Bianca Farella, a former Dawson College Blues Rugby player, has along with her teammates won a Bronze Medal for Canada in Rugby Sevens at the 2016 Olympic Games. Bianca played women’s rugby at Dawson College from the fall of 2009 until the winter of 2011. She graduated from the Pure and Applied Science program at…
Inspired from best practices in incubation in the USA and Canada and built on a solid foundation of experience in education and on preparing individuals for careers, Dawson College and iC MTL join forces to offer an instructional program to accompany students/incubees in the pre- startup and startup phases of a new venture in the creative and cultural industries….
Convocation 2016 took place at Place des Arts with more than 600 graduates receiving diplomas and attestations during two ceremonies held in the afternoon and in the evening of June 22. These graduates represented the 2,800 students who completed graduation requirements for Summer and Fall 2015 and Winter 2016, the largest finishing class in Dawson’s…
Through the extraordinary cooperation between the Dawson College Foundation and the Chambre de commerce du Montréal Métropolitain (CCMM), 30 Dawson students and their teachers were able to spend an evening with the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, collectively known as the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, on May 16 at the Centre Pierre-Péladeau. The…
Montreal, led by Dawson’s own Model UN (DCMUN), has won the bid to host the 26th session of the World Model United Nations MMXVII in 2017! This is big news, nearly 3,000 participants are expected from post-secondary educational institutions around the world, with delegates participating in simulations and activities within the Model United Nations conference,…
The Dawson College Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIEE) is excited to announce a pilot project to take place in a beautiful space in Old Montreal. Graduating students aiming to launch a company in the creative and cultural industries will have completed a set of 15 workshops by the end of this month. They will…
A group of Dawson students is preparing to embark on what has become an annual trip to Waskaganish in Northern Quebec in the coming days. The fieldtrip, an initiative of the Environmental Studies profile, will allow the students to immerse themselves in the Cree culture of this James Bay community while learning about geography, First…
With China’s emergence as a leader of the global economy in recent years, many questions have arisen regarding the effect of this success on Western economies, developing countries, and China itself. Professor Xuehua Shi of Beijing Normal University will be addressing such questions during a lecture at Dawson on April 27. Xuehua is the Deputy…
A large contingent of Dawson students with an interest in entrepreneurship was present at a blockbuster business event organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal on Monday, on April 11 at the Centre Pierre-Péladeau. The Chambre de commerce du Montréal Métropolitain (CCMM) is well-known for featuring celebrity speakers, having hosted Hillary Clinton, Chris…
The new project rooms in the 3F wing were officially inaugurated on February 9 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony by the Director General Richard Filion in the company of a cross-disciplinary group of Dawson faculty and staff. Concept designers Kurt Holfeld and Anne Marie Legault (co-chairs of Interior Design) were on hand to explain the design…
Last Modified: August 11, 2016
