{"id":2132,"date":"2018-04-07T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/?p=2132"},"modified":"2018-04-07T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T14:24:24","slug":"how-dawson-college-is-developing-corporate-knights-and-maidens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/2018\/04\/07\/how-dawson-college-is-developing-corporate-knights-and-maidens\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dawson College is Developing Corporate Knights (and Maidens)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boudewijn-huysmans-392679-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2133\" src=\"https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boudewijn-huysmans-392679-unsplash-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boudewijn-huysmans-392679-unsplash-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boudewijn-huysmans-392679-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/therelationshipdeal.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/boudewijn-huysmans-392679-unsplash-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, an old friend re-surfaced in my life. In the almost two decades we had not seen each other, Dr. Catherine O\u2019Brien has made an international name for herself in the field of education, introducing Sustainable Happiness inside (and outside) the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>In this story for Corporate Knights magazine (ugh, what a silly name for a seriously good magazine) I profile Dawson College\u2019s Living Campus. Catherine has been working with Chris Adam (Dawson\u2019s sustainability coordinator) to bring life to education, and education to life.<\/p>\n<h3>Garden of Peace<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I have such a grin on my face talking about this,\u201d Annie Quadros says, recalling her three years at Dawson College and her experience with its Living Campus at Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s largest CEGEP.<\/p>\n<p>While there are lots of living things on this 12-acre greenspace in the heart of downtown Montr\u00e9al \u2013 like butterfly sanctuaries, insect resorts, beehives, meadows and other microhabitats \u2013 the 21-year-old recent graduate emphasizes that \u201cthe Living Campus is not necessarily something that is always tangible.\u201d Rather, these opportunities to connect with nature are the catalyst that brings life to education and education to life. In the process, it also creates change agents like Quadros with the competencies to tackle complex 21st century challenges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corporateknights.com\/channels\/education\/garden-of-peace-15210900\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Garden of Peace&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Unsplash\/Boudewijn Huysma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, an old friend re-surfaced in my life. In the almost two decades we had not seen each other, Dr. Catherine O\u2019Brien has made an international name for herself in the field of education, introducing Sustainable Happiness inside (and outside) the classroom. 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