Eight years since getting together, Saint Astonia is more enthusiastic than ever to share their music with people. Adam Gontier and Mike Mushok didn’t plan on putting together a band but discovered they could make good music together. In 2015 Gontier, who has just left his previous band, and Mushok started working on some songs…
What happens when a too smart for her age fourth grader, becomes best friends with a narcissistic magical creature? Find out exactly how it played out one afternoon when Phoebe Grizelda Howell skipped a rock across a pond, and ended up hitting Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, a unicorn, in the face. Their adventures are now apart…
The Student Nutrition Access Program (SNAP) is bringing back its community garden program. The program was shut down during the pandemic and is returning this semester with a new and more interactive layout. The garden, located at the Casa Loma campus, will allow students a space to plant vegetables or learn gardening, and also relax…
Exciting activities that GBC community enjoy, are a thrill for the man who plans them. Long-time staff of George Brown College’s (GBC) campus shipping and receiving department, John Valle, has been coordinating games and activities for the staff and students for about seven years now. Valle took over the responsibilities of coordinating the annual GBC…
Limberlost Place received the 2023 Research and Innovation in Architecture Award from the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) recently. The building has been gaining attention through media coverage and numerous other awards mainly for the innovation it projects through its mass timber construction and net-zero carbon emissions. Nerys Rau, project director of the…
The George Brown School of Design returned with their Year End Show (YES!) from May. 3 to 5 after a three-year gap. Over the course of the event, students showcased their final projects and attended workshops and panel discussions at the Waterfront Daniel’s building. Graduating students from various programs presented their final projects as exhibits…
Montage Support Services bring back their signature gala after three years and a group of GBC students to be featured. The Dare to Inspire signature gala will feature GBC’s fashion students in an adaptive wear segment alongside other entertainment on the night of June 2. The gala, organized by Montage Support Services, is a fundraiser…
Discounted tickets available for GBC students interested in attending Canada’s largest indigenous performance. More than 250 indigenous youth participants from thirteen different communities will showcase dance performances at Meridian Hall on May 13. The 16th annual showcase organized by Outside Looking In (OLI), an indigenous-led organization that supports and empowers indigenous youth in remote…
Veterans make up cast of play set to premiere in honour of Mental health awareness week. Soldier in the Arts (SITA) is observing Mental Health Awareness Week this year with performances of two plays at the Alumnae Theatre in downtown Toronto. The shows ‘I Found my Horn’ and ‘Tunnel at the end of the Light’…
Youth Day Global brings people together to drive new opportunities forward. Celebrate young creativity at a festival to rival all others. The annual festival from Youth Day Global will return for year 17 on July 23 at Yonge-Dundas Square. Founded in 2007, the organization Youth Day Global has been encouraging young people to showcase their…
Former director of communications and internal reflects on his time at the Student Association Sri Krishna Rajan served in various capacities on the Student Association’s (SA) board of directors for the last three years. Ending his time at the SA as the director of communications and internal, Rajan shares that his time on the board…
An event specific to international students at GBC and their hunt for a Canadian career. StartGBC along with Orbit 5 is bringing international students at GBC an event to help them find their dream job. FutureMakers 2023: Student networking summit, is designed to help international students build good resumes, elevate their networking skills, and establish…
