Category: News
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Premier Kathleen Wynne takes private tour of Sheridan College
VIDEO BY GREG LONGLEY On Friday, faculty and students from the Crafts and Design department at Sheridan College were given the rare opportunity to showcase their work for the Premier of Ontario. During her visit, Premier Kathleen Wynne toured the Art Gallery, the new Digital Fabrication Lab housing a 3-D printer, the Furniture Studio, the…
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Premier Kathleen Wynne tours Sheridan College
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS BY ETHAN BENDER, MIKAELA BAKER, AND MARNIE MCFADDEN Sheridan students and faculty members greeted Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne at Trafalgar Campus on Friday. The premier made a rare appearance to take a personal tour of the Crafts and Design building located in the A-Wing. Sheridan received a phone call from…
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Sexual assault in Canada: who, where and why?
INFOGRAPHIC BY RENÉE LALONDE Sexual assault on college and university campuses has been a problem some are referring to as an “epidemic.” During frosh week, sexual assaults and sexual violence come to an all-time high. Here are the general stats of where it happens, the relationship between the victim and perpetrator, and why most sexual…
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Campus safety an issue across country
EDITORIAL BY RENÉE LALONDE It’s 10 a.m. on Aug. 23, not a time most people feel vulnerable to sexual assault, but there are always exceptions. If you were reading your Sheridan email over the summer, you would have received a message from Michael Burjaw, director of security at Sheridan, informing you of an incident of…
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Garbage in and garbage out
STORY BY JAIME POLMATEER FEATURED IMAGE PROVIDED BY JOHN GREENWAY Sheridan has partnered with Busch Systems, a company that manufactures recycling and waste containers, for a new garbage bin operation that will be tested across B-wing in the next couple of weeks. One of the main goals of the new system is separating organic waste, which…
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Infrastructure Ontario narrows possible Hazel McCallion Campus phase 2 builders to three
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Infrastructure Ontario says the decision on who will design, finance and build and the second phase of Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion Campus is down to three teams. Integrated Team Solutions, Progressive Learning Partnership, and Sheridan Creative Partnership are made up of a designer, developer, and finance group. The contract will be awarded…
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Campus security testing out new wheels for patrols
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Halton Regional Police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect they believe might be involved in two separate attacks between August and September. Police believe that these two incidents, one occurring off-campus on July 16, and the other occurring on-campus on Aug. 23, may be attributable to the…
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ETAG needs volunteers to teach tech to seniors
STORY BY JON D. CLARKE A Sheridan-based charity that helps seniors learn new technology is one way students can add to their Co-Curricular Record (CCR) and gain valuable volunteer experience. ETAG, founded in 2008 by Chris Bint and Phil Shahinian, evolved from a project by the Sheridan Elder Research Centre that focused on teaching an…
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Syria: the reaction of world leaders
TIMELINE BY DANA MIELE Syria has been at civil war for the past two years. The fight between government and rebels has conducted a death toll of over 100,000 people and has created 2 million refugees. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against the civilians of Syria, changing the course of modern warfare.…
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Celebs gather to Rally for Kids with Cancer in Toronto
VIDEO BY DONTEI WYNTER SHOT AND EDITED BY GREG LONGLEY The Rally for Kids with Cancer is an annual event in Toronto where celebrities navigate around the city with a driver who raised money for cancer research. The first night is the Draft Party, where drivers choose which celebrity they want to drive with based…
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Sheridan Davis Campus hosts its first Toastmasters meeting
VIDEO BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Sheridan’s Davis campus just started a Toastmasters club. Organizers Judith McKinnon, John McRae and Judy Suke, all Sheridan faculty, had their first meeting on Thursday. The meeting drew more participants than expected; so many that McKinnon had to leave the meeting to make more copies of the handout, and they quickly…