Verify users from Dawson College
Dawson College is a member of Canadian Access Federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Dawson College by having them sign in with their Dawson College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Canada
- Federation
- Canadian Access Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- Dawson College
- Description
- Dawson College
- Country
- Canada
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/idp- Federation
- Canadian Access Federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Dawson College?
Yes. Dawson College participates in Canadian Access Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Dawson College account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Dawson College support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Dawson College does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Dawson College in?
Dawson College is located in Canada.
How do I verify students from Dawson College?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Dawson College. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from Dawson College?
Start the demo and authenticate with Dawson College, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.