Refugee Boulevard wins another major prize
October 7th, 2020
Refugee Boulevard: Making Montreal Home After the Holocaust (refugeeboulevard.ca) has won聽the U.S. Oral History Association Mason Multi-Media Award. The SSHRC-funded project is the work of Dawson faculty members Nancy Rebelo and Stacey Zembrycki along with Anna Sheftel from St. Paul University and Eszter Andor from the Montreal Holocaust Museum.
The project was created in close collaboration with Holocaust survivors who settled in Montreal in the post-WWII period.
Over the summer, the team created a virtual component to accompany the audio for those who can鈥檛 experience the tour in the neighborhood. Here are the links to the virtual tour:
English version: 聽
French version:聽
"It is our hope that listening to survivors share their stories in the tour will open up conversations that help validate the roles immigrants play in our past and current communities," Nancy said.
To access the project, go to:
How masks work
August 25th, 2020
The College Nurses, Julie Drolet and Julie Gosselin, recommend a great video about how masks work.
"Wearing masks significantly diminishes the spreading of the virus," said Julie and Julie. "We think this video depicts how effective masks are and we think all students and employees should view it."
Click Read More for the link to the video.
Recommended books for National Indigenous History Month
June 16th, 2020
June is National Indigenous History Month and this Sunday, June 21 is National聽Indigenous Peoples Day. Celebrate by reading one of these books by First Nations, M茅tis聽and Inuit authors.
Click Read More for the books curated by CBC.
June 16th, 2020
Post-secondary aged youth are a social group too often consumed by uncertainty about their future and inadequate opportunities for personal fulfillment. They are immersed in questions relating to adolescence, to their current relationship with family, their community, and the overall system they live in. Known causes of stress Normal adolescent development, the climate crisis, and…
New Dawson Blues Band video release today!
June 16th, 2020
The Dawson Blues Band (the DBB) has grown to 18 members now! They have put together a new video to cheer us and raise support for the students of 暗网吃瓜 who could use some help.
The name of the DBB song is: 鈥淲ith a lot of help from our friends鈥� inspired by 鈥淲ith a Little Help From My Friends鈥� by the Beatles (released in 1967) and by Joe Cocker (released in 1969) and 鈥淵ou've Got a Friend" by聽Carole King (released in 1971).
"I want to congratulate all the participants for the great work you accomplished for this project," said organizer and musician Vincent Maggiore (Business Administration).
Enjoy the DBB video, released today for you in the Read More link.
If you enjoy it and can help out, consider a donation to the聽.听The community and our friends have now donated more than $5,000. More news to come in August.
The DBB plans to be back in the Fall with more great music for us!
June 9th, 2020
Next Tuesday, June 16 at 6 p.m., Andrew Katz (English Department) will be聽virtually launching his second picture book, I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER! / JE SUIS SUPER NINO!聽聽illustrated by Dawson Illustration graduate Tony Luzano (2014).The story is about a young kid with TONS of energy. Here is what聽Kirkus Reviews聽had to say about the book:…
Take a video tour of our Living Campus in honour of Earth Day
April 21st, 2020
After watching the Living Campus guided tour video,聽Ivan Freud, Chair of Dawson's Religion Department, had this to say:
"As a teacher I have been involved with Dawson's Peace and Sustainability Communities for a number of years, and yet I was surprised to find some initiatives that I had never heard of in the latest Living Campus Orientation Video. What is being done in terms of peace and sustainability at Dawson is simply incredible! It makes me proud to be part of such a vibrant, visionary, creative, and caring community."
Why not celebrate Earth Day tomorrow by taking time to tour our Living Campus?
Click Read More to go to the Living Campus video.
April 7th, 2020
Local Art, Design and Science Institutions: Musee d鈥檃rt contemporain Montreal: https://macm.org/en/ Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/ Montreal Science Center: https://www.montrealsciencecentre.com/ American Institutions: American Museum of Natural History: https://www.amnh.org/ Childrens鈥� Museum of the Arts: https://cmany.org/ Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/ Berlin collection of museums: https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museumsinsel-berlin/museum-buildings-collections/overview.html Industrial Design / Product Design: The 100 鈥淏est designed products鈥�…
Des classiques de la litt茅rature fran莽aise
March 24th, 2020
La毛titia Desanti of our French Department offers this list of classic French literature for your reading pleasure. Many books and documents are available for free through the BANQ Library, get the link by clicking Read More
Des suggestions de classiques :
- Les belles soeurs de M. Tremblay
- Bonheur d鈥檕ccasion de G. Roy
- L鈥橝val茅e des aval茅s de R. Ducharme
- L鈥橢tranger de Camus
- Les Mis茅rables de V. Hugo
- Vingt mille lieux sous les mers de J. Verne
- Candide de Voltaire
- Le Petit Prince de Saint-Exup茅ry
- Les Fleurs du mal de Baudelaire
- L鈥橦omme rapaill茅 de G. Miron
Click Read More for the link to the BANQ and free books online.
“I will survive” 2020 teachers’ version
March 24th, 2020
Better to laugh than cry! Laurent Ruhlmann of Computer Science shares this funny video remake of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit "I Will Survive." Already viewed more than 1.5 million times since it was posted March 16 on YouTube, it is certainly resonating with teachers around the world.
Click Read More to view "I Will Survive, Coronavirus version for teachers going online."
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