Support Staff Training Day is May 30
May 14th, 2025
Support Staff will have their annual Training Day on Friday, May 30 starting at 8:45 AM. The program offers various workshops throughout the day, focusing on interests expressed by the support staff community.
Keynote speaker Mylène Deneault will speak to staff about Enriching the Dawson Experience Through Effective Communication. We will be actively involved in a workshop that shows how effective communication can transform everyday interactions into opportunities for stronger relationships with managers, colleagues, and students — our clients. Discover how choosing the right words, listening actively, and communicating with purpose can boost collaboration, solve problems faster, and energize the work environment.
To register for the keynote and any of the workshops, look for an invitation via email from Pascahl Scott, Director of Human Resources.
May 14th, 2025
Another group of colleagues has completed the Sustainable Happiness non-credit course. Congratulations to Antoine Bergeron, Marilou Berlow, Eva Helms, Raisa Palencia, Carmen Saileanu and Kayla Smith! Participants in the certificate are introduced to the concept of sustainable happiness and explore its implications, both personally and professionally. Topics covered include sustainability, connecting with Nature, positive psychology,…
January 30th, 2025
Human Resources and Student Services are collaborating again to being the Push [Yourself] Up Challenge!!! From Feb. 11 to 28, all staff and students are invited to participate. “The Push-Up Challenge is a free fitness event focused on pushing for better mental health for all Canadians. Participants take on 2,000 push-ups, representing the ~2,000 lives…
Still time to sign up for Sustainable Happiness course
December 5th, 2024
Support staff and professionals and now teachers too, have the amazing opportunity to actively participate in Dawson’s Sustainable Happiness non-credit community certificate group. The Sustainable Happiness training will guide people to reflect on positive psychology and sustainability. It contributes to Dawson’s commitment of well-being for all, sustainably. Course time and the course itself are a gift from Dawson to employees.
Registration is open now and the course begins on Jan. 23. Visit the link for more info and to sign up. Do not miss this great opportunity!
November 20th, 2024
Support staff and professionals and now teachers too, have the amazing opportunity to actively participate in Dawson’s Sustainable Happiness non-credit community certificate group. The Sustainable Happiness training will guide people to reflect on positive psychology and sustainability. It contributes to Dawson’s commitment of well-being for all, sustainably. What is Sustainable Happiness? “Happiness that contributes to…
College Professionals Week
November 20th, 2024
During this College Professionals Week, November 18-22, we thank all professionals who contribute so much to the mission of Dawson College.
The theme this year is “50 years of history: together towards the future”.
The work, skills, commitment and passion of professionals have helped build the CEGEP network and student services. Thank you!

Well-being hours: employees learn about honey and how to extract it
November 6th, 2024
As part of the College’s Well-Being for All initiative, the Sustainability department offered a Honey Extraction workshop Oct. 30. The initiative has been set up to allow employees to have a break from their work routine, to promote inclusivity, to build a sense of community, and to improve collaboration between employees as well as promoting learning and growth. Keeping in mind those goals, the Honey Extraction workshop really fit the bill.
Led by Jennifer De Vera, the workshop was chock full of interesting information and hands-on experience. The 12 employees in attendance learned about the life cycle of bees, jobs they do such as nurses, builders, cleaners, etc., and how honey is made and how it can be extracted. Besides all the interesting information Jennifer gave us, she also invited us to extract honey from the honeycombs. We uncapped a couple of frames then learned that the honey is extracted using a machine that uses centrifugal force. A few gave that honey a spin then a couple of people scraped the honey to the bottom, and we poured it into small jars. Each participant was able to take home one jar of honey.
Dawson recently began to raise and take care of our bees. We no longer have an outside company to do this. This means more work (for Jennifer) but the experience of doing this really has brought us closer to our bees.
It only took a mere one hour for all of us in attendance to have a newfound respect for what these small insects are able to accomplish in their short lives and really care about the thousands of bees we share our beautiful property with. A great way to learn about these amazing insects and form a strong bond with the world around us.
─Submitted by Carey-Ann Pawsey

Honey extraction workshop Oct. 30
October 24th, 2024
Did you know we have two honey beehives on Dawson's rooftop?
The Office of Sustainability recently led a honey extraction workshop with Brian Mader's Biology of Sustainability course and next week employees are invited to harvest their own honey.
Approximately 30 biology students came last week. They had to get their hands dirty, or should I say their fingers sticky, and help extract honey from our bee frames located in the 4H rooftop hives.
Our bees are still young, but still produced a lot of honey thanks to our many pollinating flower gardens on campus, which are all maintained by our very own Sustainabili-team student and employee volunteers.
We will be offering a honey extraction workshop to employees on Wednesday, October 30 from 11 AM to 12 PM in the Rose Lounge (7C.5) This can be a great use of well-being hours for employees! The fun-filled hour will include uncapping honeycomb cells, hand-spinning honeycombs in the centrifugal extractor, and filtering the raw honey before jarring and labelling it.
All employees will leave with a little sample jar of Dawson's honey. To sign up, please fill out this MS form.
Space is limited. The Office of Sustainability will send you a confirmation email.
─Submitted by Jennifer de Vera
October 10th, 2024
To view all the activities planned for Fall 2024, open the pdf: Sexual Violence Prevention Activities Fall 2024
Reminder: Ped Day is Friday, Oct. 11
October 10th, 2024
All faculty and professional staff are warmly invited to come to the Dawson Pedagogical Day on Friday, Oct. 11. Even if you did not register already, you are welcome to attend. The catering orders have already been placed so those who missed the registration deadline cannot have lunch but are welcome to the sessions.
The keynote presentation by Eliana El Khoury, pictured, will start at 9 AM. Her presentation will be about enhancing student assessments to better focus on learning and support. This talk will explore the importance of appropriate assessments and introduce alternative and authentic methods in a variety of disciplines.
Workshops on a variety of topics will be given at 10:30 AM and 1:45 PM.
Ped Day Program information: Pedagogical Day 2024 Program (dawsoncollege.qc.ca) (OAD)
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