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Try out Campus Rec offerings for free!

February 7th, 2024

Campus recreation has a whole schedule for employees and students to get moving and feel good.

There are classes in pilates, yoga, circuit training as well as badminton, weight training, martial arts, volleyball and rock climbing.

Open House is Feb. 5-16 and everything is free!

Check out the schedule here: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/campus-life/recreation

For more info: email campusrecreation@dawsoncollege.qc.ca


Handmade earrings sale to benefit our Food Bank

February 7th, 2024

Give a gift to yourself or a friend: handmade crochet earrings in your choice of colours. All proceeds go to Dawson’s Financial Aid Food Bank.

The suggested price is $5 per earring or $10 for a pair (or more if you can afford it).

Email Sonia Zylberberg (szylberberg@dawsoncollege.qc.ca) for more info and to order your earrings.


Read more about: Push-up challenge for staff and students

Push-up challenge for staff and students

February 7th, 2024

From now through Feb. 23, all staff and students are invited to participate in the Push-up Challenge. How it works: Sign up as an individual or a team: https://www.thepushupchallenge.ca/ Download the app and track your progress there Do 2,000 reps of any exercise (Feel free  to do lunges, squats , skipping rope, jumping jacks, whatever…

Try out Campus Rec offerings for free!

January 24th, 2024

Campus recreation has a whole schedule for employees and students to get moving and feel good.

There are classes in pilates, yoga, circuit training as well as badminton, weight training, martial arts, volleyball and rock climbing.

Open House is Feb. 5-16 and everything is free!

Check out the schedule here: https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/campus-life/recreation

For more info: email campusrecreation@dawsoncollege.qc.ca


Be inspired by the journeys of our first four Perseverance Award recipients

January 23rd, 2024

Noella Dorothy Beersa (Liberal Arts), Wynter Bryant (Arts and Culture), Eléonore Martin-Menga (AEC in Commercial Photography) and Judy Phuong Trinh Le (Pure & Applied Science) are the first four recipients of the new Dawson College Perseverance Award.

This award is funded through the Student Academic Enrichment Fund and is intended to encourage Dawson students from all programs and sectors to continue in their studies.

Visit the link for the homepage news story.


1,000 Species, a year in review

November 29th, 2023

Birds, beetles and fungi, oh my! Our 1,000 Species in 1,000 Days project has been running for a full year now.

Over that last year, students, faculty and staff have all contributed their talents and curiosity to get as many species identified on campus as possible. Our count after one year is 820 species, with 3,916 total observations and 279 people contributing to the project.

We have made amazing strides over the past year. However, as we approach 1,000 species, we will have to work harder than ever. If you would like to get involved, or get your classes involved in the spring, email bmader@dawsoncollege.qc.ca.

Happy identifying  everyone!

Photo: Red Milkweed Beetle on milkweed.

Submitted by Brian Mader, Faculty, Biology


Read more about: Free Sustainable Happiness course for Support Staff & Professionals

Free Sustainable Happiness course for Support Staff & Professionals

November 29th, 2023

Support staff and professionals have the amazing opportunity to use work time to attend and actively participate in Dawson’s Sustainable Happiness non-credit course. The Sustainable Happiness course is free and 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…

Canadore College and Dawson College to collaborate on Sustainable Happiness

November 29th, 2023

Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario, and Dawson College will be working together to improve the overall well-being of our respective campuses and communities. The two institutions recently signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advancing a Sustainable Happiness Certificate.

Please visit the link for the joint news release.


Thousands of bulbs planted on campus this month

November 24th, 2023

Student volunteers worked with the Office of Sustainability on Nov. 14 to plant 2,700 bulbs in the Peace Garden in just two hours! Five hundred of those bulbs were planted around the big tree in the Chiefs’ Garden, Jenn de Vera said.

The volunteers planted more bulbs in other areas around the campus later that week. Pink bulbs were planted near Anastasia’s tree, which was planted in memory of Anastasia De Sousa. Around the Peace Pole, blue and red bulbs were planted to represent the new partnership with Canadore College. The North Bay college received some bulbs from Dawson and will be sending photos in the spring of their blooming campus.

A total of 4,000 bulbs were planted at Dawson in the Peace Garden and the Three Sisters Garden. Hundreds more have been gifted to partner institutions and organizations.

The tulips and spring bulbs were purchased from a Dutch wholesale supplier by the Dawson Foundation. It was Dawson’s biggest bulb order ever.


Read more about: Doug Smyth’s photo in Birds Canada calendar

Doug Smyth’s photo in Birds Canada calendar

November 9th, 2023

Physical Education faculty member and Nature photographer Doug Smyth’s photo is featured in the Birds Canada 2024 Calendar, which is mailed out to 15,000 people across Canada. Kate Dalgleish of Birds Canada said that “in 2023 nearly 2,000 photographers submitted images, so the competition is fairly fierce. A few of Douglas’s shots were in the…

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