Students respond to Data Journalism Challenge
April 5th, 2023
All students were invited to participate in a Data Journalism Challenge March 25-26. The objective was to introduce students to the broad field of聽Data Journalism, wherein large datasets from various sources are compiled into a visual aid at the centre of a story meant to inform the general public. 聽Inspired by the work of聽聽students were provided publicly available C02聽emissions data for Canada and ideas for exploring other climate-themed data sets to create their own data journalism project.
The attendance was better than expected with about 80 students attending a Saturday morning workshop session run by Sameer Bhatnagar and Vanessa Gordon and 45 students completed the challenge during the weekend. Mentors and judges volunteered their time to support this event and expressed excitement about doing it again.
ChatGPT and student intern talks featured at DawsCon
April 5th, 2023
Students were given the opportunity to push ChatGPT to its limits in an AI jailbreak competition on March 24 and ChatGPT was also the focus of a popular workshop led by Robert Stephens Notably, DawsCon was designed to be a truly student-centered event with more than 30 students presenting work in progress on projects related to a wide range of AI topics in conjunction with internships being undertaken with the Applied AI Institute. Next year, organizers DawsonAI and the Computer Science Department plan even more student presentations for what is hoped will be an annual event.
April 5th, 2023
At the opening of DawsCon on March 24, Dawson AI lead Joel Trudeau gave some updates about the last three years of the Dawson AI initiative: 鈥淲e are grateful to put on an event like this with our colleagues in Computer Science spearheaded by Victor Ponce and are especially pleased to have students actively contributing…
Sustainable Happiness in Mexico
April 5th, 2023
Jennifer de Vera and Chris Adam of the Sustainability Office were in Mexico in late March to see the final projects of students in the Dawson-developed Sustainable Happiness Course at Preparatoria Comunitaria Tres Mar铆as, a senior high school located in the mountains near the city of Cuernavaca. Jenn and Chris were also on hand to give the students their SH certificates at the school's 25th anniversary.
Many students gave things away as part of their SH final project, Jenn said. Noteworthy projects included a grandfather-granddaughter intergenerational gardening project with a garden herb give-away, a succulent plant give-away with pots that were painted with positive quotes, and a mushroom identification project on campus. "They use what they have and the resources of the land," Jenn said. She came home inspired by the Mexicans' warmth and authentic community and reported that the Mexican partners are eager to continue their projects and their partnership with Dawson.
Law, Society and Justice student is a 2023 Loran Scholar!
March 22nd, 2023
Changemaker Mariana Cueto Mendoza is one of 36 students across Canada to win the Loran Scholarship, the country鈥檚 largest and most comprehensive four-year undergraduate award, valued at $100,000.
For the homepage news story, visit the link below.
Silver and bronze for Dawson Blues Men’s and Women’s Div. 1 Basketball
March 22nd, 2023
The Dawson Div. 1 men's and women's basketball teams won national silver and bronze, respectively, at the CCAA National Tournament this past weekend. Bleed Blue! #DawsonProud!
Interview with screenwriter & Dawson grad Ryan Christopher Churchill
March 22nd, 2023
Ryan Christopher Churchill (Creative Arts, 1999) is the screenwriter of Simulant, a science fiction thriller that will be released in Canada on April 7.
Simulant tells the story of a humanoid A.I.'s attempt to win over a widow's heart, which places it in the path of a government agent trying to stop the rise of machine consciousness. The film stars some of the most popular actors right now: Simu Liu, Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster and Robbie Amell.聽The trailer can be viewed .
Visit the link below to read a Q&A with Ryan, learn how he landed his dream job and find out how Dawson prepared him.
Nominate an outstanding teacher by April 3
March 22nd, 2023
All students and employees are invited to nominate outstanding teachers for the Director General鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Award from now through Monday, April 3 at 11 p.m.
To nominate an outstanding teacher, go to Omnivox and find the link entitled Teaching Excellence Award under the My Dawson Life menu.
Literary duo Arizona and Heather O鈥橬eill share thoughts on Dawson experience
March 22nd, 2023
Ahead of their guest appearance at a Dawson Reads event on March 22, Arizona O鈥橬eill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather O鈥橬eill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their Dawson experiences, the creative process and writing. Thanks to organizer and English teacher Sarah Gilbert for interviewing the mother-daughter duo.
For the short Q & A with the O'Neills, visit the link below.
5th annual SPACE writing competition: winners and honourable mentions
March 22nd, 2023
In 2022-2023, SPACE held its fifth annual writing competition. Students from all disciplines across 星空传媒视频 were invited to submit writing that offered a personal interpretation of this year鈥檚 theme,聽?听The submissions were divided into three categories鈥撯�損rose (fiction and creative non-fiction), poetry and essay鈥撯�揳nd were judged in a blind fashion by Lois Valliant (retired Faculty, Fine Arts) and Hannah Rahimi (Faculty, English).
Entries were evaluated according to originality and depth of thought, style, arts-sciences connections and relation to the theme. The winners received gift certificates from Argo Bookstore, and the winners and honourable mentions have been published and highlighted in the SPACE web magazine.
Stay tuned as well for the announcement of a public reading by the winners and honourable mentions during the first week of May for SPACE Week.
You can read and comment on their thought-provoking work in the link below.
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