Wayne Yearwood named RSEQ Coach of the Year
Congratulations to Dawson Blues Div. 1 Men's Basketball Coach Wayne Yearwood! He was named by the RSEQ as Men鈥檚 Basketball Coach of the Year.
Graduates speak up
At the end of February, the Communications Office in collaboration with faculty across several programs reached out to dozens of graduates and asked them to tell us about how Dawson contributed to their success and also how they are contributing to Quebec society.
Two graduates were featured on Dawson's social media accounts last week. In case you missed it, here are some links:
Five more days to show support for Dawson students
The impact of the cancellation of Dawson鈥檚 pavilion project does not only affect Dawson students, but the whole Montreal community and all English-language institutions in Quebec. We need your help to gather as much support for Dawson as possible in the next five days!
Please share this message with your friends, family and network of contacts.
The Dawson community has rallied around Dawson following Premier Fran莽ois Legault's decision to cancel the pavilion project, take away space from our students and future students and shelve a downtown community clinic.
It is thanks to you that our petition is #1 on the National Assembly petition platform.聽In one week, an impressive 10,000 signatures of support for Dawson were collected. However, we need your help to get as many Quebecers as possible to sign before our MNA Jennifer Maccarone presents the petition with the Dawson Student Union to the National Assembly on March 17.
The deadline to聽聽is March 15. Here's how you can help:
- Ask your friends, family, neighbours and contacts to sign it. Explain that they need to fill out the form and then confirm their signature by clicking a link in their email. A direct request one-on-one is probably more effective than sharing on social media.
- Send a request by email with the to your friends and ask them to sign it.
- Ask your colleagues and neighbours if they have signed it yet.
- Write to your Member of the National Assembly, template letters and resources are here:聽/蝉耻辫辫辞谤迟-诲补飞蝉辞苍/听
- If you are a teacher, take two minutes of class time to explain the situation and invite your students to take a moment to sign it. It is for their future!
Andrew Katz contributed to new series of Blue Met audio stories
just released a series of original audio stories for kids, in English and French, that they commissioned around the theme of ecology, the environment and sustainability. Andrew Katz (Faculty, English) is the author of one of the stories. 鈥淚t was a great pleasure to have gotten the chance to write and record one of them, alongside two terrific creators for young people, and . Special thanks as well to for her invaluable voice coaching,鈥� Andrew wrote.
You can give "Jackie's Window" and the other two stories a listen .
Dawson continuing to advocate for student space
In the coming days and weeks, Dawson will be rallying our students, employees, graduates, supporters and community to put pressure on the Quebec government to reconsider its decision to cancel the infrastructure project that it agreed to in December 2020. The project was meant to alleviate the overcrowding in the main building and to provide a dedicated space for Dawson鈥檚 healthcare programs and other units.
The College is collaborating with CEGEP partners, the Dawson Student Union, friends of Dawson and community organizations, as well as with Jennifer Maccarone, our local Member of the National Assembly.
Your support as Dawson colleagues will be called upon through an All Dawson email from the Communications Office. Students will be contacted via Omnivox and the community in general will be informed through traditional and social media.
These messages will provide suggestions on how you can help as individuals and by sharing with your networks as we actively seek support for Dawson through various channels. Stay tuned!
Once a Blue, always a Blue!
Dawson Blues Women's Hockey fans cheered for her first! Marie-Philip Poulin, who played for the Blues during the 2008-2009 academic year, was one of Canada's flag bearers at the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing on Feb. 4. Tonight, Feb. 16, she plays in the gold medal game! Go Marie-Philip! Go Canada!
Update on Dawson鈥檚 new branding project
Dawson鈥檚 Communications Office has the new Dawson Brand Guidelines and all the assets, including logos, and has begun the process of implementing the new brand. To date, the new brand has been applied to the website and Dawson鈥檚 social media. The website features the refreshed D wordmark and the new logo. In the fall, we…
Helping prospective students get to know Dawson at Winter Open House
Dawson鈥檚 two Open House events (one in the fall and one in the winter) are a chance for us to show potential applicants what we are all about. Put our best foot forward. For the fourth time over the past two years, this recruiting event had to happen virtually due to health restrictions. While the…
24th Annual Artists in Bloom to begin April 21
One of the most highly anticipated events to happen each year at Dawson is the Artists in Bloom art auction. Due to the pandemic it has not been held for two years. Well, it is back! This spring students at Dawson will produce art works, which will either be for sale or up for auction….
Ex-prisoner, yoga entrepreneur & Dawson grad is Quebec Black Changemaker
Before he served time in prison, Brandon Dawson-Jarvis graduated from 成人黑料 and from the University of Ottawa.
Recently, Brandon was interviewed by Dawson's Communications Office. Click Read More for his incredible story and to find out why he was named a Quebec Black Changemaker.
Last Modified: March 23, 2022
