Author: Mehreen Shahid
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Lending a helping hand by managing emergencies
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Drew Evans Pay scale: $85,000 In my current job…“We work on an international level, so Haiti, Japan or Arab Spring we jump in and help communities and Canadians.” I got my current job…“before I graduated from Sheridan. The emergency management program helped me move within the government dept.” At Sheridan, I…
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Bridging the generation gap
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Seniors are boring, inactive, and unable to learn and handle technology. These are some myths that students like Dean Heaton were able to dispel with the help of a community program called Generation of Hearts. “The myths are not true about the older generation. They’re fun and you can joke around…
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Smart living with smart houses
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Sheridan students envision houses in 2020 to be built using automated systems, remote monitoring and a sense of neighbourly competition to help conserve energy and promote green practices. “If it is known to you that other people in your community are obtaining this level of efficiency, it would make you…
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Faculty builds better lives for families
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID What happens when a baker’s usual ingredients are replaced with cement, a hammer, nails and wrenches? She builds herself a house. Farah Whyte and her four children are halfway through building their new home on Torbram Road in Brampton. “We’re very excited,” said the 41-year-old baker. “We’re already done with half…
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Betts Engell and her journey through Alzheimer’s
VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPH BY MEHREEN SHAHID Prof. Emeritus Betts Engell taught at Sheridan College in the Social Service Worker program for more than two decades. She was known as a kind, generous, active and hands-on person. She was involved in many community projects and had the power to rally people behind her for all social…
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‘Home Safe’: Laura Sky takes us through the lives of the homeless
COVERAGE BY MEHREEN SHAHID Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies is hosting a documentary screening of ‘Home Safe’ by Laura Sky. The documentary hits home with many of us addressing the issues of homelessness and poverty in some of Canada’s biggest cities. The veteran director/producer, Sky, established SkyWorks 1983. The series entitled ‘Home Safe’…
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Achieving artistic balance
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEHREEN SHAHID He slowly takes off his robe, his nakedness exposed to the probing eyes. Doing a little pirouette, he deliberately, but gently shows off the most intimate parts of his body. When rapt onlookers have become desensitized to each curve, nook and cranny of his body, he strikes a pose.…
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Ceramics prof in running for $10k art award
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Weeds and spores are growing out of women’s hair, eyes, ears and even mouths, as if a new species is being formed. They seem happy with it—or maybe it’s surprise and shock at being invaded by Mother Nature. This isn’t a scene from a science-fiction movie. These…
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Hey you! We’re here to MoveU!
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID PHOTOGRAPHY BY MEHREEN SHAHID A game of afternoon soccer organized by fourth-year students at Davis Campus kicked up interest and participating students scored prizes. Tuesday marked the beginning of a three-day event with afternoon activity bursts to help get students involved in physical activity. “It was awesome,” said Sheldon Caruna, a…
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Students look to improve Safe Walk
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID They lurk behind the wires, they make networks run, they create connections that last, and they bring together people across a complex grid. They are students in the Internet Communications Technology (ICT) program. William Farkas, coordinator for ICT, says the program focuses on the technologies and rules that make…
