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  • ‘We need to become the educated masses’

    ‘We need to become the educated masses’

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    Cait Carter
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    STORY BY CAIT CARTER Although Sheridan has an Aboriginal Initiatives office, much of the college’s community is unaware of its purpose. Sheridan’s Aboriginal Initiatives Office has been created mostly by mandate. Paula Laing heads the Aboriginal Initiatives Office, and helps Aboriginal students transition from their traditional backgrounds into the college’s community. “There are over 100…

  • Artist of the week: Linda Yan

    Artist of the week: Linda Yan

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    Jeanylyn
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    1. When did you start drawing? My earliest memory of picking up a pencil was when I was scribbling all over my grandparent’s walls and my mom’s nice wool jacket. My grandpa would also give me calendars to deface and draw on the back of. 2. How would you describe the art you create? Colourful and…

  • Veteran prison guard gives students a look at life on the inside

    Veteran prison guard gives students a look at life on the inside

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    Robert
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    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…

  • Moment of silence for Montreal massacre victims

    Moment of silence for Montreal massacre victims

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    Catarina
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    STORY BY CATARINA MUIA “Gender-based violence has no room at Sheridan, or anywhere in our society,” said president Jeff Zabudsky to open the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women ceremony last Friday. This year the memorial was held at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus where about 100 faculty and students gathered to listen…

  • Thinking inside the box

    Thinking inside the box

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    Amanda Spilker
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    VIDEO BY AMANDA SPILKER Ever wonder where the display cases in the B and C Wings at Trafalgar Campus come from? The first- and second-year students in Visual Merchandising Arts design and install them. The two-year program helps students learn the fundamentals of visual design to market and sell a product, idea or theme.

  • Sheridan’s own to release new horror short film

    Sheridan’s own to release new horror short film

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    Amanda Spilker
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    STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER A Sheridan professor is set to release a new stop-motion horror film this month. The Shutterbug Man, a short film completely acted by puppets, was created and directed by Chris Walsh, lead professor of the Animation History course at Sheridan College. He hopes to screen it at a number of international…

  • The Sheridan Chorus puts their work into practice

    The Sheridan Chorus puts their work into practice

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    stephaniealba
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    VIDEO BY STEPHANIE ALBA On Wed Nov. 26 the Sheridan Chorus held a choral performance at Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus. The Sheridan Chorus consists of the 2nd year students of the Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program. The Sheridan Chorus was conducted by professor Greg Andrews and accompanied by Stephen Woodjetts on piano and Connor Lucas…

  • Sheridan beta-tests new intramural e-sport

    Sheridan beta-tests new intramural e-sport

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    Michael
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    VIDEO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES On Friday Nov 20. students and faculty of Sheridan College gathered at the college’s Davis Campus, to compete in the beta test for the first ever League of Legends Intramural. With League of Legends becoming one of the most popular video games in the world, Sheridan thought it would be a…

  • Colleges agree to create uniform campus sex assault policy

    Colleges agree to create uniform campus sex assault policy

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    Chris Coutts
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    STORY BY CHRIS COUTTS Ontario college presidents have begun a review of how their institutions respond to sexual assaults on campus. Twenty-four presidents from Ontario colleges met on Monday to try to figure out how to go about creating a uniform set of transparent and accessible policies for students affected by sexual assaults while attending…

  • Survey shows students wouldn’t pass up a U-Pass

    Survey shows students wouldn’t pass up a U-Pass

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    Catarina
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      STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Ninety per cent of Sheridan students who were recently surveyed say they are in favour of a transit discount pass. A survey of 466 students conducted last week by the Sheridan Sun discovered near unanimous support for a transit U-Pass. The survey was posted on various Sheridan-related Facebook groups for…

  • Musical theatre student lands on the big stage

    Musical theatre student lands on the big stage

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    stephaniealba
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    BY STEPHANIE ALBA One of Sheridan’s own,  Emily Lukasik, is starring in the return of Once the musical at Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre. For years, Lukasik had been involved in community theatre and local drama camps, but it was at Sheridan’s Music Theatre Performance degree program where she discovered her deep passion for musical theatre.…

  • Putting a lid on paper cup waste

    Putting a lid on paper cup waste

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    palwashatemor
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    STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR If there’s one thing students and staff turn to in order to get them through the day, it’s a cup of coffee — and that produces a mountain of paper cups at Sheridan. The college’s Office for Sustainability focuses on two areas in helping scale that mountain, according to Wai Chu…