Six staff & professionals completed Sustainable Happiness
May 23rd, 2024
Facilitators Azra Khan and Jenn de Vera led another group of support staff and professionals in the Sustainable Happiness non-credit course. Congrats to our new SH grads of Winter 2024!
In the photo from left to right, here are the grads and their final projects:
- Azra Khan (HR, SH Facilitator)
- Liam Barnes (Industrial Design): Multicultural potluck with Industrial Design students
- Anne-Marie Marko (Library):聽Created music playlist with song ideas from Dawson community, posted board in library/partnered with Julien who also works in the library
- Skyler Charlie Hudon (CLEO): Wellness pomodoro workshops
- Anastasia Tzeckas (Finance): Community Coffee break for Finance and Social Science & Business Technology departments (partnered with Santa).
- Santa Di Stefano (Social Science & Business Technology): Community Coffee break for Finance and Social Science & Business Technology (partnered with Anastasia)
- Julien Procuta (Library): Created music playlist with song ideas from Dawson community, posted board in library/partnered with Anne-Marie who also works in the library
- Jenn de Vera (Office of Sustainability, SH facilitator)
Six faculty members completed Sustainable Happiness
May 23rd, 2024
Facilitator Holly McIntyre led a group of faculty members through the Sustainable Happiness non-credit course pioneered at Dawson. Congrats to our first SH faculty grads!
In the photo from left to right, here are the Winter 2024 SH grads along with their projects:
- Holly McIntyre (Phys ed, SH facilitator)
- Richard Montreuil (Department Chair, Phys ed): Created a student survey to understand what makes students happy in Phys. Ed. classes and shared results with the group and his department
- Cory Deegan ( Ed.): Adding SH activities and reflections to his Phys. Ed. courses
- Caroline Haddad ( Ed.): (with Layal) Put up a gratitude board in the hallway, provided to the community ways of feeling and expressing gratitude, and hosted a Phys. Ed. gratitude coffee and snack break to share gratitude
- Paul Wasacz ( Ed.): Planting three sisters with his Phys. Ed. class to prepare for the new Indigenous garden and arranging for students to take care of the seedlings
- Layal Nakhl茅 ( Ed.) (with Caroline): Put up a gratitude board in the hallway, provided to the community ways of feeling and expressing gratitude, and hosted a Phys. Ed. gratitude coffee and snack break to share gratitude
- Brian Mader (Program Co-Coordinator of Environmental Science,Biology): Ran a Bioblitz to identify species聽on campus
Indigenous student and grad featured in Warrior Up
May 23rd, 2024
Kayla Spencer-Young, who will graduate next month from Dawson鈥檚 Pure and Applied Science program, and Rotshenn贸n:ni Two-Axe (Class of 2023, Health Science) will be featured in a TV series called Warrior Up on APTN. The series follows inspiring and activist Indigenous youth aged 15 to 26 as they face challenges and make positive changes happen in their communities and beyond. Kayla and Rotshenn贸n:ni were chosen because they are student founders of IndigeSTEM, which also won a .
The series is airing now over the next 10 weeks or so. You can follow Warrior Up on social media for more info about the upcoming shows:
During promotion of the series, Kayla was interviewed recently on CBC North:
Forces Avenir Recognizes Outstanding Contributions at Dawson
May 23rd, 2024
On May 16, 成人黑料 hosted the annual Forces Avenir ceremony to honour outstanding contributions from students and faculty members. Hosted by Geoff Kloos from Student Services, the event highlighted notable achievements in various disciplines 鈥� Congratulations to all!
Following the ceremony, attendees were invited to a reception to celebrate the award recipients and their impact on the Dawson community.
Visit the link below to see the 2024 Forces Avenir Awards.
Testimonies reveal impact of New School on alumni
May 23rd, 2024
Leading up to the reunion and 50th anniversary celebration on April 13, New School alumni were asked to share their stories 鈥渂ecause of New School.鈥�
To read a selection of testimonies from alumni of various decades, visit the link.
Indigenous students reflect on their work exhibited at Dawson鈥檚 gallery
May 23rd, 2024
Indigenous students at Dawson celebrated a year of land-based learning at a vernissage of their artwork and projects on May 10 at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery.
The work was created in the Learning Perspectives course of the Journeys program co-taught by Amanda Lickers and Jocelyn Parr over the last academic year of 2023-2024.
Student Zye Rashontiiostha Mayo said there were two goals for the exhibit: 鈥渟haring our artwork and sharing our voices.鈥�
Visit the link for a homepage news story, which includes interviews with three student artists and photos from the exhibit.
May 23rd, 2024
Our Facilities Management Coordinator Pierre Lefebvre received a great honour in the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 8. The Communications Office invited him to share the experience with his Dawson colleagues: First of all, I’d like to thank 成人黑料 for this kind gesture of including my news in D News, which means…
May 22nd, 2024
Over a decade ago, the Dawson Student Union began to address food insecurity at the College introducing Dawson Dinin鈥�, a free vegan lunch service, offered once per week to the whole community. 聽In Winter 2024, the Office of Sustainability, the 成人黑料 Peace Centre, and the Dawson Student Union joined together to expand the service…
Showcase for students & local creators at IVGD vernissage June 12
May 22nd, 2024
The Independent Video Game Design program is proud to host its annual vernissage event, showcasing games created by our 2024 graduating class and the local independent game development community! Discover the projects that our teams of graduates have created, learning to design, illustrate, model and program every element with the guidance of our faculty of industry veterans. The IVGD program is also happy to welcome local independent game developers to join us in celebrating our creative industry and making new connections within our community.
Please join us Wednesday, June 12 from 6 PM-10 PM in room 3C.1 for our open vernissage and playtesting event, featuring over 15+ playable games. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages included.
May 22nd, 2024
The IPE program began early this year when the IPE team was allotted a 45-minute block of time during new student orientation. This allowed the team to introduce the concept and talk about the engaging activities to come. The goal was to introduce the fact that students in seven different programs all belong to our…
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