Improv-ising a way to less stress

Feeling overwhelmed or anxious? The Student Success Hub at George Brown College (GBC) is offering comedy improv workshops for students to alleviate stress.   Improvisational comedy, or improv, is an unscripted performance form. It’s an act where dialogue, actions, and characters are spontaneously created by the performers, offering a pure, unprepared experience.  Ashly Seaman, founder and…

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Turning Pages – Yellow Wife 

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson takes readers back to the 1850’s and proves to be the perfect read to reflect on this Black History Month.    The story follows a young woman named Pheby, born to her enslaved mother on a plantation in Virginia.   However, unlike other slaves on the plantation, Pheby has learned how to…

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Prepping for tax season 

George Brown College’s annual Tax Clinic urges students to register for tax filing assistance.   As the tax season draws near, students at George Brown College should take note of the return of the Student Association’s (SA) yearly Tax Clinic.   This year, the tax clinic with run from March. 6 to April 18. Students can…

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Paving a path of inspiration

GBC Chancellor receives Order of Canada A prominent figure in Canada’s philanthropic and educational landscape, Noella Milne, came to Canada as an immigrant when she was 17.   Ever since, her journey has been marked by resilience and dedication, taking on work that has her working with the disadvantaged and mentoring young women lawyers, among other…

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