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Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026

#DawsonProud, Academic News, Decolonization, Homepage news, Sustainability, Well-being for all

蘑菇视频 advances Living Campus with new micro forest initiative

Despite budget constraints, the Office of Sustainability at 蘑菇视频 advanced the vision of the Dawson community鈥檚 campus landscaping plan last fall by launching a micro forest initiative.

After Jennifer de Vera identified a funding opportunity from Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), she brought it to the team. Along with Eva Helms, Sophie La Font and Diana Rice, they applied for a grant to create a micro forest with guidance from the First Peoples鈥� Centre and Kanien始keh谩隇塳a staff.

Visit the link for the homepage news story.

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#DawsonProud, 蘑菇视频 Research, Homepage news

蘑菇视频 research team listens to frogs to understand Canada鈥檚 lakes

In winter, Canada鈥檚 lakes fall quiet as if everything has gone to sleep. Then spring arrives, bringing with it the unmistakable chorus of frogs. This season, Dawson Biology faculty member Jessica Ford and her students are tuning in to that chorus, contributing to a five-year, cross-Canada multidisciplinary research project that explores how human activity is reshaping the country鈥檚 lakes.

鈥淢y research on amphibians, their preferred habitats, and how habitats change when amphibians use them for breeding or not, will be useful in understanding the role amphibians play in these lake ecosystems,鈥� Jessica said.

Jessica is hoping to detect changes in amphibian ranges by identifying new or previously unknown populations.

Visit the link for the homepage news story.

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#DawsonProud, Academic News

Vernissage Season is almost here

Students graduating in seven programs have been hard at work creating original art and products and preparing for their end-of-year and end-of-program vernissage events, taking place from May 20 to June 5.

Be inspired and come support our graduating students in 3D Animation and CGI, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Product Design, Professional Photography, and Visual Arts.

Visit the link to check out the events and save at least one of them in your calendar.

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Academic News, Office of Academic Development

Interview with FLC facilitator H茅l猫ne Nadeau

In this issue, we present an interview with H茅l猫ne Nadeau (Physics), Facilitator of Designing an Interdisciplinary Science Integrative Project Course, a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) taking place over the 2025-26 year at Dawson.

This FLC鈥檚 goal is to provide support to teachers interested in teaching the IP course, which is the capstone course of the new version of the Science program. The participants share ideas, develop activities, reflect on grading strategies, and collaborate on course planning.

Visit the link for the interview.

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Office of Academic Development

Last Indigenous Perspectives events for the semester

Indigenous Perspectives:听They Lied to You in School

Join us in watching a short video by Ray Fadden regarding the contributions Native America gave to the world. This will be followed by an open discussion.

Tuesday, May 12: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM in the CoLab (3F.43). Register here

Wednesday, May 13:听 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM in the CoLab (3F.43) Register here

#DawsonProud, Homepage news

蘑菇视频 students bring photosynthesis to life at Biodome workshops

蘑菇视频 students are helping bring science to life for younger learners through an interactive workshop at the Montreal Biodome that blends art, technology and education.

The initiative is part of听L鈥櫭塩ho des Plantes, a collaboration involving the AgeTeq lab at the Institut universitaire de g茅riatrie, Op茅ra de Montr茅al and students in Dawson鈥檚 SciArt Club. As part of an extracurricular activity led by teacher Annie-H茅l猫ne Samson, students are designing and animating workshops on photosynthesis for primary and secondary school groups.

Kaleb-Wolf De Melo Torres, an ALC student, contributed by developing an interactive game to explain scientific concepts. 鈥淚 was primarily responsible for designing a basic game system which the students attending the workshop interacted with,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he goal was to create an interactive experience that would break down the concepts of photosynthesis.鈥�

Visit the link for the homepage news story.

