The Manufacturing & Field trips course offers students the opportunity to visit manufacturers here in Quebec to learn and see first hand how products (which they design in class) will be made. This enables them to interact with manufacturers, ask questions and receive feedback pertaining to their designs, helping them grasp how designs are made...

Sustainable Dawson, the First Peoples’ Centre and the Dawson College Peace Centre will continue the ongoing project of the Three Sister’s garden in the Conrod’s Courtyard. The Three Sister’s Garden, established in the 2015-16 year, is a commitment by these three initiatives and by extension the College, to acknowledge the land as Indigenous, promote Indigenous...

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...

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...

ScienceFest 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 2015-2016.. It foresees involvement from all disciplines in the program (as well as technical programs) and invites participation from the entire Dawson community.

On December 5th, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in Dawson’s lower atrium, the Communications Design and Practice Course will be holding an eye-opening event in order to bring awareness to environmental issues imminently affecting society as we know it. The goal of this event is to educate Dawson students about the environmental threats we face due...

In exploring alternative ways of learning, New School’s It’s Showtime! Class will perform an original script: From Dio To Dawn: The Bacchae Retold at the Dawson Theater. 20 students from 12 different programs will join together challenging themselves in a dynamic exploration of the Greek classic. 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Dawson Theatre

IIDEX is the largest trade show in Canada for the Interior Design profession. Students will visit the trade show, including lectures and workshops.  They will tour Toronto sites organized by Interior Designers of Canada and will also visit museums and manufacturer’s showrooms with Dawson instructors.

The Resist Violence event will feature works from all of the students involved in the paired Imaging Violence and Nonviolence course. Resist Violence is a two and a half day showcase of work that exposes, subverts, questions and interacts with perceptions and issues related to violence. Exposing victim blaming questions posed to survivors of sexual assault, an...

Scandal! Vice, Crime and Morality in Montreal, 1940-1960 History students will get the opportunity to visit this exhibition which provides an extensive comprehension of the different aspects of crimes in Montreal. The exhibition is perfect to illustrate to what extent Montreal was a ‘ville ouverte’ in the 1940s and 1950s. Canada’s largest city in the...