Dawson students and employees will experience the first聽聽at 星空传媒视频 on Thursday, Sept. 30.
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Read More - First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is Thursday, Sept. 30
As I start my first semester as Academic Dean, I would like to get to know the community better. Starting next week, I invite you to join me in informal meetings to share your thoughts and ideas on academic matters.
The first meeting will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. A second meeting will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Both events will take place in the CoLab, room 3F.43. To avoid exceeding the room capacity, it would be helpful if you could let us know (email academicdean@dawsoncollege.qc.ca) that you will be attending. Space permitting, you are also welcome to drop by.
I look forward to the opportunity of speaking with you on Oct. 6 or Oct. 13.
Thank you,
Rob Cassidy
Academic Dean
Today, the College is launching a survey for all employees and all students to share their experience and/or feedback about the Policy on Sexual Violence. The survey will run until Oct. 13.
To complete the survey, log into and look for it under What鈥檚 New or click on Surveys and Votes under the My Omnivox Services menu.
Your anonymous responses and all the data from Dawson employees and students will be carefully considered by the Policy Review Subcommittee of the Standing Committee for the Policy on Sexual Violence.聽 The Standing Committee will then make recommendations to 顿补飞蝉辞苍鈥檚 Board of Governors at their Nov. 24 meeting.
顿补飞蝉辞苍鈥檚 Policy on Sexual Violence has been in effect since Sept. 1, 2019. Each year, the Standing Committee must review the policy and make revisions if necessary.
New employees and those who have not yet completed their mandatory training can choose to do it in English or in French:
To access the video training:
Go to:聽
will open Dawson's Ped Day on Friday, Oct. 15 with an opening plenary address entitled Teaching in Turbulent Times.
Even without considering COVID, experts predicted disruption in higher education over the next decade or so resulting from a combination of trends in demographics, technology and society.
When COVID hit, it unearthed some additional considerations. This session first explores these disruptions, then suggests 10 specific ways these disruptions might affect the day-to-day work of CEGEP instructors, including the impacts on the student body and their expectations, the nature of courses being taught, and the nature of teaching.
Click the Read More link to see the full line-up of Ped Day events and to register.
Dawson Support Staff play a vital role at the College, helping students, teachers and their colleagues throughout the College to achieve their goals in fulfilling our mission. During this, Support Staff Appreciation Week, we would like to take this opportunity to recognize the contribution of support staff to campus life, and to thank each and every member for their dedication, their professionalism and their commitment to their tasks and for maintaining a high standard of service to the entire community.
Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity,聽The Fair Trade Handbook聽presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between different viewpoints.
North-South Studies in partnership with the Sustainability Office is hosting the book launch for The Fair Trade Handbook this Friday, Oct. 1 at 11:30 a.m. during the North-South Seminar in 5B.16.
For more about the book:
If you wish to attend, please email GFrias@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
The Board of Governors met on Sept. 23.
Click Read More to read the meeting highlights, which include the new board members and the Annual Management Plan.
Read More - Highlights from the Sept. 23 Board of Governors meeting
Nominations are now open for the David Oliver Award 鈥� 1 recipient of $500
鈥嬧�婽his award is offered by the Association of Dawson Professionals in memory of David Oliver. David was a beloved member of the Student Services staff who died at a young age and is fondly remembered by his colleagues and the students whose lives he touched. The award is given to a second- or third-year student in good academic standing, who shows great promise in leadership, and who best exemplifies a sense of responsibility and integrity within student activities.
Please nominate through . Look for the link called Awards, Bursaries and Scholarships under the Student Services menu.
The nomination deadline is October 12, 2021.
If you would like to participate in one of our Awards Selection Committees, please sign up here:
/awards-scholarships/awards-selection-committee-sign-up-form/
To say that everything has changed since March 2020 is an understatement. For educational institutions that rely heavily on in-person interaction at every level, recruitment activities have been particularly challenging to showcase the best we have to offer while respecting necessary COVID-19 measures.
For the second year, Dawson will host a virtual Open House on Sunday, Oct. 24. The day鈥檚 activities will be held in two parts: at 11 a.m. and at 12:15 p.m., there will be webinars on how to apply given by Admissions and Advising. After, prospective students and parents will have a chance to ask questions online. The Q&A will be moderated.
Later in the afternoon, live chat sessions will be open from 2 to 5 p.m. during which prospective students can engage in one-on-one chats with teachers in the specific programs they are interested in. A minimum of two program/profile representatives are encouraged to participate in the chats and are asked to fill out the form under Non-Academic Services on to provide names and information no later than Sept. 30 so that a sufficient number of licenses can be arranged.
Technical programs may choose to augment their program promotion efforts with a number of different online and in-person options that are being presented to them, bearing in mind pandemic precautions and measures that must be respected for 鈥渘on-essential鈥� activities on campus.
Click Read More to go to the Open House microsite.
Read More - The new age of Open House, recruitment and program promotion
Pat Romano (Faculty, Humanities) and Kim Simard (Faculty, Cinema | Communications) are beginning to implement the next phase of their project, which has been shared with administrators and educators across Canada and with faculty and professionals at 顿补飞蝉辞苍鈥檚 Ped Days.
Click Read More to find out more about the project and how you can get involved.
