Resources from Intercollegiate Ped Days 2022
January 19th, 2022
Thanks to Dawson colleagues who contributed to the success of Intercollegiate Ped Days 2022, which took place Jan. 12-14 online. More than 50 presentations were given and over 700 participants from the English-language CEGEPs attended. The theme was Systemic Transformation: Developing Our Inclusive Practices. Resources will be available for a limited time on the Linkr site: https://app.linkreducation.com/organisation/details/news/18 . The Linkr site is free but you need to request to join using your college email account. A selection of resources will also be featured on Dawson’s Faculty Hub site.
January 19th, 2022
Our classrooms can mirror oppressive structures in our society. Those who wish to build an anti-racist future can work toward including more narratives, histories and teaching methods in their classrooms. This was the message of Jamilah A.Y. Dei-Sharpe, who gave the closing presentation at Intercollegiate Ped Day 2022 on Jan. 14 and presented her Anti-Racist…
January 19th, 2022
Intercollegiate Ped Days began on Jan. 12 with a beautiful welcome by Dawson College Board of Governors member and McGill professor Alex McComber. His welcome, which was in English and Kanien’kéha, was to Mother Earth and aimed to remind us of how we are all tied together and how we should be thankful for all…
Open invitation to contribute to Beyond Orange Shirt Day at Dawson
December 1st, 2021
For anyone who would like to get involved in Beyond Orange Shirt Day at Dawson, First Peoples’ Centre Coordinator Tiawenti:non Canadian and other staff members will be hosting an open meeting to begin planning for First Peoples’ Week 2022.
First Peoples’ Week is an annual celebration of Indigenous knowledges and cultures on campus. This year it will take place from Monday, March 28 to Friday, April 1. The first planning meeting will be in the Rose Lounge (7C.5) at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.
Plan a Blanket Exercise for next semester
December 1st, 2021
As a part of the Dawson College Peace Centre's commitment to decolonization and Indigenization, we will continue to offer organizational and financial support to faculty to host an Indigenous Elder to facilitate a Blanket Exercise in their classroom in the Winter 2022 semester. The Blanket Exercise is an interactive experiential exercise which enables students to understand Indigenous history on Turtle Island (A’nowara’ko:wa) as well as the legacy of colonization.
For more information or to host this activity (or another decolonization or Indigenization initiative) in your class, please contact Diana Rice: drice@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
Beyond Orange Shirt Day at Dawson
November 17th, 2021
A committee at Dawson has been hard at work to ensure that Dawson does more than just mark Sept. 30.
Click Read More for a report about Beyond Orange Shirt Day from the committee.
November 3rd, 2021
On Oct. 30, Dawson College students in Jonathan Egan’s Outdoor Education Activities course were fortunate to have Kanien’kehà’ka Elder and Knowledge Keeper Niioie:ren Patton of Kahnawà:ke speak to them out on the land. Surrounded by the beautiful trees and varied habitats of Île Saint-Bernard near Kahnawà:ke, students used old logs and moist ground as their…
September 29th, 2021
Pat Romano (Faculty, Humanities) and Kim Simard (Faculty, Cinema | Communications) are beginning to implement the next phase of their Resist Violence project, which has been shared with administrators and educators across Canada and with faculty and professionals at Dawson’s Ped Days. The Creative Collective for Change is the name of a two-year project that…
First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Thursday, Sept. 30
September 29th, 2021
Dawson students and employees will experience the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at Dawson College on Thursday, Sept. 30.
Click Read More for the homepage news story, which contains a link to all the programming and resources.
September 15th, 2021
All events and resources about Orange Shirt Day are updated and housed here: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/campus-life-leadership/orange-t-shirt-day-events/ Community Artwork: :Using the design of alumnae Wakenhnhiióhstha Montour, Dawson College students will be invited to contribute to a collective community artwork honouring the survivors and victims of the residential school system. Students will be able to add their tile throughout…
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