Geography faculty member Dr. Gisela Frias has been recognized with the 2025 SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award. This honour celebrates Gisela’s transformative impact on teaching, learning, and community engagement at Dawson and beyond. A Pedagogical Innovator Gisela Frias holds a Ph.D. in Geography from McGill University and has been a cornerstone of Dawson’s…
A student can read about autism in a textbook or they can have a transformative learning experience that builds empathy by putting on a virtual reality headset and stepping into the world of someone living with autism. Two Dawson College teachers are leading a Virtual Pedagogies project, supported by ECQ funding, to bring more of…
Chris Adam, founder and first manager of Dawson’s Office of Sustainability, will be retiring this July. The Communications Office interviewed him about his career, his challenges and what he loved best about Dawson. Here is the Q & A. What year did you start working at Dawson? What roles did you hold? 1n 1987, CRLT hired…
Health & Life Sciences student Arielle Benarroch and Continuing Education Science student Nathan Aruna represented Dawson at the Super Expo-sciences Hydro-Québec provincials last month winning a silver medal and are now headed to the Canada-Wide Science Fair, May 31 – June 7. The Communications Office interviewed Arielle and Nathan about their experience. Tell us about…
Dawson Enriched Science students Liam Ali-Tse, Veronica Chneerov, and George Alshami say they “learned countless things that a classroom environment cannot teach” by participating in Science, on tourne!, a unique intercollegiate science and technology competition held annually in Quebec. They also won the environmental responsibility award, which was $1,000, and did very well overall. “Physics…
A new award celebrating exceptional team spirit has been presented for the first time to Dawson women’s basketball player Salina Haynes. The Troy Cornford Team Player Award honours the memory of Troy Cornford, who passed away in December 2024 after a courageous battle with ALS. It is funded by donations in his memory to the…
Dawson College student athletes who go above and beyond both at school and on the field/court/ice were honoured at the annual Athletics Awards evening on May 2. Noteworthy award recipients include hockey player Noémie Bastien who received the Rob Springer Memorial Award, basketball players Isaiah Graham-Roache and Regan Cornford who each received the Adele Ivy McDonald Walton Award,…
The diverse, multicultural and unique community of Dawson College is a place where barriers come down, where students from different backgrounds sit next to each other and where the value of well-being for all is promoted. Even teachers of French and English are coming together at Dawson! Dawson teachers Carmen-Silvia Cristea (Faculty, French) and Jeff…
Psychology student Ninna Giles received the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec’s Youth Medal at a ceremony in Laval on April 26. The Honourable Manon Jeannotte presented the award in recognition of her sustained volunteer involvement and positive influence on her community. Ninna shared her thoughts and experiences with the Communications Office in an interview. She is…
MONTREAL (April 22, 2025) – The Dawson College community came together on Earth Day to dedicate two new pollinator wildflower gardens on their “Living Campus” on April 22 in celebration of achieving a platinum rating in sustainability. After years of work and great effort by hundreds of students and employees from the Dawson College community,…
Last Modified: April 30, 2025
