Author: Melissa Gervais
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Storm leaves Toronto in the dark
BY MELISSA GERVAIS AND GREG LONGLEY This site is an all encompassing overview of the worst ice storm to hit the GTA in years. We provide articles and tweets along with images that recaptures the destruction. We also profile the last man left in the GTA without electricity for five straight weeks. Go to Twitter and Facebook…
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College animal adoption program the cat’s meow
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Looking to adopt a cat? The Animal Care program at Davis Campus houses up to 15 cats every semester. This term the program has eight cats for adoption, two of which are still available. Nichole Marcotte, an Animal Sciences technologist with the Sheridan program, said the cats are usually…
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Staples Canada surveys holiday shoppers
INFOGRAPHIC BY MELISSA GERVAIS The winter holiday season is here, and a survey commissioned by Staples Canada through Vision Critical polled more than 1,000 holiday shoppers in an Angus Reid Forum to gain a sense of why and how consumers will be shopping for gifts this year. To find out which family member the majority…
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Sheridan student featured in new TVO documentary
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS COURTESY OF TVO Since the debut of the popular American TV series Glee in 2009, glee clubs have been forming in high schools throughout North America. Now, Unsung: Behind the Glee, a new TVO documentary that features first-year Sheridan student Dean Deffett, showcases two Toronto high school glee clubs, Wexford…
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Sheridan participates in diabetes awareness
VIDEO AND PHOTO BY MELISSA GERVAIS In the spirit of diabetes awareness month, representatives from the Halton Diabetes Program came to the Sheridan College Trafalgar Campus for the first time last Thursday to set up a free interactive information booth on diabetes in the B Wing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4…
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Sheridan ranks first in Ontario in applied research funding
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Sheridan College is ahead of the curve in the field of applied research in Ontario, according to a new study. In a list published last month by Research Infosource Inc. that ranked the top 50 research colleges in Canada by total research income, Sheridan placed first in Ontario and…
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Raising awareness for diabetes
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS November is diabetes awareness month. Reaching out to colleges for the first time, representatives from the Halton Diabetes Program will be providing a free interactive information booth in the Trafalgar Campus’ B Wing on Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 4 to 6 p.m. Students and staff…
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Cram-a-Cruiser food drive a success in Mississauga
VIDEO BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS The Thanksgiving Cram-a-Cruiser Food Drive is an annual event hosted by the Peel Regional Police, 11 Division, with volunteers from the Eden Community Food Bank. The event ran on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and took place outside the Real Canadian Superstore on Argentia Road…
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Professor’s novel has roots in Victorian England
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS It was during her stay at one of the oldest inns in England that Sheridan College professor Joyce Wayne found the inspiration for her first novel. During the fall of 2010, she checked into a local bed and breakfast in the small village of Shebbear in Devon County called The Devil’s…
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Premier Kathleen Wynne tours Sheridan College
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS BY ETHAN BENDER, MIKAELA BAKER, AND MARNIE MCFADDEN Sheridan students and faculty members greeted Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at Trafalgar Campus on Friday. The premier made a rare appearance to take a personal tour of the Crafts and Design building located in the A-Wing. Sheridan received a phone call from…
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The Basics of 3D Printing
INFOGRAPHIC BY MELISSA GERVAIS Many Sheridan students attending classes at the Davis and Trafalgar campuses are working with 3D printers as a part of their programs. Below is an infographic outlining the bare-bones basics of 3D printing. Click the link below to see a time-lapsed video of a 3D printer in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_vloWVgf0o Be sure…
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Bon voyage! Sheridan launches free shuttle bus service
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Staff and students are getting a free ride, literally. College commuters have a new inter-campus shuttle bus service, introduced Sept. 3, to transport students and staff to all three of Sheridan’s campuses for free. This new transit system comes after a year’s worth of work between the…