{"id":8,"date":"2014-05-23T17:27:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T17:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:58:17","slug":"supporting-our-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/about-the-foundation\/supporting-our-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting our Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Dawson College Foundation is commited to:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Student Success<\/b><b>\u00a0and Perseverance\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/Dawson_1240-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Dawson_1240\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<p>Dawson students who require additional help benefit from an array of financial aid and learning\u00a0centres. The need to support students with real-life expenses beyond tuition during their times of need is always present. <a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/funds-activities\/awards-and-scholarships\/\">Awards, Bursaries, and Scholarships<\/a> recognize excellence and scholarly perseverance.\u00a0\u00a0Moreover, student success and perseverance are linked with the capacity for Dawson College to offer a learning environment to students through extra-curricular projects that are complementing and enriching the regular academic pathways provided through our programs of study and student life activities.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>Well-Being for\u00a0All and Sustainability<span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-472 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/Dawson_butterfly_2018_109-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Dawson_butterfly_2018_109\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<p>Dawson\u2019s\u00a0leadership in\u00a0sustainability\u00a0and in promoting well-being for all stems largely from student-led\u00a0projects\u00a0and\u00a0innovation.\u00a0Supporting these projects at Dawson gives our donors a chance to make lasting change by equipping our students to make a better world for everyone, sustainably.\u00a0Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/sustainable\/living-campus\/\">Living Campus<\/a>\u00a0provides opportunities\u00a0to\u00a0contribute to a healthy\u00a0environment\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0peaceful world.\u00a0The College\u2019s commitment\u00a0to be\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/accomplishment\/planting-30000-trees-this-spring-and-summer-to-offset-two-years-of-dawsons-carbon-footprint\/\">Carbon\u00a0Neutral\u00a0Forever<\/a>\u00a0is just one example of the work being done to advance sustainability.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Innovation and Excellence<\/b><\/h3>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-473 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/Dawson_2046-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"Dawson_2046\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<p>Traditional ways of accessing knowledge and developing 21st\u00a0century skills are profoundly shifting. Dawson is\u00a0challenged to\u00a0develop transformative\u00a0experiences\u00a0that\u00a0expose\u00a0students\u00a0to new advances\u00a0in technology and the arts.\u00a0This includes\u00a0favouring\u00a0the use of bold new installations\u00a0and\u00a0fostering the development of innovative pedagogical approaches and interactive applications such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/announcements\/dawson-college-poised-to-transform-college-education-with-major-investment-in-ai-project\/\">Artificial Intelligence-related technologies.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dawson College Foundation is commited to: Student Success\u00a0and Perseverance\u00a0 Dawson students who require additional help benefit from an array of financial aid and learning\u00a0centres. The need to support students with real-life expenses beyond tuition during their times of need is always present. Awards, Bursaries, and Scholarships recognize excellence and scholarly perseverance.\u00a0\u00a0Moreover, student success and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":196,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/488"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/dawson-foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}