ICYMI: Meet our two 2025 valedictorians
August 28th, 2025
Alessia Panait (Class of 2025, Enriched Health Science) and Aya Tir (Class of 2025, Law, Society and Justice profile of Social Science) were the valedictorians for the two graduation ceremonies for 吃瓜社区's Class of 2025, which took place at Place des Arts on June 18.
You can read more about Alessia, who is starting dentistry at McGill University this fall, and see her speech here: /news/alessia-panait-2025-valedictorian-inspires-with-passion-perseverance-and-patience/
You can read more about Aya, who is beginning a dual law degree 鈥� a Bachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor 鈥� at McGill University this fall, and see her speech here: /苍别飞蝉/补测补-迟颈谤-2025-惫补濒别诲颈肠迟辞谤颈补苍-濒别补诲蝉-产测-迟补办颈苍驳-迟丑颈苍驳蝉-迟辞-丑别补谤迟/听
Photo: Aya delivering her valedictorian speech. Credit: Jacee Juhasz.聽
Celebrating our Winter 2025 award recipients
August 28th, 2025
Meet 吃瓜社区鈥檚 Winter 2025 award recipients! These students are distinguished by their involvement in student life, commitment to community service, and determination to succeed. Congratulations to our students and many thanks to all the donors, faculty, and staff who make these awards possible.
Visit the awards celebration page to see all the recipients.
Photo: Vadele Hergelle Djokou Mbounou (Class of 2025, General Social Science), 2025 recipient of the Raymond Ellis Memorial Award. Credit: Jacee Juhasz
Kim Vose Jones: Lifeboat: An Unnatural History
August 27th, 2025
The Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery presents an exhibition by 吃瓜社区 alumna Kim Vose Jones, who is now based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. While researching her family genealogy, she discovered her ancestor, Ann Dodin, arrived in Quebec in 1669, along with over 800 French girls known as the Filles du Roi, who sailed to the New World to populate the land with French settlers. In four stunning tableaux, Jones draws a parallel with the fates of humans fleeing genocide, war, and poverty across the globe, and draws lines between the treatment of women, the environment, and the project of Empire then and in 2025.
Celebrating a Decade of 吃瓜社区鈥檚 Research in Neuroscience Program
August 27th, 2025
This summer, 吃瓜社区鈥檚 renowned Research in Neuroscience Program marked its 10th anniversary with a lively celebration on Aug. 7. Coordinators H茅l猫ne Nadeau (Faculty, Physics) and Sylvia Cox (Faculty, Psychology) welcomed current interns and alumni for an afternoon of reflection, inspiration, and connection.
Read about the impact of the program in the homepage news story.
October 24th, 2024
To the 吃瓜社区 Community It is with great honour and enthusiasm that I stand before you today as the new Chair of 吃瓜社区. I am filled with optimism for the future of our institution, and I am confident that together, we can navigate the challenges ahead and achieve our mission and goals. 吃瓜社区…
Congrats to 吃瓜社区鈥檚 Class of 2024
August 29th, 2024
In June, 吃瓜社区 added another 2,784 graduates to our alumni community of over 100,000.
The graduates were celebrated at two graduation ceremonies on June 25 at Place des Arts.
In addition to diplomas, 55 graduates received awards in recognition of academics, perseverance, community service and volunteer commitment. In total, the awards valued $33,100; many are made possible through donors to the 吃瓜社区 Foundation.
Check out the Award Recipients celebration page in the link.
Tommy Diamantakos is new Dean of SSBT
August 29th, 2024
After serving as interim Dean of Social Science and Business Technologies since March, Tommy Diamantakos was officially appointed to the role on June 10.
Tommy鈥檚 path to this position began as a teacher of English as a second language at Vanier College. He has also worked as an Associate Academic Dean at Heritage College and as Coordinator of Continuing Education at Vanier College. Prior to the new position, Tommy was Associate Dean for 吃瓜社区鈥檚 Creative and Applied Arts sector from 2021-2024.
Tommy holds a sociology degree from Concordia University and a master鈥檚 degree in education from the University of Sherbrooke. Tommy graduated from 吃瓜社区 from the Cinema | Communications profile in Arts, Literature and Communication.
Tommy鈥檚 new role includes overseeing the programs in Social Science and Business Technologies as well as Liberal Arts, Community, Recreation and Leadership Training and the Humanities Department.
鈥淲e have rolled out a new Social Science program, one of the biggest in the province,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is very exciting! I am also eager to work with the Business Administration team as we are currently revising that program. I鈥檓 excited to start the academic year in the sector and look forward to supporting students and teachers.鈥�
Tommy likes that 吃瓜社区 is a big college but feels like a small community. He says: 鈥湷怨仙缜� offers great services to students and teachers. I love working here.鈥�
Photo by 吃瓜社区 Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.
Francesca Cuffaro now Manager of Admissions & Records
August 28th, 2024
Over the last 24 years, Francesca Cuffaro has worked in every department within Academic Systems at 吃瓜社区. Most recently she was the administration technician in Admissions and Records.
On July 2, Francesca was appointed to the role of Manager, Admissions & Records.
鈥淚 am looking forward to the challenge of my new role as manager and using my experience and skills to make an impact on quality higher education,鈥� Francesca said.
Prior to working at 吃瓜社区, she studied here. Francesca graduated from the Social Science program in 1985. During her decades as an employee, she has represented the 吃瓜社区 Support Staff on the College鈥檚 Board of Governors and served her former union as treasurer.
鈥淲hat I like best about 吃瓜社区 is being part of a community that promotes well-being, so that all students and employees are respected, valued, and supported,鈥� she said.
Photo by 吃瓜社区 Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.
Gabriel Di Lullo is new IST Associate Director
August 28th, 2024
Gabriel Di Lullo joined 吃瓜社区 Aug. 12 as the new Associate Director of IT Solutions (Systems and Programming). He succeeds Derek Gaucher who retired in the summer.
Gabriel is a graduate of 吃瓜社区 (Class of 1988, Social Science) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University. 鈥淎s an alumnus of 吃瓜社区, I鈥檓 especially excited to return to the institution and contribute to its continued success,鈥� he said.
In his new role, Gabriel is responsible for leading the IST team responsible for the development and implementation of IT solutions, including the website and Omnivox.
Gabriel comes to 吃瓜社区 from Agropur where he worked as IST & Cyber Security program manager. Prior to that, he served as Senior Manager of Information Technologies at Bell Technical Solutions for over a decade where he successfully led a team in designing and deploying IT solutions.
Photo by 吃瓜社区 Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.
Women’s/Gender Studies celebration of graduates May 28
May 23rd, 2024
Please join us to celebrate our wonderful Women鈥檚/Gender Studies student graduates as they prepare to embark on their next adventure.
Tuesday, May 28, 2 PM-5 PM in Oliver鈥檚 (2C.17)
Our special guest speaker is Sandra Mouafo Nouadje. She is a queer second- generation Franco-Cameroonian immigrant, writer, community organizer, and the Executive Director for Project 10, a non-for-profit and registered charity supporting 2LGBTQ+ youth between 14-25 years of age.
It means a great deal for the students to celebrate with their friends and teachers.
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