Director General in India with Quebec Mission

February 4 -- Director General Richard Filion is one of 130 business and education leaders accompanying Premier Jean Charest and other cabinet ministers on a trade and education mission to India. The week-long activity began late last week and will wrap up this weekend.

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Dawson raises more than $6,500 for Haiti

February 3 -- The College has collected more than $6,500 since it pledged its support for the Haiti relief and reconstruction effort.

The Dawson AAA Basketball men and women's teams raised $1.034.21, students in Cinema/Video/Communications led by Laura Imperiale, Amanda Dafniotis and Kalika Hastings raised $888.06, second year Nursing raised $736.88 and second year Graphic Design led by Allegra Deserio collected $728.00 through bake sales. Fine Arts collected $2,240 through its print sale.

A clothing collection was organized by Sarah Fioravanti, gathering up 18 bags for Haitian refugees for "Jeunesse au Soleil." Arielle Elkeif is also collecting clothing this week in association with Concordia University.

Update on statue of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde

February 3 -- Conservation experts have found a bottle in the body cavity of the statue of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde containing a scroll and some religious medals.

The scroll contains the names of the workers who put the statue back together after it was struck by lightning in 1946. Restoration work is well underway and is progressing on schedule. They full intend to be able to put the statue of the Mother and Child atop the dome at Dawson in June, where it has been since 1908.