about his direct involvement with the Diniacopoulos Collection of Antiquities. Archaeologists and art collectors Vincent & Olga Diniacopoulos arrived in Montreal from Alexandria in 1951 bringing with them the largest privately owned...

Professional theatre students visited the Musée des Beaux Arts, visiting several different exhibits. Students visited the pernament exhibitions, the Faberge exhibit and the Dreamscapes based on the 4D work of Michael Lemieux-Victor Pilon dealing with combining visual and media arts with live theatre. Their avant-garde work based on techniques applied at Theatre du Nouveau Monde,...

In the 2014/2015 academic year, S.P.A.C.E. hosted and participated in twenty two live events as well as publishing three editions of the webzine. The events were well attended with over 1,500 students, faculty and staff present and 725 students and faculty actively engaged in one or more projects. Most of these events related to this...