A true community-building event, the North-South Studies Soiree brought together over 100 attendees, including profile alumni, retired and present teachers, as well as both current and admitted-for-fall-2023 students for an evening of music, friendship, and solidarity. Fred Jones and Ovide Bastien who founded the Profile 30 years ago were in attendance, along with former coordinators…
It's the last week to go see The Trial, presented by the Professional Theatre Program!
Joseph K has been arrested鈥攂ut for what crime? Adapted from the Kafka novel, the Trial is an absurdist comedy about the bureaucracy of the legal system. Directed by Michael Hughes and performed by the third-year graduating students in their final performance at Dawson.
The ticket price for Dawson students is $5. Faculty enter for free. Use the code 鈥渢eachers鈥� at the checkout. Tickets are available on their Box Office page.
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The 2023 General Elections are on this week. All current Dawson students are eligible to vote for next year's Executive Officers and Student Council positions of the Dawson Student Union (DSU).
What is the DSU? We are an accredited union run by students for students. We are the largest college student union in the CEGEP network. That's why it's important that students are involved in the democratic process. Students are invited to vote for next year's student representatives this week!
It's easy to vote! All you need to do is show up at Conrod's (2F.4) with your student ID. The voting period is open all week. You can find us in Conrod's April 17-21 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
All information and further details can be found on Instagram @Dawson_elections. Inquiries are also accepted via elections@dawsonstudentunion.com
A lively event stopped by Dawson on March 29 to move and inspire students and staff. The VIB event is touring campuses across Quebec to promote well-being and health. The event featured a Pound also known as 鈥渞ocking out鈥� workout, pictured; photo courtesy of RSEQ.
One of College Nurse Julie Gosselin鈥檚 student health ambassadors reported: 鈥淭he participants really enjoyed the event and they liked their free merch. People seemed to really enjoy the Pound session as well since most of them had never done it before
鈥淚 think the event was really cool! It was a great way to promote physical activity during a time period when students are stressed and tend to forget the little things we should do to stay healthy.鈥�
Le conteur et nomade contemporain Fran莽ois Lavall茅e a fait escale 脿 Dawson le 30 mars pour un 茅v茅nement dans le cadre de la semaine de la Francof锚te.
芦Je pratique un des plus vieux m茅tiers dans le monde, dit Fran莽ois au d茅but de la soir茅e. Les histoires nous aident 脿 collaborer pour le meilleur et pour le pire. Dans l'ancien temps, le troubadour 茅tait le premier 脿 franchir la ligne de l鈥檈nnemie.禄
芦Quand on entend une bonne histoire, on s鈥檃ccroche.聽Souvent, on raconte les souvenirs. Quand on raconte nos souvenirs, c鈥檈st diff茅rent de notre v茅cu.禄
Fran莽ois a partag茅 un souvenir d'enfance datant de 1986. Apr猫s 37 ans, il dit que c'est sa m茅moire et son imagination qui lui permettent de faire revivre l'histoire. Il a termin茅 sa visite avec 芦Le ruisseau禄, un extrait de son dernier spectacle
The Professional Photography Department will be presenting an evening with Filmmaker Jorge Camarotti on April 12聽at 6:30 p.m. in 5B 16. Jorge will be presenting his award-winning short film “Ousmane” as well as discussing his process, and his journey. There will also be a question-and-answer period. This event is open to the Dawson community. About…
鈥淢y work explores a connecting thread between Mi鈥檊maw and Eurocentric worldviews, using a visual language that is both symbolic and literal. It is enriched by the history of the bead to carry knowledge, communicate, evoke, and express Spirit. I embrace the bead as infinite potentiality, appearing divided, as part, and at once whole and all-encompassing.鈥�…
Dawson's Sustainability Office and other departments are excited to host a two-week Earth Week event. Students and employees can participate in multiple events from April 17-April 28.
Check out all the Earth Week events listed on the the calendar often as new events are expected to be added. Earth Week 2023 touches on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Here is a sample of the Earth Week events to date and more are being added:
Sign up: individuals and classes can participate by filling out this !
All students were invited to participate in a Data Journalism Challenge March 25-26. The objective was to introduce students to the broad field of聽Data Journalism, wherein large datasets from various sources are compiled into a visual aid at the centre of a story meant to inform the general public. 聽Inspired by the work of聽聽students were provided publicly available C02聽emissions data for Canada and ideas for exploring other climate-themed data sets to create their own data journalism project.
The attendance was better than expected with about 80 students attending a Saturday morning workshop session run by Sameer Bhatnagar and Vanessa Gordon and 45 students completed the challenge during the weekend. Mentors and judges volunteered their time to support this event and expressed excitement about doing it again.
DawsCon was a one-day conference March 24 on a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence hosted by Dawson AI and the Computer Science Department at Dawson. Dawson鈥檚 reception room in 5B.16 was packed with students for keynote speaker Hugo Larochelle, Montreal Team Lead at Google Brain. Hugo is also a member of Yoshua Bengio's Mila and an Adjunct Professor at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al. His talk about the Deep Learning revolution in AI gave the audience an overview of the development of AI from the early 2000s to today, including some of the major developments that occurred in Canada.
Last Modified: May 4, 2023
