Mo Moustache
STORY BY ROSS ANDERSEN Across campus, students are putting down the razor and growing moustaches. The Movember movement is underway, and students are ready to participate. During moustache month men around the world raise money for men’s health research. “It’s a way for men to support a cause, similarly as women would for breast cancer,” […]
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 […]
Raising awareness for mental health
STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY CAMILLE GUSHWAY Sheridan has launched an awareness campaign called What Does Mental Health Look Like To You? The hope is to give Sheridan students the opportunity to understand what mental health is and support the people in their community who might be coping with problems. Some of the mental disorders associated with […]
Money Guide
STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN Being a student definitely comes with its perks—the responsibility, life experiences and decision-making, from day one to the day we graduate. We walk through these doors into a chaotic world of classrooms, time management, due date submissions and late night studying. On top of that, students get to look forward to […]
Experts shed light on insomnia
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE It’s 4 a.m. and you’re wide-awake. You have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow. You’ve been lying in your bed for hours, fighting with yourself, trying to turn off your mind and fall asleep. Now with frustration setting in, it’s not likely that you’re going to even get a couple hours of […]
Rising in heels for violence awareness
STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN The awkward clacking of dozens of high heels on pavement echoed down Lakeshore Road East in Oakville the morning of Sunday, Sept. 27. About 65 men wobbled 800 metres down the road in hot pink heels to support the cause to end violence against women. Burlington hosted its sixth annual Hope in […]
The rising cost of tuition in Canada
INFOGRAPHIC BY JANA GREGORIO Tuition fees in Canada, particularly Ontario, have increased dramatically since 1990. While Canada consistently ranks high with ease of access to post-secondary education, the rising cost of tuition is stretching the budgets of hopeful university and college students. According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the average university tuition will […]
The impact of international students on Sheridan and the economy
STORY BY JAKE HRIBLJAN During the 2014-’15 year at Sheridan College, a total of 38,413 students were enrolled full time. Of those students, 6,609 were international students. Despite the fact they represented only 17% of the student body, international students accounted for almost half (45.7%) of Sheridan’s tuition revenue. This might come as a surprise to some […]
INFOGRAPHIC: 2014-15 Bruins By The Numbers
INFOGRAPHIC BY ADAM JOHNSTON The infographic below takes a look at the 2014-15 Bruins’ season that was, and breaks down the past year in Sheridan athletics ‘by the numbers’. *Some pictures from taken from the Sheridan Bruins flickr account ____________________________________________________________________________________ MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY: Kill Brothers: Fantin, Butler bond breeds record rivalry Bruins’ Saunders […]
A comparison of local housing accessible by the Sheridan shuttles
Sheridan’s shuttles go to Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga to match the three Sheridan campuses. This infographic compares the housing prices, population, and crime rates between the three cities, allowing students to make cost efficient, safe housing choices.
