DawsonAI coordinator in Billie Holiday film
March 23rd, 2021
Myriam Dimanche of the DawsonAI team (pictured in costume) had an interesting experience in the Fall of 2019 and now you can see her on film! In her own words:
I was an extra in the Lee Daniels film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and it's !
- Yes, I did meet Andra Day.聽
- The director Lee Daniels was pretty easy to work with. He gave nice pep talks, especially when we were shooting long hours.
- My scenes were basically cut. You just see my faded figure cross behind as Jimmy Fletcher enters the jazz club Caf茅 Society (at approx. 00:05:10). And there's another scene where you can see my blue dress (at approx. 01:12:35).
Click Read More to see some of Myriam's costumes on her Instagram post.聽
Sustainable Happiness in the news
March 9th, 2021
The Sustainable Happiness course was featured in a French article in the March 8 e-newsletter Infolettre R茅seau Coll茅gial. Chris Adam (Sustainability) and Selma Hamdani (Faculty, Psychology) were interviewed.
Click Read More to go to the story.
March 19 is a global day for climate action
March 9th, 2021
Events are being planned all over Quebec, Canada and the world on March 19, an international day for climate action.
Dawson's Green Earth Club wanted to let the Dawson community know that there's a protest being planned in Montreal by local climate and social justice groups:
to invite the Dawson community to get involved.
Two Black Changemakers connected to Dawson
March 9th, 2021
Two of the people honoured last month as Black Changemakers by CBC Quebec are connected to Dawson.
Division 1 Women鈥檚 Basketball coach Trevor Williams was featured Feb. 23:
Dawson graduate Denburk Reid聽(Class of 2000, Marketing and Management Technology) was featured Feb. 10:
In solidarity with women for IWD
March 9th, 2021
On March 8, International Women's Day was marked around the world.
At 张百乔女友裸照, the day is usually celebrated with special gatherings, sales to raise funds for women's causes and more. Yesterday, the Association of Dawson Professionals (ADP) and the Dawson Support Staff Union (DSSU) made donations. In honour of IWD, the ADP gave a donation to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal and the DSSU made a donation to Chez Doris.
The Dawson Teachers Union, the ADP and the DSSU invited members to use a special Zoom background to show support for women in the community.
March 9th, 2021
Dear colleagues, This Thursday will mark one year since the global pandemic was declared. A few days later, our work life was radically transformed. Over the past year, I have been impressed by your resourcefulness and dedication despite enormous challenges. Dawson has risen to the occasion and once again proved to be a community of…
March 9th, 2021
Some media coverage of the FPPSE project:聽 CBC Breakaway interview with me and Concordia student Lucina Gordon:聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-79-breakaway/clip/15826578-a-storytelling-project-help-indigenous-students-post-secondary-education Radio Canada:聽https://bit.ly/3bcozUZ Winschgaoug,聽CBC North Interview with Dawson student Alexandria Matthews in Cree聽https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-146-winschgaoug-cree/clip/15824821-alexandria-matthews-participates-first-peoples-post-secondary-storytelling-exchange?fbclid=IwAR3ZBNwY64SNXiErLvtwNoVuEPywOd31vB-0mtvumPVFl9xPRy_naxh_J8E The Link, Concordia paper: https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/feature/new-virtual-project-aims-to-improve-indigenous-students-access-to-post-secondary-education Noovo NVL聽Web TV Interview with Michelle at 4:12 https://noovo.ca/videos/nvl/nvl-du-18-fevrier-2021 FPPSE project website: https://fppse.net/聽
Join Montreal Kneels for Change Wednesday at 8:15 p.m.
February 23rd, 2021
Dawson graduate Denburk Reid聽(Class of 2000, Marketing and Management Technology) has organized Montreal Kneels for Change, a live event on Instagram on Feb. 24. The goals are to raise awareness of local social justice issues, honour the life of Sheffield Matthews and denounce the injustices committed against Mamadi III Fara Camara.
鈥淎s a community, we must come together and demonstrate our solidarity,鈥� Denburk said.
We are invited to:
- join the Instagram Live event on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 8:15 p.m.
- take a photo standing with your hand on your heart
- share the photo on your social media using聽the hashtag #kneelsforchange and 迟补驳听蔼尘迟濒冲肠辞尘尘耻苍颈迟测冲肠补谤别蝉.
Links:
More info:
Instagram page of Montreal Community Cares:
Feature on retired DG in Richard Filion’s hometown newspaper
February 23rd, 2021
Retired Director General Richard Filion's life and career were the subject of a feature article in l'脡cho de La Tuque last week.
Click Read More to go to the article.
Life on Mars statistically probable according to Richard Soare鈥檚 research
February 23rd, 2021
Is there life on Mars? That question is propelling the mission of the Perseverance rover, which landed on the Red Planet Feb. 18. It has also driven the research of 张百乔女友裸照 Geography teacher and Mars researcher Richard Soare for over two decades.
Specifically, Richard鈥檚 research has focused on finding evidence of near-surface ice in the non-polar regions of Mars.
Click Read More for the homepage news story, which includes a Q and A with our colleague Richard Soare and a link to the CTV News interview with him last week.
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