The Howlett family thought that Nursing students needed extra encouragement in the context of the pandemic. This semester, four future nurses from Dawson College were honoured and encouraged by receiving the Anne-Marie Howlett Memorial Award. “2020 has been a challenging year on so many fronts for so many students,” said Brian Howlett, Anne-Marie’s brother. “Studying…
The Board of Governors appointed Carmela Gumelli to the position of Academic Dean at their Nov. 25 meeting. Carmela will serve an interim term from Jan. 1- June 30, 2021. With the support of the managers in the Registrar’s Office and her fellow deans, Carmela will continue as Dean of Academic Systems while taking on…
Catherine Chénier-Gagnon returned to Dawson College on Nov. 24 to receive the Governor General’s Collegiate Bronze Medal. Academic Dean Diane Gauvin presented the medal to Catherine at an intimate and socially distanced ceremony witnessed by her parents and a few teachers. The medal means that Catherine, a graduate of Science (Health), achieved the highest overall…
Six alumni of the North-South Studies Profile in Social Science moved into action in early November when they heard that Tuapi, Nicaragua was in the line of Hurricane Eta. The powerful Category 4 hurricane struck the community they had visited as their North-South Field Trip in 2016-2017 on Nov. 3. Sadly, Hurricane Iota struck the community…
Carlos Viani lost his job in the hospitality industry and returned to photography during the pandemic, which he calls a blessing in disguise. Carlos is a 2009 graduate of the AEC in Commercial Photography at Dawson College. “I have rarely seen such a dedicated and inspiring faculty,” Carlos said of his experience at Dawson College….
(MONTREAL- Nov. 27, 2020) Most in-person final examinations for the fall semester at Dawson College will now take place online. “In response to new guidelines from the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur and the Direction régionale de la santé publique with respect to a period of voluntary confinement, as well as important logistical constraints, Dawson College…
Diane Gauvin will be the new Director General of Dawson College. On Nov. 18, following a recommendation from the Selection Committee and unanimous support from Senate, the Board of Governors appointed her to a five-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Diane has strong assets to lead a vision for Dawson College and to rally and…
DAWSCON, the free software conference at Dawson College, is on as usual this year. The fifth annual conference for students and developers will be taking place virtually on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. “This year, we’re going international because we can,” said organizer and Computer Science faculty member Ken Fogel. “It is really exciting having a…
Dawson’s French-language tutoring centre, CLÉO, is offering a new way to practice French and share québécois culture: The CLÉO Podcast. The podcast (balado en français) episodes are between five to 10 minutes and are offered on an array of interesting topics, including author Gabrielle Roy, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and Expo 67. The first one was…
D News, Dawson’s biweekly web-based newsletter, turns 1 this month. The first issue was posted Nov. 12, 2019. The initiative was promoted by Director General Richard Filion, who wished to give the Dawson community a means of being informed. Growing value of D News “The analytics, feedback and participation suggest that D News has become…
Last Modified: November 19, 2020
