Students in “Applied Geography” (teacher Sarah Louise Kendall), conducted and recorded a class-wide interview with Mostafa Henaway of the Immigrant Workers Center, about the intersections of essential work and immigration in Montreal. After the interview, the students transcribed and edited excerpts of this interview to help produce their own  written and audio journalism story about...

In conversation with guest speaker Sakura Saunders, students in “Environmental Issues” learned about the social and environmental impacts of Canada’s gold mining industry and community-based resistance in Canada and abroad. Saunders is a leading environmental justice and Indigenous solidarity activist and a co-founder of the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network.

(VIRTUAL!) Back by popular demand! Reach for the Top is a National Trivia League for senior highschool and CEGEP students. Teams of four compete against each other answering questions covering subjects related to highschool and CEGEP curricula and other general knowledge categories. Some Dawson students teams are set up and ready to compete. They will actively...

History students will visit the old prison of Trois-Rivières built in 1822-1823 which is now part of Le Musée POP (du Québec). The visit includes a group session with an ex-convict who will describe the harsh reality of prison life in the 1970s and 1980s, just before the prison closed its doors. The visit also...

Three Dawson students will travel to Nanjing, China, to compete in a Mechanical Engineering Design Competition with Chinese students from the Nanjing area. The competition is hosted by our AEC Program partner, Nanjing Institute of Technology. The students will interact and learn about our different cultures. There are field trips planned so that the Dawson...

The Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association regatta, or CSSRA Championship, is an annual event held in Saint-Catherines, Ontario. The regatta takes place on the Canadian Royal Henley course. For the past 75 years, the CSSRA has been the North American championship for (u19) High School. Since the creation of the Dawson Rowing Team, this regatta...