Student athletes and the Athletics department at Dawson are looking forward to a full fall season. There was incredible student interest and participation in try-out鈥檚 this semester. For example, about 100 students tried out for volleyball! All the sports are back this year. The College has17 teams playing 11 sports. One of the fall sports…
Anna Williams: An Unquiet Mythology听
Fine Arts Biennial 15听
Photography Department 5th Semester Exhibition听
AEC Photography Program Graduates听
Andrew Ooi and Nico Williams听
Renee Condo: Solo听
Visual Arts Graduates听听
Campus Life and Leadership (Student Services) is hosting a Corn Roast for students this Friday, Sept. 9 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. outdoors on the Atwater side of the campus. All employees are welcome to attend during their lunch hour or break. There will be corn, hot dogs and drinks for $1 each for employees.
DAC (Dawson Activity Club) members enjoy a free lunch courtesy of DAC, which is open to all employees of Dawson. If you are interested in joining, write to Gianna Smith: gsmith@dawsoncollege.qc.ca听
The second-year students in the Professional Theatre Department are proud to present Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice, directed by Jonathan Monro. This Tony-award-winning play is an adaptation of Peter Pan, and is a thrilling adventure about love and friendship. Featuring music, singing, and a dozen actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable characters, Peter and the Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring the story to life.
The play is being performed Wednesday, Sept. 21 to Saturday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. at Dawson's Theatre. Pay What You Can: Cash donations at the door.
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer will offer perspectives on Indigenous sciences and western science in her Peace Week keynote address, entitled Confronting Western Science Epistemology, online at Dawson at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15. In her publications and her speaking engagements, she proposes a revolutionary way to rethink how we approach the land and the natural sciences.
Kimmerer听is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both Indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability.
Her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BSc in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of听numerous听scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional听knowledge听and restoration ecology.
To register for keynote by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m.:
For the full program and registration links for Peace Week at Dawson Sept. 13-21:
/peace-week/peace-week-schedule/
The theme of this year's HPL Conference, taking place Monday, Sept. 19 to Friday, Sept. 29 at Dawson, is Crisis, Conflict and Resolution. How can the Humanities help us to understand and navigate the various challenges the world is facing? Join us for a week of fascinating presentations on the war in Ukraine, the pandemic's impact on the arts, how successful lawyers and real-estate developers use humanities in their workplace, and much more!
For the full program, including descriptions of talks and locations: HPL 2022 Program
Open House 2022 will blend the best of the in-person and virtual experiences of the previous years.
Sunday, Oct. 23 will be in-person by reservation only: Campus Tours and Program Experiences; times TBA
Tuesday, Oct. 25 will be online:
Program/profile coordinators and chairs will receive information soon from their associate dean.
Celebrating and Reflecting on the Past 50 Years, Re-Connecting with Community, and Innovating for the Future. Fall 2023 will mark New School鈥檚 50th anniversary. The New School team are taking a deep breath and engaging in a re-visioning process. Re-visioning, for us, means celebrating and reflecting on the past 50 years, re-connecting with our community…
DAWSON PROFESSIONAL THEATRE PROGRAM 2022-2023 SEASON听 听 Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice, directed by Jonathan Monro Dates: Wednesday September 21 to Saturday September 24 Showtime: 8 pm Price: Pay what you can Collaborators by John Hodge, directed by Matt Holland Dates: Wednesday October 5 to Saturday October 8 Showtime: 8 pm Price: Pay…
On Friday Sept. 30, the Dawson community will observe Orange Shirt Day – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As a young child at a residential school in 1973, Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem鈥檆 Xgat鈥檛em First Nation in British Columbia, was wearing a brand-new orange shirt on her first day of…
Last Modified: September 7, 2022
