Five more days to show support for Dawson students
March 9th, 2022
The impact of the cancellation of Dawson’s pavilion project does not only affect Dawson students, but the whole Montreal community and all English-language institutions in Quebec. We need your help to gather as much support for Dawson as possible in the next five days!
Please share this message with your friends, family and network of contacts.
The Dawson community has rallied around Dawson following Premier François Legault's decision to cancel the pavilion project, take away space from our students and future students and shelve a downtown community clinic.
It is thanks to you that our petition is #1 on the National Assembly petition platform. In one week, an impressive 10,000 signatures of support for Dawson were collected. However, we need your help to get as many Quebecers as possible to sign before our MNA Jennifer Maccarone presents the petition with the Dawson Student Union to the National Assembly on March 17.
The deadline to sign the petition is March 15. Here's how you can help:
- Ask your friends, family, neighbours and contacts to sign it. Explain that they need to fill out the form and then confirm their signature by clicking a link in their email. A direct request one-on-one is probably more effective than sharing on social media.
- Send a request by email with the petition link to your friends and ask them to sign it.
- Ask your colleagues and neighbours if they have signed it yet.
- Write to your Member of the National Assembly, template letters and resources are here: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/support-dawson/
- If you are a teacher, take two minutes of class time to explain the situation and invite your students to take a moment to sign it. It is for their future!
Dawson continuing to advocate for student space
February 16th, 2022
In the coming days and weeks, Dawson will be rallying our students, employees, graduates, supporters and community to put pressure on the Quebec government to reconsider its decision to cancel the infrastructure project that it agreed to in December 2020. The project was meant to alleviate the overcrowding in the main building and to provide a dedicated space for Dawson’s healthcare programs and other units.
The College is collaborating with CEGEP partners, the Dawson Student Union, friends of Dawson and community organizations, as well as with Jennifer Maccarone, our local Member of the National Assembly.
Your support as Dawson colleagues will be called upon through an All Dawson email from the Communications Office. Students will be contacted via Omnivox and the community in general will be informed through traditional and social media.
These messages will provide suggestions on how you can help as individuals and by sharing with your networks as we actively seek support for Dawson through various channels. Stay tuned!
February 2nd, 2022
Last Friday, Dawson was informed that the government would likely not fund the long-planned and long-delayed project to acquire a new building. The building would have served to redress the well-documented shortage of space for students in the main building. Several key people were on the call with Danielle McCann, the Minister of Higher Education,…
Happy Holidays!
December 15th, 2021
Wishing all our Dawson colleagues best wishes for the end of the semester, very Happy Holidays and a healthy and happy 2022! Meilleurs voeux ! We had hoped to give all employees a little surprise featuring our new Dawson brand but our delivery was delayed. The gift will be distributed when we return to campus in the New Year.
New Dawson brand on Holiday Gift for employees
December 1st, 2021
Dawson will launch a refreshed and youthful brand in the New Year.
Employees will be the first to see merchandise with the new logo. In the coming days, Director General Diane Gauvin will invite employees via an email to All Dawson to come pick up a Holiday Gift from Dawson featuring the new refreshed logo.
Click Read More to see the new logos, learn more about the brand, the process that led to it and what comes next.
Bill 96: statements from anglo colleges and students of Quebec
October 13th, 2021
Last Tuesday, Dawson’s Director General Diane Gauvin, along with John Halpin of John Abbott College and John McMahon of Vanier College, represented the English College Steering Committee at the hearings on Bill 96. The group consists of Champlain Regional College, Dawson College, Heritage College, John Abbott College, Marianopolis College, and Vanier College.
To read the news release, which contains a link to the brief in French and English: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/uncategorized/proposed-bill-96-has-serious-repercussions-for-quebec-students/
The Coalition of Anglophone Student Associations of Quebec, which includes the Dawson Student Union, also released a statement last week on Bill 96.
Their statement can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUs5M3bls4w/
In appreciation of our Support Staff
September 29th, 2021
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.
Welcoming the Dawson community back to campus
August 18th, 2021
It was a big week for the Dawson community! Many employees returned to campus to work on site for the first time since March 13, 2020.
To mark the occasion and to recognize the efforts of everyone during this extraordinary pandemic period, Dawson's managers and directors invited all employees to drop by the Peace Garden on Aug. 18 and 19 to receive honey from Dawson's own honey bees and to choose a plant for their office.
Dean of Creative and Applied Arts Andréa Cole (left) was one of the managers on welcome duty Aug. 18.
Retirees: we will celebrate you in style in Spring 2022
June 1st, 2021
We wish to extend our gratitude for your service to all our colleagues who are retiring this year.
Traditionally, we host a special Recognition of Service Dinner to salute our retiring colleagues as well as those marking milestones of service to the College.
So we will not say farewell because we plan to see you in late Spring 2022 when we will host a great party for all our retirees of 2020, 2021 and 2022 as well as those marking major work anniversaries.
Joint statement from DGs of English-language Montreal CEGEPs on Bill 96
May 18th, 2021
Diane Gauvin, Director General of Dawson College; John Halpin, Director General of John Abbott College and John McMahon, Director General of Vanier College are issuing the following joint statement in response to the Quebec government’s tabling of Bill 96 “Loi sur la langue officielle et commune du Québec, le français” :
We, the Directors General of the English-language CEGEPs on the island of Montreal, welcome the Québec government’s initiative to protect and promote French as the common language of Quebec. We are proud of the role our institutions play in higher education and of our contribution to Quebec society.
Click Read More for the full statement.
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