Category: News
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New Oakville Hospital set to impress community and surrounding areas
INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA BEAULIEU In September 2005, Halton Healthcare Services and the Hospital Infrastructure Partners reached an agreement and signed a $2 billion contract to build a new hospital in Oakville. The new building will replace the existing Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, which opened in 1950 and only holds 50 patient beds. The joint construction…
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A phone worth keeping
STORY BY MICHELLE WHITTEMORE Phonebloks plans to Thunderclap social media on Oct. 29. The new phone design, created by Dave Hakkens of the Netherlands, is designed to last forever. The idea is to reduce global electronic waste. Hakkens proposes a phone that allows users to swap components rather than replacing the whole unit when…
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Heedless Ambition: The life of a Pixar animator
JON D. CLARKE He started young. Evan Bonifacio’s earliest memories of drawing were of Kid Pix on a Macintosh computer and of using archaic digital brush tools to paint a picture of his old man. Dad was in the business, too, as an animator on Disney’s Mulan and Don Bluth Productions films like All Dogs…
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Annual HMC events give students a fresh start
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANTHONY MUCCILLI Last Saturday, Hazel McCallion campus held an event called Sheridan FreshFest. The event was a way for students at HMC to network and make new connections with students they had not met before. It was planned by both students and alumni and will be held annually. “The main thing…
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Workshop aims to help students feel comfortable in their own skins
STORY BY STEF CASERTA Sheridan College’s Counselling Services office at Trafalgar Campus is changing the way students think about themselves so they can lead a happier life. Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin is a workshop divided into four closed group sessions that educate students on how thoughts can impact their lives. During the sessions…
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Accessible Learning office works to shed stigma
STORY AND PHOTO BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT The Accessible Learning office at Sheridan helps about one in 10 students, yet many students with special needs don’t come forward for help. Mansoor Naderi is a third-year Visual and Creative Arts student with retinopathy of prematurity, a condition that means “I have no light perception out of my…
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Everything you need to know about SafeWalk
INFOGRAPHIC BY JON D. CLARKE The infographic below offers information on SafeWalk, how to use the service and where it will take you.
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Operation Peace Blitz
INFOGRAPHIC BY JOEL P. JACOBSON “Operation Peace Blitz” is a week long project promoting peace and raising anti-violence awareness at Sheridan College. The Social Justice Club of Sheridan College are the masterminds behind the project. The week’s activities will include a bake sale, social networking fun as well as donations being made to the Halton…
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Lighthouse for grieving children is looking for volunteers
STORY BY ANTONIA SALAPIC The Lighthouse for Grieving Children is looking for volunteers to bring emotional support to children who have lost a loved one. The Oakville organization was co-founded by Jo Fallon in 1999, inspired by the Seasons Centre for Children’s Grief in Barrie. At the age of six Fallon found her mother dead…
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Early Childhood Education and Leadership in Hong Kong
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE It was rain like they’d never witnessed before. A violent torrent slapped down on the streets of Hong Kong soon after their 15-hour flight from Toronto. School was cancelled that day and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange took an unexpected vacation. This is where eight Early Childhood Education (ECE) and…
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Sheridan Rough Cuts off to a smooth start
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JESSICA BEAULIEU Those who know Destinee Browning have referred to her as fearless, because the second year broadcast journalism student will try anything once. Perhaps it was this courageous attitude that set her apart in the auditions to be this year’s face of Sheridan’s Rough Cuts. Rough Cuts is an online…
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Oakville men walk to end domestic violence
PHOTOS AND STORY BY RENÉE LALONDE Oakville’s Centennial Square was alive with positive vibes on Sunday while men of all ages donned feather boas and pink pumps in support of ending domestic violence. Hope in High Heels, run by Halton Women’s Place encouraged men to walk a mile in a woman’s shoes – literally. Men…