Category: Sheridan News
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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New waste bins ready to roll in B Wing
STORY BY JAIME POLMATEER PHOTOS BY DANA MIELE Sheridan is replacing the waste bins in B wing this week with new ones that have separate receptacles for food. The move will eventually divert large portions of waste from going to the landfill. The bins are part of a larger plan that starts by separating…
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Tourism and Travel students receive specialist certificates
STORY BY STEF CASERTA PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Representatives from the Spain Tourism Board came to Sheridan College on last week to present the students of the Tourism and Travel program with Spain Specialist Certificates. The Spain Specialist Program, which is a part of the course Selling Destinations Europe, was incorporated into the program about…
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Jingle all the way
TIMELINE AND PHOTOS BY ANTONIA SALAPIC Local residents came together through the cold and rain to raise money for arthritis awareness this weekend, at Sheridan College, Trafalgar campus. Arthritis Society of Halton Peel Region, along with Santa, hosted a 1k,2.5, or 5k run/walk from 11:00 to 12:00 pm, in hopes to raise money for this important cause.…
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College’s first lockdown drill a team effort
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE VIDEOS BY ADAM BUCK, DEVON GENERAL, MATTHEW LOWE, GREG LONGLEY PHOTOS BY JON D. CLARKE, GRAEME FRISQUE, GREG LONGLEY, MAXINE LOWE, ROBERT MOODIE, TAYLOR SHAPPERT Those entering the SCAET building Monday morning found themselves locked down during an unprecedented simulation and training exercise involving students being killed and gunmen holding hostages…
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Mockdown 2013 – SCAET lockdown drill and police training exercise
STORY, VIDEO & PHOTOS BY THE SHERIDAN SUN TEAM Check back with thesheridansun.ca at 9.am on Monday Nov. 25 for live coverage of the joint Sheridan/Halton Police lockdown drill in SCAET building. The drill will last about 20-30 minutes while police execute a training exercise simulating a school shooting and lockdown situation complete with fake…
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OCMC experience about more than just the awards ceremony
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU PHOTOS BY SUNAYNNA VENKATESH Sheridan’s best marketing and advertising students gathered last weekend in Windsor for the biggest competitive event in the college marketing world. Second-year advertising and marketing student Sunaynna Venkatesh described the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) as bittersweet. Colleges from across the province gathered at Windsor’s St. Clair…
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Sheridan students unaware of college’s cash awards
STORY AND PICTURE BY MICHELLE WHITTEMORE Every student has the opportunity to cash in on a bursary or scholarship at Sheridan College. Unlike OSAP or a line of credit, bursaries and scholarships are awarded and don’t need to be paid back. The college offers scholarships based on academic achievement determined by the faculty in the…