Tag: Sheridan College
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Peace garden memorial to Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT On Dec. 6, 1989 a gunman stormed Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. During his shooting spree he killed 14 women before turning the rifle on himself. Since then, Dec. 6 has become known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against…
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College animal adoption program the cat’s meow
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Looking to adopt a cat? The Animal Care program at Davis Campus houses up to 15 cats every semester. This term the program has eight cats for adoption, two of which are still available. Nichole Marcotte, an Animal Sciences technologist with the Sheridan program, said the cats are usually…
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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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Sheridan student featured in new TVO documentary
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS COURTESY OF TVO Since the debut of the popular American TV series Glee in 2009, glee clubs have been forming in high schools throughout North America. Now, Unsung: Behind the Glee, a new TVO documentary that features first-year Sheridan student Dean Deffett, showcases two Toronto high school glee clubs, Wexford…
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A 3D perspective for Sheridan College
VIDEO BY MAXINE LOWE Last Wednesday, students and faculty gathered in the SCAET building for the demonstration and unvailing of the new 3D camera. The camera was a gift given to the school by NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal vice president of sales Wanda Brandley and executive vice president Ron Suter were in attendance for the event, along…
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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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Run Timmy, Run!
STORY AND PHOTOS BY RENÉE LALONDE Business is about supply and demand and successful entrepreneurs identify what a community needs and deliver the goods. Every morning Sheridan is flooded with sleep-deprived zombies in search of their next fix and the lineups at the coffee kiosks on campus certainly aren’t getting shorter. A solution has been…
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Mickey & Judy will make you laugh, inspire you to follow your dreams
BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN It’s often said that you should never forget where you came from. Michael Hughes, actor, musician and playwright, is returning to his roots at Sheridan College next week with his one-man show, Mickey & Judy. Hughes, the titular “Mickey” (it is his nickname), chose to highlight his relationship with actors Mickey Rooney…
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The future is looking bright for innovators
STORY AND PHOTO BY ANTONIA SALAPIC Business-savvy students got advice from successful business owners last Friday and were encouraged to use their imagination to be successful in the arts business. As part of Halton Entrepreneurship Week, Sheridan College and the Halton’s Regional Innovation Centre (HalTech), hosted the first Arts and Innovation day to help students become…