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#DawsonProud, Homepage news, In the news/in social media

蘑菇视频 team off to Science on tourne! nationals

The trick to being a good engineer is to learn by doing and to persevere through challenges, failures and setbacks, says Enriched Science co-coordinator Chris Whittaker. This year 27 Dawson students on eight teams lived this experience through the听Science on tourne!听肠辞尘辫别迟颈迟颈辞苍.

Visit the link to learn about the wining team's project in the homepage news story.

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#DawsonProud, Campus Life, Homepage news

STEMM FEM empowers members while expanding beyond Dawson

Founded in 2023, STEMM FEM is a student-led, student-funded club at 蘑菇视频 that continues to grow and expand, now reaching beyond the college level into universities. The club is dedicated to building a supportive community that empowers individuals from underrepresented groups to pursue and thrive in science and medicine.

The Communications Office spoke with co-founder Alexa Blasato and current members Samantha Bierd, Tristan Peirce, and Am茅lie Zurawski about the club鈥檚 impact and evolution.

Visit the link for the homepage news story.

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蘑菇视频 Foundation, 蘑菇视频 Gives, Well-being for all

Trilobite Caf茅 builds community

Adamo Petosa creates space each week for students to relax, share food and coffee, and connect, right in the middle of the Geology Department鈥檚 rock collection.

鈥淚 guess it comes from my Italian origins,鈥� said Dawson鈥檚 sole Geology faculty member. 鈥淚 would keep my door open and welcome students who wanted to stay and work or chat. I started putting out cookies and apples for them.鈥�

That simple gesture led to the creation of the Trilobite Caf茅 in fall 2024. With a small grant from the 蘑菇视频 Foundation SAGE Projects Fund, Adamo was able to expand the offerings this semester, including fresh fruit, and open the caf茅 twice a week.

Visit the link for more as well as a personal reflection by Adamo.

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#DawsonProud, Academic News

Join the Social Service graduating students at Sole Support on May 1

Third-year students in the Social Service program have organized a day of awareness about the importance of foot care for the unhoused taking place in Conrod鈥檚 (2F.4) from 9 AM to 4:30 PM this Friday, May 1. The Communications Office asked the team of 17 students about their event, Sole Support.

Visit the link for the Q & A.

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Human Resources

Nominate a great teacher before May 3

Do you know a Dawson teacher who goes above and beyond to inspire and support their students, contribute to the Dawson community, advance pedagogy?

Nominate them for the Teaching Excellence Award (2025鈥�2026) before Sunday, May 3 at 11 PM. Nominations can be received by students and colleagues.

It only takes 5 minutes:

  • Go to Academic Services 鈫� Teaching Excellence Awards
  • Fill out the form
#DawsonProud, Campus Life, 蘑菇视频 Foundation, 蘑菇视频 Gives

Artists in Bloom raises $11,000

The Artists in Bloom fundraising event at 蘑菇视频, held on April 16, was a vibrant celebration of creativity and community.

The 28th edition of the event raised $11,000 in support of student mental health and vernissage events for students in Illustration and Visual Arts programs.

Photo by Christine Layne of student artist Elsa Luo painting the artwork that attracted the highest bid of the evening.听

Visit the link for a brief report and some more event photos.

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Decolonization, Well-being for all

Students, staff and faculty came together for fifth annual W谩hta 脫shes

Ben Lander has written a brief report about the fifth annual Dawson maple syrup project. It was a good year for W谩hta 脫shes.

Visit the link for the report.

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#DawsonProud

First novel by Alecsandra Kakon about to be published

蘑菇视频 English teacher Alecsandra Kakon is about to publish her debut novel. This Is Why I Need You will be available May 12. 听

Publisher ECW Books says 鈥渋t captures the realities of lifelong female friendships and explores romance, motherhood, sexuality, and loss,听This Is Why I Need You听is听perfect for fans of听Girls,听Sex and the City, and听Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants.听With the promise of nothing but fun in the sun, Zinnia, Fay, Kiara, and Valentina are set to reconnect on their 10th annual girls鈥� trip 鈥� what they don鈥檛 know, however, is that some baggage comes on vacation whether you pack it or not. A perfect addition to your summer beach bag,听This Is Why I Need You听will make you want to pick up the phone and reach out to your friends.鈥�

