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Month: December 2021
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GBC’s Sustainability Squad to organize Holiday Meal Service for the second year
GBC’s Sustainability Squad Holiday Meal Service Fundraiser has returned for the second year in a row in partnership with Toronto Food Not Bombs, an organization striving to improve food security in the city of Toronto. The fundraiser aims to provide winter clothing and hot meals to those in need as a gesture of care and…
GBC extends online learning to end of February following wave of COVID-19 cases
A statement from President Fearon released this morning outlines new health and safety procedures and regulations for the upcoming winter semester. The announcement follows rising fears and concerns over the uptake in COVID-19 cases, which has led to the acceleration of booster dose distributions throughout the province. Classes will begin on January 10, 2022 as…
How a former GBC student used a school project as inspiration for her new book
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes, who writes under the pen name Melissa Yi, recently released the ninth book in her murder medical mystery series of books, White Lightning. The book was inspired by a play she wrote while attending a playwriting class at George Brown College. White Lightning follows the story of Hope Sze, a medical resident who is on vacation with…
GBC breaks ground on ‘Limberlost Place’, its new state-of-the-art Waterfront extension
By William Brown Photo by Halley Requena-Silva George Brown College’s newest building project was revealed on Tuesday at an event that announced a $10m donation from a Toronto businessman. The building will be named Limberlost Place and promises to be innovative among Ontario education facilities, with net-zero carbon emissions, sustainable construction materials and heated and…
Interim directors appointed after unsuccessful SAGBC election
Two current board members of the Student Association of George Brown College (SAGBC) Sri Krishna Rajan and Dhwani Bhalavat were appointed as interim director of communications and internal and interim director of operations respectively in a board meeting held on December 13. No candidates ran for these positions in the fall 2021 election which concluded…
College faculty vote in favour of labour action
Illustration by Katie Doyle From December 9-11, over two thirds of CAAT-A members, which make up the union of faculty, councillors and librarians at Ontario colleges, cast their votes in favour of permitting the union to pursue actions such as work-to-rule or a strike if necessary. A total of 59.4 per cent of votes authorized…
Dancing until the lights burn out – How a GBC program helped a Toronto dancer rediscover her passion
By Christina Flores-Chan – special to the Dialog When Toronto contemporary dancer Emma Lum-Gerry tilted her head upward at the theatre stage lights shining down on her five years ago, she made sure to soak in their warmth. She kept her eyes wide open, taking in the bright beams that put her centre stage in otherwise…
Two elected to SAGBC positions in election mired by lack of candidates
Marion Shevlin and Elise Patterson were declared winners in the Student Association of George Brown College’s (SAGBC) fall 2021 election in their respective educational centre representative positions after voting closed on December 8. Patterson and Shevlin will be the SAGBC’s community services and early childhood and business centres respectively. These were the only two positions…
Faculty bargaining team encouraging members to vote “yes” in upcoming strike vote
After months of unproductive conversation with the College Employer Council (CEC), the faculty’s union, OPSEU-O, has confirmed that a strike mandate vote will be taking place on December 9, 10 and 11. The vote will follow the CEC’s refusal to participate in binding interest arbitration, which would allow an arbitrator to review proposals offered by…
Opinion: Navigating COVID-19, classes, and Canada as an international student
Illustration by Katie Doyle The pandemic has made the Canadian education experience not what it appeared. Amidst the chaos of the pandemic and the uncertainty that came with it, I applied for George Brown College. After three months of waiting, I received my offer letter in April of this year. After my acceptance came paying…
SAGBC Election voting opens without candidates for top two positions
Illustration by Katie Doyle Voting for the Fall 2021 SAGBC Elections began on December 1 without any candidates running for offices of director of communications and internal and director of operations, its two highest executive positions. Additionally, no candidates were put forward for the role of preparatory and liberal studies centre representative. The Dialog is…