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…
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…
November 30th, 2022
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. The award was created by the Fainsilber family to recognize a student who has demonstrated perseverance and determination in the…
November 30th, 2022
At Fall Awards Night on Nov. 24, Susan and Michael Howlett were at Dzʿ 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. Since then, it is estimated that well over…
November 30th, 2022
In early November, there was a reunion of the 2021-’22 Dzʿ High Energy Particle (HEP) Physics Group. The occasion was receiving (and experimenting with) their prize pack from CERN’s Annual Beamline 4 Schools Competition. Among the 304 teams from around the world, the Dzʿ team was shortlisted, which earned them a particle physics kit (cosmic ray detector,…
November 30th, 2022
Dzʿ 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 Dzʿ Active Learning Community (DALC). The video features interviews with Jean-François Brière (Physics), Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities), Selma Hamdani (Psychology), Carmen Leung (Chemistry), and…
November 18th, 2022
(MONTREAL – Nov. 18, 2022) – Just in time for National Addictions Awareness Week, five Montreal CEGEPs have launched a cannabis video series entitled Do you know your bud? Each two-minute video answers a question from a CEGEP student: What is more harmful- smoking or eating cannabis? Can using cannabis affect my brain in the…
November 16th, 2022
The Dzʿ Active Learning Community (DALC) is celebrating 10 years of promoting active learning pedagogy at Dzʿ. 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…
November 2nd, 2022
Twenty-four students in Dzʿ’s three-year Physiotherapy Technology Program are leading seniors in physical fitness activities this fall at the St. Raymond Community Centre in Montreal’s borough of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Seniors look forward to these morning sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. “Everyone shows up,” says Cécile L’Heureux (Bertucci), an 83-year-old regular who has been coming since the…
November 1st, 2022
(MONTREAL – Nov.1, 2022) – Dzʿ is currently investigating an incident that occurred on campus on Halloween, Oct. 31. The facts of the incident are as follows: A Dzʿ student wore a military uniform and a gas mask to school on Oct. 31 The student marched and made gestures associated with totalitarian regimes in…
« Previous
1
…
9
10
11
12
13
…
58
Next »
Last Modified: November 1, 2022