A resource to the college network, the Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC) organizes an annual symposium featuring over 120 presentations (several in English or with simultaneous translation in every time slot) and over 1000 participants. The theme for 2019 is “Focus on Diversity” and the symposium will take place June 5-7 in the Centre…
The Auditor General of Quebec recently conducted an audit of college-level technical education to determine whether mechanisms are in place to ensure that program offerings respond to labour market needs and are of quality. On both counts, the audit of the Ministry and four colleges – Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy, Cégep de Matane, Cégep de Thetford and Collège…
How the Living Campus pedagogy fosters higher levels of engagement and enthusiasm.
Since the Dawson First Peoples Initiative was launched in 2015, there have been some momentous shifts in the culture of Dawson College. The place of Indigenous students and Indigenous pedagogical practices has expanded significantly. The First Peoples Centre and the Journeys pathway are two key successes that have led to an increase in our Indigenous…
Examples of collaborative learning highlight not only collaboration between students, but also partnerships between faculty and staff at Dawson College.
The Dawson Board of Governors approved the new Computer Science Technology Program at the October 2018 meeting. The Computer Science Technology Program faculty, led by Jaya Nilakantan and Andrew Bodzay, developed the new program based on a set of new competencies from the Ministry. Implementation of the new Program will begin in fall, 2019. The…
Creating authentic student learning experiences in the medical and Social Service programs through Interprofessional Education.
Redesigning a French course to take into account the diversity of students in the classroom and minimize potential learning barriers while still maintaining the same expectations of student achievement: this is the realm of inclusion.
Dawson has 5 pre-university programs and 21 technical programs. The daytime enrolment for fall 2018 was 8279 students, of whom 61.4% were female. Dawson’s students come from over 130 countries of origin. The enrolment in Continuing Education for fall 2018 was 2694, of whom 47% were full-time.
The 2019-2020 academic year marks another successful one for Dawson College in the awarding of Entente Canada – Québec (ECQ) grants. Five project grants and two service grants received just under one million dollars in ECQ funding. The grant recipients for 2019-2020 are: Project grants Smartphones – The Overlooked Pedagogical Tool (Faculty lead: Catherine Fichten)…
Last Modified: May 28, 2019
