By Karen Nickel Special to The Dialog In 2011 the Disability Pride movement sprang out of the momentum of the Occupy movement, focused on how austerity, cuts and the lack of police training protocols adversely affecting their community. A main point was that persons with disabilities were the “lowest 1% of the 99%” and persons…
By Dani Feraday Dialog Reporter The Regent Park area in Toronto, located at the corner of Parliament and Gerrard, is known as Canada’s oldest and largest social housing project. With people from all different walks of life, the community is as diverse as the city itself. When the new renovations started by Toronto Community Housing…
By Dani Feraday Dialog reporter It started off as a conversation between friends in a bar. Randy Orienstien, Michael Todd and Fernando Restituto had a conversation about how there should be a place for people in the game design field to come together and help each other out, skill wise. In an industry where…
By S. Lily Luong Do. Special to The Dialog Have you ever seen the 1989 movie the Dead Poet’s Society featuring comedian Robin Williams? No? Well, you really should. Why? He is portrayed as a teacher who works at a renowned preparatory school that challenges the status quo by teaching poetry, ripping out pages of…
By S. Lily Luong Do Special to The Dialog The Toronto After Dark Film Festival returns for it’s seventh year and guarantees to be a shrilling affair with nine packed days of “ horror, sci-fi, action and cult movies.” This year, there are 20 new movies being showcased from all over the world and for…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter While George Brown College (GBC) marked its 45th anniversary, the athletics department celebrated its sixth homecoming event on Oct. 5 and 6. The homecoming weekend started with a welcome social and charity casino night held at Casa Loma student lounge, followed by some alumni games such as ice hockey,…
By Jason Miller GBC Athletics & Recreation Men’s Soccer: Huskies 2 – Centennial 6 (Walter Marcelo, Michael Ferracci) Final Standings: OCAA East GP W L T PTS Algonquin 8 5 0 3 18 Seneca 8 5 1 2 17 Centennial 8 5 2 1 16 Cambrian 8 3 1 4 13 Durham 8 3…
Members of Parliament visit GBC The Federal Conservative Post-secondary Education Caucus met at George Brown College on Oct. 12 to review how colleges are preparing their students for employment in the ever changing economy and workforce. Visiting MPs met students from the Food Innovation and Research Studio (FIRSt) and heard about several projects they have been…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter “Tuition costs too high? Pay your fee with our line of credit at easy interest rates”. This is how a major bank in Canada lures international students into its credit scheme. Almost everyone is aware of the hefty fee that students have to pay for their education, they try…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter “Whatever I see, I see from my heart. Whatever I say, I say from my heart. Whatever I do, do from my heart. And this for me is activism, may it be social, political, economic or environmental” said Cat Criger, an Elder from the First Nations People, at the…
We have a Canadian crisis. This crisis has been occurring for at least 30 years according to the data collected. It has claimed over 580 women and girls’ lives. This crisis isn’t cancer, or HIV, or AIDS, though those are also unacceptable deaths. This crisis involves the disappearance or murder of someone’s, mother, daughter or…
