On September 13, more than 500 family, friends and colleagues gathered to celebrate the life of former Board of Governors Chair Bruno Mital. It was a joyous occasion tinged with sadness at the loss of a remarkable man at the age of 49. Bruno had a ferocious passion for education. For those who wish to…
As part of the celebrations for the official opening of the Dawson Centre for Peace Education for today, September 12, we invite you to participate in an Introduction to Meditation Workshop from 2-4pm, in room 4F.1. Join Dawson鈥檚 own Marie-Christine Brunelle, Seiun Thomas Henderson, Sarah Allen, and Daniel Goldsmith as they lead us through an…
At a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors on September 2, Leanne Bennett was unanimously approved as the new Dean of Social Science and Business Technologies. She will take up her duties effective immediately, succeeding Diane Gauvin who has taken up the position of Academic Dean. Leanne started at Dawson…
Are you a full-time student in any one of our 成人黑料 programs? Did you know that a founder of a company does not necessarily come out of a business program? One of our recent graduates of Social Sciences started a company in the entertainment and mobile app business. He followed his passion and is…
At the Board of Governors meeting of Monday, June 9, Diane Gauvin was unanimously approved as the new Academic Dean (as per clause 4.11 of Bylaw 1) for a five-year term commencing November 15, 2014. She will take up her duties in the interim as outgoing Academic Dean Robert Kavanagh winds down toward his retirement…
It’s finally here – our Sponsor-A-Seedling IndieGogo campaign to raise funds for the Dawson Gardens Rooftop Project is officially launching today! All of us who are involved in this project are really excited to be beginning this fundraiser, and are hoping for as much community enthusiasm as possible. Please take a look at our IndieGogo…
Industrial Design student Nicholas Parent has won the Sustainable Design Award and a scholarship of $2,500 for Boardslide, a wall bracket system that can be used as a skateboard holder or can mount and reuse old skateboard decks as shelves. Some 2 million skateboard decks are landfilled each year. Parent says his design not only…
We are on a roll. Two graduates of Illustration & Design have captured top prizes at the annual Illustration Quebec competition. Antonio Junior Luzano was presented with the !Q award 2014 to highlight work excellence (left) and Annabelle Hauffe (right) with the !Q People’s Choice Award 2014. Congrats! Below is the work of the two…
The 24-hours of innovation challenge is a competition originating in France that challenges participants to propose solutions to problems presented by the community, industry or universities. This year鈥檚 challenges included engineering, design and quality of life challenges. Teams of 5 to 10 participants work together over a 24-hour period to prepare a proposal and pitch…
Congratulations to students Kento Takata (CRLT) and Victor Lewis (Cinema, Video & Communications) who created Dawson’s own version of the Happy video. Kento and Victor planned, recruited volunteers, filmed and edited this video in only 10 days and couldn’t have done it without all the student and faculty volunteers who took part in the video….
Last Modified: March 27, 2015
