Dawson in the news
Diana Rice of the Office of Sustainability was interviewed by CTV News. about Food Justice programs.
You can see the Oct. 23 report by visiting the link.
Creating inclusive classrooms: Dawson experts featured in Eductive
Dawson’s Cathy Roy (Faculty, Physiotherapy) and Guissou Iravani-Manesh (Pedagogical Counsellor, Student AccessAbility Centre) are featured in Eductive, a publication dedicated to sharing best practices in teaching and learning across Quebec’s college network. Their article, based on their 2025 Intercollegiate Ped Day workshop, explores how accessibility connects to broader inclusion in education. Visit the link to get to the article.
Dawson’s First Career Showcase Day
Ten career programs collaborated to organize Dawson’s first-ever Career Showcase Day on Nov. 4.
Coordinated by Laurel Breidon, Co-coordinator of Professional Photography, the goal was to offer mini experiences of the kinds of learning and work opportunities available in the participating career programs.
Students could play mini putt at the Community, Recreation and Leadership Training booth, make a lampshade at the Product Design booth and get behind the lens at the Photography and Video booth.
Despite the metro doors being locked to the venue, the Lower Atrium, dozens of students found their way to the event.
“For us, we managed to sign up at least a dozen students for the Student for a Day experience in Professional Photography,” Laurel reported. “Everyone who participated was happy and felt although it was a bit quiet, it was a good experience. The set up was good and it was a good template to follow next time.”
Thanks to the faculty and students who organized and staffed it.
Faculty Learning Community Spotlight: Beyond The Echo Chamber
Below is an interview with Michael Filtz (Cinema | Communications), facilitator of “Beyond the Echo Chamber: Tools for Teaching Journalism and Media Literacy,” a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) taking place over the 2025-26 year at Dawson College. Faculty Learning Communities are currently accepting proposals for Facilitators for 2026-27. Please learn more and apply, see the…
Photo by Photography grad on cover of AQPC publication
A photo by Dawson graduate Eléonore Martin-Menga (Class of 2025, AEC - Commercial Photography) graces the cover of the Fall edition (Volume 39) of the Revue Pédagogie collégiale, a publication focused on ideas, research, and pedagogical practices in higher education, published by the Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale (AQPC).
Visit the link to see the magazine.
Visualizing the Future at the Humanities Conference
As part of this year’s Humanities and Public Life Conference, students from all programs and profiles were invited to submit creative work connecting the conference theme to their Humanities course content. The 2025 theme, Hope and Despair: How and Why We Map Out the Future, encouraged participants to explore how hope and despair shape our visions…
Dawson Professional Theatre presents The Women
The Professional Theatre Department's next play, The Women, is a satirical comedy set in the 1930s. Mary Haines is a wealthy, New-York-City socialite who discovers that her husband is cheating on her with a younger woman. Mary’s socialite, gossipy, so-called friends counsel her to get a divorce and take her husband for everything he’s got. Mary ends up in Reno with a handful of other divorcees and thinks she’s made a mistake. She sets out to reclaim her husband, but at what cost? A searing, satirical comedy of manners that skewers the privileged class and leaves no sex unscathed. Free previews on Nov. 10 and 11, runs Nov. 12-22. $6.18 for Dawson community. Performed by the third-year students and directed by Matt Holland.
Visit the link to buy your ticket.
Dawson Teacher spoke at international panel in Italy
Nicola Martino, a teacher in Dawson’s Modern Languages Department, served as a guest speaker at an international panel discussion held on Oct. 11 in Matera, Italy. The event marked the official launch of Colobraro: Diario di Comunità, a book and research project exploring themes of identity, belonging, and migration in southern Italy.
Nicola contributed an article blending a personal story with reflections on immigration and cultural identity. The year-long project and its publication were coordinated by Concetta Sarlo and Maria Sarlo, in collaboration with the ITALEA program—an initiative supported by Italy’s Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and funded through NextGenerationEU.
Dawson College teachers co-author new edition of Political Science textbook
Political Science teachers Vanessa Gordon and Dónal Gill, both currently teaching at Dawson College, have co-authored the newly released 7th edition of Politics, Power, and the Common Good: An Introduction to Political Science, published by Pearson Canada. This comprehensive textbook is being used at universities across Canada, and may be available in French in the future.
Visit the link for the homepage news story.
From Classroom to Collaboration: Dawson’s IPE Symposium Fosters Interdisciplinary Learning and Collective Care
Dawson’s 4th annual Interprofessional Education (IPE) Symposium on Communication, conflict resolution, and collective care took place Friday, Oct. 17. This activity brought together all 216 students and 32 instructors/facilitators from the seven medical technology and social service disciplines. The day’s activities took place in a variety of venues in the Montreal Forum building, including a large cinema theatre.
Visit the link for a homepage report by Krista Bulow (Faculty, Physiotherapy Technology).
Last Modified: November 6, 2025
