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...

Artists in Bloom is an annual event through which the Blue Ring Society, the honour society of Dawson students, raises funds for a charitable cause.This year, the Dawson Daycare was selected as the beneficiary. On April 21, 30 talented student-artists in Visual Arts and Illustration & Design departments created new works of art before a...

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...

This year’s edition of Science, On Tourne! challenged students to “build a vehicle that will perform a round trip using wind energy to travel in one direction and potential gravitational energy in the other direction”. This was an especially difficult challenge. In our Local Dawson competition, prizes were given for the competition, oral/written communication, ingenuity, and recycling...

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...

Illustration and Design students had the privilege to attend presentations of two very experienced artist/illustrators and designers – Chris Dyer and Daniel Kvasznicza. Our third – years students, as well as some first and second-year students were present for what was an informative and eye-opening look at two very different artists. Chris Dyer took students on...

Illustration & Design, 3D animation, Photography, and Fine Art faculty and students went to NYC March 12 – 15/16, 2016. We visited many museums and also other venues specifically targeted for our students. Amongst some were, the MOMA, Metropolitan, American Museum of Natural History, The Frick, Guggenheim, Art and Design, Whitney, Museum of Brooklyn, and...

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...

Dawson students and faculty collaborated to organize Dawson’s first International Women’s Week. From March 7-11, we hosted over a dozen speakers and engaged several hundred students in discussion and various activities related to gender inequality. The speakers addressed a variety of issues and topics, such as violence against Indigenous women, empowering impoverished Columbian women, prevention and...