Category: Lifestyle

  • Paramedic takes saving lives to heart

    Paramedic takes saving lives to heart

    STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID When he signed up for a career in paramedic services, saving lives was all that was on Nathan Lam’s mind. His first call to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however, turned out to be just the opposite. When the patient didn’t survive, Lam, a second-year paramedic diploma student at Humber College, wanted to…

  • Lending a helping hand by managing emergencies

    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…

  • From puppy to guide dog

    From puppy to guide dog

    STORY BY SAMANTHA MAICH Oakville’s Lions Foundation of Canada for Dog Guides breeds, trains, and provides canine vision, hearing ear, seizure response, autism assistance, diabetic alert, and service guide dogs. According to Alex Ivic, director of the dog guide programs, the foundation breeds around 250 puppies per year. At six to eight weeks old, the…

  • Sheridan’s LGBT club is back as Gay Straight Alliance

    Sheridan’s LGBT club is back as Gay Straight Alliance

    STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan’s LGBT club is back up and running for another year – now if only they could agree on a new name. Despite officially rebranding itself as the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), the club’s own Facebook page is still using the old moniker “Pride.” Liam Dennie, the organizer of the GSA…

  • First times: Surgeon hooked after first look inside brain

    First times: Surgeon hooked after first look inside brain

    STORY BY DYLAN PAISLEY The first time Howard Ginsberg saw a dead body he was horrified. Now a neurosurgeon, Ginsberg was in his first year of medical school at the University of Toronto when he had to practise on a cadaver. “The normal human reaction is to be sick to your stomach,” said Ginsberg. “The…

  • Planning your Halloween

    Planning your Halloween

    BY BRITTANY MCAULEY If you’re like anyone else on Halloween, you’re probably not sure what to do or where to go. The Sheridan Sun has broken down a few of our favourites this year that all promise to spook, surprise and show you what Halloween really is.

  • You don’t need to be rich to travel

    You don’t need to be rich to travel

    INFOGRAPHIC BY LINDA HERMIZ There are many ways to see the world without drilling a hole in your wallet.

  • Where our food comes from

    Where our food comes from

    BY SAMANTHA MAICH Most of us eat locally grown produce, but not all of us know the facts about the produce we eat. Harvest Halton was an event held on Oct.5, in Milton, about where our food comes from. That was the inspiration for this infographic. Produce Available during October is found bordering the infographic.…

  • The Milton Farmers’ Market

    The Milton Farmers’ Market

    VIDEO BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA The Farmers’ Market is an event held in Milton between May and October every year. Despite the cold, people flocked to the stalls set up on Main Street, shopping for local fresh fruits and vegetables, maple syrup and other sweets. Some vendors sold pumpkins, pies and other food meant for the…

  • Potluck dinner brings International students closer together

    Potluck dinner brings International students closer together

    STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Nothing helps people get to know each other quicker than sharing food. Trafalgar Campus’ Sheridan International Student Association (SISA) hosted its first event last Thursday with a potluck dinner. Students gathered in E Wing to share traditional dishes from their home countries with other SISA members. Corey Mohamed, 19, a student…

  • The Oakville Bike Tour

    The Oakville Bike Tour

    VIDEO BY CATARINA MUIA UCycle Sheridan held it’s first Oakville Bike Tour for students at Trafalgar campus on Sept. 25. Students made stops throughout the city, and ended up at Chocolate Alphabet & Casa del Gelato. To read the story, click here.

  • First Date

    First Date

    STORY BY BY STEPHANIE ALBA   A first date can be rough when you realize you have nothing in common. Vanessa Francone, a third-year Journalism student at Ryerson, had one of those dates when she was 17. She met her date at Second Cup where she was working as a barista. “His name was Jacob,…