Read More - Creative Collective for Change is next phase of Resist Violence
As the 21st century unfolds, Dawson students and teachers have a new opportunity to continue channelling their knowledge and abilities into positive action that counters the daunting environmental, economic and social challenges of today.
Click Read More to learn about the new certificate and a link to the Ped Day workshop on Oct. 15 at 1:30 p.m.
Fall 2021 marks a new beginning for Writing in the Disciplines at Dawson as Jeff Gandell takes over the Project Lead from Ian MacKenzie. To mark this re-imagining of WID at Dawson, there are several exciting events planned for the semester.
One of these is the Faculty Writing Drop-In Jam Sessions. These sessions will be a place to work on your novel or journal article or any creative project alongside a group of your peers. A dedicated spot on your schedule to create, collaborate, and commiserate. A way to start of your weekend with a wee creative burst. Taking place every Friday from Oct. 1 until Nov. 26, from 2 -4 p.m. in 3F.37. If interested in participating, fill out , or just drop by any session!
To read about other WID workshops planned for F21,
CRISPESH has planned a series of lunch 'n learn sessions for the 2021-2022 academic year. The first is on Oct. 6.聽 CRISPESH聽 is the College Centre for the Transfer of Technologies (CCTT), which Dawson shares with C茅gep du Vieux Montr茅al for the inclusion into society for people living with a disabling situation.
Click Read More to access a pdf file with all the dates and a link to the CRISPESH events page.
Heavy Weather by Lizzie Nunnery is about a young woman who faces the environmental crisis head-on as she embarks on a hero's journey in search of her mother, certainty and hope.
With an ensemble of protestors, onlookers, media, family and allies,聽Heavy Weather聽explores the complexity of protest, bias, agenda and manipulation, how to grapple with fear of the future, and self-discovery in how to own one鈥檚 power to change and inspire others.
With songs, brilliant humour, heart and truth,聽Heavy Weather聽is a timely play resonating with revolution and how, moment to moment, we can reinvent the future.
Playing next Wednesday-Saturday, Oct. 6 -9, at 8 p.m.
Tickets must be booked in advance: email lesau@dawsoncollege.qc.ca or call the Box Office at 514 931-5000.
*Vaccine passport required
About 1,200 spring bulbs were ordered by the Sustainability Office to boost everyone's mood by encouraging employees to dream about spring gardening. A rainbow of bulbs were offered for sale to employees on Sept. 20-21: hyacinths, daffodils (which the squirrels don't like) and tulips.
About half were sold at cost to employees and will be brightening up home gardens. The remaining bulbs will be planted on campus: some pink bulbs around Anastasia's tree in the Peace Garden, some in the island garden of the first parking lot and some in the garden of the 3C courtyard.
Sandra Gravel (Student Services), pictured, bought her bulbs from the student Sustainabili-team volunteers. Jennifer de Vera (Sustainability Office) recommends planting the bulbs over the next week before the ground gets too hard.
Every graduate of 顿补飞蝉辞苍鈥檚 Nursing Program can land a job in the field upon graduation. Many employers are actively recruiting the new nurses before they even graduate.
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Guidance Counsellor Days will take place on Oct. 8 for the English sector and Oct. 14 for the French sector.
These are important events to share updates about applying to Dawson and to promote the spotlight programs to high school guidance counsellors.
This year the spotlight programs are Community, Recreation and Leadership Training (CRLT), Laboratory Technology (Analytical Chemistry), and the Languages Profile of the Arts, Literature and Communication Program.
The host for the English session will be Donna Varrica (Communications Office) and the host for the French session will be Julie Brosseau (Registrar's Office).
We were saddened to learn of the passing of long-time Humanities secretary Yasmin Hassan on Aug. 20. Yasmin was a Dawson employee for 30 years, having retired in 2005. She was pre-deceased by her husband Faruq in 2011, who had been a English teacher at Dawson for 30 years between 1974 and 2004 when he retired. Yasmin moved to Toronto some years ago to be closer to her son, CBC personality and comedian Ali Hassan and his family. He said of her passing: 鈥淪he leaves behind a legacy of kindness, humility, and unrelenting positivity.鈥� Those who knew her at Dawson can attest to those qualities as well as to her collaborative spirit with colleagues.
We regret to inform you that retired English teacher Pamela Sachs passed away on Sept. 11. Click Read More to go to the obituary.
The Sustainability Office has ordered a big delivery of four-by-five inch pots in a variety of colours so employees can repot the baby plants distributed by College managers in August as a welcome back gesture for all employees. It would be good to repot the plants so they have more space to grow. When the pots arrive, Sustainabili-team volunteers can repot your plant for you or show you how to do it yourself in the Sustainability Office in 4B.
Those of you who have plants that are struggling (brown leaves, etc), please don't throw them out before checking if our resident plant doctors can help revive them.
Contact sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca for plant help or for repotting.
Work on waterproofing the foundation wall of the C Wing began on Sept. 29 and requires the closure of a portion of the P1 parking lot for approximately two months.
Please keep in mind that we have a very limited number of parking spaces available, and Security will only provide a few extra parking spots. Once the parking capacity is reached, you will have to find alternative parking.
The B1, C2 and E1 doors will be closed for construction purposes but will remain accessible in the event of an emergency. Facilities Management will notify employees when the construction is completed and the exits are reopened.
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Last Modified: September 29, 2021
