D Announcements
D Announcements is your virtual bulletin board for Dawson community information, events, and news briefs, released on Thursdays every other week between issues of D News.
Want to let us know about an upcoming event/fundraiser/workshop in your program/profile/department? Click on the link at the bottom of this page and fill out the form, and we will include it in the next edition.
Exclusive offer for Dawson community members:
Join us for the Golf Classic 2024 at a reduced rate of $300. Tickets include brunch, 18 holes of golf, networking with special guests, and dinner on June 10 at the Whitlock Golf & Country Club.
Tickets are available at https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/golf.
LAST CALL! Artists in Bloom reduced price tickets
Dawson’s student artists will be in action as they transform blank canvases into incredible works of art on April 18, starting at 5:30 p.m.
While enjoying hors d’oeuvres, drinks, live music, and mingling with fellow art lovers, you can vote for your favourite painting. Each ticket includes complimentary hors d’oeuvres and one drink, with additional beverages available for purchase at the cash bar.
Tickets will be on sale in person at 4A.1 and 2E.4 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Adults – $20 ($25 at the door)
Students – $15
Online purchase https://dawsoncollege.givecloud.co/product/AIB-Tickets/artists-in-bloom-2024
Earth Week at Dawson April 16 – 25
The Office of Sustainability would like to offer the Dawson community opportunities to celebrate Earth Week throughout the academic year.
There will be a couscous cooking workshop with Kaye, and much, much more…
To see the full offering and to sign up, please use this Link.
North South Soirée
Join us on April 25, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., for a community celebration and solidarity fundraiser for the North South Studies/Social Change & Solidarity profile. There will be music, dancing, food, student presentations, an art exhibit, and more. Click here to buy your ticket now!
Special Breathwork Workshop for Dawson employees
Feeling stressed or a little anxious? Have no idea what to do to calm your nerves? Take this workshop with SkyCampus to help your sanity!
Open to all staff and faculty.
Wednesday, April 24 in 5B.16 from 12-1 pm
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/D6YgukCk6g
Lunchtime Gallery Artist Talk
Drop into the gallery and join artist Cassie Paine for a lunchtime Q&A on Thursday, May 2. An informal opportunity to meet the artist, ask questions, and hear her talk about her work.
Thursday, May 2, 12:15 – 12:45 p.m. in 2G.0, the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery.
BioBlitz at Dawson – April 29, 3-6 p.m.
Take a break and come outside to learn about Biodiversity on Campus! Students and staff are all welcome!
They are looking to identify 1,000 species on campus, so come on outside, grab a field guide and an insect net or a pair of binoculars to add your observations to the count.
To be ready to add observations, download the free iNaturalist app and create an account
This project is part of the Campus Biodiversity Network (https://campusbiodiversitynetwork.org/en) and also counts towards the City Nature Challenge (https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/) and the 1000 Species Project at Dawson https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dawson-community-mobilizing-to-identify-1000-species-in-1000-days/
Participation in this activity will earn students 1 credit towards the Environment & Sustainability Certificate.
Beverages and snacks will be available for participants in the 2E Gazebo.
Humanities Conference in October – Call for Presentations/Papers
This year, the conference will take place from October 21 to October 25, 2024, and the theme will be aesthetics.
The Dawson College Humanities & Public Life Conference is an annual event that introduces CEGEP students to the ambience, culture, and discovery of academic conferences. It provides a bridge between great ideas, new research, and exciting debates, as well as showcasing how the questions we tackle in the humanities are relevant to concrete, real-world situations.
Presentations from all disciplines are welcomed. To make it relevant for our budding conference goers, presentations should reference one or more of the 3 categories of Humanities courses offered at Quebec colleges: Knowledge, World Views and Ethics.
There are 3 formats. A traditional talk or presentation should be around 35–45 minutes long. They will be followed by approximately 15 minutes of questions. The talks should be accessible and engaging for a general audience consisting largely of CEGEP students who have only recently graduated from high school. If you have any doubts about the level of your presentation, please consult Sean Elliott.
Also, we’d like to have performances with an explanation component. What are the ideas that underlie a performance? These performances/talks will be part of the Mind/Body Series at the conference. There is limited space for this series, so apply soon.
Thirdly, they will accept artistic submissions from registered students who want to connect creativity with the content or concepts from their humanities courses. A separate call for submissions has been issued and distributed throughout the college.
Please send a 150-word presentation summary and title, along with a very short bio, to Sean Elliott (selliott@dawsoncollege.qc.ca) by June 21, 2024
Teaching Excellence Awards nominations are open
All employees are invited to nominate outstanding teachers for the Director General’s Teaching Excellence Award from April 3 to April 21 (the deadline to submit is 11:30 p.m.).
To submit a nomination, go to Omnivox and look for Teaching Excellence Award under the Academic Services menu.
Events Calendar – Stay up to date about events at Dawson
We have a lot of upcoming events happening at Dawson, stay up to date by periodically checking the Events calendar.
Submit your Upcoming Events or Screen Visuals using the Events Calendar
People interested in publicizing their events on the Dawson website or putting an image up on the Dawson TV screens are invited to complete the online submission form available on the Events website.
Doing this helps us publicize your event and keeps the entire community aware of what is happening at Dawson.
Next D Announcements and D News
The next D News will be on April 25.
The next D Announcements will be on May 2.
