Dawson College was in the news last week:
June 2: CTV Montreal covered our innovative Vernissage Season , which continues this week
June 6: The Journal de Québec ran a story about our new pavilion
Please note there are inaccuracies in this story, especially about welcoming more students. Dawson will be getting more space to enhance pedagogical approaches and create a better learning environment.
The work of History teachers Stacey Zembrzycki and Nancy Rebelo (along with Anna Sheftel, Saint-Paul University; and Eszter Andor, Montreal Holocaust Museum) has been honoured with a 2020 Public History Group Prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association. Their project Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home after the Holocaust was created in close collaboration with Holocaust…
Communities around the world have been mobilizing against racism in recent days. This mobilization is a reaction to the most recent murder of another unarmed Black person.
On May 25, George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis by a police officer after saying he could not breathe and pleading for his life. Even though we are living through a pandemic, many people decided that the risk of contracting COVID-19 was less important than showing solidarity with Black, Indigenous, people of colour and other marginalized groups.
Dawson College wishes to express our support for this struggle for justice and our desire to end systemic racism. Click Read More for the full statement.
The Virtual Vernissage of the graduating students in our Illustration Program is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 3 from 6 to 9 p.m. Use this link to visit on Wednesday.
Come encourage the students and have fun trying this unique multiplayer platform created for Dawson College.
CTV News is running a report on their evening news today, June 2, and we will share the link next week.
To read all about the virtual experience, you can see last week's story in the Read More link.
The Dawson Blues Awards Night Ceremony was pre-recorded and went live the evening of May 22. Some of the award recipients are: Adele Ivy MacDonald Walton Scholarship Award – from Division-1 Men’s Basketball – Malik Bamba Adele Ivy MacDonald Walton Scholarship Award – from Division-1 Women’s Basketball – Niice Gedeon David Estwick Award- from Division-3 Golf – Viktoria Bortkiewicz-Hamelin Male Athlete…
Chris Whittaker (Physics) and Michelle Smith (Cinema-Communications; Journeys) were interviewed by Mike Finnerty on May 13 on CBC Radio's Daybreak. Click Read More to listen to the segment and hear their thoughts about CEGEP remaining mostly online.
Anick Legault (Psychology) was interviewed on Radio Canada's morning program on May 18 about the use of mobile phones for online learning. Click Read More to listen to the segment.
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.
Kevin Rochford (SSBT) and his family were in the news last week. They have been thoroughly enjoying self-isolation with elaborate themed dinners. Click Read More to watch the Global News television report.
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.
Last Modified: June 9, 2020
