A mental health survey is being conducted across the CEGEP network this month.
The results will help Student Services develop and adapt services to respond to the needs of students.
Students have until Nov. 22 to respond. All participants are entered to win a gift card. Please promote the survey to your students.
Visit the link for more info and to see the survey.
Join the Zero Waste Cafe for a VERY special Thursday program after the Early Bird Breakfast, on Nov. 14 from 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Cooking with Jamal.
Learn to cook delicious vegan cuisine under our beloved Dawson Dinin’ head chef Jamal Spence! Students and employees are welcome to join us.
Register here for your spot to Cook with Jamal: https://forms.office.com/r/i28rKqEUHC
Should you require any accommodations to participate, please email Diana Rice, Office of Sustainability.
This year, 10 students and two faculty members from the Social Change and Solidarity profile are going to Cuba and we are organizing a donation drive and a fundraiser to support our Cuban partners. About the donations We are setting up a donation bin, painted in the colours of the Cuban flag, outside the Sustainability…
Dawson's vermicomposting project is featured in a new report by Colleges & Institutes Canada (CICan).
The worms at work at Dawson are very busy transforming cafeteria food and campus landscape waste into rich organic soil. The project is already reducing the College's carbon footprint and still has untapped potential.
Read CICan's Campus Living Labs Report, which is found in the blog in the link. Dawson's project is featured on page 17 of the pdf or page 14 of the print version.
Reflecting on your semester and wondering how you can improve your teaching and classroom environment next term? Upscaling UDL@Dawson is hosting its second all-inclusive two-day retreat! The theme is: Designing to the edges. Participants will dive into the inclusive design-cycle to better understand our students, identify barriers to learning in our course design and classroom…
On Oct. 30, the petition of the Dawson Student Union (DSU) asking the Quebec government to exempt Indigenous students from the harmful effects of Law 14 was officially deposited in the National Assembly.
“It was important for the DSU to stand up for our fellow students and the rights of Indigenous peoples,” said Leilah Doyle, Vice-President External Affairs. “This campaign has concluded but we will continue to advocate for Indigenous students.”
Doyle is sad that the government seems closed to really listening to the students and doing the right thing for Indigenous students.
Indigenous students in Quebec are already struggling to pursue further studies at CEGEP, and Law 14, as it is being implemented now, means some Indigenous students will not be able to graduate.
Before it closed on Oct. 25, the petition garnered 2,794 signatures from Quebecers. It was sponsored by Jennifer Maccarone, Member of the National Assembly for Westmount─St-Louis.
As part of the College’s Well-Being for All initiative, the Sustainability department offered a Honey Extraction workshop Oct. 30. The initiative has been set up to allow employees to have a break from their work routine, to promote inclusivity, to build a sense of community, and to improve collaboration between employees as well as promoting learning and growth. Keeping in mind those goals, the Honey Extraction workshop really fit the bill.
Led by Jennifer De Vera, the workshop was chock full of interesting information and hands-on experience. The 12 employees in attendance learned about the life cycle of bees, jobs they do such as nurses, builders, cleaners, etc., and how honey is made and how it can be extracted. Besides all the interesting information Jennifer gave us, she also invited us to extract honey from the honeycombs. We uncapped a couple of frames then learned that the honey is extracted using a machine that uses centrifugal force. A few gave that honey a spin then a couple of people scraped the honey to the bottom, and we poured it into small jars. Each participant was able to take home one jar of honey.
Dawson recently began to raise and take care of our bees. We no longer have an outside company to do this. This means more work (for Jennifer) but the experience of doing this really has brought us closer to our bees.
It only took a mere one hour for all of us in attendance to have a newfound respect for what these small insects are able to accomplish in their short lives and really care about the thousands of bees we share our beautiful property with. A great way to learn about these amazing insects and form a strong bond with the world around us.
─Submitted by Carey-Ann Pawsey
The Mental Health Fair is a student event happening on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 11 AM to 2 PM in the Lower Atrium. Its purpose is to bring a diverse array of community-based resources to Dawson students to promote and support their well-being and mental health. Organizations providing support in the following areas will be…
Food Justice is a core tenet of well-being-for-all. This is why the Office of Sustainability, the Peace Centre, Student Services, and the Dawson Student Union (DSU) have teamed up this year to expand free and healthy accessible meals to our community up to four days a week. Since Sept. 9, the Dawson Community can grab…
Did you know we have two honey beehives on Dawson's rooftop?
The Office of Sustainability recently led a honey extraction workshop with Brian Mader's Biology of Sustainability course and next week employees are invited to harvest their own honey.
Approximately 30 biology students came last week. They had to get their hands dirty, or should I say their fingers sticky, and help extract honey from our bee frames located in the 4H rooftop hives.
Our bees are still young, but still produced a lot of honey thanks to our many pollinating flower gardens on campus, which are all maintained by our very own Sustainabili-team student and employee volunteers.
We will be offering a honey extraction workshop to employees on Wednesday, October 30 from 11 AM to 12 PM in the Rose Lounge (7C.5) This can be a great use of well-being hours for employees! The fun-filled hour will include uncapping honeycomb cells, hand-spinning honeycombs in the centrifugal extractor, and filtering the raw honey before jarring and labelling it.
All employees will leave with a little sample jar of Dawson's honey. To sign up, please fill out this MS form.
Space is limited. The Office of Sustainability will send you a confirmation email.
─Submitted by Jennifer de Vera
Last Modified: November 7, 2024
