Pictured: SH Winter 2023 cohort: top row left to right: Gianna Di Giacomo-Smith (Campus Life and Leadership), Trudy St. Croix (CLL),聽Matthew Rettino (Academic Skills Centre),聽Wendy Willis (Administration Technician),聽Jaime Hutchison (Facilities Management),聽Stavroula Vitoratos (Library). Bottom row, left to right: Azra Khan (Human Resources), Jenn de Vera (Sustainability Office)
Pictured: SH Winter 2023 cohort: top row left to right: Gianna Di Giacomo-Smith (Campus Life and Leadership), Trudy St. Croix (CLL),聽Matthew Rettino (Academic Skills Centre),聽Wendy Willis (Administration Technician),聽Jaime Hutchison (Facilities Management),聽Stavroula Vitoratos (Library). Bottom row, left to right: Azra Khan (Human Resources), Jenn de Vera (Sustainability Office)

Sustainable Happiness registration open for support staff & professionals

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Support staff and professionals have the amazing opportunity to use work time to attend and do the course work for Dawson鈥檚 Sustainable Happiness non-credit course. Did we mention free? The Sustainable Happiness course is free and is guaranteed to help you be more happy, sustainably.

What is Sustainable Happiness?

鈥淗appiness that contributes to individual, community or global well-being and does not exploit other people, the environment, or future generations.鈥澛� -Dr. Catherine O鈥橞rien

Dawson students, support staff and external groups have participated in the peer-to-peer Sustainable Happiness educational experience since Winter 2020. The weekly sessions are developed with a goal of reconnecting people, community, and Nature.

The Sustainability Office and Human Resources will offer 24-hour Sustainable Happiness (SH) Certificates to support staff/professional employees during the Fall 2023 term. These sessions are led by employees who have completed their six-month Sustainable Happiness Facilitator Training Program.

Participants in the certificate are introduced to the concept of Sustainable Happiness and explore its implications, both personally and professionally. This is an experiential and applied training.

Key topics include sustainability, connecting with Nature, positive psychology, well-being, happiness, and healthy/sustainable lifestyles. All participants must complete a project that benefits the well-being of themselves, others and/or the environment to obtain the certificate.

About this fall鈥檚 SH courses:

    • 12 Weeks (2 hrs per week) = 24 hours
    • Wednesdays Sept. 20- Dec. 13, 2023
    • 1-3 p.m. in the Co-Lab (3F.43) and outdoor locations on campus
    • No session on Wednesday, October 11, 2023
    • Registration deadline is Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 by 6 p.m.
    • Your manager must approve your participation before you register.
    • We will let you know by 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, whether your participation is confirmed.

We hope that you can take the time to participate in these workshops and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

搁别驳颈蝉迟别谤听(after receiving your聽manager鈥檚聽approval)

Jennifer de Vera
Sustainable Happiness Facilitator, Sustainable Dawson
jdevera@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

Azra Khan
Sustainable Happiness Facilitator & Coordinator, Pedagogical and Professional Development
akhan@dawsoncollege.qc.ca



Last Modified: August 29, 2023