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Antonietta Grassi is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

April 25th, 2024

On April 11, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the appointment of 188 Guggenheim Fellowships, including Dawson’s own Fine Arts faculty member Antonietta Grassi! “I am thrilled and incredibly honoured to have received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2024,” Antonietta said. “Many thanks and appreciation to the Guggenheim Foundation for…

Take part in the worldwide BioBlitz at ýApril 29

April 11th, 2024

People around the world will be participating in a four-day BioBlitz April 26-29, including students, staff, alumni, retirees, friends and neighbours of ýon Monday, April 29. Take a break and drop by the Peace Garden* at ýanytime between 3 PM and 6 PM on April 29. This global BioBlitz is part of the…

#BecauseOfNewSchool

April 11th, 2024

So, what’s going on at New School? Through the eyes of Andrew Katz, New School’s newest coordinating English teacher. Andrew has made New School up on the 8th floor a home for his dynamic and creative English classes for the last six years. Co-coordinators Cory Legassic and Mari Heywood interviewed Andrew on how New School…

Founder of New School reflects on 50th

April 11th, 2024

In August 1973, the founders of the New School gathered to prepare for the arrival of 180 students in our alternative pre-university arts program. We comprised 15 full-time and part-time teachers, a librarian, an office manager, an admissions officer, two community animators, a director and a community facilitator. The school occupied two charming elderly mansions…

New AEC in Cyber Security

March 28th, 2024

ýis launching a new AEC in Cyber Security: Prevention and Intervention to meet the growing demand for jobs in the workforce in Quebec, Canada and the world. Susie Bouchard of Dawson’s Continuing Education and Community Services expects to welcome the first students in the fall of 2024, probably in November. Students take the program…

Dawson’s Chris Adam to receive Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal

March 20th, 2024

In recognition of Chris Adam’s remarkable contribution of creating a culture of sustainability and promoting the value of well-being for all at ýCollege, he will receive the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on…

SPACE students mastering physics by designing video game

March 7th, 2024

Eight ýstudents working in two teams have won an independent video game design competition in an extracurricular competition organized by Physics faculty member Nadim Boukhira. The students are all in the SPACE student enrichment initiative. In the fall of 2023, Nadim started designing an educational video game for physics, with funding through an Entente…

Honourable mentions for ýstudents at Harvard’s Model UN

March 7th, 2024

Thirty-six ýCollege students travelled to Boston in mid-February to participate in Harvard National Model United Nations. The conference, one of the world’s longest-running and most prestigious UN simulations, brought together over 1,200 college and university students from over 30 countries. The ýCollege Model United Nations (DCMUN) delegation debated issues ranging from international peace…

Students interview multidisciplinary artist Craig Commanda

March 7th, 2024

Craig Commanda is a multidisciplinary artist from the Algonquin nation at Kitigan Zibi. His current exhibition, WÌDJIDEYAMAWOWIN / INTERCONNECTION, features prints, videos, and complex sculptural beadwork at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until March 16th. On a recent Friday afternoon, two visual arts students, Katya Kieran & Lisseth Llorente Ruiz, had the chance to…

Change at the helm of the ýFoundation

February 22nd, 2024

Earlier in February, Steve Hatajlo (Class of 1981, Computer Science) handed over the presidency of the ýCollege Foundation to Sean Smith (Class of 2001, Pure and Applied Science). Steve has served as a volunteer on both the ýFoundation Board of Directors and Dawson’s Board of Governors for many years. He remains a member…

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