Dawson students and employees will experience the first聽聽at 星空传媒视频 on Thursday, Sept. 30.
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Peace Week continues until Sept. 22.
Noteworthy events coming up:
Sept. 17 at 1 p.m.: Indigenous Scientific Knowledges Deserve Protection and Respect with Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague. Open to the Dawson Community.
Sept. 21 at 2:30 p.m.: Relationships as Legacy and Future for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples (virtual event) with Dr. Tracy Lindberg.
Sept. 22 at 11 a.m.: Blackness and Liminality in Post-Secondary Education with Dr. Philip Howard (virtual event with collective viewing options in 3F.43) Faculty Professional Development Event.
Please note that registration is required for most events and that many are online. Click Read More to go the schedule with links to register.
All events and resources about Orange Shirt Day are updated and housed here: /campus-life-leadership/orange-t-shirt-day-events/ Community Artwork: :Using the design of alumnae Wakenhnhii贸hstha Montour, 星空传媒视频 students will be invited to contribute to a collective community artwork honouring the survivors and victims of the residential school system. Students will be able to add their tile throughout…
The project Counterpart: Students Photograph Students opened last week at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery.聽 Rhonda Meier, gallery administrator, asked one of the project organizers, Peter Berra, 7 questions about it.
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Many classes, including Anna-Liisa Aunio's Individual and Society class, participated in gardening activities this week as part of Peace Week 2021.
Anna-Liisa's students, mostly in the Child Studies Profile of the Social Science Program, were weeding and documenting insects. They found bees, honey bees, spiders and katydids in the Peace Garden.
"They had so much fun!" Anna-Liisa said. Gardening at Dawson is often a first-time experience for students.
Photo: Anna-Liisa Aunio
Parents Night is set for Wednesday, Sept. 8 from 7 to 8 p.m. and invitations to parents of first-year students have been sent.
This is an opportunity for parents to learn more about the College. It will be a webinar Q&A with a variety of representatives from the College. If you need more information, contact the Communications Office.
August 19th, 9 a.m. in 5B.16: Diane Labelle will facilitate a Blanket Exercise, open to all employees of the College. This is one of a series of events that will be hosted at the College in August & September leading up to and including Sept. 30, the National Day of Mourning for Residential School Victims and Survivors.
To join this session please click on the link to register: . For any questions, please contact Diana Rice.
A schedule of events will be released over the coming weeks that will invite the participation of the entire Dawson Community. Also, be on the lookout for special displays in the library featuring award winning Indigenous authors & different thematic book resources accessible to the Dawson Community.
If you would like to have a Blanket Exercise facilitated in your class by an experienced Indigenous facilitator, please contact Diana Rice.
The 5th Annual Peace Week will kick off Sept. 13 with an in-person beading workshop with Cory Hunlin, Keynote Speaker Tracy Lindberg and cap off on Sept. 22 with the amazing Dr. Philip聽 Howard's virtual professional development workshop. Full details will be released in the coming weeks through D News and the Peace Centre website. For any questions or inquiries, please contact Diana Rice.
Counterpart: Students Photographing Students: Sept. 9-25
Other Landscapes: Anahita Norouzi: Oct. 14-Nov. 25
Professional Photography Graduating Student Exhibition: Dec. 2-10
AEC Photography Program Exhibition: Dec. 15-19
Photo: Anahita Norouzi, Other Landscapes (detail), 2019-20
New students will have a chance to come to the campus and get a tour led by a second or third-year student during Welcome Weeks, which will take place Aug. 9-16. 鈥淲e are really looking forward to having the students back on campus,鈥� said Dan Boyer, Coordinator of Student Services and the lead organizer of…
Last Modified: September 29, 2021
