With the input of more than 4,700 students, employees and others connected to the Dawson community, the College will be launching a refreshed and youthful brand in the New Year. Dawson’s branding project began late last spring and involved consulting the entire Dawson community through surveys, focus groups with representative samples of the community and…
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recognized Dawson College as the top performer in the category of associate colleges around the world and called out the Monarch Butterfly Nursery project as an institutional highlight in its 2021 Sustainable Campus Index, published Nov. 9, 2021. This comes less than a year…
Mid-November means that the s-word is in the forecast. In fact, there are three s-words that Dawson’s Communications Office monitors: snow, storms and special weather alerts, such as freezing rain. If the College decides to cancel classes and in-person work: all students will be alerted via an Omnivox mandatory document all employees will receive an…
In September, a series of activities to bring awareness of the legacy of Canadian colonialism was launched leading up to and Beyond September 30th, the National Day of Truth & Reconciliation and Mourning for the victims and survivors of the Residential School System. These events, which have been running through the semester, emphasize our roles…
An Interview with Anahita Norouzi, artist of Other Landscapes at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery By Sabrina Schmidt and Victoria Berthelet-Petrecca Q: In Other Landscapes, you experiment with materials and find ways to reinvent established conventions. How did you come to discover these materials, and did this require any collaboration? A: I always begin…
You can now recycle your disposable procedural masks at Dawson thanks to Dawson Professional Theatre student Nathan McDonald, Facilities Management, the Sustainability Office and the Green Earth Club (Dawson Student Union). Four drop-off boxes are located at: the 2E wing entrance 2E.19 the Atwater metro station entrance the Information Desk beside Conrod’s Nathan says he…
In just one day, about 1,000 prospective students and their parents snapped up limited appointment-only spots for guided tours of Dawson College at the end of October. Interest in attending Dawson College remains very high, demonstrated by record participation in Open House 2021. More prospective students and parents than ever before participated in activities during…
Food insecurity is sometimes misunderstood to be an issue only for those without a place to live. While this population is overwhelmingly in need, food insecurity could affect a student living on their own without the means to buy enough food for the week, or a family who has fallen on hard times. The pandemic…
Dawson students are very enthusiastic about participating in campus life after having gone without for the past three semesters, according to the Campus Life and Leadership team (CLL) and the Dawson Student Union (DSU). It seems students want to make up for lost time, said Michelle Lee of Dawson’s CLL. “I think generally most students…
Student athletes have been enjoying a full fall athletics season at Dawson. “Each additional day that we can play sports is a good thing,” said Sébastien Rivest, the Manager of Athletics at Dawson. “The students are very excited to be back and so are the coaches.” Since March 2020, student athletes had mostly been limited…
Last Modified: October 13, 2021
