Wear purple this Tuesday
November 19th, 2025
The Dawson community is invited to wear purple on Tuesday, Nov. 25. This gesture is a way to show support for ending gender-based violence. The colour purple stands for courage, dignity, and solidarity with survivors. By wearing it, you help raise awareness and spark conversations about creating safer communities for everyone.
Nov. 25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence campaign, which raises awareness and promotes actions to end violence against women and girls worldwide.
Men wanted to staff White Ribbon table Dec. 1-4
November 19th, 2025
Seeking male colleagues and students to give an hour of service to staff the White Ribbon campaign table Monday through Thursday, Dec. 1-4, from 10 AM to 3 PM. For support staff, professionals and managers, you can you use your well-being hours with the approval of your supervisor.
The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement of men and boys working to end male violence against women and girls. It was formed by a group of pro-feminist men in Toronto in 1991 as a response to the École Polytechnique massacre of female students in 1989.
The campaign’s mission is to raise awareness about the prevalence of male violence against women, with the ribbon symbolizing the idea of men giving up their arms. Active in over 60 countries, the movement seeks to promote healthy relationships, gender equity, and a compassionate vision of masculinity.
If you are interested in volunteering, please email your availabilities to Rhea Gurnagul at rgurnagul@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.
Have you completed your sexual violence prevention training yet?
November 5th, 2025
Have you completed your sexual violence prevention training yet?
Take a little over 15 minutes this week during a workday to do this mandatory training. Faculty members, why don’t you carve out some time on Ped Day this Friday, Nov. 7 to do it?
All employees must take sexual violence prevention training each year as part of the College’s legal commitment to preventing sexual violence and as laid out in the Policy on Sexual Violence.
To access the training:
- Log into Omnivox
- Click on Moodle under the Academic Services menu (on the left)
We appreciate your cooperation, active participation and dedication to making our workplace a safe and supportive space for everyone.
Oct. 7 deadline for employee sexual violence prevention training
September 24th, 2025
Dawson College has released a new training module for the prevention of sexual violence: Recognizing Attitudes, Changing Behaviours.
As part of the College’s legal commitment to preventing sexual violence and as laid out in the Policy on Sexual Violence, all employees and students are required to take a training once every year.
All employees, faculty, staff and management, are expected to complete the 18-minute training hosted on the Moodle platform by end of day October 7, 2025. Please note that you are required to complete only one version of the training, either in English or French (it will show as 50% completion).
Please note that the College expects this training to be completed during your working hours.
To access the training:
- Log into Omnivox
- Click on Moodle under the Academic Services menu (on the left)
We appreciate your cooperation, active participation and dedication to making our workplace a safe and supportive space for everyone.
February 26th, 2025
All employees and students must take the new training on the prevention of sexual violence, which is now available on Dawson’s Moodle. Annual training is a legal obligation set out by the Government of Quebec and in accordance with Dawson’s Policy on Sexual Violence. Dawson now has three different training modules so that employees and…
January 30th, 2025
This year, Student Services and Human Resources have teamed up with the organizers of Social Science Week, Jocelyn E. Parr and Philip Lagace, to raise awareness of interesting presentations related to mental health and sexual violence prevention. Of particular interest are the following presentations: Mental Health Related Topics: Understanding Mental Health in Cultural Context, presented…
October 10th, 2024
To view all the activities planned for Fall 2024, open the pdf: Sexual Violence Prevention Activities Fall 2024
February 21st, 2024
Internationally recognized women’s rights advocate and public educator Julie S. Lalonde gave two talks at Dawson on Feb. 21, sponsored by the Human Resources department. At the beginning of her interactive talk entitled “Creating a Consent Culture: Understand the Links between Sexual Violence and Stalking,” Julie said she is attempting to keep a conversation going…
February 7th, 2024
Award-winning speaker, author and women’s rights advocate Julie S. Lalonde will be at Dawson Feb. 20 to deliver her talk “Creating a Consent Culture: Understand the Links between Sexual Violence and Stalking.” This event is open to the Dawson College community of employees and students. Those who attend: can gain an understanding of the reality…
December 1st, 2021
The Policy on Sexual Violence of Dawson College was revised by the Board of Governors of Dawson College at their Nov. 24 meeting. The revised policy will be available shortly on the College website. The work to review and revise the policy began in June when the Standing Committee on Sexual Violence created a Policy…
1
2
Next »
Last Modified: November 19, 2025
