Dawson Blue, volunteer & activist Niice Gédéon receives Lieutenant Governor of Quebec’s Youth Medal
May 4th, 2021
Maintaining high grades while playing for the Dawson Blues Division 1 women’s basketball team is an achievement that would make many students very proud. Dawson General Social Science student Niice Gédéon achieved that and much more and is now one of two Dawson students to be awarded the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec’s Youth Medal.
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Let’s Talk Day is Jan. 28
January 26th, 2021
Join the conversation on Jan. 28 and show your support for mental health by getting involved in Bell Let's Talk Day. This is largely a social media campaign. Check out and share the content on the official ǿմýƵ social media channels as well as on the Dawson Blues, CLL and Student Health social media channels.
Lizanne Murphy returns to Dawson!
October 7th, 2020
Lizanne Murphy is back at Dawson as an assistant coach for the Division 1 Women's Basketball Team.
"Dawson felt like home," she said. "It's such a great feeling to be back."
Lizanne was part of the first team recruited by Head Coach Trevor Williams and graduated from Health Science in 2003. She went on to play professionally, represented Canada at the Olympics and won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games.
Lizanne believes there are many young players on Dawson's team who could follow in her footsteps and she looks forward to sharing her knowledge with them.
The team is currently meeting online and training at home while they look forward to practicing and playing games again in January.
Golf and soccer players back in the game!
September 22nd, 2020
Great news! Sports are back! Our Div. 1 men's soccer team played Vanier College Sept. 18 and the Golf team played a college tournament on Sept. 19. Women's Div. 1 soccer plays against Cégep André-Laurendeau this Friday and the co-ed baseball team plays John Abbott twice on Saturday. Many athletes are still only training while they look forward to playing games again.
Click Read More to go to the Dawson Blues website for scores and the game schedule.
May 26th, 2020
The Dawson Blues Awards Night Ceremony was pre-recorded and went live the evening of May 22. Some of the award recipients are: Adele Ivy MacDonald Walton Scholarship Award – from Division-1 Men’s Basketball – Malik Bamba Adele Ivy MacDonald Walton Scholarship Award – from Division-1 Women’s Basketball – Niice Gedeon David Estwick Award- from Division-3 Golf – Viktoria Bortkiewicz-Hamelin Male Athlete…
May 19th, 2020
Kayla Tutino became the new head coach of the Dawson Blues Division 1 Women’s Hockey Team in mid-April but has not had the chance to meet her players yet. “We get together on Zoom and keep in touch by email,” she said, adding that she is looking forward to getting together when it is possible….
Coach of the Year Trevor Williams celebrating 20th at Dawson
April 28th, 2020
Basketball is just a tool to get the players to believe they can do the impossible, says Trevor Williams, who is celebrating his 20th anniversary as coach of the legendary women's Division 1 Dawson Blues Basketball team.
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Student elected to Dawson Foundation Board
April 28th, 2020
John Nathaniel Gertler, a student in Environmental Studies and a member of the Dawson Blues Basketball team and the Green Earth Club, was elected to the Board of Directors of the ǿմýƵ Foundation April 23.
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April 7th, 2020
Here are the highlights of the 2019-2020 season of our beloved Dawson Blues. The season ended abruptly because of the COVID-19 pandemic but there is much to celebrate. These highlights were compiled by Dawson’s Sébastien Rivest. Fall Sports Arrival of 2 new sports at Dawson: golf and baseball Women’s Rugby falls short in the final…
Doubly proud of our Blues!
March 24th, 2020
Two Dawson Blues Division 1 Basketball players, Taisha Exanor and Mackenzie Ash-Smith, have made history! On March 18, the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) announced that Taisha and Mackenzie are recognized as 2020 CCAA Women’s Basketball All-Canadians.
The student-athletes are selected by their conference based on performance and contribution to the sport and their team. Dawson's conference is the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ and our players were chosen by the RSEQ league coaches.
It is the first time since 1986 that two Blues were named All-Canadians, and it is the first-time since 2008 that an RSEQ team has two.
Click Read More to read the CCAA announcement featuring a little write up of each player.
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