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Toronto-based print company, Allegra Toronto, has donated 50,000 individually wrapped face shields to George Brown College. The gift is valued at $124,500 and is intended to assist the College’s ongoing efforts to ensure that students, faculty and staff remain safe when at College facilities during...
A student’s pursuit of dancing on pointe has helped to spur more gender-fluid practices in ballet training at George Brown Dance. Ballet tends to follow conventional gender roles in performance and in the types of training female and male dancers pursue, with women in pointe class and men in another...
As people across the country mourn the horrifying discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 215 Indigenous children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation territory, we express our condolences and support to our Indigenous students and employees...
Professional services firm PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Canada appointed the dean of George Brown College’s Centre for Business as an external director of its board. Dr. Ian Austin is among four such appointments, marking the first external board directors in the firm’s history. Austin has been a...
A George Brown College student created a model for online connection for long-term care residents living under pandemic restrictions. Cassandra Koss completed the Interprofessional Complex and Long-Term Care program this spring. As part of the program, she completed a capstone project while working...
By Jennifer Grant When George Floyd was murdered by police one year ago, it brought the realities of anti-Black racism into stark focus for many people. However, for those of us in the Black community, his death was another tragic reminder of the perils many of us face and the failure of systems to...
The Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College teamed up with independent media organization Rabble.ca to launch a six-part podcast series that explores environmental, economic and social sustainability amid COVID-19. The Courage My Friends podcast launched on May 26. A new episode will be...
Jennifer Grant strives to unlock potential. She did this as a child and youth worker, an advocate and a teacher. Now, she aims to unlock potential across the George Brown College community by leading efforts to cultivate an equitable, inclusive and welcoming environment for all learners and...
