SPACE is a student enrichment initiative that nurtures exploration, discussion, and collaboration beyond the classroom and across the disciplines. 2016/2017 THEME: GL.TCH What is a glitch? In 2016-2017, S.P.A.C.E. is proposing to put a crack in the commonly understood meaning of this word—i.e. an error in the functioning of a system, a program, or a machine—and...

This is a country-wide, student run conference organized every year at different institutions across the country. The CUMC is locally organized and is run under the supervision of the Canadian Mathematical Society Student Committee (Studc). This conference is an opportunity for students to explore mathematics outside their usual surroundings and spark their interest in areas...

The CSSRA regatta which takes place annually in St. Catharine’s Ontario is the championship scholastic regatta for Canadian youth under 19 which includes secondary school students from across Canada and the United States as well as CEGEP students in Quebec. Preliminary races in all categories take place on Friday, semi-finals on Saturday, and finals on...

The Deans` Choice Awards begun in 2013 is an allocation of $500 granted to a Visual Arts Sector Program on an annually rotating basis for final exhibition work of their graduating students judged by a jury of 3 Deans. There is a $300 first prize and two $100 honourable mentions. The student work is judged...

“Irish History & Culture Abroad” compliments the activities of History Course 330-325-DW, Class Abroad: Ireland (Winter 2017), which is designed to take students from the classroom to the field to apply learned knowledge in History and Classics. Students are meant to participate in an engaged learning environment. They will travel, visit, observe, present, and discuss...

Dawson Media Night is the prime event for Dawson College’s Cinema-Communications department. Divided into four categories; animation, narrative, experimental and documentary, the screening features the work of students that, throughout the semester, have striven to create creative and professional material. Prizes are given, students host the event along with live performances, art installations in the lobby and food/beverages...

The Liberal Arts Anthology is an annual project culminating in the publication of essays, short stories, poems, photographs, drawings, etc. by 1st & 2nd year students in the program. The project is run entirely by students (planning, coordinating collaborators, editing, desktop publishing). The theme of the anthology is different every year and reflects the diverse...

Cinema-Communications department The Dawson Game, Launching May 10, in the lower atrium of Dawson College. “Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself” – John Dewey In the Cinema and Communications Integrating Activity class, students are taking Dewy at his word by launching an educational augmented reality game. With a population of...

The 3rd annual ScienceFest conference, to be held May 8th to May 11th 2017, is a dynamic student-centered conference at Dawson College that shares students’ knowledge, creativity and passion for learning science in a public forum and recognizes them for their efforts and achievements in 2016-2017. It foresees involvement from all disciplines in the program (as...

The 2017 edition of Science, On Tourne! challenges students to “build an autonomous machine able to pick up golf balls and put them in a container” The winning team from the Local Dawson competition will be sent to the Finals held at Cégep Garneau on May 5 & 6. The local Dawson competition will have teams...