Earlier this month, a child from the Casa Loma Child Care Centre tested positive for COVID-19 from an off-campus exposure. In total, two children at the Casa Loma Child Care Centre tested positive at separate locations, along with two other staff members at the Queen Street Day Care Centre and Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre. “When…
On April 21, 2021, OPSEU Locals 556 and 557, the unions representing George Brown College’s (GBC) faculty and support staff, sent a letter to the GBC board of governors forcefully criticizing the college’s anti-racism efforts. “We are outlining these concerns because we are proud to be a part of a college that has been a…
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…
In a board meeting on Monday April 19, the Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) board of directors discussed several recommendations on how the SA should change how it conducts its elections in the future. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. The recommendations were laid out in a two-part report presented by the chief returning…
On April 18, 2021, George Brown College (GBC) students are hosting a Virtual 5-kilometre walk to support donations for the SickKids hospital and the George Brown College Foundation. Last year, the walk raised over $4,500. So far, 26 participants have signed up to walk or run in this year’s event. Half of the money donated…
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…
The results for the Spring 2021 Election for the Student Association at George Brown College (SABGC) have recently been announced on April 9, 2021. Approximately 1815 students voted in the election, and the winners will begin their term in the Spring/Summer 2021 semester. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. Within the executive positions, the results were…
The Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) 2021 Spring elections are on now. On the executive team, there are seven students campaigning for three positions including the director of communications and internal, director of education and equity, and director of student experience. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. Among the director of communications and internal…
With the Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) Spring 2021 election on this week, we’re checking in on all the campaigns for executive positions on the SAGBC’s board of directors. The SAGBC funds the Dialog. In the race for director of education and equity are Aasreen Sood and Sri Krishna Rajan, two candidates who…
With the Student Association of George Brown College’s elections on this week, the race for director of student experience position is heating up. The three candidates, Bharavi Desai, Rohan Khullar, and Urdhva Shukla, are all newcomers to SA politics and, with the current director of student experience running for the position of director of education…
On Monday, April 5 the Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) was sent to indicate that the Student Association (SA) elections were opened. “It has been a hard year, and your Student Association has been working for you,” wrote a representative from the SAGBC in the email. The SAGBC funds The Dialog. Voting will…
The Ontario Sunshine List for 2020, which releases the names of public-sector employees who made more than $100,000 a year, was recently announced, and George Brown College (GBC) has more than 572 individuals placed on the list. Many of them include professors, special advisors, and individuals part of the senior leadership team. The Sunshine List…
