To protect our students, staff and the broader community of Montreal, Dawson College will mostly be virtual for the summer and fall semesters. All employees received an email on May 11 and all students were notified via Omnivox on May 12. For the homepage news, click Read More.
Robert Stephens, who teaches Philosophy as well as Humanities, and who was part of the first cohort of fellows of the AI-themed community of practice, is inviting any faculty member to explore and, if desired, make use of the teaching material that he has developed during his fellowship: Robert Stephens’ portfolio Robert’s portfolio includes many resources for those…
At the Dawson College Health Clinic, we continue the conversation of how to be empowered with exercises that can be done from the comfort of your home to maintain healthy habits throughout the quarantine. Our intern students look forward to welcoming you to join our presentations on Mondays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m.. Please dress…
Congratulations to second year Professional Theatre student Fanny Dvorkin. Fanny is the recipient of a $500 ART APART award from the National Theatre School of Canada. Her project will be broadcast on the NTS website and Facebook page on Thursday, May 7. Her filmed performance focuses on the isolation caused by COVID-19, while exploring the notion of gender in a private world.
Third-year student Alejandrina Hernandez returned to her home country in late 2018 to visit family and friends, and the experience marked her. She was determined to do something in response to the humanitarian crisis she witnessed along the border of Venezuela and Colombia.
Read about Alejandrina's sustainable design award-winning cart/bed for refugees in our homepage news story in the read more link.
SPACE (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education) is pleased to present Dr. Sabrina Leslie for ScienceFest on Friday, May 8 at 1 p.m. Dr. Leslie is an Associate Professor of Physics and Quantitative Life Sciences at McGill University and the principle investigator at the McGill University Leslie Lab where her research focusses on…
We are searching for volunteer guest lecturers from our talented faculty who are interested in getting involved in the F20 Gender Matters course. Held Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., one guest per class presents topics from their discipline as it pertains to gender. Past topics: Exploring Works By Ursula Le Guin, Anthropology of Gender, Gendered Spaces, Economics of Gender,…
More than 30 employees and students from the English-language CEGEPs are receiving training at Dawson College to prepare them to serve in long-term care centres (CHSLD) and other healthcare facilities as assigned by the local health authority, the CIUSSS. Dawson College and Collège de Maisonneuve are the two designated training sites for the Montreal CEGEP…
Updated Exam Schedule:
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/registrar/exam-schedule/
Revised Academic Calendar for the day division:
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/registrar/winter-2020-day-division/
Optogonetics is among the most widely employed techniques to manipulate neuronal activity. It uses a combination of light and genetic engineering to control the cells of the brain, resulting in behavioural manipulation. In essence, a behaviour can be “turned on or off” using a light stimulus. The therapeutic implications of this technique are monumental. However,…
Last Modified: May 12, 2020
