For several years, Dawson Fine Arts faculty members Dr. Emma Doubt and Dr. Pohanna Pyne Feinberg have been having discussions about shifting pedagogical and curricular approaches in the art history discipline. 鈥淭hese shifts in the discipline resonate with a global paradigm shift and social justice movements that call for decolonizing education (amongst other systematic…
Le conteur et nomade contemporain Fran莽ois Lavall茅e a fait escale 脿 Dawson le 30 mars pour un 茅v茅nement dans le cadre de la semaine de la Francof锚te.
芦Je pratique un des plus vieux m茅tiers dans le monde, dit Fran莽ois au d茅but de la soir茅e. Les histoires nous aident 脿 collaborer pour le meilleur et pour le pire. Dans l'ancien temps, le troubadour 茅tait le premier 脿 franchir la ligne de l鈥檈nnemie.禄
芦Quand on entend une bonne histoire, on s鈥檃ccroche.聽Souvent, on raconte les souvenirs. Quand on raconte nos souvenirs, c鈥檈st diff茅rent de notre v茅cu.禄
Fran莽ois a partag茅 un souvenir d'enfance datant de 1986. Apr猫s 37 ans, il dit que c'est sa m茅moire et son imagination qui lui permettent de faire revivre l'histoire. Il a termin茅 sa visite avec 芦Le ruisseau禄, un extrait de son dernier spectacle
As part of Indigenous Peoples鈥� Week, on March 28 Dawson pedagogical counsellor Kanerahtiio (Tiio) Hemlock gave a talk entitled Canadian Colonialism in Perspective.
Tiio鈥檚 position as Indigenous pedagogical consultant at Dawson is new and he has been developing his presentation as a way to share his perspective on truth and reconciliation, decolonization and Indigenization.
鈥淭ruth and reconciliation are why I am here now in this new position鈥ince the apology and the mass graves were found, funding has become available,鈥� he said.
鈥淩econciliation implies we were together at one point. How can we come back together? When were we together? We are still in the truth phase. The focus has been on the harm done in these schools. There has not been a big focus on why these schools were made in the first place.鈥�
Tiio then gave an overview of history from an Indigenous perspective sharing facts that are not usually part of Canadian history. He decided to make his beginning point July 1, 1867, the date Canada became a country. In 1867, there was still 鈥渁n Indian problem,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here were still people who have a legitimate claim to the land. We shouldn鈥檛 have still been here. These people were destined for extinction. How do we address the Indian problem?鈥�
Tiio then explained how schools are just the tip of the iceberg. Tiio went over major historical events, including the building of the St. Lawrence Seaway all the way to the unjust application of Bill 96. He told stories about how these events impacted members of his family as well as the community of Kahnawake. Colonialism still exists today, he said.
Tiio is available to give this presentation to classes and departments at Dawson. Contact him to make a request: themlock@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
At the opening of DawsCon on March 24, Dawson AI lead Joel Trudeau gave some updates about the last three years of the Dawson AI initiative: 鈥淲e are grateful to put on an event like this with our colleagues in Computer Science spearheaded by Victor Ponce and are especially pleased to have students actively contributing…
Changemaker Mariana Cueto Mendoza is one of 36 students across Canada to win the Loran Scholarship, the country鈥檚 largest and most comprehensive four-year undergraduate award, valued at $100,000.
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Le comit茅 est heureux de vous d茅voiler la programmation de cette 茅dition 2023 qui se d茅roulera durant la derni猫re semaine de mars聽: lundi 27, mardi 28, mercredi 29 et jeudi 30 mars.
Certaines activit茅s (conf茅rences, visionnements et rencontres, po茅sie) auront lieu durant la journ茅e, tandis que nous avons choisi de mettre nos 茅v茅nements 芦聽t锚te d鈥檃ffiche聽禄 le soir afin de favoriser la venue du plus grand nombre de classes possibles. Nous sommes 茅galement tr猫s heureux de pouvoir collaborer avec les programmes de travail social et de sciences de l鈥檈nvironnement du coll猫ge Dawson pour deux de nos 茅v茅nements.
Pour r茅server une s茅ance聽: envoyez un message 脿 尝补毛迟颈迟颈补.
Pour consulter le programme聽: /french/evenements/francofete-2023/
Ahead of their guest appearance at a Dawson Reads event on March 22, Arizona O鈥橬eill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather O鈥橬eill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their Dawson experiences, the creative process and writing. Thanks to organizer and English teacher Sarah Gilbert for interviewing the mother-daughter duo.
For the short Q & A with the O'Neills, visit the link below.
When it was time to submit an abstract to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas, the Dawson student team was not sure which category described them best.
鈥淚 think we are the first CEGEP students to present research at the LPI! Undergraduate was the category closest to us,鈥� said Darcy Loane-Billings (Pure & Applied Science), lead author of the abstract and second-year student at Dawson.
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“Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Seuss The Math Success Centre is a new initiative organized by the Science, Medical Studies, & Engineering sector in collaboration with Dawson鈥檚 Mathematics Department. The goal of this new centre is to support students in their transition from high school to CEGEP-level mathematics….
Submitted by Ian MacKenzie. Three new projects in Social Science, Science and General Education are in full design mode this winter in the Learning Communities (LC) project. The project teams meet weekly or biweekly, supported by LC sector leads and guided by Dawson鈥檚 homegrown LC Design Toolkit. These interdisciplinary teams are creating some truly exciting…
Last Modified: May 1, 2023
