Over 200 people joined for the Fiesta Solidaria on April 24, an annual community gathering and fundraiser organized by students and teachers in the Social Change & Solidarity profile. Student families, community partners, and alumni packed the room to hear student speeches, to see student-produced films and art, and to support the profile’s new and…
On April 24, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, a meditation master in the Dzogchen Buddhist tradition, gave a presentation attended by nearly 200 students. “He spoke about how many sources of dissatisfaction in the modern world stem from neglecting humanity’s inner dimension,” said Humanities teacher Daniel Goldsmith, who invited him to Dawson. “We have gone to the…
The Social Change & Solidarity Profile, formerly North South Studies, invites you to the Fiesta Solidaria! Thursday, April 24: 5pm-7pm Room 5B-16 Calling all 1998 to 2024 alumni, current and future students, present and retired teachers, and all friends and families of the Social Change & Solidarity profile. This event follows in the footsteps of…
Third-year Social Service Community Action Project "Laying Down Roots" presents Personal Stories of the Realities of Asylum Seekers.
Tuesday, April 15
12PM -1:30 PM
Room 4C.1
Come hear three speakers who are asylum seekers. They will share their realities and experiences.
Three Sisters Soup Makes 4-6 portions Ingredients: 1 can of white kidney beans (or navy beans or red kidney beans) 2 leeks 1 acorn squash 1 butternut squash 1 large can of pozole / hominy corn (substitute if needed with chickpeas, fresh or frozen corn kernels, or hulled barley) 1 bunch of dandelion greens (optional…
The Communications Office believes we all need inspiration these days so we are launching our "Inspired Teaching" series and are open to your suggestions for future features. Paul Wasacz, a teacher of Physical Education, is our first feature.
It might sound like a cliché, but CEGEP students truly do want to make the world a better place, says Paul.
“They want to make a difference and wish to be taken seriously,” he said. “They have opinions and thoughts, and they want to be heard. They are industrious and creative and able to find solutions. If you give them ownership and a say, they run with it.”
This is what happens in his Eco-Landscaping course, a popular course he launched in 2022 with support from Richard Montreuil in Physical Education and Chris Adam in the Office of Sustainability. The course was initially proposed by former colleague Anthony Berkers. “I was the lucky one who got to teach it,” he said. Previous classes have created the Dawson wetlands, overhauled sections of the Peace Garden, set up a Hugel garden (German for hill or mound), and helped make the First Peoples’ Centre Garden.
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“Joy is Resistance” is a Dawson movement and the theme of several events held this month at Dawson. It is an inclusive call to action and a resistance to the growing narrative of queer erasure and anti-feminist rhetoric that threatens to overshadow the positive and integral contributions inherent in diversity. A banner making event entitled…
The Dawson College Humanities & Public Life conference is an annual event that introduces CEGEP students to the ambiance, culture, and discovery of academic conferences. We provide 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….
On March 19, 10 teams from the Science Program competed in the 2025 Dawson Preliminary Science on tourne! competition. This extra-curricular event was a qualifying competition for the 2025 Dawson final competition scheduled for April 4.
Science on tourne! is an annual provincial engineering competition that sees student teams design and build a mechanical device to accomplish a task. This year’s task is to use wind power from a fan to transport a mass over an obstacle. The team that succeeds in transporting a greater mass over a greater distance wins the competition.
The winners of the 2025 Dawson finals on April 4 will go on to the Quebec competition (May 5-6) where a total of $20,000 in prizes are at stake. If you are interested in engineering, science, and/or design please come to see the Dawson finals on April 4 in room 5B.16 from 4-6 PM. (A special thanks to the Dawson Student Success Action Plan, The Dawson Foundation, and the SMSE Sector Office for supporting Dawson Science on tourne! teams with funds and equipment.)
-Submitted by Chris Whittaker
One person, one soul, one body through patience and persistence can turn a barren landscape into a thriving lush forest.
This is the story of The Man Who Planted Trees, a short film by Frédéric Back based on the story by Jean Giono.
Dipti Gupta, a teacher in Cinema l Communications at Dawson, spoke about the film and the impact of just one person in a talk for students in the Peace Studies Certificate on March 14.
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Last Modified: May 1, 2025
