John Abbott College invites CEGEP students to participate in the Green Innovation Challenge, held on Friday, January 17, 2025 in our Agora. Join us, build a team, learn from expert mentors, create prototypes and pitch your project ideas. The winning team will receive a $1000 prize to help launch their project into the world. A $750…
To the wonderful Dawson Community,
On behalf of Student Services, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who volunteered their time to help raise awareness for the White Ribbon Campaign. A very special mention to Johanne Rabbat, Coordinator of Women's Gender Studies Certificate and Chair of the Religion department.
Since Monday, we have handed out roughly 500 ribbons, and have been able to connect with many community members.
They shared their personal stories and recollections of the tragic shooting at Polytechnique, which took place 35 years ago on Dec. 6, 1989.
To commemorate the 35th anniversary, we will be installing a small memorial table tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 6 at the top stairs on the 2nd floor.
-Text by Kayla Smith and photo by Wilson Wong.
Support staff and professionals and now teachers too, have the amazing opportunity to actively participate in Dawson’s Sustainable Happiness non-credit community certificate group. The Sustainable Happiness training will guide people to reflect on positive psychology and sustainability. It contributes to Dawson’s commitment of well-being for all, sustainably. Course time and the course itself are a gift from Dawson to employees.
Registration is open now and the course begins on Jan. 23. Visit the link for more info and to sign up. Do not miss this great opportunity!
This term the Zero Waste Cafe has successfully donated dozens of bags of clothes, boxes of books, as well as free food and snacks to our wonderful community! We have also had two special workshops, the first was Cooking with Jamal, an incredible vegan cooking class, and the second was a beeswax folding workshop where…
Over 2,000 people visited the first Canada Invertebrate Expo on Nov. 16 hosted by Dawson College. Organized by Dawson alumnus Daniel Zimmerman, who is owner of Live Beetles Canada, this Expo hosted over 30 booths with displays of insects, spiders, lizards, frogs, snakes, bonsai, carnivorous plants and more. Children and adults alike enjoyed a day of discovery and learning about the care of living things. Collectors were also here in abundance. It was organized as part of our 1,000 species accomplishment and part of the proceeeds went to the Living Campus Fund.
Daniel says “Dawson’s biodiversity efforts are amazing! Fragmentation of habitat in our urban environment is a problem and Dawson’s on-site micro-habitat development is inviting insects back to the urban landscape.”
He will be involved in creating a large indoor beetle breeding unit at the college with students and staff in the near future. He will also help further develop habitats that will attract native beetle and invertebrate species to the campus grounds.
The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in Toronto, Ontario, in November 1991 as a response to the École Polytechnique massacre of female students in 1989. The campaign’s mission is to raise…
Dawson held its first Mental Health Fair last Wednesday, Nov. 13, which brought together a diverse array of community-based resources to promote and support the well-being and mental health of our student population. Support in the following areas were present: disordered eating, crisis intervention, addiction, sexual and gender identity, sexual violence, suicide prevention, life skills,…
Support staff and professionals and now teachers too, have the amazing opportunity to actively participate in Dawson’s Sustainable Happiness non-credit community certificate group. The Sustainable Happiness training will guide people to reflect on positive psychology and sustainability. It contributes to Dawson’s commitment of well-being for all, sustainably. What is Sustainable Happiness? “Happiness that contributes to…
The next event in the Zero Waste Cafe Series is an opportunity to learn how to make your own food wrap with beeswax.
Dawson employees and students are invited to learn how to make your very own beeswax wrap, a reusable alternative to plastic wrap. We will be using beeswax harvested from our Dawson 4H rooftop beehives.
What? Beeswax wrap Workshop
Who? Led by Susan Hoffmann (Faculty, Philosophy/Humanities) and Jenn de Vera (Office of Sustainability)
When? Monday, November 25, 2024
Time? 11 AM-12 PM
Where? Conrod's kitchen area 2F.4
Spaces are limited, please use the form to RSVP. Check your Dawson email for a confirmation email.
The Dawson community is invited to once again make a child’s wish to Santa come true by participating in the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres annual Holiday Gift Campaign. The goal is to provide gifts and needed items for approximately 1,500 children aged 0-17 who are under Youth Protection in the Montreal region, including children…
Last Modified: December 5, 2024
