{"id":4837,"date":"2020-06-09T14:50:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T18:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:58:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:58:31","slug":"new-pavilion-for-dawson-college-to-be-fast-tracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/new-pavilion-for-dawson-college-to-be-fast-tracked\/","title":{"rendered":"New pavilion for Dawson College to be fast-tracked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.buttons-group {\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t\tflex-flow: row wrap;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group>div {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\talign-items: stretch;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-2>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 49%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-3>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33.3%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group.columns-4>div {\n\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group .dc_btn {\n\n\t\t\t\tjustify-content: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\tflex-direction: initial;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 20% 10%;\n\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn {\n\t\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 10px 20px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 1rem 2rem;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #000;\n\t\t\t\ttext-decoration: none !important;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 2px 2px 0px 0px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-weight: normal !important;\n\t\t\t\t\/*display: flex;\n\t\t\t\talign-items: center;*\/\n\t\t\t\t\/*flex-direction: row-reverse;*\/\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: \"Open Sans\", Arial, sans-serif;\n\t\t\t\t\/**  Oswald,  *\/\n\t\t\t\tletter-spacing: 0.6px;\n\t\t\t\t\/* text-transform: uppercase; *\/\n\t\t\t\tborder-radius: 30px;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.buttons-group .dc_btn {\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t\talign-items: center;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.content a.dc_btn::before {\n\t\t\t\tcontent: \"\";\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn i.fa {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: -5px;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 2rem;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: inline-block;\n\t\t\t\t\/* vertical-align: middle; *\/\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.dcmc_btn i.fa {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-right: -2px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.blue {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #548ec4;\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #3D77AE;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.red {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #bd5276;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.green {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #41a849;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.orange {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #e6882a;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.purple {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #7248ae;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.black {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #000000;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #000;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\ta.dc_btn.black:hover {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #fff;\n\t\t\t\tborder: 1px solid #000;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #000 !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.clear-both {\n\t\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\ta.dc_btn:hover {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #000;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\ta.dc_btn:visited {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\ta.dc_btn:active {\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.big,\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.large {\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 30px;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 15px 20px;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.icon_only {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: transparent;\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 5px 10px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 auto;\n\t\t\t\tborder-radius: 10px;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn.icon_only i.fa {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dc_btn i {}\n\n\t\t\t.icon_only i {\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t\tcolor: inherit;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 32px;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t.dcmc_btn {\n\t\t\t\tcursor: auto;\n\t\t\t\tline-height: 30px;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: flex;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #222;\n\t\t\t\tbox-shadow: -10px 0 0 rgb(47, 146, 56), -20px 0 0 rgb(93, 40, 128), -30px 0 0 rgb(218, 129, 25), -40px 0 0 rgb(24, 131, 199);\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #fff;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 40px;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 20px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-decoration: none !important;\n\t\t\t\tcursor: pointer;\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\/*a.dcmc_btn[href$=pdf]{ display: block; display: flex; }*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_title{ font-size:30px; line-height: 35px; font-family:Oswald, \"Open Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; display:block; letter-spacing:1px; text-transform: