Do you know a Black Changemaker?
November 3rd, 2021
CBC Quebec is back with their second annual .
The project highlights Black individuals whose efforts to make a change are bringing about a meaningful impact and inspiring others in their hometowns across the province. Nominees can be artists, creators, students, healthcare workers, educators, entrepreneurs, community organizers and everyone in between. There is no minimum age for the Changemakers either.
CBC Quebec is accepting nominations until November 5, 2021. Nomination form is .
Athletic Therapy Clinic open again
November 3rd, 2021
Our Certified Athletic Therapists Kathryn Grzelak, Wing Lee, Robert Kerr and Sonia Adhami are available for appointments.
Periods for possible appointments:
Mondays: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesdays: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Wednesdays: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Fridays: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Email atclinic@dawsoncollege.qc.ca to book an appointment.
From Hive to Honey jar: Bee workshop for employees Nov. 17
November 3rd, 2021
A hands-on, sticky, and sweet celebration of the beekeeping season coming to an end! Our local beekeeper from Alvéole arrives with two bursting honey frames and all the equipment necessary to extract it. Participants actively participate in uncapping honey frames, turning the manual extractor, bottling the honey and—most importantly—tasting the fruits of the bees’ labour! Due to health restrictions, we can only welcome 30 participants. We will contact you to confirm your participation.
Wednesday Nov. 17
12 -1 p.m.
Conrod's 2F.4 near the stage
To express your interest, please email sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Photo: Several employees, including Jenn de Vera, watched a beekeeper wrap up the bee hives (home to 100,000 Dawson honey bees) for winter on Dawson's 4H rooftop on Oct. 20.Â
November 3rd, 2021
On Oct. 30, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ students in Jonathan Egan’s Outdoor Education Activities course were fortunate to have Kanien’kehà ’ka Elder and Knowledge Keeper Niioie:ren Patton of Kahnawà :ke speak to them out on the land. Surrounded by the beautiful trees and varied habitats of ÃŽle Saint-Bernard near Kahnawà :ke, students used old logs and moist ground as their…
Student-initiated Atwater Community Pantry fills a void
November 3rd, 2021
The pandemic brought food insecurity to the fore after job losses, isolation and uncertainty about the future. A group of Dawson students who saw the hardship firsthand by volunteering at the soup kitchen Resilience on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Atwater seized on an idea to create another avenue for food distribution that was anonymous, non-judgmental, accessible at all hours and throughout the four seasons.
Click Read More for the homepage news story.
The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign at Dawson
November 3rd, 2021
Poppies are available on a donation basis at one of the following Dawson locations:
- Information Booth (second floor atrium)
- Library Circulation Desk (5C.03)
- Campus Life & Leadership Office (2E.06)
Lest we forget.
-Submitted by Kaye Francis of Student ServicesÂ
Gustave’s visit to Dawson
November 3rd, 2021
Gustave (pictured) attended Dawson for a year and a half with Susan Finch (Faculty, Psychology) in his quest to be a service dog. Some of Melanie Doyle's 401 students met Gustave before the pandemic and invited him to come back on Oct. 16 as part of their service project for the course in positive psychology.
"My group was overwhelmed by the participation and shut it down two hours early after almost 100 students had visited," Melanie said. The line-up of students waiting for some one-on-one dog therapy with Gustave was down the hallway, she reported.
SURVEYS! SURVEYS! SURVEYS!
November 3rd, 2021
Thank you to everyone who participated in this semester’s College-wide surveys!
We had a record number of employees fill out the survey regarding Dawson’s Policy on Sexual Violence and a healthy response rate for the Sustainability Office’s Transportation Survey.
Feedback from the community is crucial! For the former, survey data and responses will help develop recommendations to improve the policy. For the latter, seeing how students and employees commute to the College helps us see our common carbon footprint and take steps to decrease it.
Message from the Quality Assurance and Planning Office
Please don’t feed Dawson’s wildlife
October 13th, 2021
During the tele-teaching and tele-working period, little human activity at the College meant wildlife reclaimed our landscape.
Foxes, groundhogs, raccoons and a host of birds have been visiting. Now that we have returned, it is great to see staff and students enjoying Nature. Several well-intentioned people, both staff and Dawson neighbours, have been asked to stop feeding the birds because of unintentional consequences we would like to share with you:
- Feeding bread, muffins or other baked goods fills birds’ stomachs, but has little nutritional value and can lead to health problems for the bird. Young birds especially are affected.
- Gulls and squirrels eat most foods given by humans and then boldly take food from people sitting at tables outside when they can’t find any elsewhere. Squirrels enter backpacks for food and gulls swoop down and take open food from the tables.
- Feeding animals diminishes their foraging skills and can lead to larger litters of babies
- Wild animals can lose their natural fear of humans and become a nuisance or dangerous to humans
- Rats and mice come to eat leftover food at night. We do not want to attract these animals to the landscape. The squirrel population on campus is also high and they do significant damage to the gardens and they even chew on rubber or plastic on cars in the parking areas! We do not want to attract more!
- Peanut shells that are left throughout the landscape are a serious hazard to the members of the Dawson Community who live with severe allergies and would like to benefit from our outdoor spaces.
- Feeding wild animals is illegal in Westmount and offenders can receive a first fine of $50 and subsequent fines of $100
Reactivating student life at Dawson
October 13th, 2021
Dawson students are very enthusiastic about participating in campus life after having gone without for the past three semesters, according to the Campus Life and Leadership team (CLL) and the Dawson Student Union (DSU).
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Photo credit: Michelle Lee (CLL)
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