Category: Campus Safety
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Planting sustainable roots at Sheridan College
STORY BY GREG LOWENTHAL Not rain, nor wind nor cold could dampen their spirits. Students and volunteers were out in full force on Saturday, October 3 planting trees at Trafalgar Campus to create greener spaces in the Sheridan community. They were also joined by environmental group Oakville Green and staff from Sheridan. While there was…
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Colleges agree to create uniform campus sex assault policy
STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS Ontario college presidents have begun a review of how their institutions respond to sexual assaults on campus. Twenty-four presidents from Ontario colleges met on Monday to try to figure out how to go about creating a uniform set of transparent and accessible policies for students affected by sexual assaults while attending…
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Women storm Trafalgar Campus in Take Back the Night march
VIDEO BY SPENCER LUYBEN Sheridan held its first Take Back the Night march Tuesday, to promote sexual violence awareness and female empowerment. About 50 men and women of all ages took part in the two-hour event.
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Assault victim shares her story after string of similar attacks
STORY BY SAM TASKIE AND MADISON SOMMERVILLE Tatyana Tymchuk, a first-year Social Service student, was on the phone with her mother when she was sexually assaulted Oct. 5 on the trails southeast of campus that lead to Trafalgar Rd. Tymchuk left her house around noon heading to Sheridan. “The people that I was staying with…
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Police presence beefed up following week of assaults
STORY BY SUN STAFF The suspect who struck five times in the last six months appears to be “comfortable” with the area surrounding Sheridan, police told about 100 attendees at Tuesday night’s town hall meeting held in response to the two attacks that occurred last week. “He is comfortable in his surroundings. Whether that person…
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Safety session with Halton police at Sheridan college
About 100 members of the Sheridan community gathered in the Trafalgar gym Tuesday evening to voice concerns and question college officials and police about safety. Five attacks have occurred on or near campus in the last six months. [View the story “Safety session with Halton police at Sheridan college” on Storify]
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Second assault investigation this week
STORY BY MADISON SOMMERVILLE & SAM TASKIE Police arrived at Sheridan College after a call about another assault around 9 p.m. Thursday night, just two days after a sexual assault in the same area. Halton Regional Police spokesperson Chantal Corner told The Sheridan Sun that the suspect grabbed the female victim, who was walking on…
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Student petition about trail ownership closed after meeting with college
BY SAM TASKIE An online student petition calling for the college to gain control of the wooded trails surrounding Trafalgar Campus has been closed after getting 525 signatures. Computer Systems Technology student Hamza Jami, who started an online petition directed to Mayor Rob Burton, President Jeff Zabudsky and Ward 5 Councillor Jeff Knoll calling for…
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Police release sex assault ‘person of interest’
Halton Regional Police have released “a person of interest” they had in custody in connection with the latest sex assault.
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College’s first lockdown drill a team effort
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE VIDEOS BY ADAM BUCK, DEVON GENERAL, MATTHEW LOWE, GREG LONGLEY PHOTOS BY JON D. CLARKE, GRAEME FRISQUE, GREG LONGLEY, MAXINE LOWE, ROBERT MOODIE, TAYLOR SHAPPERT Those entering the SCAET building Monday morning found themselves locked down during an unprecedented simulation and training exercise involving students being killed and gunmen holding hostages…
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Lockdown drill will be unlike anything Sheridan has seen before
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Students who find themselves in SCAET Wing Monday morning will be in for an unusual start to their week. Campus security, in conjunction with Halton Regional Police, will be conducting a lockdown drill unlike anything Sheridan College has seen before. The drill, which will be only in the SCAET building, will…
