Our resident cycling enthusiast Richard Dugas of Facilities Management has pulled together advice and resources to encourage you to get on your bike this spring. Transport is one of Dawson's greatest causes of greenhouse gas emissions. Practice your itinerary on the quiet streets during the pandemic and come back to Dawson on your bike. Click read more for all the tips to get riding again.
Secure your spot in an upcoming Sustainable Happiness introductory course (3 hours) or the Sustainable Happiness Certificate (20 hours). The May session for support staff and professionals is already full. Please indicate your interest and get on the waiting list by emailing sustainability@dawsonscollege.qc.ca Please indicate in your email which of the following courses you would…
This last issue of D News for April means it is the last edition of Dawson Homebody, an initiative of Dawson's Physical Education Department to help keep the Dawson community physically and mentally healthy.
This last edition contains the special message en français from the French Department (read message in photo).
We are happy to share the last two special workouts created especially for you:
Vince Maggiore (Business Administration) is calling on all Dawson musicians and singers to join the Dawson Blues Band, a fun project to uplift the community with feel-good music. There is no limit to the number of people who can join! Vince, who was in a rock band in the past, has already recruited Ivan Freud…
Dawson College made the front page of The Montreal Gazette on the occasion of Earth Day
Global TV and City TV also reported about Dawson's work to live well-being for all, sustainably and on our pledge to be Carbon Neutral Forever.
Given the exceptional circumstances we are all adapting to, we have made some changes to facilitate the referral of students to the Counselling Service. We have streamlined all inquiries and referrals from teachers & other personnel to a single point of entry. All applications for distance counselling, as well as any student centered mental health related inquiries, can…
John Nathaniel Gertler, a student in Environmental Studies and a member of the Dawson Blues Basketball team and the Green Earth Club, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Dawson College Foundation April 23.
Click Read More for the homepage news story.
Please let the Sustainability Office and Facilities Management know if you left food in your office or in a fridge or kitchen area.
It is week 7 and it would be important to throw out these leftovers.
Please use this form so you can return to a nice smell in the College:
Dawson employees have a 15% discount on Bixi bike sharing memberships.
The regular annual fee is $97 and Dawson employees only pay $82.45, tax included.
To sign up, email sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
For information about using the Bixi service during the pandemic, visit: https://www.bixi.com/en/info-covid-19
Dawson was to have hosted the 2020 Intercollegiate Unplugged Singing Competition on April 27.
The competition has moved online and everyone can join a Facebook Watch Party this coming Monday at 7 p.m.on the Campus Life and Leadership Facebook page.
Three Dawson students are finalists in the competition: Jeanne Brabant, Jesse Caruso, and Aaron Patrick Dalangin. Viewers can vote for their favourite performance, along with three local celebrity judges.
Last Modified: May 5, 2020
