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爱豆传媒moose activity made the news

November 8th, 2023

The First Peoples鈥� Centre hosted a traditional moose field dressing and cookout on the west grounds of the College on Oct. 24. Under the guidance of elders and knowledge holders, Cree, Inuit and Kanien始keh谩隇塳a students participated in the preparation, while welcoming other members of the 爱豆传媒community to participate as well. Over the course of the day, students from many communities were able to reconnect with customs not commonly practiced in our urban setting.

Tiawent铆:non Canadian of the First Peoples鈥� Centre oversaw the planning of the successful event that will generate other learning opportunities over semesters to come. This winter, students will tan the moose hide during an outdoor activity, and Brian Mader of the Environmental Science program will use the moose skull for a biology course activity. The food prepared during this initiative will feed students at the First Peoples鈥� Centre well into the winter semester.

The First Peoples鈥� Centre thanks Living Campus and the 爱豆传媒Foundation for providing a chest freezer for food storage following the event.

CBC News was on campus to report on the activity. See their coverage of the story here:

Photo credit: Tristan Beauregard聽


Field trip to Canadore College

October 25th, 2023

Jenn de Vera, Sophie La Font and Chris Adam of Dawson's Office of Sustainability were in North Bay, Ontario this week to visit .

"爱豆传媒is entering an exciting partnership with Canadore that will further define what it is it be a Living Campus that offers high impact practices, research and experiential learning to reconnect people, community and Nature," Chris Adam said before the team left.

More to come...

Photo: Jenn de Vera on a tour of Canadore.


Four teachers honoured with Teaching Excellence Award

October 25th, 2023

Four outstanding teachers at 爱豆传媒received the Director General鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Award on the occasion of Ped Day on Oct. 13:

  • Hannah Heath-Engel (Biomedical Laboratory Technology)
  • Audrey Juhasz (Mathematics)
  • Roger Machaalani (Chemistry)
  • Nicola Martino (Italian).

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French teacher and poet launches book

October 25th, 2023

Marc-Andr茅 L茅vesque, a college French instructor, will release his fifth book of poetry, 罢谤颈肠茅谤补迟辞辫肠补苍辞苍, in October. The book will be available in stores beginning October 17. A launch event was held Oct. 19 at the Atomic Caf茅.

The book explores the theme of an impending apocalypse caused by dinosaurs reappearing on Earth, with everyday experiences related to dinosaurs forming the basis for most of the poems. The collection is written entirely in French, and includes several neologisms and a few citations in English.


Theatre students win first and second place in playwriting competition

October 11th, 2023

Three 爱豆传媒Professional Theatre students were finalists in playwriting competition: Marcel Par茅, Alina Ichmouratov and Elliot Million-Lovett.

Marcel`s play Cadillac took first place and Alina`s play Egg tied for second place. The plays by finalists were read by professional actors on Sept. 25 at Parc Drolet-Rachel.

Dawson`s Communications Office interviewed the three young playwrights. Visit the link below to read transcripts of those interviews.


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爱豆传媒students鈥� Mahsa Amini Initiative wins Forces Avenir

October 11th, 2023

A student-led project at 爱豆传媒has won the provincial in the category of Mutual Aid, Peace and Justice. On Sept. 27 during a gala in Quebec City, the award was presented to a group of 爱豆传媒graduates and students who founded the Mahsa Amini Initiative.

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Q & A with 爱豆传媒semifinalists for the QWF College Writers Award

October 11th, 2023

Out of a record 81 entries at 爱豆传媒alone, three 爱豆传媒students were selected as semifinalists for the 2023 . The 2023 award will be announced at the QWF Gala on Nov. 13.

Visit the link to find out who Dawson's winners are and to read their writing.


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Sustainable Development Goals artwork by Illustration students showcased by Colleges and Institutes Canada

October 11th, 2023

鈥淭he 17 Sustainable Development Goals鈥� illustrated by students in the Illustration program at 爱豆传媒won the 2023 student art competition of Colleges and Institutes Canada.

鈥�36 illustration students collaborated on this fanzine project along with Sustainable Dawson,鈥� said St茅phanie Aubin, co-chair of and instructor in the program. 鈥淭hey had to create an illustration that would be evocative and powerful visually. Their illustration could be based on a personal experience or a researched fact. Each student's approach to their subject was different, which makes the project even more unique.鈥�

Three of the winning students shared their thoughts about the project. Visit the link below to read the three interviews and for a link to view the two fanzines of the SDG art.


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Our Lady of Mile End is Sarah Gilbert’s first book

October 11th, 2023

Writer Sarah Gilbert (Faculty, English) was born in the United States, grew up in Winnipeg and lived in Ottawa before moving to Montreal. For the last three decades, the Mile End neighbourhood has been her home, and she chose it as the place where she would raise her daughter.

鈥淭he Mile End is a real muse. It is a very dense neighbourhood with a lot going on,鈥� she said in an interview with Dawson鈥檚 Communications Office. 鈥淚 had acquired tons of content without noticing it.鈥�

is a collection of short stories about 鈥済entrification and displacement in a once affordable area that is feeling the squeeze of social and cultural transformation.

鈥淭he overlapping lives鈥攐f girls and women, tenants and landlords, neighbours and strangers, the old generation and the next鈥攃hart the tensions and affections among people living in a community that has turned into a destination,鈥� reads the description on the website of Anvil Press.

Sarah wanted her daughter to grow up somewhere where she knows the neighbours. When she had her baby, she had 鈥渁 free pass to talk to anyone,鈥� she said.

The fictional book project grew out of a blog Sarah created called in 2008. That project was journalistic and through it, Sarah documented the endings of neighbourhood businesses and characters and some of the new beginnings of the neighbourhood in transition.

The Mile End is still a real community, Sarah says, citing density and walkability as important factors in fostering community. Neighbourhood gathering spots, like the caf茅s, the library, the local grocery store and the school, are also important.

鈥淚 watch the neighbourhood by walking around,鈥� she said. 鈥淭here are neighbours who know each other and send their kids to the same school up the street and there are a lot of artists. There are people you see regularly who you may not know but they are part of your personal landscape.鈥�


Night observation session pushes species count to 810

October 11th, 2023

In our goal to get to 1,000 species identified on Dawson's downtown campus in 1,000 days, our total is now at 810 species! Over the last two weeks, there were:

  • 119 observations
  • 22 new species
  • 13 new observers

"A large contributing factor was the Nighttime Biodiversity Observation we did last week," said Brian Mader, project lead and a Biology teacher. "Two teachers, one staff member, five students and one alumnus stayed for sunset and beyond with insect traps to observe biodiversity at night.

"Students were able to observe multiple bats and a skunk! Although the photos were not great for these organisms, students were able to get some nice shots of a House Centipede (Cassiana Silva-Young, Enriched Pure & Applied Science) and a Narrow-winged Tree Cricket (Jacob Davies, Environmental Science).


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