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Read Full Text: Three Dawson Engineering graduates receive ETS scholarships

Three Dawson Engineering graduates receive ETS scholarships

June 12th, 2018

Three Dawson graduates from the Science, Medical Studies and Engineering sector were awarded sizeable scholarships for their studies at the École de technologie supérieure de Montréal. Ivan Pramatarov and Jules Rodschat, who graduated in Civil Engineering Technology, received scholarships from Fayolle Canada and the Congrégation-de-Notre-Dame, respectively; Tyron François, from Mechanical Engineering Technology, received a scholarship…

Read Full Text: Journeys Award a tribute to Susan Briscoe and Indigenous student achievement

Journeys Award a tribute to Susan Briscoe and Indigenous student achievement

June 4th, 2018

[article by Jessica Deer. reprinted from the Eastern Door] Several Indigenous students at Dawson College who completed a one-year transition program were honoured with awards for their academics, leadership and community involvement.  Kanien’kehá:ka student Kahenientha Cross received the Journeys Award, a $1,000 prize developed by English teacher Susan Briscoe.  “She (Briscoe) has terminal cancer, so…

Read Full Text: Dawson Staff, Students and Mexican Partners Changing Education

Dawson Staff, Students and Mexican Partners Changing Education

April 5th, 2018

The Sustainable Campuses project: For 6 years Dawson has partnered with Mexican universities and a college on action research projects that benefit individuals, communities or the environment. Through the arts, sciences, plenty of goodwill and a strong sense of responsibility, students and teachers from both countries express joy and satisfaction in transformative learning that makes a difference….

Read Full Text: World first: 56 feet of digital teaching space at Dawson

World first: 56 feet of digital teaching space at Dawson

March 28th, 2018

(Reprinted with edits from files from Nureva and EducationDive) Photo credit: Tom Berthelot Calgary-based Nureva Inc., an award-winning collaboration-solutions company, has partnered with Dawson to create the world’s largest installation of its visual collaboration systems in a single classroom. The unique configuration is located in an active-learning classroom at Dawson (3H.10) and includes eight Nureva Walls…

Read Full Text: Division I Women’s Basketball Team Earns Silver at Nationals

Division I Women’s Basketball Team Earns Silver at Nationals

March 19th, 2018

For the second year in a row, the Division 1 Women’s basketball team made it to the finals of the CCAA Championships. The Blues were defeated by Lethbridge one year ago in the finals. Ranked No. 2 in Canada this year, the Blues entered the final game with an eye-catching perfect record of 18-0 and…

Read Full Text: Dawson’s Trevor Williams named CCAA Coach of the Year

Dawson’s Trevor Williams named CCAA Coach of the Year

March 19th, 2018

Congratulations to Trevor Williams of the Dawson Blues on being named the 2018 CCAA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year! At the Women’s Basketball National Championship banquet hosted by Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. CCAA Coach of the Year winners receive a customized ring provided by Jostens Canada. Williams, a former player with the Canadian…

Read Full Text: Division 1 Women’s Basketball win provincials, off to Nationals

Division 1 Women’s Basketball win provincials, off to Nationals

March 7th, 2018

Dawson’s women’s Division 1 basketball team has captured gold at the RSEQ provincials by beating Champlain St-Lambert in the semi-finals and perennial adversary Montmorency in the finals. Now it’s off to Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick for the CCAA National Championship March 15-18. The first game on the first day pits the Blues,…

Read Full Text: Dawson Graduate Steven Pinker Says Life is Good

Dawson Graduate Steven Pinker Says Life is Good

February 22nd, 2018

One of Dawson’s most famous graduates, Steven Pinker (Social Science, 1973), is a cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He teaches at Harvard University where he is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology. Best known as for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind, he is the…

Read Full Text: 35 years of giving in Nursing student’s memory

35 years of giving in Nursing student’s memory

January 12th, 2018

In 1982, second-year Nursing student Anne-Marie Howlett was living her dream pursuing a college diploma in a profession she was passionate about and could not wait to start practicing. In the Fall of 1982, her life was tragically cut short at 19 years of age when she was fatally struck by a car as she…

Read Full Text: First place winners of Dawson’s Den: Bradley Heaven and Danny O’Connor

First place winners of Dawson’s Den: Bradley Heaven and Danny O’Connor

November 29th, 2017

Two and half years ago, this story ran in the Gazette about Bradley Heaven. He was looking forward to starting his studies at Dawson in Fall 2015. http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/high-school-graduation-heavenly-for-john-rennie-student   Today, Bradley, who is in Social Science,  and his technical aide Danny O’Connor have made impressive strides over the past five semesters at Dawson, not the…

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