News and Announcements
The George Brown College Foundation is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Board of Directors. On 25 February 2021, Ray Williams and Julian De Gasperis were appointed members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Ray Williams is the Managing Director and Vice Chair, Financial Markets...
The Janes family has donated $50,000 across several areas at George Brown College focusing on assisting the diverse student population at the College. The donation is directed to three areas: the COVID-19 Foodshare Emergency Food Box Fund, the Black Student Support Network and Indigenous Education &...
Artem Naida graduated from the School of Computer Technology and moved straight into a part-time contract with the employer he did a virtual internship with. Right after that, he landed a full-time job with another company with the opportunity to move up the ladder. Artem came to George Brown so he...
George Brown College welcomed back a small group of dancers from the college’s Commercial Dance Program on September 21. These students will now be able to complete the final in-person component of their program required to graduate. "It’s great to have a routine, somewhere to go and somewhere to be...
Crafting the look and feel of one of George Brown College’s key reports was a project that Graphic Design student Chris Ensoll and recent Graphic Design graduate Lee Jong successfully completed despite the challenging circumstances in spring 2020, when the in-person collaborative design process they...
George Brown College students and recent grads impressed at Ubisoft’s annual game development competition earning top-three finishes in three categories. Bruno Sampaio Leme Dias, a recent graduate of the Game – Art program, won first place in the animation category ( screenshot of his work above)...
George Brown College alumna Diana Coatsworth is spearheading a sewing army that has swept across Canada, providing much-needed face masks, surgical caps and hospital gowns to health-care and essential workers who need them. Coatsworth, a graduate of George Brown’s fashion program, is a fashion...
Milan Shahani knows firsthand the impact that adaptive clothing can have for people with disabilities. Shahani, Professor in the School of Fashion & Jewellery, was partially paralyzed on one side of her body after having a stroke eight years ago. Wearing clothing with buttons and zippers became...
George Brown College was well represented at the 2019 Ubisoft NEXT competition with five students placing in the top three in three categories, including a first-place finish. Game Art student Jacob LaFortune won first place in the animation category. Contestants had approximately four months to...
Five students from our School of Fashion and Jewellery started 2019 off right by celebrating impressive scholarship wins at a gala in New York City among the likes of Martha Stewart and Ryan Seacrest. Our Fashion Management students each won US$5,000 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund awards based on...
