By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog reporter The party mood never seems to set when you are at George Brown College (GBC). With the highly successful frosh week over, here comes another ‘massive’ event. Three amazing parties, one big night. All party souls are going to head towards the Guvernment Entertainment Complex, one of the top…
By Katherine DeClerq CUP Ontario Bureau Chief OTTAWA (CUP)—In Quebec, hundreds of thousands of students have gathered over the summer to protest the government’s decision to raise tuition fees and enact Bill 78, an emergency law passed on May 18 that restricts protests and picketing on university grounds. While the movement has received international attention…
By Karen Nickel Dialog contributor Toronto’s ‘Take Back the Night’ (TBTN) rally and march took place in my neighbourhood of Parkdale on Saturday. This event, held for the past 32 years in a different location each year, is organized by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre / Multicultural Women Against Rape (TRCC/ MWAR) who unfortunately are…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Bill 115, the Orwellian-named Putting Students First Act, was passed in the Ontairo legislature last week stripping tens of thousands of teachers and education workers of their right to collective bargaining. You could hear the clucking of Premier Dalton McGuinty and Education Minister Loreal Broten as they patted themselves on…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Nursing is a profession that is focused on the care of individuals, families and communities so they may attain optimal health and quality of life. Elizabeth O’Brien’s office and personality seems to fit the criteria aptly. With a picture of her children on the computer screen and few other…
By Mick Sweetman Managing editor The past several weeks have seen sexual assault attract an unusual amount of media attention for an issue that normally is very under-reported. This attention has happened not because there has been an increase in the priorities of the media about sexual assault in general, but because there has been…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Apple Inc. of the United States and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, the two bigwigs of the electronic industry have locked horns in a major patent war. It all started in April 2011 when Apple Inc. sued Samsung Electronics over the design of its Galaxy brand of mobile…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Varsity tryouts have started and are slowly gaining momentum. The September calendar for the Huskies is packed with tryouts for various athletic sports. The student turnout for the selections has been good this season, with the new students enrolled for the fall semester also joining in. George Brown College…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Teachers in Ontario are fighting a battle against the government. They are opposing a controversial bill that would impose a wage freeze for two years, cut their benefits, and restrict collective bargaining rights. It will force teachers to take three unpaid days off, reduce the number of annual sick days…
By Dani Feraday Dialog reporter As a new student, or maybe a returning one, do you want to join a club, attend events or get involved in the George Brown community in general? It is a right you have as a student to be able to do all those things but for a moment think…
Re: Our home on native land Aug. 10 I really appreciated your report on the last board meeting last month. I look at the “sparks flying” comment and think to myself “did I miss something?” or is he commenting on healthy debate from polar opposite sides of an issue? That is what we have on…
By Dani Feraday Dialog reporter The mother of two, E.L James, is a first time novelist in the U.K. with the trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. According to James’ website she’s “always dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with”. With Fifty Shades having sold over 31 million copies worldwide it would…
