Dawson won second place out of 40 teams from across the province at L’Odyssée de L’objet en 48hr, an industrial design contest organized by Réseau Technosciences Nov. 7-9. More than 20 Dawson students took part. The competition is not over yet! You can vote for your favourite for the last prize, the PRIX COUP de COEUR…
The 2025 recipient of the Quebec Writers’ Federation College Writer’s Award is Zoë Vega, who wrote the winning piece while they were at Dawson College. Since graduating, they have gone on to Concordia University. Zoë, who is studying creative writing, took a few moments to participate in a Q & A with the Communications Office.
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An inspiring story of friendship, determination, and accessibility is being brought to life in a new graphic novel entitled RUN. The project follows Bradley Heaven, a Dawson College graduate with Dyskinetic Cerebral Palsy, and Dan O’Connor, his integration aide and co-founder of their non-profit All Access Life, as they take on their first marathon together in October 2021.
The graphic novel captures the extraordinary challenge they faced: Dan pushing Brad (Social Science, Class of 2020) in an adaptive stroller for 40 kms before Brad switched to his adaptive walker to complete the final 2.2 kms solo. As English faculty member Andrew Katz, who is collaborating on the project, said: “Things did not go according to plan. It made for an eventful day—and a great story.”
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A new initiative called Cooking for Justice is connecting Dawson College students with their community—and with each other—one pot of soup at a time. Led by Diana Rice of the Office of Sustainability, the project blends hands-on cooking with lessons in social justice, sustainability, and mutual aid, transforming classroom time into meaningful action.
“It started last year during Indigenous Awareness Week,” explains Diana Rice. “The students of the Decolonization and Indigenization Studies certificate and the Office of Sustainability teamed up to make Three Sisters Soup to donate to Resilience Montreal as our contribution to the week. The students enjoyed the work so much that I decided it would be a great repeat activity, but this time with the intention of working directly with teachers and their classes.”
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One of Dawson’s Scholars in Residence, retired history professor and very active researcher Janice Harvey, is the first person to win the Prix Paul-André-Linteau, awarded by the Institut d’histoire de l’Amerique français for the best book on Montreal history published last year.
Janice did a Q & A with the Communications Office about her book, Their Benevolent Design. Conservative Women and Protestant Child Charities in Montreal.
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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.
Dawson's innovative food programs were in the news this week. TVA Nouvelles published a story and TV report Oct. 20 and CTV is expected to broadcast a story on the same topic this week. Visit the link for the TVA story.
Pictured: Diana Rice of the Office of Sustainability being interviewed by a CTV reporter Oct. 22.
Nine Dawson College students were in Hamburg, Germany for two weeks in September after winning a major international science competition. The “Dawson Technicolor” team were at DESY, Germany’s renowned particle physics laboratory, to test their own detector using a particle accelerator.
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Dawson College is featured on the cover of AASHE's Sustainable Campus Index annual publication because Dawson achieved the platinum rating, a global first for an “Associate” level institution! Dawson is one of a dozen institutions in the world to have achieved this.
ICYMI: here is the news from last spring: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dnews/platinum-rating-in-sustainability-a-global-first/
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Last Modified: November 20, 2025