uppercase;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_desc{ font-size:16px; letter-spacing:0.7px; font-family:Oswald, \"Open Sans\", Arial, sans-serif; display:block; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 0 1rem;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn i{ float: right; font-size: 3em; }*\/\n\t\t\t\/*a.dcmc_btn::before{ content: \"\"; display: none;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.small{ padding: 20px 20px 15px 20px; line-height: 22px; box-shadow: -10px 0 0 #2f9238,-20px 0 0 #5d2880,-30px 0 0 #da8119,-40px 0 0 #1883c7; margin-left:40px; margin-bottom: 10px;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.small .dcmc_title{ font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; font-weight: 400;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.small .dcmc_desc{ font-size: 13px;}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.small i{ font-size: 2em;}*\/\n\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.light{ !* Permalink - use to edit and share this gradient: http:\/\/colorzilla.com\/gradient-editor\/#ffffff+0,dddddd+100 *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*background: #ffffff; !* Old browsers *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%, #dddddd 100%); !* FF3.6-15 *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #ffffff 0%,#dddddd 100%); !* Chrome10-25,Safari5.1-6 *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #ffffff 0%,#dddddd 100%); !* W3C, IE10+, FF16+, Chrome26+, Opera12+, Safari7+ *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#dddddd',GradientType=0 ); !* IE6-9 *!*\/\n\t\t\t\/*border: 1px solid #C7C7C7;*\/\n\t\t\t\/*border-left: none;*\/\n\t\t\t\/*color: #000;*\/\n\t\t\t\/*}*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn i{ float: right; font-size: 3em; }*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.light i{ }*\/\n\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.round20{ border-radius: 20px; }*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.round10{ border-radius: 10px; }*\/\n\t\t\t\/*.dcmc_btn.round5{ border-radius: 5px; }*\/\n\n\n\n\t\t\t@media only screen and (max-width: 740px) {\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_btn {\n\t\t\t\t\tline-height: 22px;\n\t\t\t\t\tbox-shadow: -12px 0 0 rgb(47, 146, 56), -24px 0 0 rgb(93, 40, 128), -36px 0 0 rgb(218, 129, 25), -48px 0 0 rgb(24, 131, 199);\n\t\t\t\t\tpadding: 15px 15px 12px;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 48px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_title {\n\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 22px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_desc {\n\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 12px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t@media only screen and (max-width: 500px) {\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_btn {\n\t\t\t\t\tbox-shadow: -8px 0 0 rgb(47, 146, 56), -16px 0 0 rgb(93, 40, 128), -24px 0 0 rgb(218, 129, 25), -32px 0 0 rgb(24, 131, 199);\n\t\t\t\t\tpadding: 10px 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 32px;\n\t\t\t\t\tline-height: 16px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_title {\n\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 15px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t.dcmc_desc {\n\t\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"dc_btn_wrap \" style=\"text-align:left; display:block\"><a  style=\"  font-size:1.8rem; \" class=\"dc_btn blue  \" href=\"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/announcements\/acceleration-de-la-construction-du-pavillon-du-college-dawson\/\"><span style=\"font-size:1.8rem;; padding: 0 10px; display:inline-block; vertical-align:top;\">Lire la version fran\u00e7aise<\/span><i style=\"padding:0 0 0 10px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa fa-file-text-o\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<p>A new pavilion for Dawson College is one of the 202 infrastructure, health and education projects that the Legault government is fast-tracking. Dawson\u2019s project was included in the omnibus Bill 61, which was tabled June 3 and is expected to be passed before the National Assembly breaks for the summer June 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is very good news for the whole College,\u201d said Richard Filion, Director General of Dawson College. \u201cDawson\u2019s 10,000-square-metre space deficit was recognized by the Ministry of Education over five years ago. This news means we will now be able to move forward on an innovative and unique project in Quebec.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new pavilion will create more space to enhance pedagogical approaches and to create a better learning environment. It is not expected to add more students to Dawson\u2019s enrolment figures.<\/p>\n<h2>A new home for health programs<\/h2>\n<p>The new pavilion will be a green building based on LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards and will be home to about 950 students in seven health programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biomedical Laboratory Technology<\/li>\n<li>Diagnostic Imaging Technology<\/li>\n<li>Nursing<\/li>\n<li>Physiotherapy Technology<\/li>\n<li>Radiation Oncology<\/li>\n<li>Social Service Technology<\/li>\n<li>Medical Ultrasound Technology (opening in Fall 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Opening in 2024 or perhaps earlier<\/h2>\n<p>Physiotherapy Technology faculty member Tim Miller, who was mandated to coordinate the input of the health programs for the design of the new building, outlined what else will be in the new pavilion, originally slated for opening in Fall 2024 but maybe earlier now.