The results for the Spring 2021 Election for the Student Association at George Brown College (SABGC) have recently been announced on April 9, 2021. Approximately 1815 students voted in the election, and the winners will begin their term in the Spring/Summer 2021 semester. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. Within the executive positions, the results were…
The Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) 2021 Spring elections are on now. On the executive team, there are seven students campaigning for three positions including the director of communications and internal, director of education and equity, and director of student experience. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. Among the director of communications and internal…
With the Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) Spring 2021 election on this week, we’re checking in on all the campaigns for executive positions on the SAGBC’s board of directors. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. In the race for director of education and equity are Aasreen Sood and Sri Krishna Rajan, two candidates who…
With the Student Association of George Brown College’s elections on this week, the race for director of student experience position is heating up. The three candidates, Bharavi Desai, Rohan Khullar, and Urdhva Shukla, are all newcomers to SA politics and, with the current director of student experience running for the position of director of education…
On Monday, April 5 the Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) was sent to indicate that the Student Association (SA) elections were opened. “It has been a hard year, and your Student Association has been working for you,” wrote a representative from the SAGBC in the email. The SAGBC funds The Dialog. Voting will…
The Ontario Sunshine List for 2020, which releases the names of public-sector employees who made more than $100,000 a year, was recently announced, and George Brown College (GBC) has more than 572 individuals placed on the list. Many of them include professors, special advisors, and individuals part of the senior leadership team. The Sunshine List…
On December 15, 2020, 67 computerized notetakers at George Brown College (GBC) received an email that all contracts would be terminated by December 18, 2020 and replaced by a software application called Note Taking Express. Although a few staff members would still be required to provide coverage for on-campus classes, all 5 GTA virtual classes…
In 2018, Loni Frank, a faculty member at the Child and Youth Care program, was notified that her classroom would be moving. As she stood outside the new classroom with her books, pulley cart, and a handful of her students, she asked a security personnel to let her in. They said no as she did…
Since being named George Brown College’s director of anti-racism, equity, and human rights services, Jennifer Grant has spent the last four weeks transitioning part-time into her new position. “I think the work that needs to be done when we’re thinking about anti-racism is always transformational work. We’re always looking at this journey towards a reimagined…
The list of candidates for the upcoming Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) Spring 2021 election has been announced. 29 candidates in total are campaigning for the 10 positions. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. Three executive positions will be elected this spring. Current board members Urvish Patel and Sri Krishna Rajan are campaigning for…
In November 2019, the Divisional Court of Ontario ruled in favour of the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario (CFS-O) against the Student Choice Initiative (SCI), a policy that would allow students the option of opting out of non-essential tuition fees at post-secondary institutions. Over one year after the policy was originally brought down, the provincial government…
George Brown College (GBC) and Hilti Canada have recently announced a $40,000 partnership for the Women Transitioning to Trades and Employment (WTTE) program. Through this collaboration, students enrolled in the WTTE program will gain access to mentors, development plans, tools, and other resources related to the construction industry. Jason Aurora, the director of human resources…
