By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter This is a tale of two rapes. One has been widely reported, protested and has sparked a global outcry and condemnation. It inspired actions of solidarity against rape culture and decried the lack of women’s rights. The other rape has barely been noticed locally, let alone nationally or globally. A…
Wally Oppal, the commissioner of the B.C. Missing Women Inquiry, called its final report “Forsaken”. In it, he claimed that the women who were murdered were doubly forsaken, once by society, then by the police. Family, advocacy groups and community members say this report will make the third time. The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The spectators witnessed a splendid display of basketball by the Huskies at the 35th annual basketball tournament held at George Brown College (GBC) on Jan. 4-5. They continued their OCAA-winning momentum in the knockout rounds but failed to win the tournament, losing to Mohawk College in the finals. The tournament…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter According to George Brown College’s (GBC) 2010-2011 annual report, the number of students registered for continuing education at the college is a whopping 36,000 whereas full-time, international and apprentice students combined make 28,336. With 1,600 programs on offer and about 600 part-time staff in including teachers in place, GBC’s…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Winter orientation was held for all the new first-year students at George Brown College (GBC) starting in January 2013. The orientation, or annual dean’s welcome, was held at various GBC campuses and was very well attended by the students. The ‘froshers’ were guided on the various services available in…
By Lama Kanj Special to The Dialog On Friday, Dec. 14, the Guvernment welcomed a crowd of 600 George Brown College students and friends. Although the main room and all-ages room were packed with attendees, the room designated for house music proved to be of little interest as a meager audience was present during the…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The spectators witnessed a splendid display of basketball by the Huskies at the 35th annual basketball tournament held at George Brown College (GBC) on Jan. 4-5. They continued their OCAA winning momentum in the knockout tournament but failed to win the tournament, losing to Mohawk College in the finals….
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter You might see some new numbers in your paystubs this year. On Jan. 1, the federal government announced a hike in Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) premiums. This means more money will be taken off people’s paychecks and higher payroll deductions. Canadians earning at least $51,000…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporer The Canadian University Press (CUP) has released the short list of nominees for their 2012 John H. MacDonald Journalism Awards and The Dialog has reason to celebrate! The awards, nicknamed ‘The Johnnies’, began in 2003 as a way to recognize excellence in journalism across the campus press in Canada. There…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter The Women’s Executive Network (WXN) awarded Anne Sado, president of George Brown College, with its, “Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award” in the ‘Public Sector Leader’, category. This is the second time in three years in which she has been named, for her strong leadership skills and vision, by…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The 2012 Student Association (SA) byelection results are out. Mohammad Ali Aumeer, the current director of Education and Equity is elected as Board of Governors Representative with 857 votes in favour. Aumeer believes that the key issues facing students today are high tuition fees, low per-student provincial funding and…
By Dec. 6 memorial committee Special to The Dialog On Dec. 6 Canadians unite in solidarity, remembering the lives of the fourteen women who were killed 23 years ago because of their gender. On Dec. 6, 1989, an anti-feminist gunman segregated women from men in a classroom at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, declared his…