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the classrooms, labs and simulation centre for the health programs, the new pavilion will house the Dawson College Health Clinic (Dawson\u2019s <em>Clinique \u00c9cole<\/em>), teachers\u2019 offices, a caf\u00e9, student space, lockers and more. There will also be general use classrooms for a variety of courses.<\/p>\n<h2>Much more than an annex<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning, it was clear that the ministry did not want us to just build an annex to make up the space deficit,\u201d Tim explained. \u201cThey wanted something that would enhance learning and bring added value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The building will not be on the main campus because of its heritage status. The College is studying a few options for sites.<\/p>\n<h2>Unique in Quebec<\/h2>\n<p>The Director General said that Dawson\u2019s health pavilion will be unique in Quebec. \u201cThe students will learn and work together in an inter-professional learning space,\u201d Richard said. \u201cWhen they graduate, they will be ready to work on inter-professional health teams in hospitals and health facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim explained that having our own inter-professional space will make Dawson unique. Dawson has the greatest number of health programs and the most health students in the CEGEP network. For inspiration, Dawson has studied the approaches and designs of George Brown College and the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto.<\/p>\n<h2>Solving cases together<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, the Dawson programs do simulations but not together,\u201d Tim said. Going forward, \u201cwe will solve cases together by relying on each other\u2019s knowledge and backgrounds, just like in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tim gave an example of a person hurt in a bike accident coming in to the hospital. Working as a team, the Nursing students would care for the patient, the Diagnostic Imaging students would x-ray the patient and the Physiotherapy Technology students would help the patient recover.<\/p>\n<h2>Simulation rooms<\/h2>\n<p>The new pavilion will offer a variety of settings for simulations, including several hospital rooms and other types of rooms, which may be an outpatient clinic or even an apartment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the opportunity to build from the ground up and to create spaces where the students will learn what other professionals do and how to work with them,\u201d Tim said. \u201cAll students will work on a wide variety of cases in these inter-professional settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the health programs have now expressed their needs and have created a big wish list for architecture firm Jodoin Lamarre Pratte. \u201cThe architects are now at work and we are looking forward to a first concept by fall,\u201d Tim said.<\/p>\n<h2>Collaborative spirit<\/h2>\n<p>There has been a great spirit of collaboration working on the new space. \u201cWe have been trying new things as a health group of programs. We created overlaps in our current space and after trying different ideas, we can commit to them in the new design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This project has been an opportunity to dream together and to grow closer as a team, Tim said. \u201cThe best part has been working with this user-friendly bottom-up design thinking, which I learned at a workshop given by The Design Gym in New York City in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Over 100 faculty consulted<\/h2>\n<p>The process to date has offered 110 faculty members from the six departments opportunities to participate in the discussion and planning process.<\/p>\n<p>The project began with a focus on the pedagogy. Once the space has been allocated to the health programs, the next phase of planning and design will begin. Planning can then move on to all kinds of fun elements, including the art in the new pavilion, the design of the student space and how the values of the College will be expressed, such as well-being for all, sustainably.<\/p>\n<h2>New pavilion for all<\/h2>\n<p>The new pavilion will be a place that all students in all programs can enjoy using. As a hub for campus life and facilities, the main campus will remain important for students in the health programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exciting time for the College,\u201d said Tim. \u201cThe new pavilion is a win for us all. The main campus will also be renovated when the health programs leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>A future with more space<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThere have been so many people at Dawson involved in this project over the last five years. Thanks to their countless efforts, the Dawson community can now imagine a future with more space,\u201d said Tim.<\/p>\n<p>The College has also worked closely with the SQI (<em>Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des infrastructures<\/em>) and the MEES (Quebec\u2019s Ministry of Education) for the last two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new pavilion for Dawson College is one of the 202 infrastructure, health and education projects that the Legault government is fast-tracking. Dawson\u2019s project was included in the omnibus Bill 61, which was tabled June 3 and is expected to be passed before the National Assembly breaks for the summer June 12. \u201cThis is very&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[190],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4837"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4911,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions\/4911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www-chris.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}