Category: News
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Seven new degrees at a glance
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL Next September, Sheridan College will add seven new university-level degree programs to its steadily growing roster in preparation for the eventual transition to Sheridan University. Degrees will be offered in Craft & Design, Film & TV and five business programs. These new programs will combine Sheridan’s practical learning approach with a…
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Arts and Innovation Day: taking care of business
STORY BY JAIME POLMATEER PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KELLY KARIUS Students interested in the business of the arts will have a chance to pick the brains of Sheridan grads and business partners Friday. Arts and Innovation Day, part of Halton Entrepreneurship Week, kicks off at 8:15 a.m. in J102 in SCAET wing. “What we are trying…
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War on tobacco hits White Oaks Secondary School
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ADAM BUCK The federal government held an anti-smoking seminar at White Oaks Secondary School last week as a part of its “war on tobacco” campaign. MP Eve Adams, parliamentary secretary to the minister of health, lead the presentation and open discussion on tobacco use among youth. With her was Rob Cunningham,…
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University fair offers students more options
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANTONIA SALAPIC Sheridan College will hold a university fair Thursday with careercounsellors coming from Wilfrid Laurier, UofT Mississauga, Waterloo and York. Last week, career counselling specialists from the University of Guelph-Humber,Laurentian University and Griffith University were on hand to answer questions from students looking to further their education. “There are so…
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Oakville residents gather to celebrate Christmas tree lighting ceremony
STORY AND PHOTOS BY PAUL WOODLEY More than 1,000 residents gathered in downtown Oakville last Friday for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Starting the night off was a local band called Hold The Phones which played everything from rock tunes to classic Christmas sing-a-longs. Shop windows along Kerr Street are now decorated, and trees…
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Sheridan student inspires hope at Ontario Brain Injury Conference
SHOT AND EDITED BY STEF CASERTA AND GREG LONGLEY The Ontario Brain Injury Association hosted its fourth biennial conference last week in Niagara Falls where Sheridan student Taylor Shappert shared the incredible story of surviving a motor vehicle collision that left her with an acquired brain injury.
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Sheridan’s United Way campaign to help improve community living
STORY AND PHOTO BY DONTEI WYNTER Sheridan served up tasty cinnabuns Monday to kick off this year’s United Way campaign. The campaign started with selling cinnabuns at all Sheridan College campuses from 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $2 and there will be a spaghetti lunch every day for the rest of the week, sponsored…
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Take Back the Forest
STORY BY JOEL P. JACOBSON Sheridan’s Social Justice Club will be hosting the first Take Back the Forest Walk on Nov. 21 in response to a rash of sexual assaults in the area this year. The walk will take place in the forests surrounding Sheridan College from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The walk will…
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The weather outside is frightful, but the parade is so delightful
VIDEO BY MATTHEW LOWE Last Saturday, Hamilton hosted its annual Santa Claus parade. The parade started on corner of Main and Queen Street and finished at King and Bay Street. More than 50 floats were in the parade. For more information, visit The Hamilton Santa Claus Parade website. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXnpkdgKXa4
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Bronte Creek Provincial Park
VIDEO BY DANA MIELE Bronte Creek Provincial Park is one of a kind in the GTA. The park has more than 250,000 visitors each year and hosts everything from maple tree tapping, barn yard animals, fishing and camping. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjlK08S9V1Y&feature=youtu.be
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Let there be light
PHOTOS BY SAM TASKIE Sheridan College President Jeff Zabudsky unveils a light sculpture by alumnus Pierre Poussin outside the entrance to Trafalgar’s SCAET Building on Friday. The sculpture changes through the blues and orange of the college’s new branding scheme. Poussin also has a piece at Hazel McCallion Campus, and is a 2006 graduate of…
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Trafalgar students catch live stream of Davis Campus ceremony
VIDEO BY NAT GILPO Sheridan College’s Davis Campus hosted the annual Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday. Students at Trafalgar Campus were invited to the SCAET lobby to view a live stream of the event. http://youtu.be/Iyci49rDaxU