Women’s/Gender Studies Certificate Founder Greta Hofmann Nemiroff (centre photo) will be at Dawson March 6 for a panel discussion about the state of Women’s/Gender Studies. Greta will be joined by Shree Mulay, Professor in Community Health and Humanities, Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine; and Alanna Thain, Director, Moving Image Research Laboratory and Associate Professor, Department of…
The United States Consul General in Montreal, Robert W. Thomas, will speak at Dawson College Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Hall (5B.16). The Consul General will have a fireside chat with teacher Chris Bourne (Political Science). The theme of the discussion will be the United States perspective on global issues and students…
Chris Bourne (Political Science) and Caroline Chochol (Psychology) led a Dawson College delegation of 34 students to Toronto to participate in the 35th edition of the North American Model United Nations. It was held at the beautiful Victoria College campus of the University of Toronto from Feb. 20-23. Our students debated pressing global and historical challenges…
Dawson College teachers Selma Hamdani (Psychology) and Yann Brouillette (Chemistry) share their experience with the innovative pedagogy of active learning and the peer support of the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) in a new video requested by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur.
The video was produced as a knowledge sharing initiative to benefit CEGEP teachers, pedagogical counsellors and administrators across Quebec. Click Read More for the full news, links to the video in English and French and to the revamped DALC webpage.
In 2015, the Conference of the Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) signed a new agreement in Paris to strengthen the global response to climate change. Governments agreed to identify and commit to nationally determined contributions (NDCs) for reductions in emissions as well as to provide support for adapting to…
Our Loran Scholar Margaux Roncière was featured in La Presse Feb. 20. Click Read More for a link to the article.
Are you interested in exploring the contemporary literature on writing instruction, critical thinking in disciplinary contexts, and active learning? In developing new strategies and materials in the supportive environment of a faculty learning community of teachers from across the college? The Call for Participants for the F2020 Faculty Writing Fellows is now open. The deadline…
Using data from an ongoing community garden project, Mitchell’s talk will offer insights on ideating, creating and using school and community gardens in Montreal, Quebec. With local partners, we have co-created gardens on a university campus, at an underfunded public school, and at two different community organizations that work with youth experiencing homelessness and housing…
Margaux Roncière, who will be graduating from Dawson College in Pure and Applied Science this spring, has won Canada’s largest undergraduate award: the Loran Award.
Margaux's scholarship includes university tuition for four years, $10,000 in living expenses per year and more. Click Read More to learn more about our Loran Scholar.
The Journal de Montréal, the Journal de Québec and TVA Nouvelles (all owned by Quebecor Inc.) created a ranking of public cegeps across Quebec and released several reports and a special booklet Feb. 14-15. In the lead-up to the application deadline of March 1, the Journal de Québec education reporter obtained data from the Ministère de…
Last Modified: February 25, 2020
