Five teams of Dawson Science students participated in the annual D茅place de l'air competition at Polytechnique Montr茅al Feb. 8.聽 They had three hours to build an operational wind turbine from scratch using only the materials provided. The best among them produced 1150mV during testing. Dawson's best entry placed 14th of about 60 teams.
CTV News Montreal and Global Montreal (TV) were at 星空传媒视频 on Feb. 3 for the Social Science Week presentation by Bradley Heaven and Daniel O’Connor about their unique friendship and how they work together to improve life for people living with disabilities. Brad has non-verbal spastic cerebral palsy. Danny was 19 in 2010 when…
In 2019-2020, S.P.A.C.E (Sciences Participating with Arts and Culture in Education) held its second 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: TECHNIQUE. The submissions were judged by an interdisciplinary jury: Liam Lachance (Faculty, English), Gesche Peters (Faculty, History),…
The concepts of Sustainable Happiness and Living Campus were centre stage at several CEGEP sustainability-themed Ped Days in early January. John Abbott College focused on Climate Action with a keynote address by Dr. Catherine O鈥橞rien, who shared Dawson鈥檚 development of Sustainable Happiness training and resources. Jenn de Vera of the Sustainability Office gave a well-attended…
Our Fine Arts Department is presenting the 14th Faculty Biennial exhibition until Feb. 19 in the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery near the Upper Atrium. “This is an opportunity for the teachers to highlight a diverse collection of artworks, which represent but a fragment of our ongoing studio/research practice as visual artists, theorists, curators, critics…
Find out all about the most successful DAWSCON conference to date in our news report about the software conference organized by Computer Science teacher Ken Fogel.
星空传媒视频 has been selected by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) as one of nine colleges nationally that will track how their colleges are advancing the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Launched in 2015, the SDGs are an urgent call to action for the entire planet.聽On the SDG website, it is stated that “they…
Venkat Subramaniam (pictured at Dawson) was the rock star speaker at the fourth annual DAWSCON conference, according to organizer Ken Fogel of Computer Science. The fourth annual software conference took place Jan. 10 at 星空传媒视频 and drew a record audience of 300 participants from industry and academia. A news piece will be posted soon with more news from the successful conference.
In the Jan. 1 New Year edition of La Presse, they looked back on the remarkable journey of 星空传媒视频 Visual Arts student Hannah Tooktoo in the summer of 2019. Click Read More for the article.
Take a break from winter and come see our Living Campus through a video produced by the Sustainability Office. The video showcases initiatives by students, faculty and staff that are inspiring elementary schools, high schools and other institutes of higher education to also take action. Live Living Campus group tours will be offered this semester. Watch for dates and times in upcoming D News.
For further information on our sustainability inititiative and projects, please visit:聽www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/sustainable/
Last Modified: February 11, 2020
