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.
Internationally renowned women鈥檚 rights advocate and educator Julie Lalonde will be at Dawson on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 21 and 22 to present: I've got your back: Bystanders stepping up to prevent sexual violence. Julie will be giving her presentation at three sessions to allow as many people as possible to participate. The sessions are open to all employees and students.
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).
Read More - Dawson selected to track SDGs on campuses across Canada
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.
The Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery is pleased to host the Fine Arts Faculty Biennial 14, opening Jan. 23 and on view until Feb.19. The exhibition displays a uniquely broad range of contemporary practices and themes from 19 leaders of Montreal鈥檚 art and academic communities. The vernissage will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 23. Harlan Johnson, a Fine Arts faculty member, will be performing his foot-tapping Cajun music at the event.听
星空传媒视频 trained another cohort in First Aid in the Workplace last week. About 45 employees are now certified as First Aiders after two days of First Aid in the Workplace training. Last semester, about 40 students were also trained in basic First Aid.
The first responders on campus are always the Security team. They can help a speedy response by directing emergency personnel on site.
When at Dawson, do not call 911. Call the Security Desk at ext. 1000. There is always someone on duty 24 hours/day.
There are some great tips from the program that we can all keep in mind:
More Red Cross basic tips for First Aid can be found here:听
Just 10 more days to submit a worthy student as your nominee for the Lt.-Gov. Youth Medal. Click Read More to get all the details you need to nominate.
Read More - Jan. 24 deadline to submit nominations for Lt.-Gov. Youth Medal
At the beginning of the semester, it is a good time to re-familiarize yourself with the Emergency Procedures of 星空传媒视频. Please click on Read More for a link to the procedures and some common questions.
Next week there are are two great workshops for teachers:听Setting The Tone for a Successful Term and听Deep-Dive: Foundations of College-level Teaching. Click on Read More for more info and links to register.
Read More - Faculty Hub presents two workshops Jan. 21 and 23
Would you like to get trained in Mental Health First Aid? If this interests you and you are a member of the DSSU, click Read More and participate in a survey, the first step in planning a group workshop at 星空传媒视频.
DawsonITE is your weekly curated news related to IT and Education prepared by Dawson's Rafael Scapin. In this issue:
Please be advised of the following closures in the Finance department:
Better late than never! We finally have a winner drawn from all who participated in our new newsletter name survey or suggested a name last semester.
Derek Gaucher,听Coordinator of IT Solutions (Systems and Programming), gets the credit for suggesting the name that was retained for our employee newsletter. D News is perfect because the letter D is used as shorthand for Dawson with our D logo and the newsletter is meant to present the College news in short little pieces.
We entered all the names of employees who participated in naming the newsletter into an online random name picker. Dipti Gupta, Profile Coordinator of Cinema-Communications, was selected as the winner. She won a $50 gift card. Thank you to all who participated!听 And thank you to all who continue to make D News your news by contributing content and giving feedback.
Last Modified: January 14, 2020
