ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hi, I’m a proud graduate of the Class of 2024 who is passionate about examining the ties between social justice, public policy, and the law. My academic path has been driven by personal experiences and observations that have prompted me to challenge conventional thinking, particularly regarding civic duty and the need for careful legal reform. This motivation led me to create “Public Safety vs. Individual Rights: The Gun Laws Dilemma,” an essay in which I analyze how…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR I graduated from Dawson College in 2024 and now attend McGill University in Biomedical Sciences. I wrote this essay on Ling Ma’s novel Severance as a summative assessment for Professor Liam Lachance’s course Anti-capitalism in Fiction. Essentially, this essay explores the significance behind the author’s strategic employment of flashbacks throughout her novel, as well as how she utilizes this literary tool to include the reader in the events of the story to further the underlying message of the…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hi, I’m Sydnie, a fourth-semester Enriched Pure and Applied student and a Dawson Rugby team athlete. I wrote “The Theme of Isolation and Fate in ‘The Wanderer’” in my second semester for Jessica Cadieux’s Old English Poetry class. Initially, I had no idea the course focused on Old English, and to be frank, I almost dropped it, finding the language daunting and quite intimidating. However, it turned out to be an eye-opening experience, deepening my appreciation for…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Although I am a second-year International Business student, I am greatly interested in the arts and its relation to social science. This led me to take an art history humanities class two semesters ago which made me aware of the importance of giving space to silenced voices within the art world. I took a lot of pleasure learning about an artist who creates a bridge between people and time in such a powerful manner. Special thanks to…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hi, I am a first-year Enriched Health and Life Sciences student with plans to pursue a career in the field of dentistry. I’ve always been passionate about social issues, and I’m so grateful to be able to explore them through my writing. I wrote this essay for my Introduction to College English course because I wanted to bring awareness to the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Western society through the perspectives of Alicia Elliott and Thomas King….
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR While my field of study at Dawson is the sciences, I have always been fascinated by how artworks (especially cinema) can have contradictory interpretations. This essay was an attempt to break down the challenging techniques Paul Auster uses to build his “detective story” in City of Glass. I approached the analysis with a playful parody of Auster’s postmodern, metafictional style—never expecting to get away with it! Special thanks to Professor Alexander Flamenco, the English Department, and the…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR I am a second-year Psychology student at Dawson. Even though I am pursuing a career in psychology, writing has remained an important passion. I was clearly excited, then, to take a class on poetry since it is something I love and have never studied. From a group of topics, I chose to discuss time and space because they are both abstract and fundamentally a part of our lives. It was quite a challenge to structure an essay…
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