Category: Sheridan News
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Sheridan tops Ontario colleges in applied research
INFOGRAPHIC BY GREG LONGLEY For the second year in a row, Sheridan College has topped the list of Ontario colleges and placed sixth overall in Canada in applied research. The college received more than $4.5 million in research income, the most in Ontario, awarded by the federal government to support college research endeavours. The amount is based…
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Tourism and Travel students expand their horizons with trip to Cuba
STORY BY STEF CASERTA PHOTOS BY HIRA RAMZAN Sun, sand and knowledge – that’s what Sheridan’s Tourism and Travel students experienced over the mid-semester break. Seven students from the program and two professors departed for Varadero, Cuba on Sunday, Oct. 20 for an all-inclusive seven-night stay at the four-star Memories Varadero Beach Resort. Called a…
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New artwork rebrands Sheridan College
INFOGRAPHIC BY OSCAR IMMEL Sheridan has been repackaged. As of 2013, a new logo, slogan and accompanying aesthetics have been fully integrated into Sheridan’s campuses.
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Faculty and staff show: Faculty of Animation Arts and Design
Running until Nov. 15 the Sheridan Gallery will be hosting its Faculty of Animation Arts faculty and staff show. More to come soon in the Sheridan Sun. Here are some examples of faculty and staff work:
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Team Canuck modernizes Canadian superhero
STORY BY TYLER REYNOLDS Look up in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Canadian superhero? Captain Canuck has returned from a long absence from the comic book world. A team known as “Team Canuck” has revitalized the older comic book character into today’s world. “We are reviving Captain Canuck because we…
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Follow these tips to help protect yourself on campus
INFOGRAPHIC BY GRAEME FRISQUE The infographic below is an tip sheet for on-campus personal safety. The data incorporates safety tips from Sheridan campus security as well as information from the Halton Regional Police services.
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Halloween spirit at Sheridan: so good it’s scary
PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT It’s that time of year again! Sheridan students showed their Halloween spirit today at the college.
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Raising awareness for diabetes
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS November is diabetes awareness month. Reaching out to colleges for the first time, representatives from the Halton Diabetes Program will be providing a free interactive information booth in the Trafalgar Campus’ B Wing on Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 4 to 6 p.m. Students and staff…
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Sheridan STARs help lead the way at open house
STORY BY DONTEI WYNTER PHOTO BY ANNE WHITEHEAD Guests/students tour the Crafts and Design furniture and textiles exhibit in Sheridan gallery Sheridan College plans on using its star power to interest prospective students at the college-wide open house on Nov. 16. The student helpers, also known as STARs (Student Admission Representatives) are part of the…
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Sheridan students ‘go purple’ to help children
STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEF CASERTA The Child and Youth Work (CYW) program at Sheridan College is promoting October as Child Abuse Prevention Month by wearing purple and raising money for the community’s Children Aid Society (CAS). CAS donated ribbons and pins, which were on sale for $1 and bracelets, which sold for $2. Students…
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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…