Winter Open House will have some new features based on the experience of the Fall Open House last month.
Click Read More to find out what's planned Feb. 7-9, 2022; more details to come in the early new year.
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) recognized Dawson College as the top performer in the category of associate colleges around the world and called out the Monarch Butterfly Nursery project as an institutional highlight in its 2021 Sustainable Campus Index, published Nov. 9, 2021.
Click Read More for more information about the Dawson community achievement and a link to the SCI.
With the arrival of the first snowflakes this week, it seemed like a good time to let you know how we will communicate with employees, students and the public if there is a severe weather forecast or a decision is taken to cancel classes and close the campus.
All Dawson employees would be informed by an email to their Dawson email account from the Communications Office to All Dawson. If the campus is closed for a day, most employees would not be expected to work from home. If the situation is prolonged, the College would provide further instructions.
For more details about snow day communications plans, click Read More.
Read More - Snow, freezing rain and other inclement weather plans at Dawson
The Professional Theatre Department is proud to announce Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, performed by the 3rd year graduating students and directed by Leslie Baker.
The show runs Nov. 17 - 27 with matinées exclusively open to the Dawson community. Matinées are Nov. 17, 19 and 25 from 12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Tickets are $6.32 and can be booked on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-midsummer-nights-dream-matinees-tickets-204430435937
Proof of adequate vaccination is required.
Photo by: Emma Rosa Melgoza
A committee at Dawson has been hard at work to ensure that Dawson does more than just mark Sept. 30.
Click Read More for a report about Beyond Orange Shirt Day from the committee.
For years, the Alexis-Nihon shopping centre across the street has been like a second home to the Dawson community – from dashing over (through the tunnel in bad weather) for lunch to getting groceries or doing a little shopping.
There is a new partnership with the mall to advance Dawson's Living Campus projects. You can register to be a Dawson volunteer for gift wrapping at the mall from Dec. 6 - 24. All proceeds will benefit Dawson's Living Campus projects.
Click Read More for more information.
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.
Click Read More to find out how you can help.
Chickadees and nuthatches have already been spotted at Dawson’s new bird feeder, installed in the Peace Garden in early November.
“We hope to attract 15-20 species over the winter,” said Chris Adam of Dawson’s Sustainability Office. Chris made the bird feeder and installed it with help from Phys. Ed. faculty member Doug Smyth, who is also an avid birdwatcher and photographer.
The 10-foot-high untreated cedar bird feeder will be up year-round and holds a variety of seeds high in protein, restocked by student volunteers. A separate suet feeder on the nearby ash tree snag is a much-needed source of fat to non-migrating birds.
Special thanks to a group of Mechanical Engineering Technology students who made a squirrel and raccoon baffle so animals can’t climb to the feeders or jump up over it. Snow will also be cleared around the bird feeder to prevent squirrels from raiding it.
Students and employees are encouraged to observe our bird visitors. Observations and photos can be sent to sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca or you can drop by the Sustainability Office in 4B.3. Maybe you will be the one to identify and document the 53rd bird species to visit Dawson!
The Psychology Profile teamed up with the Peace Centre to invite Dr. Michael King to speak to students on Oct. 27.
Click Read More for a report by Psychology Profile Coordinator Selma Hamdani on his talk, a video link to view the lecture, and some resources in Montreal against radicalization.
We congratulate Ken Fogel (Retired faculty, Computer Science) for receiving the Participant of the Year Award by the Java Community Process.
Click Read More to go to the press release.
Giving Tuesday is a global movement that encourages individuals to support their favourite cause and make an impact in their community. The date of Giving Tuesday this year is Nov. 30, but the benefits of giving last all year.
“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” (Maya Angelou)
Dawson has participated in this activity in the past with great success. This year, we are launching a program for giving that not only helps various members of our community and supports community-building projects, but one that also touches our hearts.
On Tuesday, Nov. 23, we will begin a one-week countdown to Giving Tuesday on our social media channels:
Dawson is a giving community by nature, rising above even the challenges posed by the pandemic. Our generosity knows no bounds!
Two Visual Arts students interviewed Anahita Norouzi, artist of Other Landscapes at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until Nov. 25.
Click Read More for the homepage feature interview.
Last week, it was the Semaine des technologues en imagerie médicale, en radio-oncologie et en électrophysiologie médicale of the OTIMROEPMQ.
At Dawson, we are proud of our contribution to the Quebec healthcare system. Bravo to our hard-working teachers, students and graduates of the Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Ultrasound Technology and Radiation Oncology programs.
We celebrated them on our social media channels last week:
Our very first cohort of Medical Ultrasound Technology students marked the occasion by trying our brand new simulators for the first time!
Photo of the Medical Ultrasound Technology Program faculty, courtesy of Program Coordinator Ania Stosiak.
Dawson graduate and tattoo artist Caitlin Lindstrom-Milne (Dawson Class of 2014, Illustration) was chosen to design the Royal Canadian Mint’s Remembrance Day coin this year. Her story was featured by Global Montreal on Nov. 10.
Click Read More to go to the report.
While the team that is pictured is getting very busy at this time of year, some Dawson teams will be taking some well-deserved time off. We will be sharing office closures in this D News and in the next one on Dec. 1.
Student Services (including the Library):
Closed from Dec. 24, 2021 to Jan. 4, 2022 inclusively
Information Systems and Technology:
Closing early on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. Help Desk will remain open for emergencies.
Closed from Dec. 24, 2021 to Jan. 3, 2022 inclusively. Urgent requests may be sent to helpdesk@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Office of Academic Development:
Closed from Dec. 23, 2021 to Jan. 3, 2022 inclusively
Sustainability Office:
Closed from Dec. 22, 2021 to Jan. 3, 2022 inclusively
DawsonITE is your curated news related to IT and Education prepared by Dawson's Rafael Scapin. In this issue:
Last Modified: November 18, 2021
