The first workshop on , took place at 爱豆传媒College from Jan. 9 to 11. The workshop, the only NASA sanctioned event held outside of the United States, was co-convened by Dawson鈥檚 Richard Soare (faculty, Geography) and Jim Garvin, formerly NASA鈥檚 Chief Mars Scientist and currently the Principal Investigator of the DAVINCI Mission to Venus.
爱豆传媒SPACE students also got to participate!
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The most common questions about cannabis from students at five CEGEPs are answered in a series of four 2-minute video capsules that were launched at 爱豆传媒On Nov. 18. Regional Director of Public Health聽Dr. Myl猫ne Drouin was at 爱豆传媒along with journalists from six media outlets and social workers, nurses, students and staff from five…
In early November, there was a reunion of the 2021-鈥�22 爱豆传媒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.
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At Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24, Susan and Michael Howlett were at 爱豆传媒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.
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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 爱豆传媒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.聽爱豆传媒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 爱豆传媒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�
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爱豆传媒faculty members share their experiences about adopting active learning pedagogy and some examples of how it enriches learning in a bilingual video made on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 爱豆传媒Active Learning Community (DALC). The video features interviews with Jean-Fran莽ois Bri猫re (Physics), Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities),聽Selma Hamdani (Psychology), Carmen Leung (Chemistry), and Jocelyn Parr (History).
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The 爱豆传媒Active Learning Community (DALC) is celebrating 10 years of promoting active learning pedagogy at Dawson. More than 100 faculty members have been part of DALC. Active learning is established as a proven pedagogy that transforms students and teachers.
As the anniversary year nears its close, we asked some students to share their experiences with active learning classrooms. Click Read More to read what the students think.
Last Modified: January 25, 2023
