Mississauga Arts
MEDIA BY MEHREEN SHAHID As a writer, I have always been fascinated by various media used to convey a message. Illustrations and drawings have been the oldest way of communicating ideas and sharing knowledge and information. Somewhere along the line, art became more than just a tool for communication, instead, it became a personal expression […]
Becoming instafamous
Since the launch of Instagram in October 2010, it has evolved into one of the largest social media platforms for millennials. People are creating their own brand and marketing themselves for followers to become instafamous. Although we’re often bombarded with millions of meaningless selfies and over read quotes, there are pros in the world of […]
Artist of the week: Rhiannon Lee
Name: Rhiannon Lee Age: 20 Program: Illustration Hometown: Thornhill MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY: An art fair to remember Magazine founders create a synergy between local artists and fans Art Exhibit reminds us the importance of Canadian landscape How would you describe the art that you create? I guess my art could be describes as surreal, isolated and sketchy. […]
Hoop and flow helps students get loose and de-stress
STORY BY OLIVIA LITTLE The Hoop and Flow Arts Club provides students with a unique way to beat stress during the school year. Pia Supino-Mayka, 32, third-year Illustration student, president of Hoop and Flow Arts, started the club in September with her friend, Chris Moors, 22, third-year Illustration student and vice-president. After discovering hula-hooping a year […]
Coaching program helps turn breakups into breakthroughs
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID A serendipitous run-in on the subway became crucial to one heartsick woman’s journey of getting over her breakup. “It had been a couple of months,” says Jennifer, who didn’t want her real name used. “But I was still not ‘over it.’ I was struggling with wanting to still be with that […]
Lady Bruins barely clinch a win
STORY BY NATALIA CAMARENA After struggling through five sets, the Lady Bruins managed to hold on to a win against Conestoga College. The women’s volleyball team is a real threat in the league this year, but had a lot of difficulty overcoming the Condors at Friday’s game. After battling back and forth they finished with […]
Entrepreneur hopes to bag market with homegrown fashion
STORY BY MARKO WOLOSHYN With American retail giant Target retreating back across the border, young entrepreneurs like Rawie Laborce are making a case for Canadian goods. In April, Laborce plans on opening Rivermen, Mississauga’s first men’s boutique clothing store offering premium clothing designed, distributed and made by Canadians. Laborce first took a serious interest in […]
Spotted at Sheridan: flirtatious fun or a cesspool of smut?
Spotted at Sheridan is an anonymously moderated Facebook page, independent of the college, that allows students to namelessly post flirtatious comments about their peers. Is this popular site simply a harmless way for students to share playful observations, or could it be used for more important, professional means? MORE RELATED TO THIS STORY: Drawing a […]
Broadcast student gets $10k award
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID When he walked in at 7 a.m. with coffee and bagels for his teammates on his third day back at school, Nick Kattis had no idea what was coming his way three hours later. At 10:15 a.m., taking a break from their news show production schedule, all broadcast students gathered round, […]
Into the storm
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID Even though work emails had been pouring in, nothing could have painted a picture of what awaited her back in Brampton. Kathryn Trojan Stelmaszynski’s red-eye flight from Vancouver landed early Monday morning in Toronto. And she went straight to work, stopping only to pick up her car, which was parked on […]
Student’s line up for pawsitive reinforcement
STORY BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES With exams and final projects lurking over the shoulders of students, how are they suppose to relax? A beer? A cigarette? On Tuesday, about 100 students at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus were given a healthier option – therapy dogs. Therapy dogs are used in retirement homes, hospitals and schools to help people […]
Veteran prison guard gives students a look at life on the inside
STORY BY ROBERT MOODIE Brian Cassidy sits in his office on the prison block when he hears a call from a co-worker. An inmate has put a blanket over the window of his solid cell door and is refusing to answer or take it off. Normally officers look through the windows to check on people […]
