LARA TAI REPORTER-EDITOR On Tuesday February 25, A drum circle was heard with native drummers proudly singing songs from their culture commenced at the Grand Opening for the New Indigenous Student Centre at Casa Loma campus. The main goal is to help students from every Indigenous background access services to support their educational life at…
LARA TAI REPORTER/EDITOR Yael Elfanbaum is one of the newest instructors to join the George Brown College Video Design and Production Program. She is teaching students Virtual Reality Technology with Samsung 360 VR Video Film Equipment. She is one of the newest innovators spearheading this new concept of film making in Toronto. She is part…
PELIN OZESEN EDITOR On Wednesday February 19th, The Student Association of George Brown held their Spring General Meeting at the St. James Campus, King’s Lounge. The meeting started with a report with updates of activities and events happening around George Brown College, presented by the Student Association Board of Directors. Carla Rudberg, Director of Communications…
LARA TAI REPORTER/EDITOR The George Brown College Dance Program has been running over 25 years. It partners with Ballet Jorgen to provide 3 types of programs. It has been a local favorite program in Toronto but has attracted students from around the world. Three women who have overcome many barriers to study dance in GBC…
KYLE PETERS- REPORTER EDITOR Six words that started the title of a book, a poem, and a movement. All rising from an event where a friend with cerebral palsy felt ashamed of her disability. Performance poet Sonya Renee Taylor has made the six words her slogan. In that conversation with her friend, Taylor saw the…
Samantha Macrae LGBTQ students’ support staff Healing won’t look like spending money and thinking positive. It won’t be an individual task. We heal through communities of care. This requires a commitment to trust and care, a path to resili-ence. Building that resilient network will allow communities to address harm and take steps to-ward ending oppression….
Lara Tai Reporter-Editor We spoke to Career Advisor Stacey Mauger at the Casa Loma Campus about the importance of tailoring your résumé to your specific job as one of the key components to having employers interested in meeting you for the first interview for your dream job. The résumé is a communication tool to the…
Lara Tai Reporter-Editor Love is a many splendored thing. Whether it be that sharp student in your class who always has their hand up ready to answer, your highschool sweetheart or a first date from a dating app who wasn’t a crazy psycho offering personal foot massages. We are at the dawn of a new…
Lara Tai Reporter-Editor Toronto is a thriving city with many robust and active people and so many people are out having dates. What about negative behaviors that happen in our dating culture? I recently watched Sex Education at new Netflix series online… well at least the first episode and was enthralled at how much people…
Community Care Centre: Meredith Charko, Emily Del Greco & Loreto Duran Sexual health is harm reduction. Sexual health is linked to our mental health and wellness. As such, the Student Association’s Community Care Centre provides free safer sex supplies, from latex and latex free condoms, lubricants, nitrile gloves and more. Access to sexual health resources…
Charlene Holmes Women and trans students’ support staff We’ve seen the messages. Consent to any activity means that it is informed, freely given, enthusiastic, and on-going. And sure, consent is sexy. But consent is also more than that, and not just limited to sex. We can practice consent in the classroom, online, and in our…
