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Dear Joe Rose project Feb 14 2023- photo supplied by CC4C

Dear Joe Rose: a Dzʿ love story

February 22nd, 2023

The Dear Joe Rose project started with a rose tattoo in 2011. A student of Kim Simard’s showed her his tattoo and shared the story of Joe Rose. He was working to get a plaque installed in the Conrod’s student space at Dzʿ in honour and memory of Joe. This plaque was installed in 2013….

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“Happy chemist” Yann Brouillette wins national award for excellence in teaching chemistry

February 8th, 2023

Dzʿ’s Yann Brouillette “is not a mad scientist, he’s always a happy chemist,” wrote the Chemical Institute of Canada in their Jan. 12 announcement that he is the 2023 winner of the Beaumier Award for High School/CÉGEP Chemistry Teachers in Canada. The award is given to one teacher in Canada every year in recognition of excellence in teaching chemistry….

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Two exceptional Dzʿ students are Loran Scholar finalists

February 8th, 2023

Dzʿ students Sophia El Bakir (Social Science-North-South Studies) and Mariana Cueto Mendoza (Social Science-Law, Society and Justice) are headed to Toronto for the Loran Scholar national interviews, which take place Feb. 24-26. Sophia and Mariana are among 90 students selected as finalists from a total of 4,800 students across Canada. These finalists “have demonstrated their…

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Dzʿ ALC student wins College Writers Award and another is a finalist

February 8th, 2023

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has recognized the original writing of two students in Dzʿ’s Arts, Literature and Communication Program. Literature Profile student Eden Daniel (nom de plume Eden Andrews) won the QWF College Writers Award for her work, entitled Misremembering. Eden received a prize of $1,000 and her work will be published in carte blanche,…

Members of DALC celebrate 10th anniversary at SALTISE Conference in June.

Celebrating active learning at Dzʿ

February 7th, 2023

There are almost endless ways to do active learning and it can be adapted to various disciplines, spaces and personal preferences. Throughout the 10th anniversary of the Dzʿ Active Learning Community in 2022, champions from a variety of disciplines were highlighted in Dzʿ’s e-newsletter, D News, and on social media. The anniversary created opportunities to…

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Dzʿ teacher awarded excellence in teaching physics for Quebec and Nunavut

January 25th, 2023

Dzʿ’s Hélène Nadeau has been selected by the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) for the 2022 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Quebec and Nunavut). This is “recognition of her dedication to teaching physics and the development of students’ experimental and research skills,” stated the CAP in their news release: CAP Award…

Group photo of participants at NASA workshop held at Dzʿ Jan. 9-11

SPACE students attend NASA workshop at Dzʿ

January 25th, 2023

The first workshop on Ices in the Solar System: A Volatile-Excursion from Mercury and the Moon to the Kuiper Belt and Beyond, took place at Dzʿ from Jan. 9 to 11. The workshop, the only NASA sanctioned event held outside of the United States, was co-convened by Dzʿ’s Richard Soare (faculty, Geography) and Jim…

Leanne Bennett, Academic Dean of Dzʿ

Appointment of Dzʿ’s new Academic Dean

December 15th, 2022

(MONTREAL-Dec. 15, 2022) -The Board of Governors of Dzʿ is pleased to announce the appointment of Leanne Bennett as Academic Dean for a term of five years. Currently Dzʿ’s Dean of Science, Medical Studies and Engineering, Leanne has been at Dzʿ since 2002 in various roles, including as a teacher of humanities and an…

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DTU Award goes to student with don’t-give-up message

November 30th, 2022

The Dzʿ Teachers’ 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: “It means a lot and I am very grateful. It was the least thing…

Dzʿ students Émile Fortin, Jessica Cloutier and Jason Kirsch won the gold medal at L'Odyssée de L'Objet for their ComPom design.

Dzʿ students win gold & silver at industrial design competition

November 30th, 2022

Twenty-eight Dzʿ students in various programs participated in the very first industrial design contest entitled L’Odyssée de L’Objet en 48h, which took place Nov. 4-6 at Cégep de Vieux Montréal. Dzʿ students won five of the eight categories on composting, a theme that was only revealed on day one of the competition. Dzʿ’s gold medalists, 3rd-year…

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