The 16th annual Science et Société Forum was held right here at Dawson. We had a total participation of 11 students registered in the conference and several more students (as part of the blue ring society) were participating on the side with organization. Once again, Dawson was the only English college represented. On Friday evening, there was an opening...

René Bolduc gave a workshop on Nov 2, 2015 for approximately 35 students in the gallery and the exhibition  of his work reached another 200-400 students and people in general. René demonstrated the old technique of wet plate photography, taking the students outside and photographing a student and developing the image in his portable darkroom. He...

The Social Service Department invited Kaitlynn Kavanagh Rice to speak on the topic of Poverty in Canada. Her family was the subject in the NFB documentary NO PLACE CALLED HOME depicting the hardships of the working poor in Canada. Kaitlynn Kavanagh Rice did an excellent presentation on the effects of poverty on families in Canada. She introduced a model which encompasses...

Modern Living. An exhibition of the recent work of Alumni from Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Photography, Industrial Design, Cinema, Interior Design, and 3D animation. Each department was represented by 2-3 former students who are currently working in their respective fields.

The visit at the Musée des Soeurs Hospitalières helped students assess the reality of Quebec women’s lives. Students  were divided into 2 sub-groups each accompanied with a guide who lectured them for a full hour. . Many students were surprised to see the lives of cloistered nuns in the 19th century (they visited their parloir, their refectoire and their...

The Open Studio Live Model project is an essential part of our students’ life drawing practice. It provided all visual arts students with an opportunity to practice their drawing skills and refine their observational abilities while drawing from live models. These weekly drawing sessions were offered after school one day per week and were highly...

The students in the Integrating Activity course designed and produced a catalogue for their exhibition: Julianna Joos’ Class of Art. The catalogue was the result of a semester of collaborative work between the students. The planning of the catalogue began week 4; the students met regularly in their common studio space to share and discuss the...

In the 2015/2016 academic year, S.P.A.C.E. hosted and participated in twenty one events. The events were well attended with over 1,700 students, faculty and staff present and 750 students and faculty actively engaged in one or more projects. Most of these events related to this year’s theme: VISION(S). The events were highly varied and unique, the numbers...