March 9th, 2021
Cinema | Communications student McKenzie Deer Robinson had been interested in acting since she was a kid. “I was always too shy,” she recalled in an interview with the Communications Office. When she was 16 years old, her mother noticed a call for auditions at the local bank in Kahnawake. “We both thought that maybe…
March 9th, 2021
In September of 2020, Dawson’s COVID-19 Steering Committee approved the creation of a student peer mentoring initiative. The plan was to assemble and train a team of second- and third-year students who would mentor new students adjusting to the remote learning environment. Once approved, the program was launched within the first three weeks of the…
February 9th, 2021
In a joint statement issued Jan. 13, the federations representing all CEGEP students, faculty and colleges urged students to turn on their cameras. Dawson shares the concern raised in this statement, namely that “offering pedagogical activities when cameras are deactivated is an issue that affects the learning experience for both students and teachers.” Dawson has…
December 15th, 2020
Our lives are interrupted, but still moving forward. In a semester when our corridors are quiet, and the walls, usually full of colour, have been bare and blank, the Professional Photography program is proud to present “Interrupted,” an exhibition of our third-year students’ images. The photographs of our graduating-year students are hanging in the 2 G…
December 15th, 2020
Dawson College hosted the 7th Edition of the Montreal United Nations Conference on Nov. 20-22. This is an important Model United Nations event that welcomes delegates from both the Greater Montreal Area and abroad. Traditionally held on campus, this year required innovation and adaptation, like so many pedagogical activities, and the conference was moved online…
December 15th, 2020
More than anything, the purpose of the Fall Awards is to encourage Dawson College students to aim high, persevere and put their best efforts into their education. The Fall 2020 semester has been perhaps the most challenging semester for students in the history of the College. These awards are usually presented at a special evening…
December 1st, 2020
Six alumni of the North-South Studies Profile in Social Science moved into action in early November when they heard that Tuapi, Nicaragua was in the line of Hurricane Eta. The powerful Category 4 hurricane struck the community they had visited as their North-South Field Trip in 2016-2017 on Nov. 3. Sadly, Hurricane Iota struck the community…
December 1st, 2020
Carlos Viani lost his job in the hospitality industry and returned to photography during the pandemic, which he calls a blessing in disguise. Carlos is a 2009 graduate of the AEC in Commercial Photography at Dawson College. “I have rarely seen such a dedicated and inspiring faculty,” Carlos said of his experience at Dawson College….
November 27th, 2020
(MONTREAL- Nov. 27, 2020) Most in-person final examinations for the fall semester at Dawson College will now take place online. “In response to new guidelines from the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur and the Direction régionale de la santé publique with respect to a period of voluntary confinement, as well as important logistical constraints, Dawson College…
October 16th, 2020
Dawson College is featured in the Maclean’s 2021 Canadian Colleges Guidebook, which came out across Canada in September. You can now access the two features digitally: Dawson’s extraordinary vernissage season for the graduating students in six programs in Creative and Applied Arts was featured: These Dawson College students missed out on a live gallery show. So…
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