Three Dawson students will travel to Nanjing, China, to compete in a Mechanical Engineering Design Competition with Chinese students from the Nanjing area. The competition is hosted by our AEC Program partner, Nanjing Institute of Technology. The students will interact and learn about our different cultures. There are field trips planned so that the Dawson...

The Open Studio Live Model project is an essential part of our students’ life drawing practice. It provides all students with an opportunity to practice their drawing skills and refine their observational abilities while drawing from live models. These weekly drawing sessions enables students and alumni to continue drawing during the summer months and also network with...

(June 3 – June 23, 2019) Four (4) students will travel to China to participate in joint student design projects, and cultural activities, along with students at Shanghai Normal University, Suzhou Art & Design, Technology Institute, and Hubei Fine Arts in Wuhan. The Dawson students would participate in design charrettes that would place each Dawson student with a team of...

The Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association regatta, or CSSRA Championship, is an annual event held in Saint-Catherines, Ontario. The regatta takes place on the Canadian Royal Henley course. For the past 75 years, the CSSRA has been the North American championship for (u19) High School. Since the creation of the Dawson Rowing Team, this regatta...

South Star Design is inviting Dawson’s 3D Animation & CGI and Industrial Design students to collaborate on a project that will be presented in Midtown Tokyo Design district on May 31st, 2019. 3D animation students and Industrial Design students will be teaming up together to create a presentation inspired by the 2019’s exhibition theme, “BRIDGES”...

The Deans’ Choice Awards began in 2013 on a rotational basis within the Visual Arts Career Sector. It is used in recognition of student achievement within a particular career program each year with the recipient chosen by three Deans: the Dean of Creative Arts, the Academic Dean and upon invitation another Dean from another sector...

This is a two-week Spanish-language travel–internship experience in May 2019 that will provide Dawson students from Modern Languages and other Dawson programs with the opportunity to use Spanish in a real-life work environment. Students will also take language courses to improve their Spanish and they will be introduced to Spain’s vibrant culture. Students will have...

The design and production of an exhibition catalogue is a learning activity within the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course. The Comprehensive Assessment takes place in this course for the students registered in the Studio Arts Profile. The catalogue will contain the works created in the Studio Arts Integrating Activity course, some comments from the students,...

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 Anthology project contributes to student success in that it gives students the...

The 2019 edition of Science, On Tourne! challenges students to build an autonomous, mobile machine that races on a circular track using only the force of gravity for its propulsion. The winning team from the Local Dawson competition will be sent to the Finals held at Cégep de Chicoutimi on May 3 & 4. The...