Teacher Maureen MacMahon (Physiotherapy) was inducted into the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame on Feb. 21. Here is Maureen’s listing on the 2019 Hall of Fame Inductees page: A powerhouse on the field, strong leader in the community and inspiration to younger generations, women’s rugby pioneer Maureen “Mo” MacMahon exemplifies the Canadian rugby athlete. In…
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.
Our Loran Scholar Margaux Roncière was featured in La Presse Feb. 20. Click Read More for a link to the article.
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.
One more day left to see the work of our Fine Arts Faculty at the Biennial 14 Exhibit, which displays a uniquely broad range of contemporary practices and themes, from 19 leaders of Montreal’s art and academic communities.
Check out the exhibit in the Warren G.Flowers Art Gallery until 9 p.m. Feb. 19 or click Read More for a link to the catalogue with background on the artists and their work.
Five teams of Dawson Science students participated in the annual Déplace de l'air competition at Polytechnique Montréal Feb. 8. They had three hours to build an operational wind turbine from scratch using only the materials provided. The best among them produced 1150mV during testing. Dawson's best entry placed 14th of about 60 teams.
Dawson College is hosting representatives from 13 cegeps to discuss and plan climate change action. Since declaring Dawson College Carbon Neutral Forever, the College is recognized as a leader in institutional climate responsibility. Other Cegeps are curious about what we have done and what we are planning to do to lower and offset our emissions….
Dawson's 3D Animation and Computer Generated Imagery Program was featured in a news report by CTV News Montreal Feb. 8. They looked into the digital effects industry in Montreal in their pre-Oscars coverage. For the news report on our website and a link to the CTV feature, click Read More.
Last week Brad Heaven (Class of 2019) and his assistant and partner Danny O'Connor were featured on Global Montreal. This Sunday, they were featured on CTV. The pair shared their All Access Life, website and YouTube channel. Their powerful message "to never give up and just keep pushing through" continues to reach more people. Click on Read More for link to CTV News Montreal feature report.
Last Modified: February 25, 2020
