Vernissage Season 2025 begins on May 21 with an exhibit by graduating students in the Illustration program and concludes on May 29 with the vernissage of graduating students in Interior Design.
Visit the link for all the dates and times for the Creative and Applied Arts programs' year-end shows.
Artwork by Illustration student Nicolas Gagnon-Fee.
The Women’s/Gender Studies Certificate banner, a brief history In the winter of 2012, Dawson faculty from diverse disciplines gathered to discuss the future of the “Women’s Studies” certificate. It was decided that the certificate would reorient its focus to address broader gender issues and aim to foster a deeper student involvement in community activities. The…
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. Visit the link to read the Q & A.
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 in reality is different than what we see on paper,” they said in a team interview about the competition. “There are often many more factors and variables in a real scenario than one may expect. In addition, we learnt the importance of thorough planning.”
Visit the link for the homepage story.
The research community has been busy, with the release of not one, but two manuscripts!
Elizabeth Kirkland (History) co-edited a collection, Montreal's Square Mile
The Making and Transformation of a Colonial Metropole, published by University of Toronto Press. Elizabeth also has a chapter in the collection.
For release info, please click here, and for the podcast about the collection, please click here.
Kristopher Woofter (English) co-edited The Weird: A Companion, which is a collection of 31 essays, published by Peter Lang. For release info, please click here.
Join us in celebrating our 15th anniversary! We're launching this year's edition of the Dawson English Journal, featuring amazing writing by student authors, selected and edited by student editors. There'll be short readings of the works, food, drinks, and lively conversation. All are welcome!! Thursday, May 15 at 5 PM in the Warren G. Flowers art gallery, room 2G-0.
The issue is available online: www.dawsonenglishjournal.ca
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, basketball player and cross-country runner Mia Simpson who received Female Athlete of the Year, basketball player Raphael Joseph who was named Male Athlete of the Year, rower Nicole Motta who was named Female Academic Athlete of the Year and cross-country runner Tian Yi Xia who was named Male Academic Athlete of the Year.
The Communications Office interviewed some of the recipients about balancing athletics and academics, teamwork and more. Visit the link to read the Q & A.
Another group of colleagues has completed the Sustainable Happiness non-credit course. Congratulations to Antoine Bergeron, Marilou Berlow, Eva Helms, Raisa Palencia, Carmen Saileanu and Kayla Smith! Participants in the certificate are introduced to the concept of sustainable happiness and explore its implications, both personally and professionally. Topics covered include sustainability, connecting with Nature, positive psychology,…
On May 8, some remarkable individuals and teams were celebrated at the Dawson College local Forces Avenir celebration.
The 2025 Dawson winners of Forces Avenir were:
Congrats to our 2025 Dawson Forces Avenir winners!
Photo: (from left to right) Forces Avenir winners CRLT teacher Heather Martin, who was recognized as a Committed Staff Member, CRLT student Aisha Akram, who was part of the Resilience and Achievement Initiative, which was recognized with an award and CRLT faculty members Myka Taylor and Debbie Resurreccion. Photo by Christine Layne
Last Modified: May 15, 2025
