Dawson Gardens aims to provide active learning opportunities to Dawson students through experience in planning, planting, and maintaining organic vegetable gardens on Dawson’s rooftops. The Dawson Gardens team contributes to community and environmental sustainability on campus by providing fresh, healthy, affordable and locally grown food to the Dawson Community. Finally, we contribute to food security and...

The Alexandre Masino – Yechel Gagnon Exhibition was a great success with the culmination of a catalog and the engagement of the students involved in this project.  Many students helped out with the installation, assisting in the hanging of the works along with meeting the artists during the vemissage. Often simply meeting artists and discussing their ideas...

On January 5, nine students, three faculty and one alumnae flew to Havana, Cuba. The idea was to give the students the experience of doing Documentary Street Photography in what was for most of them, their first foreign environment. They were confronted with the reality of logistics and communication issues in an environment where most...

The catalogue promotes the works created by 22 students in two sections of the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course Two pages were allocated to each student. They contain a portrait, an artist’s statement and an image of their work. Each student worked on a self-directed project during the semester. The catalogue was the result of...

Participating 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Industrial Design students assembled together in Conrod’s to compete in three distinct design categories. Industrial designers (Alumni) were invited to judge the student projects in the following categories: 1. Cardboard Seating: Design a portable, easy to assemble (under 5 minutes) seat for outdoor festivals. It must have an area...

#nofilter was a project initiated by the Fall 2015 Graduating class in Arts + Culture. Comprising a print-based and on-line publication as well as an exhibition of artworks, the project reflected on the limits and possibilities of creativity and expression in the Internet age. In addition to the publications and exhibitions, a PR campaign was launched;...

Media Night gathered approximately 200 audience members from the Montreal community at an evening screening showcasing student video work from various courses offered through the cinema/communications department.  The  2 hour program curated by students  included Narrative, Documentary, Experimental and Animated shorts as well as videos made during our 24h film competition (which served as a fundraiser for...

Over twenty students were involved in this production of The Real Inspector Hound. The fact that they were all directly involved in the producing and/or acting of the play enriched their classroom experience. This project met the criteria for student success as it allowed student to connect directly with the course material: they acted and...

The Tekphy Conference was held at Université de Montréal in Laval. All of our 3rd year students in Physical Rehabilitation were able to attend a one day conference on the use of technology in rehabilitation. This included presentations on the current use of telemedicine in rehabilitating patients who had undergone a total knee replacement, to the use of...

From November 13th to the 20th, an estimated 17 million people participated worldwide in 35,000 events and competitions for Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). At Dawson College in Montreal, EWeek events included a diverse and inspiring lineup of speakers, mentors, networking opportunities, contests and activities for students, alumni and the Montreal community. The two-day public sector...