Design by Katie Doyle Amid paying high tuition fees, adjusting to a new country, and trying to learn the material in what, for many, is a second or third language, international students are now faced with the challenge of not returning to their home countries for the holidays. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and government-imposed policies,…
George Brown College’s (GBC) new financial relief fund for GBC students, funded in partnership with the Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) is open for students to apply as of Monday, December 14. The COVID-19 Relief Fund is designed to support those experiencing financial hardship as an outcome of the pandemic. This includes effects…
A semester of online schooling is coming to an end for many students at George Brown College (GBC), and with it a need for students to navigate an online finals season. “I’m a mature student. This is not my first time at college, and I’ve had very different experiences every other year. This year has…
Students in the Early Childhood Education program (ECE) at George Brown College (GBC) are petitioning to cancel work placements scheduled for March 2021, citing health and safety concerns regarding COVID-19. In a list of reasons for the petition, ECE students say they believe it is unfair that they are being told to attend placements, despite…
Following public discussions on the need for Blackboard, George Brown College’s (GBC) online education system, to be more trans inclusive, students will be seeing changes in regards to the display of names and pronouns come the end of February 2021. “All students will have access to a self-service module whereby they can input a preferred…
The George, George Brown College’s (GBC) student residence, says it is officially COVID-19 free after four positive cases among student residents were confirmed in November. “We had between nine or ten people self-isolating, not all of which had tested positive but were all in close contact,” says Erica Fearnall, general manager of Campus Living Centres…
Anyone who visits the Waterfront campus can find themselves browsing the In Store, a store designed and employed by George Brown College’s (GBC) design students. Launching in a small room in 2015, the store has grown and attracted numerous departments and faculty members around GBC. Lori Endes, a faculty member who is part of the…
George Brown College (GBC) is now welcoming back international students whose study abroad opportunities were previously impeded due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the Winter 2021 semester remains online, students are nevertheless happy to be here. “It has been a huge relief to study in the time zone and times that I am meant to…
Dr. Md. Safiuddin, a professor at George Brown’s Angelo DelZotto School of Construction Management, recently published two technical papers with a faculty member at Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology, suggesting that N95 respirators and surgical masks may not be as protective as expected. In two papers which were published in the International Research Journal…
