Garden gifts and volunteering spread joy
Despite the pandemic, the Sustainabili-Team volunteers and the Sustainability Office planted vegetable gardens and distributed the produce throughout the summer.
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Maclean’s magazine features Dawson in 2-page spread
Dawson College, our environmental profiles in Social Science and Science and our Sustainability Office are featured in Maclean's 2021 Canadian Colleges Guidebook, now available in print on news stands across Canada.
A two-page spread on pages 38-39 features a report by Jennifer Lewington entitled Where green is all there is to be that is accompanied by a large photo of our Sustainabili-Team volunteers working in the Theatre Garden this summer. Jennifer spoke to Chris Adam of the Sustainability Office, faculty members Anna-Liisa Aunio and Brian Mader and student John Nathaniel Gertler, who mentioned that he switched to Dawson for our environmental offerings.
Drop by the Sustainability Office or Communications Office to consult a copy.
Nursing Program in the news
Fiona Hanley of the Nursing Program was interviewed last week about this extraordinary cohort of students learning and training during a pandemic.
Articles appeared in L'actualité and
in Le Droit
Journal de Montréal features Dawson design graduate
Dawson Industrial Design graduate Alejandrina Hernandez was featured in the Journal de Montréal on Aug. 27. The Montreal newspaper covered the story from D News last May.
Click Read More for the Journal report, which features an interview with Dawson faculty member Michael Santella and Alejandrina.
Back to school week at Dawson
The big welcome sign was hung in the Atrium to welcome new and returning students for the first week of classes that began Aug. 31. However, it was a back-to-school week different from any other in the last half century of Dawson College.
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Steering Committee created to ensure smooth operations for Fall 2020
On Aug. 31, the Fall 2020 Semester officially begins. The majority of courses will be offered online. The campus is now open but restricted to employees and students. Director General Richard Filion has formed a Steering Committee, which will be responsible for developing COVID-related procedures and monitoring the situation. The Committee is chaired by the…
200 Monarch butterflies released at Dawson and around Montreal
This year the Sustainability Office did the Monarch Nursery project a little differently. Usually employees foster Monarch butterfly chrysalises as a team in their offices. This year, employees brought their chrysalises home to share the amazing experience with their families and neighbours. “During these unknown and different times, it seems the monarch chrysalises have brought…
Tony Proudfoot Park opens
On Aug. 21, the City of Pointe-Claire announced the opening of the new Tony Proudfoot Park.
Tony was a beloved teacher at Dawson College and a former Alouette who passed away in 2010. For more about Tony, read this Dawson news piece from 2018: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/announcements/dawsons-proudfoot-honoured-with-park-naming/
Click Read More for the Pointe-Claire news post about the park opening.
New pavilion to be fast-tracked
A new pavilion for Dawson College is one of the 202 infrastructure, health and education projects that the Legault government is fast-tracking. Dawson’s project was included in the omnibus Bill 61, which was tabled June 3 and is expected to be passed before the National Assembly breaks for the summer June 12.
Read our homepage news story for more about this innovative and unique project that will benefit the whole College.
Dawson College in the news last week
Dawson College was in the news last week:
June 2: CTV Montreal covered our innovative Vernissage Season , which continues this week
June 6: The Journal de Québec ran a story about our new pavilion
Please note there are inaccuracies in this story, especially about welcoming more students. Dawson will be getting more space to enhance pedagogical approaches and create a better learning environment.
Last Modified: September 22, 2020