Alecsandra also teaches at Concordia University. Alongside her academic pursuits, she published听, an online series of personal essays that tell the collective memoir of 52 women.听Photo by Jennifer Fellegi.听

Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery

Student interview with artists in 鈥淓lephant鈥� exhibit at Dawson’s WGF Gallery

鈥淓lephant鈥� is the current exhibition at Warren G. Flowers Gallery - 蘑菇视频 (running until May 1, 2026). The exhibition brings together works by Joshua Vettivelu and Alex v. Pouliot to explore 鈥渉ow experiences of desire, anxiety, love, damage, and repair accumulate in the spaces we inhabit.鈥�

Visit the link for an interview by Visual Arts students Bethany D鈥橲ouza and Ana Luiza Strazzi Nogueira.

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Sustainability, Well-being for all

Register now for Cycling into Spring bike workshop May 20

Dust off your bike and bring it to Dawson and bike technicians will help you get it road ready!听Reusable, repurposed parts will be available at reduced costs. (Cash and cards accepted)

  • Date: Wednesday, May 20 (Rain date May 21)
  • Time: 12 PM 鈥� 3 PM
  • Location: Parking Lot 1 Gazebo

In collaboration with Mechanical Engineering Technology, the Office of Sustainability and听听bike co-op.

Register

Academic News

Panel 芦 Paix et Autres 禄

On March 13,听 the Dawson Peace Centre, Dawson Peace Studies Certificate, and the Peace 365 course taught by Ivan Freud, were proud to bring you the second peace panel of the semester on the topic of 鈥淧eace & Other.鈥� The distinguished panelists were: Ghayas Hachem, professor of French Literature at 蘑菇视频 who spoke on Jean-Jaques Rousseau and his suggestion that a natural peace resided within humanity before the onset of civilization; Patrice Turcotte who began his career as a Psychosocial Specialist in Therapeutic Recreation with Dans la Rue and now teaches in Dawson鈥檚 CRLT (Community, Recreation & Leadership Training Program) who spoke of his experiences with homeless youth; and finally Catherine Boulos, a psychologist spoke on her development of (Dance for Peace) which, since 2016, has produced numerous community activities aimed at cultivating peace within oneself and in one鈥檚 surroundings.

Students were to reflect on how these three presentations intersected. Visit the link to see the panel here.

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Office of Academic Development, Well-being for all

Sign up for the Inclusion & Wellness Retreat June 9-10

  • Dates: Tuesday and Wednesday June 9 and 10, 2026
  • Time: 9 AM Tuesday to 4:30 PM Wednesday (detailed schedule will be provided with confirmation of registration)
  • Where: Far Hills
  • Fee:鈥� Accommodation, all workshops, meals, taxes and other conference costs are included in the fee.鈥疭taff wishing to be reimbursed by Professional Development funds will receive a pre-filled Professional Development Fund application one month prior to the start date, to submit with their receipt upon retreat completion.Spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure yours by signing up now: /udl/retreat/
Health and Safety Committee, Well-being for all

The simple guide to a cleaner sip

Staying hydrated is a good way to stay healthy and carrying a water bottle is a way to access fluids regularly throughout the day. Every time you take a sip from your water bottle, you are depositing bacteria inside it and over the course of a day these can multiply by the millions.

蘑菇视频's Health and Safety Committee has put together some FAQs to help you keep your water bottle clean and stay healthy. Visit the link to go to the FAQs.

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蘑菇视频ITE

蘑菇视频ITE

蘑菇视频ITE is your curated news related to IST and Education prepared by Dawson's Rafael Scapin.

In this issue:

  • The AI Activities Guide for Teachers: Hands-On Strategies for Your Classroom
  • LLMs hallucinate the most when you ask them to do this

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Last Modified: April 30, 2026

 

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