Indie Games
BY JON D. CLARKE AND PAUL WOODLEY We talked to indie game developers from across the globe to gain a deeper understanding of the industry – why indie games are a thing, when they started cropping up, and how small groups of people are able to make the video games they do. We also investigated the […]
Tea, clothing and the arts make for a good business
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE Art and commerce: it’s not every day they work well together, but an Illustration grad from Sheridan found a way to make it happen. When Darcy Allan opened her shop Tea With Gladys, some people warned her about the low success rate for small businesses, but hers is running smoothly. […]
LIVE EVENT: Arts and Innovation Day at Sheridan College
COVERAGE BY JON D. CLARKE This Friday beginning at 8:15 a.m., The Sheridan Sun will have live coverage of Arts and Innovation Day at Trafalgar campus. Speakers will address the merging of business skills with the arts, with guests who have made successful careers from their art after college.
There is something new at Sheridan College …
VIDEO BY JON D. CLARKE Sheridan’s rebranding party last Friday ended with something big, and it wasn’t the giant “S” shaped cake made of blue donuts and Tim Bits at the reception. It was bigger. The giant Sheridan “S” will stay outside of SCAET for years to come, glowing three different colours in the during both […]
Creators of the original ReBoot recall the past
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE Fans rejoice. ReBoot, a classic computer-animated TV show from the ‘90s, will be reimagined into a new series, just in time for the original show’s 20th anniversary. The first ever half-hour computer-animated TV series, it was about characters living inside a computer called Mainframe, and a guardian program named Bob […]
With Sheridan’s new brand comes new art
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE Sheridan College officially launches its new brand Friday. Interactive displays and other attractions will be featured, but the real headliner is a new addition to Sheridan’s growing repertoire of public art outside SCAET building, and the man behind it – a Sheridan grad. “Sheridan really taught me how to build […]
Heedless Ambition: The life of a Pixar animator
JON D. CLARKE He started young. Evan Bonifacio’s earliest memories of drawing were of Kid Pix on a Macintosh computer and of using archaic digital brush tools to paint a picture of his old man. Dad was in the business, too, as an animator on Disney’s Mulan and Don Bluth Productions films like All Dogs […]
Everything you need to know about SafeWalk
INFOGRAPHIC BY JON D. CLARKE The infographic below offers information on SafeWalk, how to use the service and where it will take you.
Early Childhood Education and Leadership in Hong Kong
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE It was rain like they’d never witnessed before. A violent torrent slapped down on the streets of Hong Kong soon after their 15-hour flight from Toronto. School was cancelled that day and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange took an unexpected vacation. This is where eight Early Childhood Education (ECE) and […]
ETAG needs volunteers to teach tech to seniors
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE A Sheridan-based charity that helps seniors learn new technology is one way students can add to their Co-Curricular Record (CCR) and gain valuable volunteer experience. ETAG, founded in 2008 by Chris Bint and Phil Shahinian, evolved from a project by the Sheridan Elder Research Centre that focused on teaching an […]