Third-year students in the Social Service program have organized a day of awareness about the importance of footcare for the unhoused taking place in Conrod’s (2F.4) from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. The Communications Office asked the team of 17 students about their event, Sole Support. Here is the Q & A: What inspired you…
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.
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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 of an extracurricular activity led by teacher Annie-Hélène Samson, students are designing and animating workshops on photosynthesis for primary and secondary school groups.
Kaleb-Wolf De Melo Torres, an ALC student, contributed by developing an interactive game to explain scientific concepts. “I was primarily responsible for designing a basic game system which the students attending the workshop interacted with,” he said. “The goal was to create an interactive experience that would break down the concepts of photosynthesis.”
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Dawson English teacher Alecsandra Kakon is about to publish her debut novel. This Is Why I Need You will be available May 12.
Publisher ECW Books says “it captures the realities of lifelong female friendships and explores romance, motherhood, sexuality, and loss, This Is Why I Need You is perfect for fans of Girls, Sex and the City, and Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. With the promise of nothing but fun in the sun, Zinnia, Fay, Kiara, and Valentina are set to reconnect on their 10th annual girls’ trip — what they don’t know, however, is that some baggage comes on vacation whether you pack it or not. A perfect addition to your summer beach bag, This Is Why I Need You will make you want to pick up the phone and reach out to your friends.”
Alecsandra also teaches at Concordia University. Alongside her academic pursuits, she published My Profile Projects, an online series of personal essays that tell the collective memoir of 52 womxn. Photo by Jennifer Fellegi.
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 co-founder Alexa Blasato and current members Samantha Bierd, Tristan Peirce, and Amélie Zurawski about the club’s impact and evolution.
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The Artists in Bloom fundraising event at Dawson College, held on April 16, was a vibrant celebration of creativity and community. The 28th edition of the event raised $11,000 in support of student mental health and vernissage events for students in Illustration and Visual Arts programs. “The talent of the 29 student artists and the…
Students graduating in seven programs have been hard at work creating original art and products and preparing for their end-of-year and end-of-program vernissage events, taking place from May 20 to June 5.
Be inspired and come support our graduating students in 3D Animation and CGI, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Product Design, Professional Photography, and Visual Arts.
Visit the link to check out the events and save at least one of them in your calendar.
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 reshaping the country’s lakes.
“My research on amphibians, their preferred habitats, and how habitats change when amphibians use them for breeding or not, will be useful in understanding the role amphibians play in these lake ecosystems,” Jessica said.
Jessica is hoping to detect changes in amphibian ranges by identifying new or previously unknown populations.
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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 and Diana Rice, they applied for a grant to create a micro forest with guidance from the First Peoples’ Centre and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka staff.
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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.
Visit the link to find out about summer plans for the pollinators in the homepage news story.
Last Modified: April 30, 2026
