Returning to campus after two years is a dream students and staff have strived towards since the pandemic started. Welcome back. Our campuses for too long, have been reminiscent of a ghost town. The usually bustling hallways empty, the once filled classrooms yearning for a lesson to be taught. As we stand on the…
Start your new school year off by working at the biggest film festival in the city. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), in partnership with Black Screen Office (BSO) and Indigenous Screen Office (ISO), is looking for volunteers for the upcoming event. Running from Sept. 6 to 11 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sept….
Listen as Dialog Reporter Liam McQuade Shea speaks with April Julien, second-place winner of Netflix’s new hit show: “Is It Cake?” The show sees cake artists compete as they fool judges by creating cakes disguised as hyper-realistic everyday objects.
THREADS is an annual event hosted by the Fashion Department at George Brown College that highlights the creations fashion students and graduates have worked on in the past year. Due to the pandemic and provincial restrictions, the showcase was held virtually this year from April 26 to 27. This year’s theme was “Transcendence” to represent the…
Co-written by Khadija Jagani, Gursimran Kaur GBC’s top-performing postgraduate Game Development students were recently given the exciting opportunity to work on a real-life game spearheaded by alumni for school credit; but that initial elation quickly turned sour for some. The project presented to students was Exiled Princess, directed by former student Pedro Correia. According to…
On Friday, March 4, GBC announced that after reviewing guidance from the provincial government, it has decided to amend its vaccination policy beginning with the spring term. Effective May 1, students and staff who wish to enter the college will no longer be required to demonstrate proof that they have been fully vaccinated. …
For this year’s DesignTO Festival, the Interdisciplinary Design Strategy (IDS) students at the Institute without Boundaries (IwB), an academic program and studio founded by GBC’s School of Design, have worked to create an exhibit that will showcase what they think “climate-ready communities” could look like. DesignTO is a non-profit organization that curates exhibitions, presentations, and…
With cases of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant case rising rapidly, George Brown students have seen classes continue virtually for another semester, but another aspect of school life that the new regulations have disrupted are the varsity sports teams and the upcoming winter semesters sports season. The Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) announced in December…
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes, who writes under the pen name Melissa Yi, recently released the ninth book in her murder medical mystery series of books, White Lightning. The book was inspired by a play she wrote while attending a playwriting class at George Brown College. White Lightning follows the story of Hope Sze, a medical resident who is on vacation with…
By William Brown Photo by Halley Requena-Silva George Brown College’s newest building project was revealed on Tuesday at an event that announced a $10m donation from a Toronto businessman. The building will be named Limberlost Place and promises to be innovative among Ontario education facilities, with net-zero carbon emissions, sustainable construction materials and heated and…
By Christina Flores-Chan – special to the Dialog When Toronto contemporary dancer Emma Lum-Gerry tilted her head upward at the theatre stage lights shining down on her five years ago, she made sure to soak in their warmth. She kept her eyes wide open, taking in the bright beams that put her centre stage in otherwise…
A Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) representative helped pass a motion at the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) National General Meeting last week which will see the CFS sign the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Accord. The pledge will see the CFS commit to the 17 SDGs, which encompass issues such as…
