Category: Sheridan News
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SHERIDANtalk helps break mental health barriers
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DARYLL HINVES SHERIDANtalk started the mental health conversation last night and inspired Sheridan students, staff and faculty to make a difference and become mental health advocates. Inspired by the popular TEDtalks, Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors created SHERIDANtalk, focusing on the Canada-wide mental health epidemic. Partnering up with Unleash the…
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TSN SportsCentre’s Cabbie calls the shots
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY The first time you do it your palms get sweaty, your heart starts to beat faster, your mind goes blank and it’s over so quickly you don’t even remember what happened. Whether you’re a journalism student, a newbie in the broadcast industry or in the legal field, you will have to conduct…
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REBEL fest: Make things happen
BY DANA BOYINGTON The Culture, Recreation and Library divisions of Mississauga are calling on all youths for their annual REBEL festival. The week – long event, which runs May 1-7, celebrates the creative talents of Mississauga youth. It was in 2012 that the first REBEL event ran in association with National Youth Week and National…
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Davis Campus gets Bhangra jammin’
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY SATYARTH MISHRA AND SAM TASKIE Bhangra Desi Jam at Davis Campus last week gave international students a taste of home. Every year Marketing students have to create an event. Last year they created the Bhangra Desi Jam. Bhangra refers to many dances that originated from the Punjab region. “We really didn’t…
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Student quits smoking to win $2,500 prize
STORY BY DARYLL HINVES One Sheridan student put down the cigarette pack and picked up $2,500. Harman Brar, a 23-year-old first-year Informational Technology student, was the winner of the Would U Rather quit smoking contest hosted by Leave the Pack Behind, a tobacco control initiative created by the Community Health Sciences Department at Brock University.…
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Oakville bids adieu to Skills Training Centre
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID & KATE WOODS Sheridan College’s Skills Training Centre in Oakville will close its doors at the end of 2015, but will reopen in a new state-of-the-art building at the Brampton Campus in 2016. “We plan on having the tender out by fall this year and ground breaking by 2015, so we…
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EmployAbility supports students with disabilities
STORY BY FILIPE DOS SANTOS Sheridan College is leading the way in providing students with disabilities a fair shot at employment through a new pilot program. The EmployAbility program, a joint effort between the college’s Career Centre and Accessible Learning services, launched in February to provide students with disabilities the skills and support needed to…
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A Kiss to Remember
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY It can be awkward and sloppy or romantic and natural. For 19-year-old Jonah McIntosh, it was a little bit of everything. McIntosh is a second-year Musical Theatre student who says he wouldn’t change anything about his first kiss. “The memory’s perfect,” he says. “I think it’s so cool how we hold things…
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Japanese students visit Sheridan for a two-week long exchange program
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID Eight Sheridan students will be taking part in a cultural exchange between the college and the Osaka Electro-Communications University this May. “This is currently an in-house program and we’re looking for someone to adopt it to keep it going,” said Michael Jones, coordinator of the Communications Culture Information and…
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No experience? No problem
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN Students looking to land an interview for their dream internship or job should pop in to see the employment consultants at the college’s Career Centre. They are offering résumé evaluations for students looking to gain the edge in their search for employment. As a Print Journalism student who’s actively seeking placements…
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The Sheridan Chef
STORY BY DANA BOYINGTON He is known as the Sheridan Chef. You may have seen him banging pots together at the Bruins basketball games or making one of his specialty meals at the cafeteria. Every day, students at Sheridan College go in and out of the “caf,” but many don’t know who the Sheridan Chef…
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Sheridan wins big this year
STORY AND INFOGRAPHIC BY DYLAN PAISLEY 20 awards Sheridan Alumni have won this award season.