Farewell to a legend
STORIFY BY MAXINE LOWE The life of Nelson Mandela was full of struggles and triumphs, from spending nearly 27 years in jail to becoming the first black South African to hold office. This is a timeline of all accomplishments and hard times that Mandela endured throughout his 95 years. [View the story “Nelson Mandela […]
Peace garden memorial to Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT On Dec. 6, 1989 a gunman stormed Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. During his shooting spree he killed 14 women before turning the rifle on himself. Since then, Dec. 6 has become known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against […]
Impress potenital employers with the perfect interview
STORY BY STEF CASERTA Don’t sweat about an upcoming job interview. Practise instead. Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Career Centre in partnership with Sheridan’s peer mentors offer students a mock interview service, allowing them to come in and practise their interview skills. “We run through an actual interview with them and […]
Writers get opportunity to study in France
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN Aspiring writers are being offered an opportunity to get their work recognized by a colony of artists in France. This spring, from May 15 to 24, Mosaic Press publisher Howard Aster and his wife Jeannette will be holding their annual writer’s workshop retreat at La Roche D’Hys in Burgundy, France. “The […]
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 […]
Autism service dogs visit Sheridan
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Service dogs aren’t just for the visually impaired. “Service dogs” and “guide dogs” can be synonymous sometimes, but service dogs can do so much more than lead the blind. There are service dogs to help people with visual or hearing impairments, epilepsy, autism or diabetes. Donna Woodstock of Sheridan’s […]
College’s image vs. student freedoms
EDITORIAL On Nov. 25, Sheridan College, in concert with Halton Regional Police, held a lockdown drill and police training exercise in the SCAET building. The drill involved Sheridan theatre students playing victims in special effects makeup to simulate real gunshot wounds for a life like training exercise. Students at the Sheridan Sun were granted access […]
CBC’s David Common lends expertise to broadcast students
STORY AND PHOTOS BY GREG LONGLEY One of the best ways for a person to learn is by doing. That is the philosophy followed by Sheridan College guest lecturer and CBC international news correspondent David Common in every one of his field reports. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Toronto, Common has nearly 15 years […]
Sheridan and TIFF bring Cronenberg’s evolution to life
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN PHOTOS COURTESY OF GEOFFREY GUNN, TIFF Provocative, horrific, audacious, Freudian and most importantly, Canadian. These are just a few words used to describe the legendary David Cronenberg. Becoming a prominent filmmaker in the 1980s with notorious body-horror films such as The Fly and Videodrome, he ushered in a new era of […]
Newly elected SU Board members have big changes in mind
STORY BY NAT GILPO The three newly elected students who have filled the Student Union seats for Davis Campus plan to make some big changes for the college. Davis Campus had eight candidates in total. Muhammad Khan, a third-year Business Marketing student, was motivated to run by identifying ways to improve how Student Union can […]
Jingle all the way
STORY AND VIDEO BY MICHELLE WHITTEMORE PICTURES BY GRAEME FRISQUE The Arthritis Society hosted their first Ontario Jingle Bell Walk & Run on Sunday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. Participants could choose a 1, 2.5 or 5k route around campus. The event provides jingle bells to the participants so that they can be heard while they […]
Sheridan remembers a national tragedy
STORY AND PHOTO BY ADAM BUCK On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lépine murdered 14 women in Montreal’s École Polytechnique, claiming he was fighting feminism. In 1991, the Parliament of Canada declared the date National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, also known simply as White Ribbon Day. Trafalgar and Davis Campuses will […]
