Facade on Sherbrooke Street West

Dawson College (French: Collège Dawson) was the first English CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel, or College of General and Vocational Education) and is located in Westmount, just west of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a public educational institution in Quebec, Canada on the post-secondary level. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Westmount City Hall Some typical homes in Westmount Westmount is a former (and future) city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a university or college within the United States of America is the name officially adopted by that institution for at least the members of its athletic teams. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 247 KB) Summary Dawson College, facade on Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (480x640, 247 KB) Summary Dawson College, facade on Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal. ... A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a public educational institution in Quebec, Canada on the post-secondary level. ... Westmount City Hall Some typical homes in Westmount Westmount is a former (and future) city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ... Nickname: City of Mary (Ville-Marie) Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2] [3]  - City 365. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

Dawson College is located near the heart of downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on 12 acres of green space. It is the largest English-language CEGEP, with a student population of more than 7,000 day students and 3,000 night students enrolled in more than 50 fields of study. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

History

Originally, a Dawson College existed at the Royal Canadian Air Force Base, St. Jean (now Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), Quebec, in the Eastern Townships (later the location of Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean). It was a satellite campus set up on September 26, 1945 by McGill University to handle the overflow registration of students after the Second World War and the returning veterans. Those students in the first 3 years of the Faculty of Engineering were taught there, thus relieving the McGill campus for the later 2 years for the degree course. That version of Dawson College was closed in May 1950. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in Quebec, Canada about 50 km southeast of Montreal. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Eastern Townships (in French les Cantons de lest) is a region in south central Quebec, lying between the Saint Lawrence River and the US border. ... CMR Saint-Jean Crest Arms (© Department of National Defence) Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) was a Canadian military academy located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The current Dawson College was the first English-language institution in the Quebec network of CEGEPs when it opened its doors to 1,200 students in the fall of 1969. The College is named for Sir William Dawson, a principal of McGill University from 1855 to 1893. ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Sir John William Dawson, KCMG , FRSC (October 13, 1820 – November 19, 1899), was a Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

The College was originally housed in a converted pharmecutical factory at 350 Selby Street in Westmount. In 1970, a second campus (used mostly for Creative Arts programs) was opened on Viger Street just to the north of Old Montreal. Two years later, its third campus was opened near Parc Lafontaine. By 1988 Dawson either still or had also operated the Richelieu campus in St. Henri, the DeLorimier campus, the Victoria campus on McGill Street (in Old Montreal), with additional facilities on Saint Catherine Street among other locations. Westmount is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ... Old Montreal (or Vieux-Montréal in French) is the oldest area in the Canadian city of Montreal, dating back to colonial times. ... St. ... Old Montreal (or Vieux-Montréal in French) is the oldest area in the Canadian city of Montreal, dating back to colonial times. ... The Bay on Saint Catherine Street next to the Christ Church Cathedral Place des Arts Saint Catherine Street (officially rue Sainte-Catherine) is the primary commercial artery of downtown Montreal. ...

In 1988, Dawson College occupied the former Mother House of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame. Full consolidation under one roof only happened in 1997, when the Selby building was finally closed. Extensive renovations transformed the century-old building into an attractive, modern, and well-equipped college, occupying an entire city block between de Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street and Atwater and Wood Avenues in Westmount. Westmount is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the Island of Montreal, an enclave of the city of Montreal; pop. ...

Dawson Student Union

The Dawson Student Union (DSU) is the students' union representing the approximately 7,000 full-time students at Dawson. It funds, coordinates and regulates clubs and activities, as well as being a resource for students to direct them to appropriate departments or services or inform them of their rights and lobby for them, if necessary. A students union, student government, student leadership,or student council is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities. ... A club is generally an association of people united by a common interest or goal, as opposed to any natural ties of kinship. ...

Melanie Hotchkiss resigned as president and the new interim president is Marie Vigouroux

In April 2005, the DSU was accredited by the Quebec Government (as per R.S.Q. ch A-3.01) after the largest student turnout in the college's history. About 70 per cent of voting students voted in favour of accreditation (comprising about 26% of the total full-time student population). This makes the union independent from the college, as before it existed only by agreement with the college for the past 20 years. There were conflicts between the Dawson Administration and the DSU, but most were resolved. Still, the DSU has trouble working to establish itself as a functional, autonomous, accredited student union.

Campus activities

Dawson College has a very large number of clubs. These include religious and language-themed clubs, para-academic groups, athletic clubs, program-based clubs, cultural clubs and more. Dawson also has a radio station, CIXS, that broadcasts only inside the school, as well as a student newspaper, The Plant, which publishes every Thursday during term, with a circulation in 2005 of about 1250 copies. A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, or middle school. ...

The majority of the clubs are in the 2C wing of the college, which is on the ground level in the centre of the school, while the sports department is located in the H wing, in the south-west corner of the school. New clubs can be formed with the help of the DSU.

