Four outstanding teachers at Dawson received the Director General鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Award on the occasion of Ped Day on Oct. 13:
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Marc-Andr茅 L茅vesque, a college French instructor, will release his fifth book of poetry, 罢谤颈肠茅谤补迟辞辫肠补苍辞苍, in October. The book will be available in stores beginning October 17. A launch event was held Oct. 19 at the Atomic Caf茅.
The book explores the theme of an impending apocalypse caused by dinosaurs reappearing on Earth, with everyday experiences related to dinosaurs forming the basis for most of the poems. The collection is written entirely in French, and includes several neologisms and a few citations in English.
Dawson鈥檚 Open House was Oct. 22 and thousands of prospective students and their families took us up on the invitation.
Sunday was a record crowd, according to organizer Carey-Ann Pawsey of the Communications Office and Geoff Kloos of Student Services, two staff members who have more than two decades of Dawson Open House experience.
The last time the College opened up without appointments was in 2019. That year, 14,000 Viewbooks were distributed. To be more sustainable, guests were invited to see the Viewbook online.
In the morning, guests arrived for tours and program experiences by appointment and in the afternoon, doors were open to all to come in and speak with teachers at program booths and ask questions to academic advisors. There were close to 2,000 people who went on student-guided tours, 700 at the Science info sessions and 300 at program experiences.聽 The Science webinar on Oct. 18 and the How to Apply webinar on Oct. 24 drew a total of 600 participants online.
鈥淚 would like to sincerely thank everyone who gave up their Sunday to welcome our future students and their parents to Dawson,鈥� said Megan Ainscow, Head of Communications. 鈥淲e have an amazing team of colleagues at Dawson who go above and beyond to make this event possible. We feel very grateful.鈥�
The next Open House will be Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
Three Dawson Professional Theatre students were finalists in playwriting competition: Marcel Par茅, Alina Ichmouratov and Elliot Million-Lovett.
Marcel`s play Cadillac took first place and Alina`s play Egg tied for second place. The plays by finalists were read by professional actors on Sept. 25 at Parc Drolet-Rachel.
Dawson`s Communications Office interviewed the three young playwrights. Visit the link below to read transcripts of those interviews.
A student-led project at Dawson has won the provincial in the category of Mutual Aid, Peace and Justice. On Sept. 27 during a gala in Quebec City, the award was presented to a group of Dawson graduates and students who founded the Mahsa Amini Initiative.
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Out of a record 81 entries at Dawson alone, three Dawson students were selected as semifinalists for the 2023 . The 2023 award will be announced at the QWF Gala on Nov. 13.
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鈥淭he 17 Sustainable Development Goals鈥� illustrated by students in the Illustration program at Dawson won the 2023 student art competition of Colleges and Institutes Canada.
鈥�36 illustration students collaborated on this fanzine project along with Sustainable Dawson,鈥� said St茅phanie Aubin, co-chair of and instructor in the program. 鈥淭hey had to create an illustration that would be evocative and powerful visually. Their illustration could be based on a personal experience or a researched fact. Each student's approach to their subject was different, which makes the project even more unique.鈥�
Three of the winning students shared their thoughts about the project. Visit the link below to read the three interviews and for a link to view the two fanzines of the SDG art.
The Independent Video Game Design program hosted a very successful Indie Game Playtesting Night on Sept. 29.
Audrey Vanasse from Continuing Education and Community Services reported that:
Elaine Gusella, our Independent Video Game Design Program Coordinator, says "we are already getting a lot of interest for the next edition, which we're hoping to hold in November (date TBD). We're really looking forward to hosting more events as often as we can."
Writer Sarah Gilbert (Faculty, English) was born in the United States, grew up in Winnipeg and lived in Ottawa before moving to Montreal. For the last three decades, the Mile End neighbourhood has been her home, and she chose it as the place where she would raise her daughter.
鈥淭he Mile End is a real muse. It is a very dense neighbourhood with a lot going on,鈥� she said in an interview with Dawson鈥檚 Communications Office. 鈥淚 had acquired tons of content without noticing it.鈥�
is a collection of short stories about 鈥済entrification and displacement in a once affordable area that is feeling the squeeze of social and cultural transformation.
鈥淭he overlapping lives鈥攐f girls and women, tenants and landlords, neighbours and strangers, the old generation and the next鈥攃hart the tensions and affections among people living in a community that has turned into a destination,鈥� reads the description on the website of Anvil Press.
Sarah wanted her daughter to grow up somewhere where she knows the neighbours. When she had her baby, she had 鈥渁 free pass to talk to anyone,鈥� she said.
The fictional book project grew out of a blog Sarah created called in 2008. That project was journalistic and through it, Sarah documented the endings of neighbourhood businesses and characters and some of the new beginnings of the neighbourhood in transition.
The Mile End is still a real community, Sarah says, citing density and walkability as important factors in fostering community. Neighbourhood gathering spots, like the caf茅s, the library, the local grocery store and the school, are also important.
鈥淚 watch the neighbourhood by walking around,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here are neighbours who know each other and send their kids to the same school up the street and there are a lot of artists. There are people you see regularly who you may not know but they are part of your personal landscape.鈥�
In our goal to get to 1,000 species identified on Dawson's downtown campus in 1,000 days, our total is now at 810 species! Over the last two weeks, there were:
"A large contributing factor was the Nighttime Biodiversity Observation we did last week," said Brian Mader, project lead and a Biology teacher. "Two teachers, one staff member, five students and one alumnus stayed for sunset and beyond with insect traps to observe biodiversity at night.
"Students were able to observe multiple bats and a skunk! Although the photos were not great for these organisms, students were able to get some nice shots of a House Centipede (Cassiana Silva-Young, Enriched Pure & Applied Science) and a Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Jacob Davies, Environmental Science).
Last Modified: October 25, 2023
