Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD
BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades of needing to prove their PTSD was work-related, first-responders– such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics– in Ontario will no […]
Beer comes to Oakville grocery stores
BY ERIN QUEENAN Good news for college students. Beside the frozen pizza and dinners, a selection of beer is now for sale at three Oakville grocery stores. Longo’s Cornwall and Burloak locations and Freshco on Third line are among 60 in Ontario that are now allowed to sell beer. They are the first of many. […]
Bell Let’s Talk day aims to keep mental health conversations going
BY ERIN QUEENAN “For some people, its the ads,” says Mary Deacon, chairman of Bell Let’s Talk Canada, an annual event to raise money for mental health and reduce its stigma. Tomorrow, on Jan. 27, for every tweet with the hashtag #BellLetsTalk, Facebook share of their image, and text and mobile or long distance call […]
Justin Trudeau visits Oakville
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIN QUEENAN Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau made a 30-minute stop in Oakville at a Bronte coffee shop on October 5. Trudeau was greeted getting off of his campaign bus by about 50 party supporters, including John Oliver, Liberal candidate for Oakville. After shaking hands, hugging and cheek-kissing his way into […]
First step taken in ending bus pass vs shuttle debate
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN AND MIKE MELRO Sheridan College and the Student Union are conducting an email survey about student transit, a topic that’s been on the discussion table for eight years. Launched last week, the survey aims to better understand student transit preferences and consider “solutions to the shuttle bus capacity challenges,” according to […]
Writing on the Wall
BY ERIN QUEENAN “I throw up my food here every day. Anorexia and bulimia owns me.” On Oct. 5 a student wrote this on the inside of a bathroom stall, neatly and with black marker in the SCAET wing at Sheridan College. Dark and prominent, its message was hard to ignore. The next day, whether […]
Student wins awards for volunteering
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN It was her first call on the line. She hadn’t known what to expect but it definitely was not this. As a volunteer at the Call Centre Oakville Jane Miroshynkova was supposed to take distress calls and help make them better, but this woman was just yelling at her. “Oh […]
How to vote on Oct 19
INFOGRAPHIC BY ERIN QUEENAN Sheridan students, check out the infographic below to find out how you can vote in the elections this fall. For more information go to elections.ca, and if you’re wondering why it is important to vote or if it even matters, take a look at this article, Sheridan, your vote counts.
All candidates debate
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Thursday, Oct. 1 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Macdonald-Heaslip Hall at Trafalgar Campus, students have the chance to grill politicians on youth related issues at a candidates debate. A senior Broadcast Journalism class in partnership with Sheridan Production House, and other journalism and media students will host the event. […]
Sheridan, your vote counts
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN When it comes to politics, Sheridan students are a lot like most other young Canadians. They know they should vote, but few actually bother to cast a ballot. Illustration by Kristina Alkok, Sheridan Art Fundamentals graduate. With Canadians facing one of its closest federal election races in years, Anastasia Bladaoshyna agrees she […]
Photographer follows silver lining upwards
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN With chocolate brown hair, and eyes that light up like the same LED bulbs used in her photography series Portals, Christa Giula shines authenticity. It’s an attribute which is sure to get her far as things start to happen for the third year Bachelor of Photography student. Last month her work, […]
Monologue weave dreams into life lessons
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Night of storytelling celebrates Sheridan’s mission to become creative campus. Medea Monologues founder Jennifer Phenix with director June Cupido before the start of last week’s show. She steps forward into the spotlight, and takes a breath. Her voice is slow, her words pronounced, as she weaves together a picture. The audience pauses, […]