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Students respond to Data Journalism Challenge

April 5th, 2023

All students were invited to participate in a Data Journalism Challenge March 25-26. The objective was to introduce students to the broad field of Data Journalism, wherein large datasets from various sources are compiled into a visual aid at the centre of a story meant to inform the general public.  Inspired by the work of  students were provided publicly available C02 emissions data for Canada and ideas for exploring other climate-themed data sets to create their own data journalism project.

The attendance was better than expected with about 80 students attending a Saturday morning workshop session run by Sameer Bhatnagar and Vanessa Gordon and 45 students completed the challenge during the weekend. Mentors and judges volunteered their time to support this event and expressed excitement about doing it again.


Google Brain team lead was keynote at DawsCon 2023

April 5th, 2023

DawsCon was a one-day conference March 24 on a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence hosted by Dzʿ AI and the Computer Science Department at Dzʿ. Dzʿ’s reception room in 5B.16 was packed with students for keynote speaker Hugo Larochelle, Montreal Team Lead at Google Brain. Hugo is also a member of Yoshua Bengio's Mila and an Adjunct Professor at the Université de Montréal. His talk about the Deep Learning revolution in AI gave the audience an overview of the development of AI from the early 2000s to today, including some of the major developments that occurred in Canada.


ChatGPT and student intern talks featured at DawsCon

April 5th, 2023

Students were given the opportunity to push ChatGPT to its limits in an AI jailbreak competition on March 24 and ChatGPT was also the focus of a popular workshop led by Robert Stephens Notably, DawsCon was designed to be a truly student-centered event with more than 30 students presenting work in progress on projects related to a wide range of AI topics in conjunction with internships being undertaken with the Applied AI Institute. Next year, organizers DzʿAI and the Computer Science Department plan even more student presentations for what is hoped will be an annual event.


Don’t miss any fun Dzʿ events- add them to your calendar!

April 5th, 2023

There are so many events happening at Dzʿ- art vernissages and exhibits, theatre shows, themed weeks, community activities, lectures and more. Attending them is a way to encourage students and colleagues and feel like you are part of the Dzʿ community.

You can check out the events for the day, the week or the month in

When you open a particular event in the calendar, you get all the relevant details and you can choose to add it to your Outlook calendar by clicking on the button called +Ical Export. You can also customize the reminder alert to be 15 minutes, two hours or other times. This will work best when using the Outlook desktop app not the web version. 

This month: Earth Week is April 17-28, there is a new exhibit at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery and more. Check out the events and add them to your Outlook calendar. Visit the Dzʿ Events Calendar by visiting the link below.


Read more about: Dzʿ AI Update at DawsCon

Dzʿ AI Update at DawsCon

April 5th, 2023

At the opening of DawsCon on March 24, Dzʿ AI lead Joel Trudeau gave some updates about the last three years of the Dzʿ AI initiative: “We 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…

C’est la Francofête à Dzʿ le 27-30 mars

March 22nd, 2023

Le comité est heureux de vous dévoiler la programmation de cette édition 2023 qui se déroulera durant la dernière semaine de mars : lundi 27, mardi 28, mercredi 29 et jeudi 30 mars.

Certaines activités (conférences, visionnements et rencontres, poésie) auront lieu durant la journée, tandis que nous avons choisi de mettre nos événements « tête d’affiche » le soir afin de favoriser la venue du plus grand nombre de classes possibles. Nous sommes également très heureux de pouvoir collaborer avec les programmes de travail social et de sciences de l’environnement du collège Dzʿ pour deux de nos événements.

Pour réserver une séance : envoyez un message à ëپپ.

Pour consulter le programme : /french/evenements/francofete-2023/


Read more about: DawsCon, A.I. workshops and Data Journalism challenge this weekend

DawsCon, A.I. workshops and Data Journalism challenge this weekend

March 22nd, 2023

On Friday, March 24, Dzʿ will be hosting a free conference for educators and industry, and a subsequent weekend Data Journalism Challenge (March 25-26) aimed at students of any background. Attendees will be exposed to a wide range of AI topics from challenges of ChatGPT in education to ethics and bias to data manipulation and machine learning,…

Literary duo Arizona and Heather O’Neill share thoughts on Dzʿ experience

March 22nd, 2023

Ahead of their guest appearance at a Dzʿ Reads event on March 22, Arizona O’Neill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather O’Neill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their Dzʿ 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.


Professional Theatre presents Watching Shadows March 22-25

March 22nd, 2023

The disappearance of Rakel, a young Norwegian girl, while on an exchange trip to Italy sends her friends and family into a whirlwind of emotions. As the days pass and the tension rises, they are faced with unknown emotions and grief, all reacting in different ways while confronting the harsh reality of the world they live in. Watching Shadows is performed by the second-year students and directed by Stefanie Buxton.

The play runs from Wednesday, March 22 – Saturday, March 25 at 8 p.m. at Dzʿ's Theatre.

Tickets are free and are available through the link below.


VIB Tour stops at Dzʿ March 29

March 22nd, 2023

A fun and free event promoting well-being for all and physical fitness is coming to Dzʿ Wednesday, March 29 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. in 3C.1.

Students are invited to for . The program includes Pound (“rocking out”) fitness sessions, glow-in-the-dark yoga, free snacks and fun. If there is space, staff are also welcome to attend.

“The VIB tour only makes a few campus stops every year so I think Dzʿ students are lucky to have this opportunity,” said Julie Gosselin of Student Health Services, Dzʿ’s VIB coordinator. The event is sponsored by the RSEQ, Sports Experts and the Quebec Government.


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