Congratulations to all of the students that participated in the 2016 Sir Isaac Newton Exam! The Sir Isaac Newton exam is a test of high school physics and is offered by the Department of Physics at the University of Waterloo to encourage the teaching of physics. The number of students from Dawson’s Science and Engineering…
Convocation 2016 took place at Place des Arts with more than 600 graduates receiving diplomas and attestations during two ceremonies held in the afternoon and in the evening of June 22. These graduates represented the 2,800 students who completed graduation requirements for Summer and Fall 2015 and Winter 2016, the largest finishing class in Dawson’s…
Dawson’s own Mylène Saucier, coordinator and chair of Physiotherapy Technology, was celebrated at the annual conference of the Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC) with an Honourable Mention for her work in developing and implementing curriculum in the new program offered at Dawson since 2012. Each year, the AQPC organizes a symposium featuring over 120…
Dawson played host to students and faculty from Cegep Limoilou in Quebec City and Nanjing Polytechnic Institute in Nanjing, China for the first edition of the Sino-Canada Skills Competition to be held in Montreal from June 7 – 10, 2016. The friendly competition was comprised of two CNC modules: a CNC Milling competition and a…
Through the extraordinary cooperation between the Dawson College Foundation and the Chambre de commerce du Montréal Métropolitain (CCMM), 30 Dawson students and their teachers were able to spend an evening with the recipients of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, collectively known as the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, on May 16 at the Centre Pierre-Péladeau. The…
Montreal, led by Dawson’s own Model UN (DCMUN), has won the bid to host the 26th session of the World Model United Nations MMXVII in 2017! This is big news, nearly 3,000 participants are expected from post-secondary educational institutions around the world, with delegates participating in simulations and activities within the Model United Nations conference,…
Four students, two from Health Science and two from Social Science programs at Dawson College, are off to Mexico as interns as a part of our Sustainable Campuses Initiative. Samantha Nesterenko, Aniela Walewicz, Emma Malcomber and Samantha Bennett will be working on sustainability projects at the Preparatoria Tres Marías (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos)…
The Dawson College Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIEE) is excited to announce a pilot project to take place in a beautiful space in Old Montreal. Graduating students aiming to launch a company in the creative and cultural industries will have completed a set of 15 workshops by the end of this month. They will…
A group of Dawson students is preparing to embark on what has become an annual trip to Waskaganish in Northern Quebec in the coming days. The fieldtrip, an initiative of the Environmental Studies profile, will allow the students to immerse themselves in the Cree culture of this James Bay community while learning about geography, First…
The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education received a whopping 28 project entries this year for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest – OSEntreprendre. This was quite the thrill for them as they weren’t expecting to have so many great entrepreneurial projects to choose from. From the 28 projects, 10 qualified for entry in the contest where…
Last Modified: May 5, 2016
