If you develop COVID-like symptoms: Do not come to the College Go home if you are already here Self-isolate immediately Go for PCR testing Email COVIDHR@dawsoncollege.qc.ca Mask wearing: The College still has mask dispensing stations around the campus Wearing a mask is recommended when you cannot keep a distance from others Wearing a mask is…
Students who have Covid-like symptoms are instructed to go home, do a rapid Covid test, and contact dawsonhealthservices@dawsoncollege.qc.ca whether they test positive or negative.
During the day, students can obtain a kit from:
In the evening, students can obtain a kit from:
Employees can pick up kits at Human Resources (4B).
If you develop COVID-like symptoms:
Mask wearing:
As of today, Wednesday, June 1, mask-wearing is not mandatory anywhere in the building although anyone who wishes to wear a mask is free to do so. The College will continue to provide blue procedural masks at the various mask distribution stations located throughout the building.
Thank you to every member of the faculty and staff for your cooperation this past year, especially this last semester for your adherence to the COVID protocols in the face of the more virulent, though less severe strains that began to spread before the holidays in December.
Though reported COVID cases were higher than they had been in the past, the management of absences in classes and among our staff, though difficult, culminated in a largely successful term that ended with the final exams on Monday.
Quite simply, Dawson couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you.
If you test positive for COVID:
After this period of self-isolation: resume activities if symptoms improve and you have no fever for at least 24 hours (without taking fever medication).
During the following 5 days:
If symptoms or fever persist: continue isolation for another 5 days.
If you have questions or need guidance about COVID: please contact CovidHR@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
Public Health Director Dr. Luc Boileau invites unvaccinated people who show symptoms of COVID to get tested. If they are positive, they now can get the Paxlovid treatment. This medicine can reduce the severity of the disease and the chances of being hospitalized. It must be given quickly at the onset of the disease. Click the Read More link for details.
To increase the efficiency and accuracy of your rapid test, click the Read More link.
The Covid numbers are up at Dawson and across Quebec, which is in its sixth wave.
While there had been talk of the government lifting more measures to prevent the spread of Covid, the mask mandate remains in effect across the province until at least April 30.
As of March 12, the Quebec government changed the rules for contacts with a positive covid case. If you are vaccinated, you don't have to isolate anymore after contact. If you are unvaccinated, you need to isolate for five days after contact with a positive case.
Nothing new for people who test positive: you must self-isolate for five days if you are vaccinated and 10 days if you are not.
A reminder that employees who have questions or need guidance are invited to contact our College Nurse at covidhr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca Students may contact Student Health Services at DawsonHealthServices@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
For more details, please click Read More to go the Quebec government webpage.
Here is a video about the quality of certain N95 masks and also how to choose which masks to purchase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHy937FF16o
This is a very short video from McGill on how to put on a N95 mask:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-rUjEcg3A
Here is an interesting article on how to care for and use a N95 mask:
The key in all the articles is that the mask must be a quality one and must fit very well around the face.
Last Modified: September 22, 2022
