Category: News
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Ottawa should lighten international students’ tuition load
STORY BY SATYARTH MISHRA Sheridan non-Canadian students feel the heavy burden of fees, especially those that come from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand – all countries where currency is low compared to the Canadian dollar. Yet despite the exorbitant fees, many are willing to pay. “Most students from Third World countries paying tuition fees consider it…
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Enactus pitches in to help local community
STORY BY SAM TASKIE Sheridan students who join Enactus are helping build a better community and gaining skills at the same time. Enactus, a club based at the Hazel McCallion Campus, focuses on helping entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations become sustainable both economically and ecologically. Enactus stands for “entrepreneurship,” “action” and “us.” Many schools around the…
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Cisco sold on Sheridan students’ proposal
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS COUTTS Four Sheridan students were awarded a $10,000 prize and declared the winners of the President’s Innovation Challenge for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. The event was held on Saturday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. The winning team, going by the name “Fantastic Four,” is comprised of Interactive Multimedia post-grad students…
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The great housing debate: Residence or off campus?
STORY BY AMANDA VERHOEVE The hunt for housing has begun and many students say they’re overwhelmed with options for living near Campus. Students living away from home have the option to live in residence on campus or to find accommodations off campus. Sheridan offers two residence buildings at the Trafalgar Campus, one of them being…
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University Fair helps students continue their education
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Figuring out what to do after graduating from Sheridan is a common concern in students. This is why the college has hosted the University Fair for the past nine years. This year the fair will be held at Trafalgar Campus on Jan. 27 and at Davis Campus on Jan. 31, both from…
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Speak up and eat up, FAAD students
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Students from 32 different arts programs can have their voices heard by their deans at the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design open mic and pizza event, Tuesday at noon in MacDonald-Heaslip Hall. The event is a first for Ronni Rosenberg, dean of FAAD. “My guess is these things take some…
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Capturing the “Icepocalypse” in story and image
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN Gauthier photographs the ice storm in Caledon, ON While lights flickered and faded in homes across the GTA this holiday season, students’ camera’s flashed, capturing stills of a frozen world. Downed wires, chilled houses, cold water, the crack and quake of ice and tree limb all characterize an end to 2013.…
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Students ‘Real Talk’ about safe sex
STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES Conversations and room temperatures got hot during Sheridan’s sex Real Talk hosted by the Trafalgar residences last Thursday. The room got toasty when the presentation drew an outstanding crowd of approximately of 125 students from both residences to the night’s affair. “It was a amazing turn out,” said Cheryl…
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Student photography of the “Icepocalypse”
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN PHOTOS BY CHANDLER GAUTHIER, DAVE FINK, KYLE TOTH, MEAGHAN JOHNSON, KEVIN BRYAN, SAHIL GHAI While lights flickered and faded in homes across the GTA this holiday season, students’ cameras flashed, capturing stills of a frozen ice world. Downed wires, chilled houses, cold water, the crack and quake of ice and tree…
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Internet Confidential
STORIFY BY RENEE LALONDE A calorie-reduced compilation of how North America stopped resembling 2013 and started to look more like 1984. Internet privacy as a news topic has proven itself to be the gift that keeps on giving. [View the story “Internet Confidential” on Storify]
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Hazel McCallion Campus expansion takes another step forward
STORY BY NAT GILPO The Hazel McCallion Campus expansion took another step forward last week when Sheridan and Infrastructure Ontario shortlisted three teams for the project. Ten firms have been divided into three teams, which are expected to provide proposals to design HMC Phase 2. They have six months to submit these proposals to Infrastructure…
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Decking the halls at Dundurn Castle
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MATTHEW LOWE Visitors flocked to the lavish house of Sir Allan Napier MacNab on Saturday as Dundurn Castle held its annual Christmas tour. MacNab, premier of Canada before Confederation, died in 1862 at Dundurn. Built of brick and stone in 1835, the house has been preserved and is open to visitors…