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Active transportation news and BIXI discount

May 23rd, 2024

There will be a meeting with those who have shown interest in joining Dzʿ's Active Alternative Transportation Working group (AATWG). “We plan to meet with the group to discuss future bike workshops, helping people find the best route to and from Dzʿ. Whether it is a biking or walking route, we want to encourage people to live healthier lives by spending more time outdoors instead of sitting in a car, bus, metro or train to get to work or school,” said Jennifer de Vera (Office of Sustainability).

Don't forget to take advantage of the to all Dzʿ community and friends. Use discount code BIXI2024DAWSON . The deadline is May 31, 2024!

In addition, the Office of Sustainability was able to form a partnership with local bike shop , just a five-minute bike ride from Dzʿ. Simply present your student or employee I.D. and you will receive 15% off on all accessories. (Discount not applicable to bikes or labour)

If anyone has any bike related questions, feel free to contact Adam akingsland@dawsoncollege.qc.ca


Students and staff are invited to a bike maintenance skills workshop May 28

May 23rd, 2024

Students and employees are welcome to bring their bikes to learn how to change a tire, adjust brakes and do basic tune up’s.

Mech Tech faculty member Adam Kingsland will lead an outdoor bike workshop by the Gazebo in Parking Lot 1 starting at 12 PM on Tuesday, May 28. (Rain date: Wednesday, May 29) Bring your bikes or simply come listen and learn. Adam facilitates the workshops by ensuring all participants can get their hands dirty to benefit from the hands-on learning.

Please reserve your spot by emailing sustainability@dawsoncollege.qc.ca

This activity is part of the Office of Sustainability’s Wellness Activities- Happy Hobbies series.


Food researchers from around the world gathered at Dzʿ

May 23rd, 2024

Industrialized food production and international food supply chains significantly increase food insecurity, worsen environmental degradation, and lead to inadequate livelihoods especially for women and youth. Food systems have the potential to be multi-functional levers for change. Small-scale, Indigenous, and traditional approaches can offer needed solutions for transformation.

Last week at Dzʿ, a group of food researchers from Kenya, Mexico, Brazil, Australia and other parts of Canada met each other for the first time as part of a new major international project to identify, measure, and tell the stories of regional sustainable food systems. The project is called FLOW (Food, Learning and Growing) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation.

Visit the link for the homepage news story.


Read more about: Fueling Dzʿ with Dzʿ Dinin’ three days a week

Fueling Dzʿ with Dzʿ Dinin’ three days a week

May 22nd, 2024

Over a decade ago, the Dzʿ Student Union began to address food insecurity at the College introducing Dzʿ Dinin’, a free vegan lunch service, offered once per week to the whole community.  In Winter 2024, the Office of Sustainability, the Dzʿ Peace Centre, and the Dzʿ Student Union joined together to expand the service…

Read more about: Eco-landscaping students make two new gardens

Eco-landscaping students make two new gardens

May 9th, 2024

Students in Paul Wasacz’s Physical Education course, Eco-landscaping, built two new gardens on the west side of the campus over the weekend of May 4-5. Chris Adam and Jenn de Vera from the Office of Sustainability were also both present to guide the students. “We were able to use fillers such as large branches and…

Read more about: BioBlitz and spring weather brings species count to 900

BioBlitz and spring weather brings species count to 900

May 9th, 2024

Over the last two weeks, the Dzʿ community and friends have collectively added over 1,300 observations from 200 new observers. The number of new species added is 64, bringing our 1,000 Species in 1,000 Days count to 900. On Monday, April 29, about 100 people attended the worldwide BioBlitz at Dzʿ. Participants included students, faculty,…

Dzʿ in the news

April 25th, 2024

CBC Montreal's Evening News Anchor Debra Arbec visited Dzʿ on April 22 for an Earth Day feature interview with Chris Adam, Head of Sustainability at Dzʿ.

Visit the link for the six-minute video feature.


Earth Weeks at Dzʿ 2024

April 24th, 2024

This year's Earth Weeks once again promoted well-being for our students and employees and brought back some favourite activities and events while introducing new ones.

On April 23, Kaye Francis led a cooking workshop, which was the crowd favourite.

"I wanted to inspire participants to bring out their inner chef," she said. Kaye, a trained French chef who likes to inject Caribbean influences into her cooking, presented couscous and suggested many different ways to use it or other grains as a base to create flavourful, healthy and satisfying meals. "People get stuck on recipes, I wanted to focus on methods," she said.

Couscous is a blank canvas and you can create different meals by adding vegetables, protein, and dressing/sauce. Here is Kaye's recipe for Italian or Greek couscous.

Photo credit: Christine Layne


Read more about: Large Peace Garden photo collage celebrates 1,000 Species project

Large Peace Garden photo collage celebrates 1,000 Species project

April 24th, 2024

During this final push to get 1,000 Species in 1,000 Days identified on Dzʿ’s downtown Montreal campus, a gorgeous photo collage celebrating the project has been printed and posted around the college. It was created by Doug Smyth, a faculty member in Physical Education. Doug has photographed hundreds of species and taken thousands of photos…

Celebrating Chris Adam’s Meritorious Service Medal at Dzʿ

April 11th, 2024

Director general Diane Gauvin hosted a Dzʿ celebration with the Office of Sustainability team, the Community Recreation and Leadership Training family, staff and faculty who have participated in the Sustainable Happiness course and sustainability projects, management team members and the Communications Office to celebrate Chris Adam on April 4. Two weeks before he had received the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) from Governor General Mary Simon.

Photo by Debbie Resurreccion (CRLT)


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