Year: 2014
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FACEIT club holds bake sale for Autism Awareness Day
STORY BY KATE WOODS Sheridan College’s FACEIT club held a bake sale on Wednesday for Autism Awareness Day to raise campus awareness about autism. FACEIT stands for Friends Accepting Challenges and Endeavoring to Improve Themselves. “The club is to help students in the autism spectrum,” said Janice Galloway, a learning strategist with the Accessible Learning…
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A truly Canadian tradition
INFOGRAPHIC BY VANESSA GILLIS STORY AND PHOTOS BY JONATHAN FERGUSON AND VANESSA GILLIS //
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iFlying adventure
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS Thrillseekers in Oakville and the GTA will soon be able to experience the rush of jumping out of a plane without ever leaving the ground. Only the second facility of its kind in Canada, iFly Toronto is opening its indoor sky diving facility in the Winston Park Drive area. Although…
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EmployAbility supports students with disabilities
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS Sheridan College is leading the way in providing students with disabilities a fair shot at employment through a new pilot program. The EmployAbility program, a joint effort between the college’s Career Centre and Accessible Learning services, launched in February to provide students with disabilities the skills and support needed to…
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Students face consequences for unpaid debt
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS Sheridan College is cracking down on debtors. The college formally set out a plan for dealing with students who don’t pay. The new Outstanding Obligations Policy, approved by the President’s Council on Feb. 18, is nothing new according to Zuzana Chocinova, a legal assistant at Sheridan. It’s more of an…
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A Kiss to Remember
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY It can be awkward and sloppy or romantic and natural. For 19-year-old Jonah McIntosh, it was a little bit of everything. McIntosh is a second-year Musical Theatre student who says he wouldn’t change anything about his first kiss. “The memory’s perfect,” he says. “I think it’s so cool how we hold things…
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Japanese students visit Sheridan for a two-week long exchange program
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID Eight Sheridan students will be taking part in a cultural exchange between the college and the Osaka Electro-Communications University this May. “This is currently an in-house program and we’re looking for someone to adopt it to keep it going,” said Michael Jones, coordinator of the Communications Culture Information and…
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No experience? No problem
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN Students looking to land an interview for their dream internship or job should pop in to see the employment consultants at the college’s Career Centre. They are offering résumé evaluations for students looking to gain the edge in their search for employment. As a Print Journalism student who’s actively seeking placements…
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The Sheridan Chef
STORY BY DANA BOYINGTON He is known as the Sheridan Chef. You may have seen him banging pots together at the Bruins basketball games or making one of his specialty meals at the cafeteria. Every day, students at Sheridan College go in and out of the “caf,” but many don’t know who the Sheridan Chef…
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Sheridan wins big this year
STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY DYLAN PAISLEY 20 awards Sheridan Alumni have won this award season.
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Safety at Sheridan
BY GRAEM FRISQUE AND MICHELLE WHITTEMORE The Sheridan family has been brought together by a communal need to for protection at school. Since the assaults at Sheridan, students have been looking for answers about their well being here on campus. Here is a compilation of information regarding the Sheridan assaults and student opinions. Take control…