For years, the Alexis-Nihon shopping centre across the street has been like a second home to the Dawson community 鈥� from dashing over (through the tunnel in bad weather) for lunch to getting groceries or doing a little shopping. Dawson will see an extension of its relationship with Alexis-Nihon once again this holiday season when…
Our DCMUN (星空传媒视频 Model United Nations) executive team (Aidan Byrne, Nica Calandriello, Sanjana Deb, Sydney Levitt, Mathis Paquin, and Bryan Vu) prepared a rigorous fall training schedule for new and returning delegates, culminating in an all-day United Nations General Assembly simulation. DCMUN welcomed the return of in-person conferences, with delegates attending CCMUN (Champlain College) and SSUNS (McGill University) where their diplomacy and research skills were commended. Our delegates look forward to competing in the winter conference season, with travel to national and international conferences planned.
In early November, there was a reunion of the 2021-鈥�22 Dawson High Energy Particle聽(HEP)聽Physics Group. The occasion was receiving (and experimenting with) their prize pack from CERN's Annual Beamline 4 Schools Competition.
Click Read More for the homepage story and a link to the winning proposal and a video about their project.
At Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24, Susan and Michael Howlett were at Dawson for the presentation of the Anne-Marie Howlett Memorial Award in honour of their late sister and daughter, who was in her first year of Nursing when she passed away tragically 40 years ago.
Click Read More for the homepage news story about the two students who won this year.
The inaugural Harry Fainsilber Memorial Award was given to Parnia Akhavansaffar at the Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24. Several family members of the beloved Mathematics teacher who passed away in 2015 were in attendance.
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Twenty-eight Dawson students in various programs participated in the very first industrial design contest entitled L'Odyss茅e de L'Objet en 48h, which took place Nov. 4-6 at C茅gep de Vieux Montr茅al.聽Dawson students won five of the eight categories on composting, a theme that was only revealed on day one of the competition.
To read about their winning designs, click read more to go to the homepage news story.
The Dawson Teachers鈥� Union Polytechnique Memorial Scholarship is given to a student who has shown a commitment to persevering and overcoming obstacles within their field.
This year, the award was given to Fred-Dgennie Louis, a student in Computer Science, who said: 鈥淚t means a lot and I am very grateful. It was the least thing I expected since figuring out my path and where I wanted to go has been a struggle. You know after high school, you鈥檙e thrown into a completely new environment, and you鈥檙e just expected to go on, graduate and then go to university.鈥�
Click Read More for the homepage story, which includes Fred-Dgennie's message to students who are struggling and for women and gender minorities in male-dominated fields.
Students from the North-South Studies Profile are raising funds and accepting gift-in-kind donations to bring to communities in Cuba as part of their upcoming three-week trip. Accepted items include cash donations, toiletries, toys, school and medical supplies, sports equipment, small tools and clothing.
A drop box is set up in front of 4A.0 until Dec. 6
For cash or card donations, please go to 4B.3A.
For more information, contact gfrias@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Dawson students received an early holiday gift this week: a $50,000 donation to seed awards, scholarships and grants for students in the arts. Details of the first award, honouring the late filmmaker and Dawson Cinema | Communication鈥檚 alumni Jeff Barnaby, will be published in the new year. Open to all Arts, Literature and Communication students…
Last Modified: November 30, 2022
