Nathan Bois-McDonald, a 2023 graduate of Dawson College’s Professional Theatre program, has spent the summer playing Marius Pontmercy in a 51-show run of Les Misérables in Montreal and Quebec City. The production’s popularity in Montreal led organizers to add 18 extra performances.

Nathan describes Marius as “a young romantic rebel” whose arc moves from idealism and loss to resilience. “He goes to the barricades and all his friends who are there with him get killed,” he says. “He has some survivor’s guilt but decides to push on and live fully. He marries the daughter of Jean Valjean. His arc is incredibly satisfying to play as an actor.”

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On Aug. 3, Selma Hamdani began her new role as Associate Dean of Creative & Applied Arts at Dawson College. She brings extensive experience in teaching, learning, and academic leadership, having served as Interim Associate Dean of Science, Medical Studies and Engineering over the past year.

A dedicated member of the Dawson community since 2012, Selma is a passionate advocate for active learning. She co-led Dawson’s Active Learning Community of Practice and served as co-director of SALTISE, a Quebec-based network that promotes evidence-informed teaching and learning in higher education. Before moving into academic leadership, she taught in Dawson’s Psychology Department and coordinated the Psychology Profile within the Social Science Program. Selma holds a Master of Science in Psychology (Neuroscience) from McGill University.

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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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