Dawson employees care for hundreds of plants in their offices and work areas. This beautiful orchid, pictured, was blooming when the Sustainability Office came by on their plant-care rounds on Friday. The team is ensuring that everyone’s plants are taken care of during the College closure. Any employee who has plants that need care at…
Walking is a great low impact exercise that enhances our overall health and well-being. It gets us outside and make us feel alive. Walking is a great way to cope with stress and anxiety at this difficult time. It also helps us to improve our cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, body composition and lowers our risk…
About a dozen employees of Dawson responded last week to let us know they are available to help the seniors in our community. If you are a Dawson employee or retiree over 70 years old, please let us know if you would like a telephone visitor or help getting groceries.
Contact Carey-Ann Pawsey or Lucy Segal to get help or offer to be a helper.
Can't go out? Then go in! The current situation provides an unparalleled opportunity to practice meditation.
With everything falling apart, we have the chance to examine hitherto neglected aspects of ourselves. Daniel Goldsmith (Humanities) is offering guided meditation every day from 2-2:30 p.m., alternating between calm centering and compassion practices.
Anyone is welcome; feel free to share!
Click Read More for the Zoom meditation meeting.
Virtual pet therapy We have compiled a gallery of the furry “colleagues” at the home offices of Dawson College employees. Click an image to read its full caption
Have you been putting exercise on the back burner? Are you having withdrawals from the gym? The Dawson Physical Education Department has you covered. Our Phys. Ed. teachers have prepared a Dawson Homebody workout. Click Read More for their tips and exercises.
Set a timer for 10 to 15 minutes. Bring to mind a current challenge in your life that is the cause of some stress. A situation that you’re willing to work with at the moment. Not your biggest challenge but not so small that it causes no stress at all. A 3 on a scale…
In a time when leaders are telling us not to panic, meditation can help us make space to observe and befriend our emotional reactions. Daniel Goldsmith of our Humanities Department will offer a guided meditation on Zoom at 2 p.m. today. Click Read More for the link.
Dawson College student Tristan Hamer has created a volunteer movement of young people in high school and CEGEP to provide free or pay what you can babysitting services for people in need of childcare during the school shutdown. The students have been featured in Le Journal de Montréal and La Presse. Click Read More to read the article in La Presse.
In the 2017 film, Going in Style, Michael Caine’s character found himself in the midst of a bank heist. As he handed his wallet to the robber, the masked thief gave it back to him, telling the old man, “It is a culture’s duty to take care of its elderly”. I’d like to extend that…
Last Modified: March 24, 2020
