Rock climbing hours
Rock-climbing is available for employees and students in -1h.02:
Tuesdays: 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Wednesdays: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Thursdays: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost is $4; no experience needed.
How to be there for young people: a free talk by Jack.org
What you can expect to learn in the Jack.org talk:
The basics of mental health, personal stories from trained youth speakers, how to recognize signs of struggle in your students and much more.
This event will take place online on April 27 at 7 p.m. To register, click read more.
Earth Week is on until Friday, April 22
Earth Week activities include:
- Bring your own mug and enjoy live music at the Fair Trade Eco-Café all week in Oliver’s (2C hallway) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Shop at the Eco-Friendly Market all week in the Upper and Lower Atrium from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Presented by the Peace Centre, award-winning doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate Alaa Murabit is a keynote speaker on Thursday, April 21 (registration required)
- Come help open Dawson’s gardens at the Garden Dig-in on April 21 (registration required)
- Explore our Living Campus on a guided tour on Friday, April 22 (registration required)
- Full program (some activities require registration): Check out the full schedule of Earth Week events
Check out Artists in Bloom artworks now; bidding opens April 21 at 6 p.m.
We’re thrilled to be launching the 24th edition of Artists in Bloom tomorrow! The online auction and pre-orders of digital prints begins April 21 at 6 p.m. and will run until Thursday, April 28, at 6 p.m. at dawson.college/aib. Pre-orders of digital prints can also be made in person at Dawson in the Upper Atrium…
Social Science students pitch SDG projects for Dawson
As part of Earth Week, Social Science students from the Integrative Seminar class lined up in the Upper Atrium to present their research findings on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in post-secondary institutions. Students were asked to look into how colleges and universities are working to meet certain SDGs, before relating them to Dawson with their…
Reject war by adding your name to global petition
Ivan Freud of the Peace Studies Certificate invites the Dawson community to sign a petition to reject war and nuclear weapons.
Click Read More to add your name to the petition.
Earth Week 2022 events at Dawson!
The Sustainability Office, in collaboration with the Peace Centre and other departments, is excited to introduce the fast-approaching Earth Week 2022, which will take place Tuesday to Friday, April 19-22. We would like to give you an opportunity to take advantage of some of the many activities we have planned. You will note that we…
Artists in Bloom happening April 21-28
We are back! After a couple of years that the event could not take place due to the pandemic, Artists in Bloom is back for its 24th annual edition! We are excited to welcome you to the event and to show you what our talented student artists will produce. Artists in Bloom is an annual…
Learning about the Indigeneity of maple syrup
In an effort to Indigenize curriculum and re-Indigenize a small piece of occupied Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), students, staff, and faculty from the First Peoples Centre and the Decolonization and Indigenization Studies Certificate launched the Wáhta Óshes (maple syrup) project last March to share the Indigenous roots of making maple syrup. Ryder Cote-Nottaway, an Algonquin student,…
First-year student wins research bursary for work with Adaptech Research Network
First-year Dawson Social Science student Abigaëlle Vasseur is one of seven CEGEP students in Quebec to win a bursary for research work this winter semester. Abigaëlle joined Dawson’s Adaptech Research Network and it was through this work that she won a Bourse pour stage d’initiation à la recherche pour la relève au collegial, valued at $3,000, from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture.
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Last Modified: April 20, 2022
