On June 7, 2021, George Brown College (GBC) will introduce its first cohort of students to a free, 32-week governmentally-funded, Industrial Millwright Pre-Apprenticeship program. The program was a result of providing students, parents, and other working adults an opportunity to transition into post-secondary or study a trade-related subject. Even though there are only 20 spots…
Dealing with the pandemic, school work, and part-time jobs is a challenge for students enrolling in the Spring-Summer 2021 semester. So, to mark Mental Health Awareness Month, The Dialog has interviewed Dr. Lisa Bradford, a registered clinical and counselling psychologist who works with individual adults and couples. To destress during a busy Spring-Summer 2021 semester,…
This morning, Dr. Gervon Fearon was publicly named the new president of George Brown College (GBC) after almost a year-long presidential search. Dr. Fearon, who has been the president of Brock University since 2017, and is the former president of Brandon University, is set to begin his leadership at GBC this August 2021. Dr. Fearon…
At a Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) board meeting on May 17, 2021, Joe Stapleton, the college’s manager of student life, announced that a new nasal rapid-testing clinic has been opened at George Brown College’s (GBC) Waterfront Campus. The nasal rapid-testing clinic will be open from Monday to Friday, at varying time intervals,…
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…
In 2014, teams of students and faculty dressed up as toilets and paraded around campus, hanging posters up in every bathroom they could find and sharing information with everyone with whom they crossed paths. The words ‘FREE TO PEE’, a call to provide gender-neutral bathroom facilities to the George Brown College (GBC) community, could be…
To help celebrate International Nurse’s Day on May 12, The Dialog has interviewed Chiara Cuscianna, a graduate from the collaborative Ryerson-GBC nursing program and a current Pediatrics Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and cosmetics nurse. Even at the best of times, nursing can be stressful. And over the past year, as COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on…
George Brown College’s annual student and professor-led fashion event, Threads, was held on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. This year, the virtual event consisted of two components: a two-hour networking session and an awards ceremony. Throughout the awards ceremony, over 40-students were acknowledged for their academic and extracurricular efforts within the GBC community. The Dialog has…
Two weeks after 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 criticizing the college’s anti-racism plan, they have yet to receive a response. But that hasn’t come as a surprise to Local 557 president Megan Carter. “I definitely…
George Brown College (GBC) President Anne Sado has issued a response to MPP Jessica Bell and MPP Joel Harden, confirming that the college will continue with the Note Taking Express service despite voiced concerns. On March 25, provincial politicians sent a letter expressing concern for the accessibility of students with disabilities and loss of decently…
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered many aspects of student life at George Brown College (GBC) throughout the 2020-2021 academic year. Students have had to adjust quickly to the continuous restrictions placed on in-person learning. And with the reality of a pandemic that continues to disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latino, and other visible minorities in…
