Today marks the one year anniversary of George Brown College (GBC) closing all of its facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking back on one of the most challenging years in education through those who experienced it firsthand: educators, students, and faculty members around shared their recollections of March 16, 2020, the day that…
On March 16 2020, Nicole Aranzanso was on the GO train travelling to school, looking around campus and trying to meet up with her group to finish a project. When she arrived at school, she realized that the place looked emptier than it was supposed to be. “The hall was empty and we were all…
In a recent email to students part of the George Brown College (GBC) community, Chris McGrath, the vice president of student success, announced that more classes may be open for physical delivery during the Fall semester, along with a new four-day long weekend for Canada Day. The email was sent on the week of the…
Post-secondary students at Ontario colleges and universities are facing a tough job market as the COVID-19 pandemic endures. Government-mandated stay-at-home orders and other preventative measures have limited the rate of available summer work opportunities, and as a result, students are experiencing more difficulty than previous years in securing placements in their fields. Professors around George…
George Brown College has announced that Jennifer Grant will be moving into the new position of director of anti-racism, equity, and human rights services at a part-time capacity starting March 1, 2020. Grant’s position was created in the summer of 2020 alongside the director of Indigenous initiatives to satisfy objective two of GBC’s anti-racism strategy…
Last Wednesday, George Brown College (GBC) student Charlie Reynolds was allegedly harassed by a GBC security guard at St. James campus while using a men’s bathroom. “George Brown College you guys wanna explain why a female security guard just followed me into the men’s bathroom to threaten me to get out because she didn’t believe…
One year ago today, the George Brown College (GBC) Huskies Men’s Basketball team made history and won the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships for the first time in 44 years. Beating Humber College 78-65 and bringing home the gold, this was a monumental moment for the entire GBC community. Little did the team know,…
In the summer of 2020, amid a revigorated international discussion about racism, George Brown College (GBC) announced the creation of the Anti-Racism Advisory Committee as part of its commitments to fighting anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism at the college. But now, over six months since its inception, the committee has only met twice and no date…
On March 4, the Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) hosted a virtual zoom event in which they unveiled details of their new strategic direction. In this event, students at George Brown College (GBC) got an opportunity to hear details of what the SAGBC is describing as a recommitment to organizing and acting as…
A new program has been launched by the Centre for Hospitality & Culinary Arts at George Brown College (GBC). The four-year Honours Bachelor of Food Studies (H317) program will be the first of its kind in Canada to combine culinary arts with a critical analysis of food studies. Announced in a news release on February…
The combination of business skills and sustainable thinking within a school community can never go unnoticed, according to George Brown College’s (GBC) Sustainability Squad. To kick-off reading week, Georgy Pyle, the president of the Sustainability Squad and Maria Mamone, a CPA board of ambassador for the school, are hosting a case study competition. The case…
Taranjeet Singh Manchanda, the Student Association of George Brown College’s director of communications and internal, has resigned from his position. At an emergency SAGBC board meeting held on Monday, the board of directors accepted his resignation, which is effective March 1, 2021. The position will be elected in the Spring 2021 election, which is scheduled…
