Settling international students
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR The start of a new school year causes stress and excitement for everyone, but some face challenge Canadian-born students will never know. Haoran Wang, 27, packed up his life and came to a new country and is trying to adjust to his environment, all while being in school. Currently studying Architectural […]
Media Arts student prepares to take the stage for the Miss World Canada 2014
STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID PHOTOS BY SAM TASKIE Kristin Kamila Bingham still remembers the day her grade-school friends rated all the girls in their class on their appearance: everyone else got an 8, 9 or 10, she got a 3. But when the director of the Miss Canada World 2014 pageant gave the 22-year-old Jamaican-born […]
A global village in poverty
STORY BY JUNE SEO When most people think about poverty they usually think about a Third World country. The reality is that poverty is much closer to home. On my 18th birthday, I moved out of my parents’ home and got a glimpse of poverty in Brantford. According to Canada Without Poverty’s website, 450,000 to […]
Photographer follows silver lining upwards
STORY BY ERIN QUEENAN With chocolate brown hair, and eyes that light up like the same LED bulbs used in her photography series Portals, Christa Giula shines authenticity. It’s an attribute which is sure to get her far as things start to happen for the third year Bachelor of Photography student. Last month her work, […]
Three days, no phone – anxiety ensues
STORY, PHOTOS AND INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA BEAULIEU It’s been said that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jessica Beaulieu and I’m a nomophobe. Nomophobia is the term coined by social scientists in the U.K., after conducting a study on cell phone usage, which refers […]
Sheridan’s pizza maker
STORY BY JOEL P. JACOBSON From his pizza dough tricks to his heartwarming smile, Gino’s Pizza employee Abid Abid is an integral part of Sheridan’s student community. The 42-year-old pizza maker isn’t in it for the dough. His drive to continue working for Gino’s comes from his love for Sheridan’s student body. “I would not […]
