The Dialog’s Samantha Bullis wins JHM award for layout and design
The Dialog’s Art Director/Illustrator Samantha Bullis won the prestigious John H. McDonald (JHM) award for excellence in student journalism.
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Community Dialog: Welcome to our newsroom
Hello and welcome to the first post of my new blog as the editor of The Dialog newspaper. In this blog I’m going to take you behind the scenes of The Dialog and show you the discussions that happen in our newsroom. I want you to know why we make some of the decisions we…
Staff at The Dialog shortlisted for four journalism awards
The Dialog‘s news editor Preeteesh Peetabh Singh and art director/illustrator Samantha Bullis have been shortlisted for a total of four prestigious John. H. McDonald (JHM) awards for excellence in student journalism.
Shivam Khullar wins tight race for GBC's board of governors
In a tight race for the student seat on George Brown College’s board of governors, Shivam Khullar has defeated incumbent Mohammad Ali Aumeer by a scant 11 votes. The unofficial results of the sole contested position in the fall byelections was 137 for Khullar to Aumeer’s 126 votes. 14 ballots were spoiled for a total of…
Tarek Loubani and John Greyson are free!
Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani and filmmaker John Greyson have been released from prison in Egypt where they had been held without charges since Aug. 16.
As the news hit social media supporters reacted with joy, some of them at the all-night art event Nuit Blanche in Toronto.
GBC students on their first day of school
What did George Brown College students have to say about the first day of school? Find out in our Storify recap of today’s social media buzz.
Students frustrated by "registration fail" vent on twitter
It’s registration time at George Brown College again, and students are having problems with STU-View. Here is some of what students have been saying on social media.
Petition wants to change the name of Victoria Day
A petition supported by a number of famous Canadian authors, actors, musicians and politicians wants to change the name of Victoria Day to “Victoria and First Peoples Day” By Mick Sweetman Dialog Staff Over 800 people, including author Margaret Atwood, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, Inuk musician Susan Aglukark and six other prominent Canadians, have signed a petition as of this…
GBC student charged with sexual assaults near Queen & Dovercourt
Man arrested for string of sexual assaults in the Queen and Dovercourt area was a GBC student. By Mick Sweetman Dialog Staff On Saturday, April 27 at 1 p.m. several woman were sexually assaulted in the Queen Street West and Dovercourt Road area. Fifteen minutes later, police arrested Lameck Williams, 26, of Toronto and charged him with five counts of sexual assault…
Student unions need the campus press
Student unions and the campus press are two things that go together like a spark to gasoline. When it’s done right you can take the energy and use it to propel the best interests of students as far as possible. When it’s done wrong it can lead to everybody getting badly burned. By Mick Sweetman…
Tuition increase a sign of an underfunded system
By Mick Sweetman Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the platform as we waited for the train. When the train did finally arrive, it was packed to the gills with people who had…
GBC's top ten on Ontario's ‘sunshine list’
By Mick Sweetman Dialog Staff Every year since 1996 the Ontario government has released the Public Sector Salary Disclosure List, which lists employees in the public sector that make over $100,000. George Brown College (GBC) President Anne Sado tops the list for GBC and is the eighth highest paid in the entire college sector with…