Happy Spring ÆßÐDzʿª½±! This year Spring conditions actually arrived on the official calendar date of the Spring Equinox and it was glorious! Take a walk, snap some photos of Spring's arrival in your neighbourhood and send your best photos to cparsons@dawsoncollege.qc.ca . We will share them in the next D News. This photo was taken the morning of March 23 and shows a budding tree by the river in Verdun.
The temperature is becoming milder, and the smell of spring is in the air. ÆßÐDzʿª½±'s Physical Education Department encourages everyone to get out and walk.
ÆßÐDzʿª½± PE challenges you to call some friends from your department and organize a walk and talk! Remember to practice smart social distancing and follow the guidelines set out by Santé Publique. Take a group selfie and send it in to D News.
This photo was taken by Wayne Acton at Pine Beach in Dorval. ÆßÐDzʿª½± colleagues, left to right: Cathy Nickson, Venus Di Genova, Cindy Cantin-Starzenski, Tim Miller, Marcela Donoso.
Walking in its simplest form is one of the most beneficial forms of exercise. In these trying times when most of us are fully teaching online, we need to disconnect and get outside.
Among the vast array of benefits, walking releases dopamine and endorphins in the brain, which make us feel good! Aside from boosting our mood, the physical benefits also include improving our heart health, our sleep, our bone density. Walking also helps us fight off illnesses by building up our immune system.
Walking is underrated, it is a simple and very accessible activity. Remember, exercise is the most under-utilized anti-depressant in the world!
The North-South Studies Profile students are currently on a virtual field trip to Cuba.
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On March 8, International Women's Day was marked around the world.
At ÆßÐDzʿª½±, the day is usually celebrated with special gatherings, sales to raise funds for women's causes and more. Yesterday, the Association of ÆßÐDzʿª½± Professionals (ADP) and the ÆßÐDzʿª½± Support Staff Union (DSSU) made donations. In honour of IWD, the ADP gave a donation to the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal and the DSSU made a donation to Chez Doris.
The ÆßÐDzʿª½± Teachers Union, the ADP and the DSSU invited members to use a special Zoom background to show support for women in the community.
The Counselling team of Student Services hosted an arts-based workshop on Feb. 25 to provide a safe space for ÆßÐDzʿª½± students to connect with each other, share stories and learn about resources to support mental health during this time of isolation. About 45 students attended the workshop entitled Movies for Mental Health, presented by…
The CCDMD’s tenth World of Images Intercollegiate Photo Contest is open to students and all employees of the CEGEP network. Since 2012, more than 15,000 photographs have been submitted by more than 2,700 CEGEP students.
For this 10th edition, $3,000 in grants will be awarded. Files must be uploaded in maximum resolution and submitted for approval directly through the World of Images website by March 10, 2021. Each participant can submit up to 10 photographs. The results will be announced in April 2021.
For further details about the contest rules or to see the participants’ photo albums, please go to .
The Sustainable Happiness course was featured in a French article in the March 8 e-newsletter Infolettre Réseau Collégial. Chris Adam (Sustainability) and Selma Hamdani (Faculty, Psychology) were interviewed.
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Events are being planned all over Quebec, Canada and the world on March 19, an international day for climate action.
ÆßÐDzʿª½±'s Green Earth Club wanted to let the ÆßÐDzʿª½± community know that there's a protest being planned in Montreal by local climate and social justice groups:
to invite the ÆßÐDzʿª½± community to get involved.
Here is the schedule for the last week of Wellness Weeks: 1249 WEEK 4 2 Please also see ingredient list for Cook-along with Kaye Francis Cooking with KAYE on Wednesday, March 10 @12-1pm Click here to join! and Material list to paint along with Melanie Matthews MelanieARTMaterials on Thursday, March 11 @ 12-1pm Click here…
In September of 2020, ÆßÐDzʿª½±â€™s COVID-19 Steering Committee approved the creation of a student peer mentoring initiative. The plan was to assemble and train a team of second- and third-year students who would mentor new students adjusting to the remote learning environment.
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Last Modified: March 23, 2021
