Dawson’s Yann Brouillette “is not a mad scientist, he’s always a happy chemist,” wrote the Chemical Institute of Canada in their Jan. 12 announcement that he is the 2023 winner of the Beaumier Award for High School/CÉGEP Chemistry Teachers in Canada. The award is given to one teacher in Canada every year in recognition of excellence in teaching chemistry….
Dawson students Sophia El Bakir (Social Science-North-South Studies) and Mariana Cueto Mendoza (Social Science-Law, Society and Justice) are headed to Toronto for the Loran Scholar national interviews, which take place Feb. 24-26. Sophia and Mariana are among 90 students selected as finalists from a total of 4,800 students across Canada. These finalists “have demonstrated their…
The Quebec Writers’ Federation has recognized the original writing of two students in Dawson’s Arts, Literature and Communication Program. Literature Profile student Eden Daniel (nom de plume Eden Andrews) won the QWF College Writers Award for her work, entitled Misremembering. Eden received a prize of $1,000 and her work will be published in carte blanche,…
There are almost endless ways to do active learning and it can be adapted to various disciplines, spaces and personal preferences. Throughout the 10th anniversary of the Dawson Active Learning Community in 2022, champions from a variety of disciplines were highlighted in Dawson’s e-newsletter, D News, and on social media. The anniversary created opportunities to…
Dawson’s Hélène Nadeau has been selected by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) for the 2022 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut). This is “recognition of her dedication to teaching physics and the development of students’ experimental and research skills,” stated the CAP in their news release: CAP Award…
The first workshop on Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Excursion from Mercury and the Moon to the Kuiper Belt and Beyond, took place at Dawson College from Jan. 9 to 11. The workshop, the only NASA sanctioned event held outside of the United States, was co-convened by Dawson’s Richard Soare (faculty, Geography) and Jim…
(MONTREAL-Dec. 15, 2022) -The Board of Governors of Dawson College is pleased to announce the appointment of Leanne Bennett as Academic Dean for a term of five years. Currently Dawson’s Dean of Science, Medical Studies and Engineering, Leanne has been at Dawson since 2002 in various roles, including as a teacher of humanities and an…
The Dawson Teachers’ Union Polytechnique Memorial Scholarship is given to a student who has shown a commitment to persevering and overcoming obstacles within their field. This year, the award was given to Fred-Dgennie Louis, a student in Computer Science, who said: “It means a lot and I am very grateful. It was the least thing…
Twenty-eight Dawson students in various programs participated in the very first industrial design contest entitled L’Odyssée de L’Objet en 48h, which took place Nov. 4-6 at Cégep de Vieux Montréal. Dawson students won five of the eight categories on composting, a theme that was only revealed on day one of the competition. Dawson’s gold medalists, 3rd-year…
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…
Last Modified: November 30, 2022
