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Dawson 2024-2029 Strategic Plan prioritizes student development through the lens of well-being

February 8th, 2024

Over the next five years, Dawson College will deliver on its academic mission led by the overarching value of Well-being for All, which emphasizes the cultivation of a stimulating, inclusive and caring environment for learning and working.  Other core values of the plan include Student Achievement, Institutional Excellence, Collaboration, and Innovation and Creativity. In its…

Sixth Dawson cohort begins AI Launch Lab/Dawson AI series Feb. 10

February 8th, 2024

AI Launch Lab and Dawson AI are offering a sixth series of workshops on artificial intelligence beginning Feb. 10. Registration is open to all college students for a free eight-week online course on Saturday mornings beginning Feb. 10. Two students who were in previous workshop series shared their thoughts on the experience, uniquely available through…

Dawson’s solidarity delegation to Cuba

February 8th, 2024

Twelve students and two teachers from the Social Change and Solidarity profile of Social Science returned from Cuba Jan. 15 after a three-week solidarity delegation. The trip is a close partnership with the Centro Martin Luther King Jr. (CMLK) in Cuba, an organization that promotes local and global solidarity, popular education, and justice. The Dawson…

Costa Rica course: an encounter with Nature and life-changing experience

January 25th, 2024

Twenty-four Dawson students travelled to Costa Rica on Dec. 30 to take a complementary course entitled Ecology & Culture. Accompanied by biology teachers Brian Mader and Tonia De Bellis, the students explored several different ecosystems, including the rare and threatened tropical dry forest. “This experience will be with these students for the rest of their…

Be inspired by the journeys of our first four Perseverance Award recipients

January 25th, 2024

Noella Dorothy Beersa (Liberal Arts), Wynter Bryant (Arts and Culture), Eléonore Martin-Menga (AEC in Commercial Photography) and Judy Phuong Trinh Le (Pure & Applied Science) are the first four recipients of the new Dawson College Perseverance Award. This award is funded through the Student Academic Enrichment Fund and is intended to encourage Dawson students from…

Dawson is presenting the Canadian premiere of Leopoldstadt

January 25th, 2024

Sir Tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt will have its Canadian premiere at the Dawson College Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Directed by Matt Holland, the play features the 2024 graduating class of Dawson’s Professional Theatre program. “This is a wonderful opportunity for our students because Sir Tom Stoppard is a renowned, award-winning British playwright with a…

Dawson student is a Loran finalist

January 25th, 2024

Out of a pool of over 5,200 applicants, Dawson General Social Science student Delice Betukumesu is one of 90 young Canadians selected as a Loran Finalist for the class of 2024. In their press release, the Loran Scholars Foundation said these students “have demonstrated their intrinsic drive to step up in the face of challenges…

Street art mural created by students brightens up hallway

January 25th, 2024

Twenty-four students took part in a street art mural project in December at Dawson. Their work has added colour, beauty and a youthful feel to the 2C hallway, which houses the student clubs. This art project was fully funded by Equitas, a nongovernmental organization based in Montreal that works to advance human rights in Canada…

Meet the first recipients of the Mahsa Amini Scholarship

January 25th, 2024

Tara Balador and Chloe Jung are the first two recipients of the new Mahsa Amini Scholarship, which was presented by Candice Zhong of the Dawson Student Union at the Fall Awards Night Nov. 30. The Mahsa Amini Scholarship aims to help international and refugee students at Dawson who are affected by conflict and in need…

$40,000 in grants from the Dawson Foundation for 14 projects

January 25th, 2024

An interesting assortment of projects to benefit Dawson students in all programs was selected for grants by the Student Academic Enrichment Fund committee. A total of 14 projects received full or partial funding for projects that will take place over the next two semesters. Dawson College Model United Nations received the largest grant: $7,000. A…

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