The Dawson Research Journal of Experimental Science (DrJes) is a publication that seeks to disseminate student research in print form. It provides students with an early introduction to the scientific method and to the business of science. Articles are based on developing a hypothesis, conducting experiments to test the hypothesis and formulating a conclusion. The...

The Dawson Research Journal of Experimental Science (DrJes) is a print publication designed to give Dawson students an early introduction to the manner in which scientific work is conducted: formulating and testing a hypothesis, writing a scientific paper that is refered in the normal manner of scientific journals it allows student to showcase their research...

This is a country-wide, student run conference organized every year at different institutions across the country. The CUMC is locally organized and is run under the supervision of the Canadian Mathematical Society Student Committee (Studc). This conference is an opportunity for students to explore mathematics outside their usual surroundings and spark their interest in areas...

The Dawson ScienceFest conference shared students’ knowledge, creativity and passion for learning science in a public forum and recognized them for their efforts and achievements in 2015-2016. Approximately 350 students presented projects and volunteered their time to help out from several different programs including General Science, Radiation Oncology, Diagnostic Imaging, Nursing, Civil Tech and Mech...

This year’s edition of Science, On Tourne! challenged students to “build a vehicle that will perform a round trip using wind energy to travel in one direction and potential gravitational energy in the other direction”. This was an especially difficult challenge. In our Local Dawson competition, prizes were given for the competition, oral/written communication, ingenuity, and recycling...

Pontpop is an annual event held at l’École de Technologie Supérieur (ÉTS). In order to compete, teams are required to build a bridge out of popsicle sticks, dental floss and white glue. Of the 4 teams registered, 3 teams ended up competing (one teams bridge actually broke the weekend before the competition as they were cutting...

The Canadian Robotics Competition (CRC) is an annual event open to high schools and CEGEPS in the greater Montreal region. It is a multi-disciplinary event with the objective of building a robot, themed kiosk, website and short video.  This year, the competition ran for two days from Feb 25th to 27th and was hosted at College...

The 16th annual Science et Société Forum was held right here at Dawson. We had a total participation of 11 students registered in the conference and several more students (as part of the blue ring society) were participating on the side with organization. Once again, Dawson was the only English college represented. On Friday evening, there was an opening...

A delegation from Dawson College attended the 2nd Sino-Canada Skills competition held in Nanjing, China from June 10th through June 12th.Two students, Joseph Fanaberia and Pietro Mosca, from the Mechanical Engineering Technology Program, won first prize in the Design Innovation Competition. The Design Innovation Competition pitted college teams from Quebec and across China in a...

The “Sustainable Campuses: Sharing our knowledge for Social and Environmental Sustainability” is a partnership initiative between Dawson College and Mexican universities aimed at generating and sharing knowledge on campus sustainability. On May 23, 2015, four Dawson Students traveled to Mexico to carry out a campus sustainability internship at two Mexican universities in the State of...