The inaugural Harry Fainsilber Memorial Award was given to Parnia Akhavansaffar at the Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24. Several family members of the beloved Mathematics teacher who passed away in 2015 were in attendance. The award was created by the Fainsilber family to recognize a student who has demonstrated perseverance and determination in the…
At Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24, Susan and Michael Howlett were at Dawson for the presentation of the Anne-Marie Howlett Memorial Award in honour of their late sister and daughter, who was in her first year of Nursing when she passed away tragically 40 years ago. Since then, it is estimated that well over…
In early November, there was a reunion of the 2021-’22 Dawson High Energy Particle (HEP) Physics Group. The occasion was receiving (and experimenting with) their prize pack from CERN’s Annual Beamline 4 Schools Competition. Among the 304 teams from around the world, the Dawson team was shortlisted, which earned them a particle physics kit (cosmic ray detector,…
Dawson faculty members share their experiences about adopting active learning pedagogy and some examples of how it enriches learning in a bilingual video made on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC). The video features interviews with Jean-François Brière (Physics), Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities), Selma Hamdani (Psychology), Carmen Leung (Chemistry), and…
(MONTREAL – Nov. 18, 2022) – Just in time for National Addictions Awareness Week, five Montreal CEGEPs have launched a cannabis video series entitled Do you know your bud? Each two-minute video answers a question from a CEGEP student: What is more harmful- smoking or eating cannabis? Can using cannabis affect my brain in the…
The Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) is celebrating 10 years of promoting active learning pedagogy at Dawson. More than 100 faculty members have been part of DALC. Active learning is established as a proven pedagogy that transforms students and teachers. As the anniversary year nears its close, we asked some students to share their experiences…
Twenty-four students in Dawson’s three-year Physiotherapy Technology Program are leading seniors in physical fitness activities this fall at the St. Raymond Community Centre in Montreal’s borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Seniors look forward to these morning sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. “Everyone shows up,” says Cécile L’Heureux (Bertucci), an 83-year-old regular who has been coming since the…
(MONTREAL – Nov.1, 2022) – Dawson College is currently investigating an incident that occurred on campus on Halloween, Oct. 31. The facts of the incident are as follows: A Dawson student wore a military uniform and a gas mask to school on Oct. 31 The student marched and made gestures associated with totalitarian regimes in…
Dawson College has just posted the job of Academic Dean, the academic leader of Dawson and a key member of the executive team. Candidates have until Nov. 9, 2022 to apply for the job and the start date is expected to be in January 2023. The Academic Dean plays a critical role in setting the…
Dónal Gill (Political Science), Angela Rose Lapierre (Biology), Jaya Nilakantan (Computer Science), Gregory Polakoff (Humanities) and Emilie Richer (Mathematics) were honoured on Oct. 14 when they each received a Teaching Excellence Award from Dawson’s Director General Diane Gauvin. They all teach different subjects but what their students have to say about them is quite similar:…
Last Modified: November 30, 2022
