Third-year student Alejandrina Hernandez returned to her home country in late 2018 to visit family and friends, and the experience marked her. She was determined to do something in response to the humanitarian crisis she witnessed along the border of Venezuela and Colombia.
Read about Alejandrina's sustainable design award-winning cart/bed for refugees in our homepage news story in the read more link.
Add another achievement to the long list of graduate and entrepreneur Bradley Heaven, who continues proving that nothing can stop you if you set goals and don't give up.
Read about Brad's favourite moment at Dawson and how he feels about receiving the Lieutenant Governor's Youth Medal in the homepage news story in the read more link.
Our resident cycling enthusiast Richard Dugas of Facilities Management has pulled together advice and resources to encourage you to get on your bike this spring. Transport is one of Dawson's greatest causes of greenhouse gas emissions. Practice your itinerary on the quiet streets during the pandemic and come back to Dawson on your bike. Click read more for all the tips to get riding again.
Jennifer de Vera of Dawson's Sustainability Office continues to meet her little friends and their parents during weekly Living Campus Zoom meetings.
Find out more about how Jennifer is cultivating an appreciation of nature (online) in the next generation in our homepage news story in the read more link.
The Dawson Blues Band now counts 11 members from across Dawson College. They are currently working on recording a Dawson version of Bill Withers’ 1972 #1 hit Lean on Me! Lots of fun in store! More songs to be recorded include: Smile by Nat King Cole, Make Me Smile by Chicago, Over the Rainbow by…
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto offers a virtual tour of a current exhibition with some nice insights into how art can be verbalized, and, major plus: only 3 minutes long. Recommended by Wolfgang Krotter of Creative and Applied Arts. Click Read More for the link.
If you know of students who could benefit from connecting with one another and Student Services staff in a relaxing setting, direct them to the online gatherings that are taking place three times a week and hosted by Health Services, AccessAbility Centre and First-Year Office staff. As teachers and students have had to adapt to…
Please let the Sustainability Office and Facilities Management know if you left food in your office or in a fridge or kitchen area.
It is week 7 and it would be important to throw out these leftovers.
Please use this form so you can return to a nice smell in the College:
Secure your spot in an upcoming Sustainable Happiness introductory course (3 hours) or the Sustainable Happiness Certificate (20 hours). The May session for support staff and professionals is already full. Please indicate your interest and get on the waiting list by emailing sustainability@dawsonscollege.qc.ca Please indicate in your email which of the following courses you would…
This last issue of D News for April means it is the last edition of Dawson Homebody, an initiative of Dawson's Physical Education Department to help keep the Dawson community physically and mentally healthy.
This last edition contains the special message en français from the French Department (read message in photo).
We are happy to share the last two special workouts created especially for you:
Last Modified: May 5, 2020
