鈥淛oy is Resistance鈥� is a Dawson movement and the theme of several events held this month at Dawson. It is an inclusive call to action and a resistance to the growing narrative of queer erasure and anti-feminist rhetoric that threatens to overshadow the positive and integral contributions inherent in diversity. A banner making event entitled…
The 张百乔女友裸照 Humanities & Public Life conference is an annual event that introduces CEGEP students to the ambiance, culture, and discovery of academic conferences. We provide a bridge between great ideas, new research, and exciting debates, as well as showcasing how the questions we tackle in the humanities are relevant to concrete, real-world situations….
On March 19, 10 teams from the Science Program competed in the 2025 Dawson Preliminary Science on tourne! competition. This extra-curricular event was a qualifying competition for the 2025 Dawson final competition scheduled for April 4.
Science on tourne! is an annual provincial engineering competition that sees student teams design and build a mechanical device to accomplish a task. This year鈥檚 task is to use wind power from a fan to transport a mass over an obstacle. The team that succeeds in transporting a greater mass over a greater distance wins the competition.
The winners of the 2025 Dawson finals on April 4 will go on to the Quebec competition (May 5-6) where a total of $20,000 in prizes are at stake. If you are interested in engineering, science, and/or design please come to see the Dawson finals on April 4 in room 5B.16 from 4-6 PM. (A special thanks to the Dawson Student Success Action Plan, The Dawson Foundation, and the SMSE Sector Office for supporting Dawson Science on tourne! teams with funds and equipment.)
-Submitted by Chris Whittaker
One person, one soul, one body through patience and persistence can turn a barren landscape into a thriving lush forest.
This is the story of The Man Who Planted Trees, a short film by Fr茅d茅ric Back听based on the story by Jean Giono.
Dipti Gupta, a teacher in Cinema l Communications at Dawson, spoke about the film and the impact of just one person in a talk for students in the Peace Studies Certificate on March 14.
Visit the link for the homepage news story and to see a photo of Dipti with Fr茅d茅ric Back.
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in STEM (Feb. 11) at Dawson, Andreea Panait (Faculty, Mathematics) together with STEMM FEM and DAS (the Dawson Astronomical Society) created a series of events during the second week of February. One of the highlights was a poster session on Inspiring Minds: Women who Shaped STEM…
A new bike rack will be set up this spring on Dawson鈥檚 campus. It is a project by three Dawson students, who entered it in the Green Innovation Challenge at John Abbott College in January and won the third-place prize of $500.
鈥淏ikers at Dawson experience many difficulties,鈥� said team member Kyana Boncy. 鈥淭hey report having trouble parking their bikes due to lack of space, faulty design and accessibility depending on the season.鈥�
Pictured from left to right: Miella Manjava (Social Science student), Arina Capral (International Business student), Kyana Boncy (Mechanical Engineering Technology student)
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Subtext is the name of an online Dawson journal that showcases the writing of Dawson students in the field of film and media. The journal was launched in the fall of 2023 and since then, an issue has been published each semester.
Subtext is put together by a group of students with the assistance of Cinema | Communications faculty advisor Justine McLellan.
The most recent issue came out at the end of the Fall 2024 semester and the next one will be released around mid-May.
To read the Fall 2024 Subtext issue, visit the link.
On Jan. 22, a class of Interior Design students were told at 10 AM that if they could raise $500 in an hour for their Vernissage, a donor would match the $500.
Chris Adam of the Office of Sustainability shared a story with them about a Community, Recreation and Leadership Training class that raised over $2,000 in an hour many years ago to get the Peace Garden project started.
Visit the link to find out how much they raised and what the students thought.
The Dawson Reads Writer Series features author Alexander MacLeod reading, talking about his work, and taking questions on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 12 PM in 5B.16. QWF College Writers Award finalist and recent Dawson graduate Clara Frey听will also be reading from her work.听The event is open to the public.
Alexander MacLeod's work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, The Guardian, and The Globe and Mail.听His first collection of short stories, Light Lifting,听was named a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, The Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and the Commonwealth Book Prize. In 2019, he won an O Henry Prize. His most recent collection, Animal Person, was published in 2022 and was recognized as a "Book of the Year" byThe New Yorker, The Irish Times, The Globe and Mail and CBC Books. Alexander lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and teaches听at Saint Mary鈥檚 University.听
MacLeod holds degrees from McGill University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Windsor. He currently lives in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and teaches at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.听
In 2024, he edited, with Souvankham Thammavongsa the special 35th anniversary edition of The Journey Prize Anthology.听
Photo by Heather A. Crosby Gionet, courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada.
Welcome to the second edition of the third-year health expo. Nursing students have curated information and resources for the Dawson community. Subjects are varied and interesting and touch a variety of possible populations present at Dawson. From how to create a first aid kit to demystifying IUD's. Come encourage our graduating class! The expo will be Friday, Feb. 28 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM in the lower atrium.
Last Modified: March 28, 2025
