Last weekend (March 4-5-6), Dawson hosted the Institut du Nouveau Monde’s Winter School. More than 130 CEGEP and secondary school students and over 60 volunteers and participants came together to engage, discuss and propose solutions to questions facing young people in Quebec today: questions such as violent radicalization, indigenous issues in Quebec, mental health and…
The work of several second-year students in the Graphic Design program at Dawson has been selected to be featured in a poster presentation of 30 artists at a vernissage at the McCord Museum from March 16 to April 3. The students whose posters were selected are Marc-André Larouche, Sandrine Le Blanc, Amelie Lazure-Ratté, and Meghan…
Three Dawson teams from Civil Engineering Technology who competed in the the annual ETS PontPOP contest were asked to build scale model bridges using only popsicle sticks, glue and dental floss. This past Saturday, the three Dawson teams collectively won seven awards. Louis Bourdon, Allison Nadeau, Karina Colagrosso and Brandon Gnann won two awards for their…
Dawson College played host to nearly 100 participants attending the first-ever workshop held for international recruitment representatives from U.S. Community Colleges and Quebec CEGEPs on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016. This historic event was organized jointly by the U.S. Consulate General in Montreal and the Direction des Affaires International of the Fédération des Cegeps and in…
Dawson College will be hosting the Winter School (École d’hiver) in partnership with the Institut du Nouveau Monde on March 4, 5 and 6. The Winter School will bring together students from colleges and secondary schools to discuss and exchange on social and political topics, and to develop their abilities to be active members of…
While the rest of us were freezing our tails off this past weekend the Dawson Women’s Hockey team participated in a tournament in the United States. In Washington, D.C. from February 11-15 some of the top U19 women’s hockey teams from across Canada and the U.S. took part in the 9th annual JWHL Challenge Cup….
19-year-old Sam Roe does not believe in idly standing. Last week that was put to the test. The former Dawson student and rowing team member is now a first year science student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He was out for his regular daily run when he saw a car disappear into the waters…
The Dawson Women’s Hockey team has produced a lot of talent. One of the best is Ann-Sophie Bettez, who is now a member of Les Canadiennes in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Just after playing in her second league All-Star Game, she was also named the Player of Month of January by the Canadian Women’s…
It all began a year ago in an Acrylic Painting class. Many hundreds of hours later and involving the collaboration of over two hundred students, faculty and staff from various programs and departments, and student teams from Cinema-Communications, Community Recreation Leadership Training, Electronics Engineering Technology, Illustration & Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering Technology and Visual…
A joint project between the Kinesiology Department at Université de Montréal and the Physiotherapy Technology programs at Dawson and Cégep Marie-Victorin to develop intelligent technology in the field is making its mark with the development of tools, including smartphone apps, for use in therapy. The project, acronym TEKPHY, has been developing a tool for balance…
Last Modified: January 21, 2016
