This event creates an opportunity for 1st + 2nd yr Visual Arts program students to meet and for potential mentoring friendships to develop in the future. The goal of this event is to improve group moral of the students and foster familiarity between the 1st and 2nd yr Visual Arts program students.

Students will visit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to see the exhibit “Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art.,” This exhibit ends a larger one (“From Africa to America: Picasso Face to Face, Past and Present”), which includes works by contemporary artists of African descent (including one by Kehinde Wiley, the artist who...

The Open Studio Life Drawing at Dawson College are weekly drawing sessions where students can avail themselves after class time to refine their handling of drawing materials, hone their observational skills, and enhance their drawing techniques as they observe from the human figure. Sessions will be offered September 10, 2018 to May 10, 2019 (11x...

Students will visit the Queens of Egypt Exhibit at Pointe-à-Callière Museum as part of their Western Civilization class. The exhibit features numerous historical objects depicting the life and culture of Ancient Egypt, including funerary objects, a mummy (!), the famous bust of Nefertiti, and much more. In addition, the focus of the exhibit is the...

The Dawson English Journal is an academic journal, published online and in print, which features compositions written by Dawson students for their English courses (and related subjects). The journal is run by an editorial team made up of students. We get submissions of assignments from students across all programs, and we publish them (online and...

S.P.A.C.E. is a student enrichment initiative that nurtures exploration and fosters open dynamic academic discussion and collaboration, both within and beyond the classroom, and within and across the disciplines. By stimulating the wonder and excitement of self-directed exploration and discovery while offering guidance, support and mentorship as resources, S.P.A.C.E. provides students with an opportunity to...

The Dawson Research Journal of Experimental Science (DrJes) is a publication that seeks to disseminate student research in print form. It provides students with an early introduction to the scientific method and to the business of science. Articles are based on developing a hypothesis, conducting experiments to test the hypothesis and formulating a conclusion. The...

The Dawson Reading Series is an ongoing event that brings writers and storytellers to entertain, inform, educate, and inspire creativity in our student population. The intention of the series is to give access to many diverse voices that cross the genres of literature into illustration, animation, performance, indigenous affairs, LGBTQ, environmental issues, and so on....