More than five years after the Mexico–Canada Sustainable Campuses Initiative wrapped up in 2019, its impact and friendships continue to thrive. In June, Dawson College faculty member Gisela Frias (Geography) and Chris Adam (retired Head of Sustainability) traveled to Mexico to represent Dawson at the 5th Binational Forum on Institutional Memory and Sustainability: Seeds of Yesterday, Fruits of Tomorrow. Both…
Nine Dawson College students are heading to Hamburg this September after winning a major international science competition. The “Dawson Technicolor” team will spend two weeks at DESY, Germany’s renowned particle physics laboratory, to test their own detector using a particle accelerator. The student-initiated project began nearly a year ago in the context of the Dawson…
This summer, Dawson’s renowned Research in Neuroscience Program marked its 10th anniversary with a lively celebration on Aug. 7. Coordinators Hélène Nadeau (Faculty, Physics) and Sylvia Cox (Faculty, Psychology) welcomed current interns and alumni for an afternoon of reflection, inspiration, and connection. The event brought together former interns from the past decade, who returned to…
All parents of current students, especially parents of new students, are invited to attend Dawson’s Parents Night ONLINE on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 7 PM. No need to register, just visit www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/parents-night at the time of the info session. The brief meeting will include presentations of interest to parents, and a vote for two parent…
MONTREAL (Aug. 21, 2025) – The Fall 2025 semester is officially underway at Dawson College, as 2,936 new students joined the Dawson community this week, bringing total day enrollment to 8,030. Welcome Days were held Aug. 18 and 19, and classes began Wednesday, Aug. 20. Applications once again surpassed expectations, with nearly 13,000 received for…
Montreal, Quebec – June 27, 2025 Dawson College and Vanier College were informed early on Friday, June 27, of the report of administrative inquiry into the management of situations involving behaviour that could reasonably cause concern for the physical or psychological safety of students (hereinafter “the Report”). We wish to first express our surprise at…
Aya Tir addressed her fellow graduates on June 18 as a Dawson College 2025 Valedictorian. Aya spoke at the end of the afternoon ceremony, during which students graduating from programs in the Social Science and Business Technologies sector had walked up to the stage to receive their diploma. She shared this year’s honour with Alessia…
On June 18, Alessia Panait stepped up to the podium as Dawson College’s evening valedictorian, representing the 2025 graduating class from programs spanning Arts, Literature and Communication, Science, Visual Arts, and a spectrum of technical fields. Chosen through a rigorous selection and interview process, Alessia, and her counterpart for the afternoon ceremony, Aya Tir, earned…
Chris Whittaker, a dedicated Physics teacher and educational innovator at Dawson College, has been awarded the 2025 SALTISE Lifetime Achievement Award. The honour, announced by SALTISE at their annual conference in June, recognizes Chris’s transformative impact on science education, his leadership in active learning, and his enduring commitment to the teaching community. A Journey from…
Azra Khan’s passionate and ongoing commitment to professional development of faculty, her leadership in educational innovation, and her unwavering focus on equity and student success was recognized by SALTISE at their annual conference on June 4-5. Azra received the SALTISE 2025 Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award for Pedagogical Counsellors. Azra’s journey to this achievement…
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