Tag: students

  • Foster puppies in a class of their own

    Foster puppies in a class of their own

    STORY AND PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT The Oakville training centre for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides has four or five puppies looking for foster homes and they want you to foster one of them. Oakville is home to one of only two Lions Club Dog Guides training facilities in Canada. The other is…

  • Sheridan College stops to remember

    STORY BY PAIGE GALEA PHOTOS BY DANA MIELE   Sheridan staff and students gathered inside SCAET Wing on Monday to pay their respects to Canada’s fallen military and view the Remembrance Day ceremony live-streamed from Davis Campus. This year students at Trafalgar Campus were also invited to remember by watching the ceremony on TVs around…

  • Tourism and Travel students expand their horizons with trip to Cuba

    Tourism and Travel students expand their horizons with trip to Cuba

    STORY BY STEF CASERTA PHOTOS BY HIRA RAMZAN Sun, sand and knowledge – that’s what Sheridan’s Tourism and Travel students experienced over the mid-semester break. Seven students from the program and two professors departed for Varadero, Cuba on Sunday, Oct. 20 for an all-inclusive seven-night stay at the four-star Memories Varadero Beach Resort. Called a…

  • Student spending: How to budget your cash

    Student spending: How to budget your cash

    PHOTOS AND INFOGRAPHIC BY DYLAN PAISLEY Here are some spending and budgeting tips, along with some helpful financial apps. Most students in the first year of higher education are learning how to budget for the first time. Other tools include a budget calculator.  

  • Psychic inspires positive outlook

    Psychic inspires positive outlook

    STORY BY OSCAR IMMEL PHOTO BY OSCAR IMMEL When the spotlight is cast, the man standing in the glow begins to speak. It’s hard to hear him over the clinking of glasses and the fuzzy music. But it’s not hard to gather why he’s there. “Ask me a smart-ass question,” he jokes, “and you’ll get…

  • Paying for print: How much will it really cost?

    Paying for print: How much will it really cost?

    INFOGRAPHIC BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN The luxury of attending one of the few Ontario post-secondary institutions with campus-wide free printing will soon be over. Over the next few weeks, the college will implement a pay-for-print system for each campus. Students will receive a $5 initial printing credit from the college. Once that credit runs out, you…