Stephanie Broos and Hayley Laxer have been named the Canadian recipients of Killam Fellowships for 2014-2015 (also known as Fulbright Scholarships). Stephanie Broos graduated from Cinema, Video and Communications, and is studying Communications at Concordia University, although she is currently on exchange at San Francisco State University. Haley graduated from Social Science in the Law,…
Richard Filion, Director General of Dawson College, has been named to a four-year term on the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation. The president of the Conseil, Mr. Claude Lessard, made the announcement on Thursday (November 13). Mr. Filion is one of nine new members to the 22-member Conseil, a body that advises the Ministry of Education…
On the eve of the third edition of EWeek from November 17 to 20, the news out of Dawson’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education just keeps getting more and more exciting. On November 6, RECODE, a new $10 million initiative of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, to be operated in collaboration with partners from…
The Dawson College Research Ethics Board (REB) is currently seeking members. For more information and to apply, click here.
Some 20 years ago, Patrick Woodsworth, then the Director General, instituted a recognition program to acknowledge the outstanding work of faculty of the College. The Director General’s Awards for Teaching Excellence have honoured 64 individuals over the past 20 years, and the entire faculty membership in 2006-2007 in recognition of its extraordinary compassion and commitment…
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Isabelle Carrier as Assistant Dean, Social Science and Business Technologies. Isabelle has been with Dawson College since 2004 when she joined the History and Methods departments, the latter for which she serves as Coordinator. In addition to her teaching duties, she is involved with Dawson’s Kiuna partnership…
Thomas Henderson, who has been the Director of CRISPESH since February 2012, will step down from his duties on November 7 to take a position as Director General of Giant Steps School which specializes in education for students on the autism spectrum. Dawson College and the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal were awarded the CCTT (College Technology…
Pitch your big idea during this year’s edition of Dawson’s Den and you might win some amazing prizes. Do you have a BIG IDEA? Want to win amazing prizes? This year’s Entrepreneurship Week (EWeek) is even better than last year’s. You do not want to miss this opportunity to meet cool, hip entrepreneurs and to…
Join us for the annual Humanities and Public Life Conference, October 20, 21, 22! This year, our speakers will examine the theme of world views, the conceptual frameworks that help us understand, from a variety of historical and ideological viewpoints, how the world is structured, functions and develops. We will discuss ways in which an…
The Chair of the Board of Governors of Dawson College, Louise Kralka, announced Tuesday that after an in-camera session of the Board of Governors meeting on Monday, September 29, the members voted unanimously in favour of renewing the mandate of Director General Richard Filion for a period of five years, ending December 2019.
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