Newly renovated space for students with disabilities
November 19th, 2025
Dawson College’s recently renovated room 2H.02 has been thoughtfully redesigned to better serve students with disabilities, with essential upgrades addressing a range of needs beyond mobility.
“Our vision was to create a purposeful space that genuinely meets students’ real needs. With the help of Inhwa Choi and Elias Azar of the Facilities Management team, that vision surpassed our expectations,” said Christine Lister, manager of Dawson’s Student AccessAbility Centre (SAAC).
Inhwa emphasized the design intent: “We wanted students to feel that this room is truly their space—a welcoming, intentional environment, not a storage area or an undefined corner, but a place where every student can relax, focus, and find comfort whenever they need a quiet moment.” Inhwa said the team felt that the College’s standard paint and flooring colours could use a fresh approach in this space. The team chose a soothing green paint palette “to foster warmth and relaxation.”
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Photo: from left to right: Dawson employees involved in renovating the 2H.02 room Maxwell Jones, Samuel Vallery Saint-Hilaire, Elias Azar, Inhwa Choi, Diane Gauvin, Geoff Kloos and Christine Lister.
If you ever hear Code Silver, know what to do
October 9th, 2025
In an emergency, you need to know what Code Silver (Code Argent) means. Code Silver is announced if there is an armed assailant or active shooter on site. Each person must evaluate their situation and determine if they should run, hide or fight.
- Run: If there is a clear escape path, leave the area immediately.
- Hide: If you are unsure if it is safe to leave, stay where you are and barricade yourself in your class/office/room. Lock the door, turn off the lights, block the door with furniture and stay quiet.
- Fight: As a last resort, fight back to protect yourself.
April 10th, 2025
Facilities Management has launched its new Accident/Incident Report Form on Omnivox. In keeping with ongoing improvements to health and safety planning at the College, FAMA unveiled the Omnivox form after beta testing and refining the process in collaboration with Dawson’s Health and Safety Committee. What was once a printable form on the Dawson website is…
New no smoking signs going up
April 10th, 2025
New no smoking/vaping signs are in the process of being installed around the campus.
Dawson is officially smoke free, everywhere inside and outside on the entire campus. The rules are laid out in the Policy for a Smoke-Free College.
Both students and employees are subject to sanctions if they violate this policy.
Smoking and vaping is banned within a nine-metre radius of any door, window, or air intake of public or private buildings under Quebec’s Tobacco Control Act.
Dawson will be a polling station April 28
March 27th, 2025
Conrod's student space at Dawson College (2F), near the 4001 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W. entrance, will be used by Elections Canada as a polling station for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount on the day of the federal election, Monday, April 28.
Have your say on Dawson food services
March 26th, 2025
The College's contract with our current food services provider comes up for renewal in July 2026. Selection of a vendor can be complex. Considerations include sustainability, accessibility, price points, healthy options, catering services and competition with downtown food offerings.
Facilities Management has put together a Food Services Committee composed of students and all categories of employees at Dawson. Working with the Office of Quality Assurance & Planning, they are running a survey to collect feedback from the Dawson community about how students and employees use (or do not use) food services at the College.
The survey is currently open in Omnivox and can be found in the what’s new area at the upper right-hand corner of the landing page. Over 2,000 students have already participated as have over 250 employees. You have until April 4, 2025 to share your opinions.
Results of the survey will help shape the call for tenders for Dawson’s next food services contract.
Emergency procedures reminder
September 11th, 2024
It's a good time to make sure that you are familiar with the College’s emergency procedures for the main campus and for the Forum.
Know what to do in the event of an armed threat, evacuation, fire, power failure, etc.: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/facilities-management/emergency-procedures/
There are two handouts that you can print and keep handy:
This information is also located in Omnivox: look for Emergency Procedures in red under the My Dawson Life menu on the left.
May 23rd, 2024
Our Facilities Management Coordinator Pierre Lefebvre received a great honour in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 8. The Communications Office invited him to share the experience with his Dawson colleagues: First of all, I’d like to thank Dawson College for this kind gesture of including my news in D News, which means…
Some of our treasured trees must be cut
March 4th, 2024
After an extensive review of all trees on the Dawson grounds by forestry consultants, the College is presently securing permits from the City of Westmount to cut some of them.
“Many of our trees have suffered injuries and disease that have weakened them to the point where they are at a high risk of breaking. Others, like our large silver maples are reaching their age limit,” explained Luc St-Germain of Facilities Management.
About a dozen trees will have to be cut immediately, with another 30-35 being monitored during the next 12-24 months.
All trees have been thinned in the past to allow severe wind to pass through them. Chris Adam, of the Office of Sustainability, says that wind and ice related storms are more common now and causing damage.
The Facilities Management Team and the Office of Sustainability are cooperating to establish Dawson’s first tree management program. Every tree will have a health card that identifies their species, age and diseases as well as any maintenance procedures taken. Each tree will be followed by forest management consultants.
Stay tuned for more news about the trees of our Living Campus.
More space for Nursing at the Forum
February 8th, 2024
Dawson’s Nursing department has moved into a new home across the street from the main campus on the second floor of the Forum. They join Physiotherapy Technology and Medical Ultrasound Technology, which are also housed at the Forum.
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