| Overall Rating | Platinum |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 86.18 |
| Liaison | Chris Adam |
| Submission Date | Dec. 30, 2024 |
Dawson College
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Chris
Adam Coordinator Sustainability Office |
1st Partnership
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
Dawson continues work with Preparatory Tres Marias in Morelos, Mexico, on several sustainability fronts. A water capture project is almost complete as of 2024 and an exchange program considered for 2025. A Sustainable Happiness (SH) program was implemented in 2022 and a celebration of Mexico's first SH Certificate holders was implemented at the Preparatory in March 2023 (included as an Innovation).
History of project (pre-2021): Previously, a program titled Sustainable Campuses has been active for 6 years and is part of several grants received by the College. Three Mexican university partnerships in the state of Morelos were signed. Dawson pays for the travel, coordinators on site, equipment, pedagogical material and has given 20 student research micro-scholarships. All aspects of sustainability are covered under a participatory research theme, including landscape renewal, establishment of gardens, committees, woman's groups, indigenous knowledge transfer, values education, support for women in school, leadership character, medicinal plants, culture and sustainability and community theatre as a teaching method, and group leadership.
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dnews-categories/sustainable/page/5/
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/sustainable-campuses/forums/tercer-dia-de-foro-en-tres-marias/
2nd Partnership
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
2024 - Dawson works with the Earthvalues Institute, a charitable organization, to develop a NatureHood youth program with Nature Canada that teaches about urban wildlife. Seven summer day camps visit Dawson grounds and are taken through the various gardens, experience urban wildlife here and have nature interpretation sessions lead by Dawson students. This program lasts two weeks and then Daycare programs are offered to children as well. Partnership agreements are signed.
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/sustainable-campuses/our-partners/
3rd Partnership
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
At COP15 in Montreal (2022), Dawson announced a bold initiative to attract and identify 1000 species on our city block, only 1.5 km from downtown Montreal, in 1000 days. This "1000 species in 1000 days" involves staff, students, children from day camp, and visitors as well.
Part of this initiatve was to develop a partnership with Live Beetles Canada, to organize Invertyebrate Expos for the public and to create and intoor and outdoor beetle sancuary where native beetles can thrive in micr-habitats creted on rooftops and campus grounds. Funds are allocated to develop an indoor habitat and to crete educational displays at the public events.
Poster:
https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/news/dawson-community-mobilizing-to-identify-1000-species-in-1000-days/
Optional Fields
Local elementary school-Living School designation - Franklin Elementary.
Local high school - garden supplies - outdoor garden.
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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