Campus Athletics

Dawson College, known nationally as the “Blues” has one of the largest intercollegiate programs in Canada. The Athletics facilities on campus are among the best of any in the Country. A large number of recreational and intramural programs are also offered to the student population. Although Dawson College offers a wide variety of sports to its student body, the national governing body of college athletics, the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) only sanctions five sports nationally (AAA), those sports are: Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Badminton, and Cross Country Running. Of these five sports Dawson College competes nationally in just two, Basketball and Soccer. In Dawson's 38 year history they have been treated to a very proud athletic history, from winning Men's and Womens Provincial hockey championships to the CCAA awarding the Dawson College Blues with a banner repersenting "25 Years of Basketball Supremacy"

Sports Offered to Students:

Men

Rugby (A), Soccer (AA), Basketball (A)(AA)(AAA), Volleyball (A), Lacrosse (A)

Women

Rugby (A), Soccer (AAA), Basketball (A)(AA)(AAA), Volleyball (A), Hockey (AA)

Mixed

Cheerleading, Rowing, Cross Country Running, Golf

2007 Provincial Champions

Men

Basketball (AA)(AAA)

Volleyball (A)

Women

Hockey (AA)

Basketball (A)

Volleyball(A)

2007 National Champions

Men

Basketball (AAA)

National Championships

Champions

1976 - Men’s Basketball

1978 - Men’s Basketball

1983 - Men’s Basketball

1985 - Women’s Basketball

1986 - Women’s Basketball

1988 - Men’s Basketball

2007 - Men’s Basketball

Finalists

1977 - Men’s Basketball

1982 - Men’s Basketball

1984 - Women’s Basketball

1985 - Men’s Soccer

1987 - Men’s Basketball

1998 - Men’s Basketball

1999 - Men’s Basketball

2003 - Men’s Basketball

Bronze Medalists

1975 - Men’s Basketball

1984 - Men’s Soccer

1986 - Men’s Basketball

1992 - Men’s Basketball

School shooting

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On September 13, 2006, a shooting occurred at Dawson College. Kimveer Gill, a 25 year-old resident of Laval, Quebec entered the school armed with a variety of guns, including a Beretta Cx4 Storm semi-automatic rifle with a black synthetic stock. Gill began firing on students outside of the entrance and again in the Atrium, before committing suicide after being shot by police. Some witnesses reported to having seen a second gunman, a claim that has later proven incorrect by local police. There has been one victim who has died, 18-year-old female student Anastasia Rebecca de Sousa, as well as 19 other injured, 8 of them critically. View towards the Atwater and de Maisonneuve corner of Dawson College within 45 minutes of the shooting. ... Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Kimveer Gill (July 9, 1981 – September 13, 2006) was the gunman involved in a school shooting referred to as the Dawson College shooting at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on September 13, 2006. ... Laval is the name of: A city in Quebec near Montreal: see Laval, Quebec An arciphelago within the limits of the above city: see Îles-Laval A city in Mayenne, France: see Laval, Mayenne A city in Isère, France: see Laval, Isère A university in Quebec City: see... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Beretta Cx4 Storm is a pistol-caliber carbine aimed at sporting, personal defense and law enforcement. ... View towards the Atwater and de Maisonneuve corner of Dawson College within 45 minutes of the shooting. ...

The shooter was dressed in black trenchcoat and combat boots. Gill has already drawn comparisons to Columbine High School killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold for his style of dress. He was a member of gothmetal.net where he is seen holding guns and favored the video game depicting the Columbine High shootings. His member name is his actual name. A similar profile has been depicted on the website www.vampirefreaks.com, though it was taken down by the website administrators for reasons as of yet unknown. His profile name on that website is fatality666. Around 10:41a.m. that morning, Gill made a final entry on the Vampire Freaks and listed his mood as "No mood." He wrote "Whiskey in the morning, mmmmmm, mmmmmmmmm, good!!" Address 6201 S. Pierce Street City Columbine CDP, Jefferson County, Colorado 80123 Established 1973 Type Public Secondary Superintendent Dr. Cindy Stevenson Principal Dr. Frank D. DeAngelis Grades 9 to 12 District Jefferson County Public Schools Mascot Rebels (American Revolution) Colors Navy Blue and Silver School website Columbine Home Page Columbine... Yearbook photographs of the two perpetrators. ... VampireFreaks. ...

The media has developed a theory that Gill's motive was to copycat the Columbine High school shootings on April 20, 1999. Gill is believed to have been wearing military-style clothing (also worn by Columbine gunman Eric Harris), black boots, and a black trench coat. Students say Gill was calm and shot randomly. For other things of this name, see Columbine (disambiguation). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

The college was closed until Friday, Sept. 15, when teachers and support staff returned. Students were given access to the campus again on Monday, Sept. 18, and classes resumed the following day.

Other schools in Canada, including the four universities in Montreal, provided grief counseling for their students. Some had also put up special messages regarding this incident. Nickname: City of Mary (Ville-Marie) Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1] [2] [3]  - City 365. ...

See also

English-language CEGEPs: A CEGEP (IPA: or ; French: Cégep) is a public educational institution in Quebec, Canada on the post-secondary level. ...

• Champlain
• Dawson
• Heritage
• John Abbott College
• Marianopolis College
• St-Lawrence college
• Vanier College

Champlain Regional College was founded in 1971 and named in honour of Samuel de Champlain, the first governor of New France. ... Heritage College (sometimes colloquially referred-to as Hurtage) in Gatineau is the only English-language CEGEP in western Quebec. ... Abbott enjoys a great setting along the water John Abbott College is an English-language general and professional educational college (CEGEP) located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec Canada, at the western tip of the Island of Montreal[1]. As one of 47 CEGEPs in Quebec, the college offers eleven... Marianopolis College is a private subsidized college nestled against the side of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Vanier College is a Collège denseignement général et professionnel (CEGEP) (College of General and Vocational Education) located in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, founded in 1970, as the second English-language CEGEP in Quebec. ...

References

• CEGEP union fights for independence — Sept. 18, 2005
• Dawson Student Union Win Major Victory Against Administration — July 20, 2005
• Dawson students consider accreditation — November 9, 2004
• Montreal Gazette, Nick Weatherall — July 22, 2005
• Dawson's Board Of Governors Minutes (PDF format) — June 13, 2005
• Dawson's Board Of Governors Minutes (PDF format) — Sept 22, 2005

External links

• Dawson College Website
• Dawson Student Union Website
• Dawson Teacher Union Website

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