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Read more about: Well-being while working from home

Well-being while working from home

April 7th, 2021

Create a work schedule Get dressed as if you were going to work, don’t stay in PJ’s or sweats all day. Make a space just for your work, it may only be a certain area on the kitchen table. Talk with family and let them know when you are at work and cannot be disturbed….

Read more about: April 14: Seeking understanding: as an ally and an activist

April 14: Seeking understanding: as an ally and an activist

April 7th, 2021

Through the seeking understanding discussion participants will learn concrete techniques as allies when supporting those who have experienced or witnessed racism or prejudice, and for engaging in difficult conversations as an activist. Speakers include Annick Maugile Flavien and Audrey Greenberg. Annick is a Black community advocate, a creative scholar, the founding coordinator of the Black…

Read more about: April 20: Engaging with the SDGs in Higher Education with Prof. Charles Hopkins

April 20: Engaging with the SDGs in Higher Education with Prof. Charles Hopkins

April 7th, 2021

Students and staff are invited to attend a virtual inter-collegial talk entitled ‘’ Engaging with the SDGs in Higher Education with Prof. Charles Hopkins’’ on April 20 from 5:30-6:45pm. Charles Hopkins’ presentation will be about how we can incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our college communities, from a student and staff perspective. According…

Earth Weeks are April 19-30

April 7th, 2021

This year, we have added an s to Earth Weeks and scheduled two weeks of events.

Here are some highlights:

Sustainability ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ Open House Wednesday, April 21 at 10 a.m.

Come meet representatives from colleges and universities that offer Sustainability degrees and/or certificates, including Dawson’s Environmental & Sustainability Certificate.

Beehive Opening Wednesday, April 21 at 12 p.m.

Take a peek inside Dawson’s 4H rooftop hive – and  experience honey bees remotely!

Zoom link:

Keynote Speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m.

Author of There’s Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities, which was turned into a 2020 Netflix documentary, Dr. Waldron recently co-founded the Anti-Environmental Racism Coalition. Organizations in the environmental and climate change sector are collaborating on projects and sharing expertise and resources to address environmental racism in Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities across Canada.

For more info, click Read More to go to the full schedule. To get zoom links and reserve your class, contact sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca


Read more about: Reclaiming Spaces, Sex and Other Pleasures

Reclaiming Spaces, Sex and Other Pleasures

March 23rd, 2021

Wonderful, inspiring, motivating… these were just a few of the superlatives that the more than 90 students and faculty from the Women’s/Gender Studies Community shared after attending the International Women’s Day event, Reclaiming Spaces, Sex and Other Pleasures. Our talk with artist-activists Jasmeen Patheja and Paromita Vohra was hosted by Cinema | Communications’ Dipti Gupta…

Seeking artist contributions for Earth Week event

March 23rd, 2021

Dawson's Earth Week is fast approaching. We are reaching out to any staff, faculty or student who would like to contribute a piece of art: canvas painting, digital painting prints, photographs, sculptures, etc. to this year's Earth Week fundraiser. The theme for the pieces is anything nature, animals, sustainability, Earth. They will all be put up for sale online between April 19 and April 30. Your name and/or social media accounts will be mentioned, and all the money raised will help fund Dawson's beautiful Peace Garden.

No pieces will be turned away. Thank you in advance for caring for our garden!

Please contact campuslife@dawsoncollege.qc.ca if you would like to be part of this wonderful cause.


Show us Spring!

March 23rd, 2021

Happy Spring Dawson! This year Spring conditions actually arrived on the official calendar date of the Spring Equinox and it was glorious! Take a walk, snap some photos of Spring's arrival in your neighbourhood and send your best photos to cparsons@dawsoncollege.qc.ca . We will share them in the next D News. This photo was taken the morning of March 23 and shows a budding tree by the river in Verdun.


Walk and talk challenge from Phys. Ed. colleagues

March 23rd, 2021

The temperature is becoming milder, and the smell of spring is in the air. Dawson's Physical Education Department encourages everyone to get out and walk.

Dawson PE challenges you to call some friends from your department and organize a walk and talk! Remember to practice smart social distancing and follow the guidelines set out by Santé Publique. Take a group selfie and send it in to D News.

This photo was taken by Wayne Acton at Pine Beach in Dorval. Dawson colleagues, left to right: Cathy Nickson, Venus Di Genova, Cindy Cantin-Starzenski, Tim Miller, Marcela Donoso.

Walking in its simplest form is one of the most beneficial forms of exercise.  In these trying times when most of us are fully teaching online, we need to disconnect and get outside.

Among the vast array of benefits, walking releases dopamine and endorphins in the brain, which make us feel good! Aside from boosting our mood, the physical benefits also include improving our heart health, our sleep, our bone density. Walking also helps us fight off illnesses by building up our immune system.

Walking is underrated, it is a simple and very accessible activity. Remember, exercise is the most under-utilized anti-depressant in the world!


Students go to Cuba on virtual field trip

March 23rd, 2021

The North-South Studies Profile students are currently on a virtual field trip to Cuba.

Click Read More to go to the homepage news story and learn about the experience, what the students think about it and how you can support them.


Read more about: Using the power of storytelling to support student mental health

Using the power of storytelling to support student mental health

March 9th, 2021

The Counselling team of Student Services hosted an arts-based workshop on Feb. 25 to provide a safe space for ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ÊÓƵ students to connect with each other, share stories and learn about resources to support mental health during this time of isolation. About 45 students attended the workshop entitled Movies for Mental Health, presented by…

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