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  • Sustainable Happiness Report

    Sustainable Happiness Report Published by the Happiness Research Institute (2015). The report poises the question:

    What is the link between sustainability and happiness?

  • 3 Ways to Cultivate Sustainable Happiness and Live a More Fulfilling Life

    Alumni of the Sustainable Happiness Certificate, Ben Mumme writes about his experience

  • Understanding our growing interest in happiness

    The Globe and Mail discusses the rise of Sustainable Happiness

  • Well-being for all, sustainably

    The United Nations reports how Dawson College meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thanks in part to the Sustainable Happiness Certificate.

  • 100-DAY SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS SEMESTER JOURNAL: NEW TOOL FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

    Dawson College announces the publication of the Sustainable Happiness Semester Journal

  • Can happiness be taught?

    Researchers, emboldened by new insights in psychology, hope to discover the habits that bring us joy, and spread them to others

  • A Look at Bhutan’s Efforts to Promote Sustainability and Happiness

    Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness integrates sustainable happiness—aligning state measures with environmental conservation and citizens’ wellbeing.

  • IMAGINING A NEW NORMAL: EXPLORING WELLBEING INITIATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

    The university of Michigan highlights examples of toolkits that bridge silos between wellness and sustainability initiatives on campus

  • 1,000 species project, carbon neutrality, and Sustainable Happiness program make Dawson a global leader in sustainability

    Dawson College becomes the first post secondary institution to earn a platinum STARS rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

  • Green Pioneers Interview: Catherine O’Brien on Sustainable Happiness

    Catherine O’Brien introduces “sustainable happiness”: joy that supports individual, community, and environmental well-being without exploiting people or the planet.

  • Canadore College and Dawson College to collaborate on Sustainable Happiness

    Canadore College and Dawson College announce partnering together on Sustainable Happiness at Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) event in 2024

  • Sustainable Well-being

    Sustainable happiness blends inner lasting joy and eco-friendly fulfillment—rooted in eudaimonic well-being that honors personal, communal, and planetary wellness

  • Canadore College and Dawson College to collaborate on Sustainable Happiness

    The two institutions recently signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on advancing a Sustainable Happiness Certificate.

  • SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS AT CEGEP: WELL-BEING FOR ALL

    Educative reports on the integration of Sustainable Happiness at Vanier College

  • Platinum rating in sustainability – a global first!

    “From committing to well-being for all through its Sustainable Happiness program, to achieving carbon neutrality, to pledging to attract and identify 1,000 species in 1,000 days,” - AASHE’s Executive Director, Meghan Fay Zahniser.

  • Harmonizing Well-being and Nature: Champlain's Sustainable Insights from Dawson College

    Dawson College’s mindfulness, biodiversity micro-habitats, and a 100-day “Sustainable Happiness” journal inspire Champlain to integrate well-being, nature, and personal-growth initiatives.

  • Sustainable Happiness? 6 Ways to Get There

    Cultivating sustainable happiness means appreciating simple joys, mapping interdependence, tracking daily impacts, and fostering relationships that support wellbeing and environmental harmony.

  • PROMOTING WELL-BEING FOR ALL, THROUGH SUSTAINABLE HAPPINESS

    Dawson Colleges introduces Sustainable Happiness to its readership

  • Garden of peace

    The Peace Garden at Dawson College is a living-memorial green space fostering biodiversity, remembrance, healing, and environmental education.

  • Sustainable Happiness Theory: Cultivating long-term joy at the workplace

    Sustainable Happiness Theory promotes long-lasting workplace joy via self-care, social connection, and meaningful work aligned with personal and collective well-being.

  • Gross National Happiness - Well-Being For All, Sustainability

    The United States Gross National Happiness explores Sustainable Happiness

  • Congrats to colleagues who completed Sustainable Happiness

    Dawson College reports on the successful completion of the final projects of the Sustainable Happiness Certificate.