Pontpop is an annual event held at l’École de Technologie Supérieur (ÉTS). In order to compete, teams are required to build a bridge out of popsicle sticks, dental floss and white glue. Of the 4 teams registered, 3 teams ended up competing (one teams bridge actually broke the weekend before the competition as they were cutting...

The Canadian Robotics Competition (CRC) is an annual event open to high schools and CEGEPS in the greater Montreal region. It is a multi-disciplinary event with the objective of building a robot, themed kiosk, website and short video.  This year, the competition ran for two days from Feb 25th to 27th and was hosted at College...

The IBS Stock Market competition is an opportunity for students to learn how to invest in the stock market. Students develop an understanding of how the stock market works, how to pick winning stocks by looking at charts and reading company information, how to allocate assets by building a diversified portfolio. Each student startrf with $100,000...

Penelope Stewart’s exhibition- Cleave a path in to the wilderness was held at the Warren G. Flowers Gallery Feb 18.- March 12, 2016. The show introduced the Dawson Community to a contemporary art practice that involved community participation. Thousands of wax leaves along with large prints of garden icons filled the gallery space. The work...

Thirty-six members of the Dawson College Model United Nations society (DCMUN) represented Dawson College at the North American Model UN conference (NAMUN), organized by the University of Toronto. NAMUN is Canada’s oldest Model UN simulation, and attracted over 400 delegates from across North America. The delegates engaged in debate across a challenging slate of committees, addressing historical...

A busload of students from the Law, Society and Justice Profile (Social Science) travelled to the National Assembly in Quebec City. The students had lunch in the National Assembly restaurant and toured the National Assembly before taking in Question Period. Afterwards, they met with Jacques Chagnon, MNA for Westmount (Dawson’s riding) and the Speaker of...

The Sustainable Campuses Initiative has as a main objective to create opportunities for knowledge exchange on Campus Sustainability between Dawson College and partner post secondary institutions in Mexico. Student involvement in this initiative is key.  Dawson students engage directly through participating in an institutional exchange which has been designed as an “internship”. Students spend a...

Industrial Design students observe, touch and learn how products are made inside local factories so they can apply this knowledge during school work and beyond. Rotoplast: Group 1 visited the Rotational Moulding company in Farnham to see how thermoplastic products are produced. The students saw what can or cannot be moulded using this technology.  Group...

IceVisions was an artistic collaboration of students, teachers, staff, friends and other members of the Dawson community. IceVisions involved creating a large snow-ice sculpture to address the SPACE theme for 2015-16: Visions. The outdoor sculpture was on the grounds of the college, in the form of a human eye, looking toward the heavens. The sculpture had...