Do you know a Black Changemaker?
November 3rd, 2021
CBC Quebec is back with their second annual Black Changemakers series.
The project highlights Black individuals whose efforts to make a change are bringing about a meaningful impact and inspiring others in their hometowns across the province. Nominees can be artists, creators, students, healthcare workers, educators, entrepreneurs, community organizers and everyone in between. There is no minimum age for the Changemakers either.
CBC Quebec is accepting nominations until November 5, 2021. Nomination form is here.
Athletic Therapy Clinic open again
November 3rd, 2021
Our Certified Athletic Therapists Kathryn Grzelak, Wing Lee, Robert Kerr and Sonia Adhami are available for appointments.
Periods for possible appointments:
Mondays: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesdays: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Fridays: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Email atclinic@dawsoncollege.qc.ca to book an appointment.
From Hive to Honey jar: Bee workshop for employees Nov. 17
November 3rd, 2021
A hands-on, sticky, and sweet celebration of the beekeeping season coming to an end! Our local beekeeper from Alvéole arrives with two bursting honey frames and all the equipment necessary to extract it. Participants actively participate in uncapping honey frames, turning the manual extractor, bottling the honey and—most importantly—tasting the fruits of the bees’ labour! Due to health restrictions, we can only welcome 30 participants. We will contact you to confirm your participation.
Wednesday Nov. 17
12 -1 p.m.
Conrod's 2F.4 near the stage
To express your interest, please email sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Photo: Several employees, including Jenn de Vera, watched a beekeeper wrap up the bee hives (home to 100,000 Dawson honey bees) for winter on Dawson's 4H rooftop on Oct. 20.
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…
Student-initiated Atwater Community Pantry fills a void
November 3rd, 2021
The pandemic brought food insecurity to the fore after job losses, isolation and uncertainty about the future. A group of Dawson students who saw the hardship firsthand by volunteering at the soup kitchen Resilience on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Atwater seized on an idea to create another avenue for food distribution that was anonymous, non-judgmental, accessible at all hours and throughout the four seasons.
Click Read More for the homepage news story.
The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign at Dawson
November 3rd, 2021
Poppies are available on a donation basis at one of the following Dawson locations:
- Information Booth (second floor atrium)
- Library Circulation Desk (5C.03)
- Campus Life & Leadership Office (2E.06)
Lest we forget.
-Submitted by Kaye Francis of Student Services
Gustave’s visit to Dawson
November 3rd, 2021
Gustave (pictured) attended Dawson for a year and a half with Susan Finch (Faculty, Psychology) in his quest to be a service dog. Some of Melanie Doyle's 401 students met Gustave before the pandemic and invited him to come back on Oct. 16 as part of their service project for the course in positive psychology.
"My group was overwhelmed by the participation and shut it down two hours early after almost 100 students had visited," Melanie said. The line-up of students waiting for some one-on-one dog therapy with Gustave was down the hallway, she reported.
SURVEYS! SURVEYS! SURVEYS!
November 3rd, 2021
Thank you to everyone who participated in this semester’s College-wide surveys!
We had a record number of employees fill out the survey regarding Dawson’s Policy on Sexual Violence and a healthy response rate for the Sustainability Office’s Transportation Survey.
Feedback from the community is crucial! For the former, survey data and responses will help develop recommendations to improve the policy. For the latter, seeing how students and employees commute to the College helps us see our common carbon footprint and take steps to decrease it.
Message from the Quality Assurance and Planning Office
Trees will be planted based on your survey results
October 13th, 2021
How do you get to the campus and a few other questions are part of a short transportation survey in Omnivox. All employees and students are asked to complete it before it closes on Sunday, Oct. 17.
Your anonymous survey results will enable the College to figure the approximate distance traveled and the corresponding emissions.
In 2018, the College pledged to be carbon neutral forever. To honour this pledge, each year the College offsets our collective CO2(e) emissions by planting thousands of trees to absorb the tonnage of CO2(e) yearly.
Deadline extended to Oct. 14 at 12 p.m. to complete survey about Policy on Sexual Violence
October 13th, 2021
A record number of students have participated in the survey about Dawson's Policy on Sexual Violence: over 6,000! It is clearly a topic that is important to them.
The deadline has now been extended for employees to Thursday, Oct. 14 at 12 p.m. The hope is that more employees will complete the survey so the Policy Review Subcommittee can have good data to make recommendations to improve the Policy. To date, 509 employees have participated from the following categories:
Faculty: 310
Support Staff: 117
Professionals: 59
Managers: 23
The survey is live in Omnivox and can be found under what's new or click on Surveys and Votes under the My Omnivox Services menu.
Click Read More to go to the Omnivox sign-in page.
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