Faculty & Staff List

Department Chairperson

Marvin Harder

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Office: 4G.17-B

Local: 4111

Name	E-Mail	Office	Local
Teaching Staff
Tania Chiarotto	Show Email	4G.7	4943
Position(s):   Faculty
Daniel Cianfarra	Show Email	4G.9	4617
Position(s):   Faculty Also member in the department(s):   AEC Photography
Suzanne Côté	Show Email	4G.5B	4942
Position(s):   Faculty Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree in graphic design l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 1985, Suzanne studied under Mieczyslaw Gorowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Back in Canada, she worked for firms in Montréal and Toronto, as Artistic Director at both Graphème and Goodhue & Associates. Suzanne then co-founded l’Atelier du Presse-citron, a boutique firm, in 1995. The design studio specializes in exhibition and package design, creating award-winning work for clients such as The Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Bata Shoe Museum, Fruits & Passion and many others. Suzanne has recently started teaching package design to emerging designers at Dawson College. Since 1988, she received numerous awards notably from The Art Directors Club of New-York, Art Directors Club of Toronto, Graphisme Québec, The Package Design Council International, Studio Magazine Awards, Applied Arts Awards, Grafika, Communication Arts, How magazine, Gilbert Papers, Art 2000/Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Les prix de la créativité Domtar and Design Inspiration Awards/Fraser Papers.
Nelly Dahan	Show Email	2G.11-1	4940
Position(s):   Faculty Also member in the department(s):   Photography After completing studies in Pure & Applied Science, Nelly worked towards a degree at the McGill School of Architecture. She subsequently worked for Michael Mills Productions, an award winning animation/live-action commercial film studio, in various creative capacities for many years. After graduating from Commercial Photography at Dawson College, and working in the medium, photography became her first love. She has enjoyed sharing it over a long teaching career in the Graphic Design and Professional Photography departments.
Benoit Deschamps	Show Email	4G.9	4623
Position(s):   Faculty
Étienne Després	Show Email	4G.9
Position(s):   Faculty Non-Permanent
Martin Dupuis	Show Email	4G.9	4143
Position(s):   Faculty Non-Permanent
Orazio Fantini	Show Email	4G.17-B	4739
Position(s):   Faculty
Renée Forest	Show Email	4G.7	4117
Position(s):   Faculty Non-Permanent
Marvin Harder	Show Email	4G.17-B	4111
Position(s):   Department Chairperson   Program Coordinator
Johnny Macri	Show Email	4G.9	4856
Position(s):   Faculty
François Martin	Show Email	4G.17-B	4952
Position(s):   Faculty After obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from l’Université du Québec à Montréal in 1993, François began working at Paprika as a freelancer and subsequently joined Gottschalk+Ash International as a senior designer for four years. In 1998, he founded Fugazi inc., a design studio where both partners work as consultants in visual communication, mainly with corporate and cultural institutions. His work includes designing books, exhibition catalogues, as well as developing visual identities and printed corporate communications. François devotes his talent to the development and application of a graphic language that is adapted to a prestigious clientele. In addition, he teaches several courses to emerging designers at Dawson College.
Laurence Pilon	Show Email	4G.17-B	4779
Position(s):   Faculty
Pierre-Antoine Robitaille	Show Email	4G.17-B	4754
Position(s):   Faculty
Maya Saikali	Show Email	4G.5B
Position(s):   Faculty
Non-Teaching Staff
Gabrielle Bernardin	Show Email	2G.7	1294
Position(s):   Administrative Assistant (secretary) Also member in the department(s):   3D Animation & Computer Generated Imagery   Arts, Literature and Communication (ALC)   Cinema-Communications   Creative & Applied Arts - Office   Fine Arts   Illustration   Interactive Media Arts (IMA)   Interior Design   Journeys   Modern Languages   Music   Photography   Product Design
Vahan Panikian	Show Email	4G.11-1	3411
Position(s):   Computer Technician, Principle Class Also member in the department(s):   3D Animation & Computer Generated Imagery   Fine Arts   IT Operations (IT Support)   Illustration   Interior Design   Photography   Product Design
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