Congratulations to both Catherine Fichten and Joel Trudeau on each being awarded $100,000 towards AI research from Pôle montréalais d’enseignement supérieur en intelligence artificielle (PIA)! In collaboration with Concordia, McGill’s teaching hospital, Lady Davis Institute, and Cégep Andé-Laurendeau, Catherine and her team will be examining how virtual assistants and AI-based smartphone apps help post-secondary students with disabilities…
Congratulations! Dawson researchers were successful in their grant applications submitted this past year, with three new grants awarded for 2017-2018. Liz Charles, Chris Whittaker, Yann Brouillette and team (Pedagogy, Sciences) Liz and the team will continue their research on active learning classrooms through their new grant project funded by PAREA titled, « Gestion et régulation du…
Congratulations to Catherine Fichten and her Adaptech team who received a Partnership Engage Grant from SSHRC this fall. The team will partner with l’Association québécoise pour l’équité et l’inclusion au postsecondaire (AQEIPS) to create a bilingual online survey tool to evaluate successful employment search and job maintenance strategies for students with disabilities in postsecondary education….
Research Infosource collects data on research income, partnerships, and faculty research activity each year; in October, they publish their list of the top 50 colleges and research universities. In data collected from 2014-15, Dawson College placed 37th on the list, with research funding of $1,655,500 and 35 active research faculty. Dawson’s key research strengths include:…
On October 18, 2016, the Association francophone pour la savoir (Acfas) announced during its annual gala in Montreal that Catherine Fichten from Dawson College is this year’s recipient of the Prix Acfas Denise-Barbeau pour la recherche au collegial. Dr. Fichten is the Co-Director of the Adaptech Research Network, which conducts research by, for, and with…
The Center on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge awarded Dr. Catherine Fichten its Fred Strache Leadership Award at the Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference in March 2016. This conference, commonly known as the CSUN Conference, is the largest, oldest and only university-sponsored conference of its kind. It is now in its…
Congratulations to Alexander Hassler and Camille Valentin, Dawson College students and winners of FRQNT summer Cégep student research internship bursaries! Alexander and Camille will be awarded $5,000 each to support their work on scientific research projects in collaboration with researchers from Dawson and the Université de Montréal. Alexander will take part in a research team…
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