A casual gathering/interfaith prayer with the , a symbol of the desire for peace around the world, will take place at Dawson's Peace Garden on Monday, June 6 at 2 p.m.
Ivan Freud of the Peace Studies Certificate will be there to welcome the Flame of Hope and the Dawson Community is invited to join him.
The Flame of Hope arrived in North America in the fall and was blessed at St. Joseph鈥檚 Oratory before going on to the U.S.
The award-winning global security strategist, women’s rights advocate, and medical doctor, Dr. Alaa Murabit, is one of the leading global health and inclusive security experts of her generation. Her work has helped develop policies in 193 countries and impacted the lives of billions, and yet, she never intended to become an advocate. On April 27,…
Ivan Freud of the Peace Studies Certificate invites the Dawson community to sign a petition to reject war and nuclear weapons.
Click Read More to add your name to the petition.
The Sustainability Office, in collaboration with the Peace Centre and other departments, is excited to introduce the fast-approaching Earth Week 2022, which will take place Tuesday to Friday, April 19-22. We would like to give you an opportunity to take advantage of some of the many activities we have planned. You will note that we…
The Sustainability Office, in collaboration with the Peace Centre and other departments, is excited to introduce the fast-approaching Earth Week 2022, which will take place Tuesday to Friday, April 19-22. We would like to give you an opportunity to take advantage of some of the many activities we have planned. You will note that we have a mix of in-person and virtual events available.
You can roam the Lower Atrium shopping for eco-friendly products and/or take a Living Campus tour and learn about the many student-driven sustainability initiatives that have changed the campus! While there will be more to come, certain activities are dependent on direct participation. Please review your schedules, and if interested, request a booking to join us and discover our Living Campus while connecting with others from the Dawson community.
Our Earth Week theme this year is 鈥淲ell-Being for Yourself, Others, and the Environment.鈥� Inspired by the we are happy to announce that our week鈥檚 activities and events will collectively touch on all 17 SDGs.
To request class bookings for our events, clickfor our events form. If you have any questions, feel free to email sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Every day from Monday to Friday, the Dawson Peace Certificate team is offering daily meditation from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. in 3E.8. All are welcome. No registration required.
As a part of the 星空传媒视频 Peace Centre's commitment to decolonization and Indigenization, we will continue to offer organizational and financial support to faculty to host an Indigenous Elder to facilitate a Blanket Exercise in their classroom in the Winter 2022 semester. The Blanket Exercise is an interactive experiential exercise which enables students to understand Indigenous history on Turtle Island (A鈥檔owara鈥檏o:wa) as well as the legacy of colonization.
For more information or to host this activity (or another decolonization or Indigenization initiative) in your class, please contact Diana Rice: drice@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
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.
The Psychology Profile teamed up with the Peace Centre to invite聽Dr.聽Michael聽King (see bio below)聽to speak to students on Oct. 27. Dr. King joined us virtually during a General Psychology class that forms a learning community triad with an Anthropology and a History course, under the theme of Race, Ethnicity and Migration. The talk on radicalization…
On Oct. 30, 星空传媒视频 students in Jonathan Egan鈥檚 Outdoor Education Activities course were fortunate to have Kanien鈥檏eh脿鈥檏a Elder and Knowledge Keeper Niioie:ren Patton of Kahnaw脿:ke speak to them out on the land. Surrounded by the beautiful trees and varied habitats of 脦le Saint-Bernard near Kahnaw脿:ke, students used old logs and moist ground as their…
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