Introducing new Foundation board member Ursula Bunge
November 20th, 2025
Dawson parent Ursula Bunge has joined the Dawson College Foundation Board, bringing her extensive experience and passion for supporting students. With a background rooted in arts and culture, Ursula’s professional journey includes significant roles at the Fondation du Cégep Édouard-Montpetit, the McCord Museum, and Maison St-Gabriel, alongside coaching basketball. Her current role is Coordinator of Partnerships at the Fondation de la Basilique Notre-Dame.
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New Foundation board member Eva Helms champions caring community
November 20th, 2025
Eva Helms of the Office of Sustainability at Dawson College has joined the Board of the Dawson College Foundation. Recently, she participated in a Q & A with the Communications Office.
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Photo credit: Sarah de Guzman
Foundation giving snacks to students writing exams
November 20th, 2025
On Dec. 17, the Dawson College Foundation will be giving out free snacks once again for students writing the English Exit Exam and the Épreuve uniforme de français.
It’s no secret that it’s harder to concentrate on mental tasks when we’re hungry, and this is even truer when you factor in the stress of a ministry exam. For many students who don’t have time to eat in the morning, are too stressed to make a big breakfast, or who may not have enough food in their home and can’t afford to buy breakfast on the go, having a small bite to eat before writing a three or four-hour exam can make all the difference!
Last year, the Dawson Foundation was proud to give out over 500 free snacks to students, and we look forward to being there again to continue showing our support!
Nurturing Dawson’s “wild yeast”: Adam Bright on joining the Foundation
November 6th, 2025
The Dawson College Foundation is pleased to welcome several new board members this fall. Among them is Adam Bright, an English teacher who has joined this dedicated group of volunteers supporting the Foundation’s mission. He recently sat down with the Communications Office for a Q & A.
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Seeds Microgrants help ideas take root throughout the year
November 6th, 2025
Did you know that the Dawson College Foundation provides microgrants for small-scale initiatives that need just a little extra help to become feasible?
As an offshoot from SAGE Project funding, the Foundation is excited to introduce Seeds for the first time this academic year as an alternative to SAGE. Seeds Microgrants are intended to be just that, seed money for ideas that don’t need a big budget, but that can still have a big impact on students.
In contrast to SAGE Project funding where applications are reviewed only once per year, the allocation of Seeds funding is treated on a punctual basis whenever a request is received. This flexibility allows the Foundation to be much more responsive to any emerging needs at the College.
Requests should not exceed $1,000. Requests should be made directly to the Dawson Foundation via email to Mitchell Rae Yang: myang@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
October 23rd, 2025
Do you have a great idea for a project that could benefit students, but you don’t have the budget to make it happen? The Dawson Foundation may be able to help you! Student Academic Growth and Enrichment (SAGE) projects should clearly improve the academic or para-academic experience at Dawson and go above and beyond the…
Expanded Food Justice program advances well-being for all
September 25th, 2025
The Food Justice program at Dawson has been significantly expanded this year. Free food is being offered five days a week to the Dawson community, a vital part of the College’s commitment to well-being for all. Coordinated by the Office of Sustainability and funded by the Dawson Foundation and the Dawson Student Union, the program addresses food insecurity while advancing social justice and sustainability on campus.
Diana Rice of the Office of Sustainability explains that there is a broader understanding of sustainability that includes peace and social justice. “Food Justice programming is a critical piece,” she says, due to its role in tackling the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture on the environment and marginalized communities. The program prioritizes ethical purchasing by sourcing organic and local food to reduce pollution, protect biodiversity, and support economic stability for vulnerable groups.
There is a major impact on students and the entire Dawson community. “A student once confided that being able to eat lunch or breakfast four days a week meant that they could give their mom a break in terms of groceries, which were becoming more and more unaffordable,” Diana shared. “They said it was a relief because they already felt guilty about going to school and not working full time to help support the family. Knowing that they could help save money and keep food in the pantry at home longer made going to school more worthwhile and kept it accessible.”
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Get to know the Dawson Foundation
September 11th, 2025
The Dawson Foundation is a dedicated team of two people who work together to raise money and then use that money to support Dawson students.
The Foundation not only provides funding to help bolster existing services at the College such as Financial Aid, but they also coordinate three of their own initiatives: The Food Justice Program, SAGE Projects, and Seeds Microgrants. As a Foundation, the team raises money to make its work possible through fundraising events, grants, and generous donations from individuals in the wider community beyond Dawson’s walls.
Donors have contributed to awards and scholarships, the Financial Aid Office and psychoeducational assessments for students.
Today, the Foundation looks forward to continuing to fulfil its promise to be here for Dawson students by allocating nearly $50,000 towards programs that help provide free access to food including free breakfasts twice a week, free lunch once a week, and free grocery produce distribution every other week, on top of an increased budget for the Food Bank and the free snacks that the Foundation gives to students who haven’t had a chance to eat anything before they write their English or French exit exams.
Curious to learn more? Visit the Dawson Foundation at their office in room 3H.01 during their drop-in hours every Wednesday from 9:30 AM–11:30 AM.
August 28th, 2025
Early Bird Breakfasts: Free breakfasts every Monday and Thursday, starting the week of Sept. 8. Join us in Conrod’s from 9:30 AM until supplies last for a FREE vegetarian breakfast. First come, first served! Brought to you by the Office of Sustainability, with the help of Student Services; funded by the Dawson College Foundation. Sustainable…
Quebec first: Dawson students bound for Hamburg after winning global science competition
August 27th, 2025
Nine Dawson College students are heading to Hamburg this September after winning a major international science competition. The “Dawson Technicolor” team will spend two weeks at DESY, Germany’s renowned particle physics laboratory, to test their own detector using a particle accelerator.
The student-initiated project began nearly a year ago in the context of the Dawson High Energy Physics group, led by Physics faculty members Manuel Toharia and Joel Trudeau. With funding from the Dawson Foundation, the team designed and built a muon detector called The Scintillating Chamber during the winter 2025 semester. Teacher Manuel believes this prototype was key to the team’s winning proposal in CERN’s prestigious Beamline for Schools (BL4S) competition.
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