{"id":5031,"date":"2020-06-16T16:56:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/?post_type=digest&#038;p=5031"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:56:58","slug":"dssu-members-to-receive-training","status":"publish","type":"digest","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/dnews\/dssu-members-to-receive-training\/","title":{"rendered":"DSSU members to receive training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Dawson Support Staff Union are invited to attend a June 27 workshop entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/ti.to\/kim.crayton.llc\/introduction-to-being-an-antiracist\">Introduction to Being an Antiracist<\/a> given by Kim Crayton<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DSSU requested funding from Dawson College to permit any member to attend the workshop \u201cin light of the current groundswell associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, and within the context of proactive action on behalf of Dawson College,\u201d the DSSU wrote in a June 11 letter requesting the funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe College welcomed this request,\u201d said Director of Human Resources Pascahl Scott. \u201cThis issue is very important for our College and our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fees for this workshop will be covered by Dawson College and will not come from an individual\u2019s yearly professional development funds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/announcements\/no-tolerance-for-racism-hate-and-discrimination-a-message-from-the-directors-of-dawson-college\/\">On June 16, the Directors of Dawson College signed a statement committing the College to the hard work of eradicating racism, violence and discrimination. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our role as an educational institution, we will continue to explore ways and develop actions that support the movement towards justice, peace and equity for all peoples,\u201d the College Directors wrote in their June 16 statement.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Dawson College community will be working together against racism. A new and important chapter in this conversation has begun and we look forward to the ideas and input of the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Dawson Support Staff Union are invited to attend a June 27 workshop entitled Introduction to Being an Antiracist given by Kim Crayton. The DSSU requested funding from Dawson College to permit any member to attend the workshop \u201cin light of the current groundswell associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, and within&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":114,"template":"","digest_categories":[210,218,247],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digest\/5031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/digest"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digest\/5031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5032,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digest\/5031\/revisions\/5032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"digest_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/digest_categories?post=5031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}