This semester, I was part of a group of approximately 25 students in my class Solidarity in Action: A Local Perspective, who participated in an intensive learning experience focused on migrant justice in Montréal. Over several days, we stepped outside the classroom and met with community organizations including the Immigrant Work Centre (IWC), Jia Foundation,…
Liz Charles, renowned champion of student-centered education at Dawson College, retired this February after decades of pioneering classroom innovations. This milestone caps a distinguished career highlighted by her recent receipt of the 2025 Prix Gérald-Sigouin from the AQPC, as detailed in this story. Liz began teaching at Dawson in 1986 in the Photography Department and…
Congratulations to 2025 3D Animation & CGI graduates Jessica Ngo and Hoang Hai Luu! Their collaborative thesis film, Mu, has received the Best Animation Award at the FLIC Film Festival in Polson, Montana. Created as their final-year project and completed in June 2025, Mu highlights the creative vision, technical excellence, and teamwork nurtured in Dawson’s 3D Animation program. This recognition…
To say retired Dawson English teacher Elaine Bander has had an almost lifelong love affair with 18th and 19th century novels is no exaggeration. Ironically, she avoided Jane Austen novels until her third year of university at McGill. Then she read Emma for a course and was hooked. She moved onto other novels, letters, and fragments. Since…
On December 27, 2025, 19 second-year students from the Social Change and Solidarity program, accompanied by two teachers—Sara and Mark—and their supervisor, 5-year-old Amelia, embarked on a three-week solidarity trip to Cuba. While our program provides strong, classroom-based learning, it also emphasizes learning beyond the classroom and looking at the broader structures at play, which…
After nine months of work, DCMUN (Dawson College Model United Nations) welcomed over 200 attendees Jan. 16-18 to a bilingual conference, with a quarter of participating schools representing francophone delegations. As a student-led initiative, made possible through the guidance of faculty advisors Julian Nemeth and Nancy Rebelo, it demonstrated the strength of student leadership and…
Since I started working at Dawson many years ago, I have always believed that it is not only an important educational institution but contributes much to the wider Montreal community. Another perfect example of that is happening at the McCord Stewart Museum right now. Curated by Nadia Bunyan, Aunties’ Work: The Power of Care is…
About 300 faculty and staff gathered on Jan. 19 for Dawson’s Winter 2026 Welcome Back assembly, where Interim Director General Leanne Bennett kicked off the semester by emphasizing the importance of transparency, consultation, and community spirit in the months ahead. The event, held the day before students returned, opened with Leanne’s warm thanks to outgoing…
The mental health of CEGEP students has been deteriorating in recent years and continues to be a major issue even years after the pandemic. Dawson Ped Day keynote speaker Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt listed several contributing factors, such as social media, relationship thinning and developmental mismatch and provided some practical things teachers can do to counter…
Reza Abtahian took first place at an intercollegiate chess tournament held on Nov. 22 at Cégep André-Laurendeau, where competitors from eight Montreal-area CEGEPs faced off. His fellow team members from the Dawson Chess Club also performed very well: Samuel Vaccaro tied for second place, Pagna Sam was 6th, Mikhail Panin was 11th, Alexey Solovyev was…
Last Modified: February 26, 2026
