The Quebec Reach for the Top League had one of its most closely-matched play in recent league history with several games ending in a tie-breaker. It wasn’t until the very last game of regular season play that the standings were established, with Marianopolis College finishing in first position going into the playoff rounds. It was...

The First ever annual Dawson ScienceFest was organised this past year. A series of activities to took place in various venues of the college from Wednesday May 6th to Friday May 8th. Event organisers invited all students from all programs to participate. There were over 100 students who presented various projects at the event.There was...

The 2015 edition of Science, On Tourne! challenged students to build an autonomous machine that hurled a ball against a wall as many times as possible within 60 seconds. The winning team from the Local Dawson competition is sent to the Finals held at Cégep Charlevoix on May 1 & 2. The local Dawson competition...

This year 20 students and 3 faculty members participated in the 4th Science Program trip to visit facilities at the National Research Council (NRC), Transportation Safety Board (TSB) in Ottawa and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) in Chalk River Ontario (formerly The Atomic Energy of Canada, AECL). The trip was a great success as students...

A record number of Dawson teams participated this year for the PontPop event this year. Momentum has really been building in the last few years, especially thanks to Jean Nagy in the Civil Tech department. The students were very motivated this year and had excellent bridge designs. All teams had support in the planning, design...

The Mini-Science Lecture Series at McGill is an annual event that covers a theme from a variety of viewpoints. This year’s theme is: To Infinity and Beyond: from neutron stars to neuroengineering. Students will have the opportunity to learn from McGill and hospital research scientists. This event is similar to the McGill Mini-Med series, however...

CRC is an annual robotics competition open to high schools and CEGEPS. The objective is to build a robot, themed kiosk, and website. This year the objective was to pick up and launch balls into various containers in order to win points. This year, we had the participation of nine students from various programs including:...

This past academic year 17 students and 3 biology teachers travelled to Costa Rica. One of the main objectives of this trip was to introduce students to the wealth of biodiversity in a tropical area as well as bring attention the various adaptations of the different organisms to their particular environments. The students had the...

We had a total participation of 6 students participate this year. Once again, Dawson was the only English college represented. One student will probably do his independent CE linked to the trip. Because I did not attend the conference this year, all I have are comments from students and teachers. Attached are some photos of...

McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine hosts an annual conference that entices young aspiring students to learn from the experience of those practicing in the field. This year’s lectures were centered around epidemiology; with specific topics involving disease, medication and childbirth. This provides a wonderful opportunity for aspiring medical doctors to find out about the realities...