Week of Events
Peace Week & Dawson Dining
Join the Peace Centre & the Dawson Student Union in the return of Dawson Dining Peace Week Edition. From September 13th – 21st the Dawson Community will be invited to drop off their reusable containers at the Conrod’s kitchen prior to 11:30 am. Pick up will start as of 1:00 pm. EXCEPTION: On September 21st, … Continue reading Peace Week & Dawson Dining
Urban Gardening with Sustainable Dawson
Before the frost comes get your hands dirty with us! Book your class now to spend time in the gardens during Peace Week. Not only will they get a crash course in urban gardening & biodiversity but you and your students will experience the calming and anti-stress effects that the natural world offers. This is … Continue reading Urban Gardening with Sustainable Dawson
What’s the Point? Humanities and Public Life Conference
The constant news of crises, from Covid to climate change to wars to the rise of extremist ideology, has left many people disoriented and wondering how to navigate these uncertain times. Questions central to the humanities like: what does it mean to lead a fully human life? What should we value, and why? To whom can … Continue reading What’s the Point? Humanities and Public Life Conference
David Stewart: Cuts from PoCo
An exhibition of recent work exploring David Stewart's fascination with, and critique of romantic Canadian landscape painting.
Eurydice
From September 20- 23, the 2nd year students of the Professional Theatre Department at Dawson College will perform the 2003 contemporary retelling of "Eurydice", by award winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stefanie Buxton. "Eurydice" is a modern love story of two young people, Eurydice and Orpheus, deeply and profoundly in love, and separated by … Continue reading Eurydice
Eurydice
From September 20- 23, the 2nd year students of the Professional Theatre Department at Dawson College will perform the 2003 contemporary retelling of "Eurydice", by award winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stefanie Buxton. "Eurydice" is a modern love story of two young people, Eurydice and Orpheus, deeply and profoundly in love, and separated by … Continue reading Eurydice
Eurydice
From September 20- 23, the 2nd year students of the Professional Theatre Department at Dawson College will perform the 2003 contemporary retelling of "Eurydice", by award winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stefanie Buxton. "Eurydice" is a modern love story of two young people, Eurydice and Orpheus, deeply and profoundly in love, and separated by … Continue reading Eurydice
Eurydice
From September 20- 23, the 2nd year students of the Professional Theatre Department at Dawson College will perform the 2003 contemporary retelling of "Eurydice", by award winning playwright Sarah Ruhl, directed by Stefanie Buxton. "Eurydice" is a modern love story of two young people, Eurydice and Orpheus, deeply and profoundly in love, and separated by … Continue reading Eurydice
Peace Week – Writing Queer Lives, with KB Wagers
Peace Week – Writing Queer Lives, with KB Wagers
Tuesday, September 19th @ 10:00 am, rm 5B.16. K.B Wagers, (They/Them) Writing Queer Lives. Join author K.B. Wagers as they talk about cosplaying as a straight woman for the first 42 years of their life, the realization of their true self, and how they strive to fit as much queerness into a traditionally cis, white, het, male dominated … Continue reading Peace Week – Writing Queer Lives, with KB Wagers
Peace Week – Towards Liberation: Black, Queer and Joyful with Maurice & Kama
Peace Week – Towards Liberation: Black, Queer and Joyful with Maurice & Kama
Kama La Mackarel (They/Them) & Maurice Riley Case (He/They) Towards Liberation: Black, Queer and Joyful. Join us to witness a conversation between Kama La Mackerel and Maurice Riley Case, two Black and queer organizers, artists, and creators, as they discuss the intricacies of survival, resistance, and how to reconcile their well-being within an embodiment of … Continue reading Peace Week – Towards Liberation: Black, Queer and Joyful with Maurice & Kama
Peace Week – On Mirrors: A Curation of Black Queer Poetry, Narrative, and Thought with Kelsey Smoot
Peace Week – On Mirrors: A Curation of Black Queer Poetry, Narrative, and Thought with Kelsey Smoot
On Mirrors: A Curation of Black Queer Poetry, Narrative, and Thought. Kelsey will share excerpts from their dissertation project titled, “On Mirrors: Radical Musings of Black, Queer Masculinity & Boihood Worldmaking.” They will engage attendees in an interactive conversation on interdisciplinary, community-based scholarship, while discussing his experience as a Black trans writer and thinker navigating academia. … Continue reading Peace Week – On Mirrors: A Curation of Black Queer Poetry, Narrative, and Thought with Kelsey Smoot
Creative Change Maker Award Ceremony
Creative Change Maker Award Ceremony
The Creative Collective for Change is celebrating the winners of the first ever Change Maker Challenge, launched last spring by a collective of Students, Teachers, Alumni, Artists, and Curators. The event will showcase the work that was submitted and give the $100 prize to the winners. Join us!
Peace Week – Dinner & Drag
Peace Week – Dinner & Drag
Dinner & Drag Join us for the final evening of Peace Week. Dawson Dining will be an offering of dinner along with a fulsome community wide invitation to attend a special performance by beloved local Drag Queen ensemble, The House of Manny, fronted by Manny. Drop your Dawson Dining containers in front of 5B.16 before 4:30pm, … Continue reading Peace Week – Dinner & Drag
Dawson Homecoming 2023
Dawson Homecoming 2023
Join us as Dawson celebrates its first-ever Homecoming Calling all graduates, former students, retirees, former employees, neighbours and friends of Dawson for a fun-filled day of activities on September 23, 2023. There will be something for everyone! Full agenda
David Stewart: Cuts from PoCo
David Stewart: Cuts from PoCo
Recent paintings by this Montreal artist explore his fascination with, and critique of, romantic Canadian landscape painting.