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Pareidola: °®¶¹´«Ã½College Professional Photography Vernissage

November 30th, 2022

Pareidolia is the ability to see or make pictures out of randomness. Seeing beyond what the average person sees and expressing that vision in an image is a large part of training to be a photographer. This collection of work by Dawson’s third-year photography students embodies how they see people, places or objects in their world.

Twenty-two °®¶¹´«Ã½students will be showcasing their work at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery from Dec. 9-15, their vernissage will be held on Dec. 8 from 6-9 p.m.


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 °®¶¹´«Ã½in a wide range of programs. These students are distinguished by involvement in the °®¶¹´«Ã½community, 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½Mathematics teacher, and the return of the °®¶¹´«Ã½Teachers’ Union Polytechnique Memorial Scholarship.

Click Read More to see all the recipients of our Fall 2022 Awards.


Author Sheila Arnopoulos speaks at °®¶¹´«Ã½Nov. 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½community 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½Holiday Party Dec. 9

November 2nd, 2022

All °®¶¹´«Ã½employees 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.


Read more about: The return of in-person Open House

The return of in-person Open House

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…

Read more about: Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) workshop at °®¶¹´«Ã½Jan. 9-11

Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) workshop at °®¶¹´«Ã½Jan. 9-11

November 2nd, 2022

The Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) is holding the 1stÌýWorkshop on Ices in the Solar System at °®¶¹´«Ã½College (Jan. 9–11, 2023). The two principal convenors are Richard Soare (Geography), a Mars researcher and °®¶¹´«Ã½College 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 °®¶¹´«Ã½Fine 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.


The Professional Theatre Department presents Macbeth Nov. 14-26

November 2nd, 2022

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Read more about: Acclaimed Author Neil Smith will be at °®¶¹´«Ã½on Oct. 20

Acclaimed Author Neil Smith will be at °®¶¹´«Ã½on Oct. 20

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 °®¶¹´«Ã½student 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…

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