A major determining factor behind GBC’s decision to postpone its return to in-person learning was based on the viewpoint that it could disrupt the current status quo to which students have become accustomed. Despite engaging in remote learning for almost two years now, the GBC student community still has limited information available to them regarding…
Illustration by Katie Doyle Sathvik Nagendra Vasishta left India last month eager to fulfill his work placement in Ontario to complete George Brown College’s (GBC) Strategic Relationship Marketing (B409) program. At the same time, B409 student Arsheen Chopra was returning home to Delhi, India to be among her family in a state of emergency, as…
A March 2020 survey involving 186 George Brown College (GBC) students indicates that food security is a significant issue facing students at GBC during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the George Brown College COVID-19 and Student Food Insecurity Survey Report which was run by Meal Exchange’s Good Food Campus Program, 81.9 per cent of GBC…
Students in the Fashion Business Industry (F112) program at George Brown College (GBC) are petitioning to get a mandatory on-campus course waived from this year’s curriculum, citing health and safety concerns due to COVID-19. Students who have signed the petition say that they don’t feel it’s fair to ask students to potentially place themselves and…
Today marks the one year anniversary of George Brown College (GBC) closing all of its facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking back on one of the most challenging years in education through those who experienced it firsthand: educators, students, and faculty members around shared their recollections of March 16, 2020, the day that…
On March 16 2020, Nicole Aranzanso was on the GO train travelling to school, looking around campus and trying to meet up with her group to finish a project. When she arrived at school, she realized that the place looked emptier than it was supposed to be. “The hall was empty and we were all…
TCH Marketplace (formerly The Chef’s House) opened its doors back up to the public today after almost two months of closure amid provincial COVID-19 lockdown protocols. Offering grab-and-go take-out items, meal kits, snacks, groceries, and breakfast items, this re-structure will allow students to better adapt to the unprecedented challenges in the culinary industry posed by…
With hotels and restaurants struggling to stay open amid provincial stay-at-home orders, an uncertain future lies ahead for both owners and workers within the hospitality sector. But keeping culinary students hopeful about the future of an industry experiencing so much uncertainty remains the goal for former restauranteur and current George Brown College (GBC) hospitality professor,…
Ringing in the new semester looked different this year for post-secondary students around Ontario, as the provincial government declared a state of emergency in response to the worsening COVID-19 pandemic on January 12. Since then, George Brown College (GBC) has experienced a series of positive COVID-19 cases amongst both staff and students in the community,…
On February 9, 2021, the government of Ontario announced through a news release that they will be providing $7 million for post-secondary students to access mental health and addiction services during COVID-19 for both on-campus and virtual facilities. The funding is said to be part of the Ontario Ministry of Health’s $147 million funding plan,…
With rising COVID numbers, George Brown College (GBC) has officially announced that primarily online learning will continue for the Spring/Summer 2021 semester carried out between May and August. “This means we will continue to operate as we are this winter,” said GBC President Anne Sado in an email distributed to college staff. “The majority of students…
As the COVID-19 crisis endures, students at George Brown College (GBC) graduating in the Spring and Fall semesters are beginning to face the burden of a pandemic-induced recession. COVID-19 has turned Canada’s job market upside-down, with over 63,000 Canadian jobs lost in December 2020 alone. “The stores are locked down, the restaurants are locked down,…
