John Nathaniel Gertler brings youthful energy and a direct connection to Dawson students as the newest member of the Board of Directors of the Dawson College Foundation. He was elected at the April 23 board meeting. Foundation work in line with values “I’m excited to be working with the Foundation first and foremost because I…
“A perfect volunteer” was a key phrase used in the nomination of Kathleen Collins for the Lieutenant Governor Youth Medal, awarded by Quebec’s Lieutenant Governor to students who “demonstrate a sustained voluntary action at the community and social levels.” “Kathleen came to Dawson College with a wealth of experience and knowledge of running community projects,”…
When asked about the highlights of being the Division 1 women’s Dawson Blues basketball coach, Trevor Williams thinks of the academic achievements of his players. Believing the impossible “Basketball is just a tool to get the players to believe they can do the impossible,” said Trevor, who is celebrating 20 years as coach at Dawson…
On April 17, over 40 members of the Class of 2020 Dawson College Nursing Program completed their program. This was about two weeks ahead of schedule to allow the new graduates to contribute to the healthcare system now. All the competencies have been met “We reviewed the competencies to determine which students were in a…
The vibrant culture, warm people and faded beauty of its baroque architecture make Havana an ideal place to practice photography. Twelve students and two teachers in the Photography Program at Dawson College and a clothing stylist from Montreal travelled to Cuba last month to participate in workshops on travel and fashion photography. Beautiful journey The…
The Board of Governors of Dawson College made the bold commitment to be Carbon Neutral Forever in October 2018. Now, that promise is being implemented with the planting of 30,000 trees this spring and summer. “Many of these trees, already growing in nurseries, will offset Dawson’s carbon footprint for the years of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019,”…
About a dozen teachers in the Nursing Department at Dawson College were already working in healthcare facilities when Quebec’s Health Minister Danielle McCann issued a ministerial order April 10 empowering the government to second employees of CEGEPs and school boards to work in the health sector. Torn between teaching and nursing “Our teachers are torn…
Since January, I have been serving as the Interim President of the Dawson College Foundation. When I accepted this mandate, I could never have imagined the crisis we are all living through at this moment. At the last meeting, we were looking forward to our spring fundraising events, including Artists in Bloom, the Tony Proudfoot…
A board game and an e-book are the two major outputs of a research project that spanned four years and brought together academic and community partners in Canada and in Mexico. “Research is usually something researchers do and they produce academic articles for academic journals,” said Dawson College’s Gisela Frias, Profile Coordinator of North-South Studies….
A teacher at Dawson College has spent some of his time in self-isolation at home developing a live, interactive data visualization of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on Quebec that aims to show how social distancing and other interventions can slow down its spread. The graph shows how Quebec is doing compared to other…
Last Modified: March 31, 2020
