Iron John and Joan throws lifeline to kids
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY KELSEY LYONS Sheridan’s Police Foundations program offers its students a way to gain experience that can help them land a job in the field by mentoring at-risk youth. The Iron John program for boys and now the Iron Joan program for girls, was started about seven years ago. Police Foundations student […]
Fun and games in San Francisco
STORY BY COLE WATSON Listen to Sheridan Sun Reporter Cole Watson’s journeys through San Francisco as he travels for the very first time. He attended Sony’s PlayStation Experience after his friend, Ryerson Journalism student Brad Shankar, won an all expenses paid trip to go to the event and invited him as a guest.
Startups address accessibility issues in Toronto
STORY BY DANIEL MALLETT Maayan Ziv wants the world to be accessible to everyone. “Do you notice boundaries in the community?” Ziv asked. She does. And that’s why her company, Access Now, teamed up with 500px to bring Toronto its first accessible photo walk. Photography enthusiasts gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square recently for the event. The […]
Tamara Dixon: Player, mentor and coach
BY NATALIA CAMARENA Tamara Dixon is not only the committed and passionate coach of the Sheridan Bruins women’s rugby team, she is an accomplished athlete who overcame a devastating injury. The Brampton native began her rugby career when she was 15 at St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary. After high school, she played rugby at Western University, […]
Theatre students light up the stage with Legally Blonde
BY OLIVIA LITTLE Legally Blonde started off with a highly energetic song and dance, “Ohmigod You Guys,” and the energy continued throughout every scene, right up until the curtains fell. Derived from the movie Legally Blonde, starring Reece Witherspoon, the show follows positive, determined, pink-wearing sorority girl, Elle Woods (Kelsey Lacombe) through her journey to […]
Planting oak seeds in Oakville
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015. Planting oak seeds in Oakville Story and photography by Greg Lowenthal -OAKVILLE A few little pots sitting on the side of a ledge would look unassuming to most people, but those pots have seeds in them. Oak tree seeds, planted by volunteers and members of the Sheridan Earth Club. The initiative, […]
Remembrance Through Roses
STORY BY MARK ELGIE THINGLINK BY MICHAEL MELRO Sunday, Dec. 6 marked the anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre. It was 26 years ago that Marc Lepine entered the institution armed with a rifle and a hunting knife, and killed 14 women. “I think for a lot of students who come to Sheridan today, they […]
Christmas in Illustrations
STORY BY MARK ELGIE Graduating students of Sheridan’s Illustration program helped ring in the Christmas season through their holiday card sale last week. The public was able to pick from eight different designs illustrated by those graduating from the Bachelor of Illustration program. “Each design is the work of an individual fourth-year student showcasing an […]
College co-produces film depicting metal typemaking
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DANIEL MALLETT Carl Dair at Enschedé: The Last Days of Metal Type, a film co-produced by Sheridan and Massey colleges premiered Sept. 21 at Trafalgar Campus. The film depicts a day in the working life of Paul Rädisch, who was Dair’s mentor in 1957. Dair is most famous for designing the […]
Paws Your Stress: pups share love with students
STORY BY JASMINE ANTHONY Exams can weigh heavily on students’ shoulders in December, but on Friday, a group of pups lent a paw to any student who needed some relief. Therapeutic Paws of Canada (TPOC) visited Sheridan with a group of well-behaved dogs for the Sheridan Student Union’s Paws Your Stress event, and gave students […]
Third Bi-Annual Sprint Week Winners announced
STORY BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS The winning teams of this semester’s game design “Sprint Week” created storytelling games to help older and younger generations connect. The winners were announced on Nov 13. Games were play-tested and judged last month with Once upon a Dice Roll winning best physical game, and Tell me a Story winning best […]
End-of-year student stress
STORY BY NICOLE CALHAU AND STEFAN LEE A healthy mind and body are critical for students coping with December stress, experts say. As Christmas approaches, most students are doing everything but celebrating. Stress for students comes from an array of sources: staying awake all night to get final projects done, family problems or even gift shopping. […]
