Languages Profile presents: Daniel Grenier: The Writer as Translator
November 30th, 2022
How does one become a literary translator? To what extent is translation creative writing? How does the writer inspire and inform the translator? Celebrated writer and translator Daniel Grenier will explore these questions with us in English and in French. He will also read from his collection of short stories Malgré tout on rit à St Henri (2012) and from his translation of Dawn Dumont’sÌý³Ò±ô²¹²õ²õÌýBeads,ÌýPerles de Verres (2021).
Daniel Grenier was a finalist to several Governor General’s literary awards for his translations of novels by Canadian authors Andrew Forbes and Dawn Dumont and for his own works of fiction and non-fiction. He won the Prix Littéraire des Collégiens in 2016 for his novel L’année la plus longue.
This event takes place on Dec. 8 from 1-2 p.m. in the CoLab (3F.43).
Celebrating Dawson’s Fall Awards recipients
November 30th, 2022
Meet Dawson’s Fall 2022 Awards recipients! They are all current students at Dawson in a wide range of programs. These students are distinguished by involvement in the Dawson community, giving back or academic excellence and perseverance. Congratulations to our students and many thanks to all the donors and staff who make these awards possible.
At the celebration held on Nov. 24, we marked the 40th anniversary of the Anne-Marie Howlett Memorial Award, the inauguration of the Harry Fainsilber Memorial Award, given in memory of a beloved Dawson Mathematics teacher, and the return of the Dawson Teachers’ Union Polytechnique Memorial Scholarship.
Click Read More to see all the recipients of our Fall 2022 Awards.
Author Sheila Arnopoulos speaks at Dawson Nov. 17
November 16th, 2022
On Nov. 17, from 1 to 2:15 p.m., author and journalist, and recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award, Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, will speak to the Dawson community about her research in India on the difference that microcredit has made to women's lives.
The presentation will take place in room 3E.9.Ìý If you would like to bring your class, please contact Johanna Rabbat at jrabbat@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Here is a flyer with more info about Arnopoulos' book entitled Saris on Scooters: How Microcredit Is Changing Village India:Ìý
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Reunited at Dawson Holiday Party Dec. 9
November 2nd, 2022
All Dawson employees are invited to save the date for our first-in-three years Holiday Party! It will take place on Friday, Dec. 9. Keep an eye out for an email invitation soon.
November 2nd, 2022
Each year since the pandemic began, the Open House Committee has been coming up with solutions and new ideas for how to stage Open House, a critical recruitment activity to fill the programs for the coming academic year. This year was the first time the College held a true hybrid event. Oct. 23 was by…
November 2nd, 2022
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) is holding the 1stÌýWorkshop on Ices in the Solar System at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ (Jan. 9–11, 2023). The two principal convenors are Richard Soare (Geography), a Mars researcher and ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ faculty member and Jim Garvin, formerly NASA’s Chief Mars Scientist and currently the Principal Investigator of the DaVinci Mission…
Art Gallery Exhibit: Biennial 15
November 2nd, 2022
Biennial 15 marks 30 years of Dawson Fine Arts Faculty members exhibiting their current artworks at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery. It continues this long tradition of investigating the relationship between art making and learning, as well as reflects on the history of the biennial.
All faculty—past and present—of the Fine Arts department will have images and texts in the catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition. There will also be a sound component containing faculty responses to the question of how the biennial has played a role in the pedagogical innovations of Dawson’s reputed Fine Arts Department.
October 5th, 2022
Montreal writer Neil Smith will read from his darkly comic new novel JonesÌýonÌýThursday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in room 5B.16, with a special opening act—a Dawson student reading from their creative work. Smith will also give a short talk and participate in a Q&A. This event is free and open to the public. About…
October 5th, 2022
Submitted by Daniel Goldsmith and Sean Elliott, co-organizers of the Humanities and Public Life Conference. After a 2-year Covid-induced hiatus, the Humanities and Public Life Conference was back in force this year from September 19-23. OurÌýtheme wasÌýCrisis, Conflict, and Resolution, and over the span of the strike-shortened week, over 2,000 students attended 20 different presentations.Ìý…
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