Monday Meditation with Daniel Goldsmith
Meditation every Monday 12:30 - 1 p.m.
https://dawsoncollege.zoom.us/j/98920973208
Meeting ID: 989 2097 3208
Wednesday Meditation with Ivan
Meditation every Wednesday 12:30 - 1 p.m.
https://dawsoncollege.zoom.us/j/95996123375
Meeting ID: 959 9612 3375
On March 24, Suzanne Bellefleur (Library, Reserves and Circulation) wrote: "Spotted these purple croci at my 88-year-old Mum's home this afternoon. I visit her every day after work to bring her groceries, baking, meals and her Gazette. She has stayed in her home and on her property for this past year. We spotted these today in her flower bed, one week after I took her for her first COVID-19 vaccination. She was so excited to see them. They were tightly furled yesterday and today they exploded with colour."
Darlene Tucker (IT Operations) also captured crocuses. She says: "It's so nice to see the crocuses, snowdrops and all the early bloomers arrive! Brightens our spirits!"
Christina Parsons (Communications) is amazed by some of her perennials (geranium, pictured). She wrote: "I thought that perennials died in the winter and that new growth comes up from the roots in the spring. I have several perennials that are intact and alive, looking just as I left them in the fall. They are fully alive a few weeks after the snow melt revealed them. The old leaves are alive and new leaves are growing too!"
This year, we have added an s to Earth Weeks and scheduled two weeks of events.
Here are some highlights:
Sustainability Programs Open House Wednesday, April 21 at 10 a.m.
Come meet representatives from colleges and universities that offer Sustainability degrees and/or certificates, including Dawson’s Environmental & Sustainability Certificate.
Beehive Opening Wednesday, April 21 at 12 p.m.
Take a peek inside Dawson’s 4H rooftop hive – and experience honey bees remotely!
Zoom link: https://dawsoncollege.zoom.us/j/95885539661
Keynote Speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m.
Author of There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities, which was turned into a 2020 Netflix documentary, Dr. Waldron recently co-founded the Anti-Environmental Racism Coalition. Organizations in the environmental and climate change sector are collaborating on projects and sharing expertise and resources to address environmental racism in Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities across Canada.
For more info, click Read More to go to the full schedule. To get zoom links and reserve your class, contact sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Through the seeking understanding discussion participants will learn concrete techniques as allies when supporting those who have experienced or witnessed racism or prejudice, and for engaging in difficult conversations as an activist. Speakers include Annick Maugile Flavien and Audrey Greenberg. Annick is a Black community advocate, a creative scholar, the founding coordinator of the Black…
Students and staff are invited to attend a virtual inter-collegial talk entitled ‘’ Engaging with the SDGs in Higher Education with Prof. Charles Hopkins’’ on April 20 from 5:30-6:45pm. Charles Hopkins’ presentation will be about how we can incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our college communities, from a student and staff perspective. According…
Wonderful, inspiring, motivating… these were just a few of the superlatives that the more than 90 students and faculty from the Women’s/Gender Studies Community shared after attending the International Women’s Day event, Reclaiming Spaces, Sex and Other Pleasures. Our talk with artist-activists Jasmeen Patheja and Paromita Vohra was hosted by Cinema | Communications’ Dipti Gupta…
Dawson's Earth Week is fast approaching. We are reaching out to any staff, faculty or student who would like to contribute a piece of art: canvas painting, digital painting prints, photographs, sculptures, etc. to this year's Earth Week fundraiser. The theme for the pieces is anything nature, animals, sustainability, Earth. They will all be put up for sale online between April 19 and April 30. Your name and/or social media accounts will be mentioned, and all the money raised will help fund Dawson's beautiful Peace Garden.
No pieces will be turned away. Thank you in advance for caring for our garden!
Please contact campuslife@dawsoncollege.qc.ca if you would like to be part of this wonderful cause.
Happy Spring Dawson! This year Spring conditions actually arrived on the official calendar date of the Spring Equinox and it was glorious! Take a walk, snap some photos of Spring's arrival in your neighbourhood and send your best photos to cparsons@dawsoncollege.qc.ca . We will share them in the next D News. This photo was taken the morning of March 23 and shows a budding tree by the river in Verdun.
The temperature is becoming milder, and the smell of spring is in the air. Dawson's Physical Education Department encourages everyone to get out and walk.
Dawson PE challenges you to call some friends from your department and organize a walk and talk! Remember to practice smart social distancing and follow the guidelines set out by Santé Publique. Take a group selfie and send it in to D News.
This photo was taken by Wayne Acton at Pine Beach in Dorval. Dawson colleagues, left to right: Cathy Nickson, Venus Di Genova, Cindy Cantin-Starzenski, Tim Miller, Marcela Donoso.
Walking in its simplest form is one of the most beneficial forms of exercise. In these trying times when most of us are fully teaching online, we need to disconnect and get outside.
Among the vast array of benefits, walking releases dopamine and endorphins in the brain, which make us feel good! Aside from boosting our mood, the physical benefits also include improving our heart health, our sleep, our bone density. Walking also helps us fight off illnesses by building up our immune system.
Walking is underrated, it is a simple and very accessible activity. Remember, exercise is the most under-utilized anti-depressant in the world!
The North-South Studies Profile students are currently on a virtual field trip to Cuba.
Click Read More to go to the homepage news story and learn about the experience, what the students think about it and how you can support them.
Last Modified: April 7, 2021
