In winter, Canada’s lakes fall quiet as if everything has gone to sleep. Then spring arrives, bringing with it the unmistakable chorus of frogs. This season, Dawson Biology faculty member Jessica Ford and her students are tuning in to that chorus, contributing to a five-year, cross-Canada multidisciplinary research project that explores how human activity is…
Despite budget constraints, the Office of Sustainability at Dawson College advanced the vision of the Dawson community’s campus landscaping plan last fall by launching a micro forest initiative. After Jennifer de Vera identified a funding opportunity from Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), she brought it to the team. Along with Eva Helms, Sophie La Font…
Dawson students are helping bring science to life for younger learners through an interactive workshop at the Montreal Biodome that blends art, technology and education. The initiative is part of L’Écho des Plantes, a collaboration involving the AgeTeq lab at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie, Opéra de Montréal and students in Dawson’s SciArt Club. As part…
The trick to being a good engineer is to learn by doing and to persevere through challenges, failures and setbacks, says Enriched Science co-coordinator Chris Whittaker. This year 27 Dawson students on eight teams lived this experience through the Science on tourne! competition. Dawon’s winning team (Mateo Duque, Evan Parasol and Brent Suter) is off to the nationals…
Founded in 2023, STEMM FEM is a student-led, student-funded club at Dawson College that continues to grow and expand, now reaching beyond the college level into universities. The club is dedicated to building a supportive community that empowers individuals from underrepresented groups to pursue and thrive in science and medicine. The Communications Office spoke with…
“Elephant” is the current exhibition at Warren G. Flowers Gallery – Dawson College (running until May 1, 2026). The exhibition brings together works by Joshua Vettivelu and Alex v. Pouliot to explore “how experiences of desire, anxiety, love, damage, and repair accumulate in the spaces we inhabit.” The questions for the following interview were written…
Last summer, Health and Life Sciences student Tristan Peirce created a pollinator patch on campus, officially placing Dawson’s Living Campus on the Butterflyway map of the David Suzuki Foundation. The Butterflyway Project is a Canada-wide, bilingual, volunteer-driven initiative that promotes biodiversity by planting gardens composed entirely of native pollinator plants. “Volunteers across the country organize, fundraise, and plant these gardens in their local…
Mapping Fast Fashion is an ongoing pedagogical project developed by Gisela Frias and Dawson’s Geography Department. As a means of exploring the present dominant economic model, the project engages students in critically examining fast fashion and the global web of economic, social, and environmental relations that sustain it. Through a series of course assignments, students…
As part of an intensive course this winter on Migrant Justice, we visited multiple organizations that devote themselves to migrants and help them with their struggles. In a class of around 25 students, we were led by Benjamin Lander, our teacher, to explore Montreal through the lens of migration. This adventure took place between Jan….
This summer, select Dawson College Science students will dive into Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and federal government-funded research at McGill University’s Interstellar Flight Experimental Research Group. The projects tackle fusion stability, laser thermal propulsion for rapid spaceflight, and plasma magnet technologies, bridging theory with hands-on validation alongside industry partners. “The project is being led by…
Last Modified: May 1, 2026
