Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario, and 成人黑料 will be working together to improve the overall well-being of our respective campuses and communities. The two institutions recently signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advancing a Sustainable Happiness Certificate.
Please visit the link for the joint news release.
In October, Blain Haile (Dawson Class of 2023- Social Science (Law, Society and Justice) won a $5,000 TELUS Student Bursary.
Blain is pursuing a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Juris Doctor with a minor in Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, & Social Justice Studies.
Visit the link to read about her favourite teachers at Dawson, her commitment to volunteer and advocacy projects and what's next for her.
Physical Education faculty member and Nature photographer Doug Smyth鈥檚 photo is featured in the Birds Canada 2024 Calendar, which is mailed out to 15,000 people across Canada. Kate Dalgleish of Birds Canada said that 鈥渋n 2023 nearly 2,000 photographers submitted images, so the competition is fairly fierce. A few of Douglas鈥檚 shots were in the…
Thirteen Dawson students spent their summer working on real research projects in various fields of neuroscience.
There were eight projects in partnership with Polytechnique/Ste-Justine, MNI, Douglas Institute, McGill departments of Physiology and of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. According to Neuroscience Research Group coordinator H茅l猫ne Nadeau: 鈥渟ome projects used images from dMRI, EEG, MRI, fMRI, MR spectroscopy, or PET modalities to probe questions related to the health of neonates, to audition in the normal population, or to pathologies such as schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, or Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
鈥淥ther聽projects relied on experiments on mice or rats, to better understand physiological mechanisms related to pathologies. In the course of the academic year, several teams worked on a large array of projects combining behavioural and EEG data.鈥�
Three of the students shared their projects in interviews with the Communications Office. Visit the Read More link to see their projects and interviews.
To celebrate , members from the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT) were in Ottawa this week to speak with MPs, senators and their staff about the MRT profession and the need for federal investments and leadership to help address the MRT workforce challenges throughout Canada at CAMRT's Hill Day.
Dawson's Kathleen Mailly (Faculty, Diagnostic Imaging) was part of the delegation.
Charles Brisson (third-year student in 3D Animation and Computer Generated Imagery) and Nemesis Jarry (Class of 2023- Arts, Literature and Communication 鈥� Literature) are two of three finalists for the Quebec Writers Federation College Writers Award.
The winner will be announced at a gala on Nov. 13.
To read their writing entered in this competition and for interviews with them, go to the homepage news story: /news/q-a-with-dawson-semifinalists-for-the-qwf-college-writers-award/
To read the QWF press release, visit the link below.
The third-year students from the Professional Theatre Program have started practicing for Shakespeare's Henry V. This bilingual version is thrilling, featuring both English and French language texts.
The lead role of Henry, affectionately known as Hal, is portrayed by a group of five actors. Here, Henry invades France to rightfully claim his throne. Directed by Michael E. Hughes, the show will run from November 13 to November 25 at 7:30 PM. Ticket sales will begin in November.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN PREVIEWS will be held on Monday, November 13 and Tuesday, November 14.
Dawson students, staff, and faculty can attend for $5, while regular admission is $15 and students/seniors pay $1.
Watch a short souvenir video of Dawson's inaugural Homecoming event from last September where alumni 鈥� some of whom are now valued employees 鈥� reflect on their time as Dawson students.
Visit the link to watch the video.
Jenn de Vera, Sophie La Font and Chris Adam of Dawson's Office of Sustainability were in North Bay, Ontario this week to visit .
"Dawson is entering an exciting partnership with Canadore that will further define what it is it be a Living Campus that offers high impact practices, research and experiential learning to reconnect people, community and Nature," Chris Adam said before the team left.
More to come...
Photo: Jenn de Vera on a tour of Canadore.
Last Modified: November 30, 2023
