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Limited emergency funds may be available if you are facing unforeseen financial difficulties as a result of injury, theft, or illness. Please contact the Awards Office for more information. The bursaries are non-repayable but are subject to tax depending on amount.

Paying Fees If you are having trouble with your online payment, please see your STU-VIEW account for other payment options. Check that you are accessing STU-VIEW with Google Chrome as the compatible browser. You may also pay using PC/Internet online banking using your student ID as your account...

Your admission assessment results will be used to place you in an appropriate English and/or math course. If you wrote your admission assessment 6 months or longer before the start of your program (e.g. before the end of February for the September program intake) and your results have placed you in...

We require 24 hours notice to cancel an appointment with Counselling Services. If two appointments in a row are missed or cancelled without proper notice, further requests for appointment bookings with a counsellor will be referred to the counselling team coordinator and/or manager to ensure...

If you are not attending your convocation ceremony your credential will be mailed to you by the date indicated on the Important Dates for Graduates timeline. Please note you are not required to inform us of your decision to not attend. Please ensure you have provided your most current mail and email...

No, questions that are specific to your academic program should be directed to your specific instructor or to the program coordinator. Please contact your academic department if you do not know who your program coordinator is.

You may submit the T2202 as received even if the address is incorrect. Note that it is not necessary for students to submit the T2202 form with the tax return, but they must produce it if requested by Revenue Canada.

Once you have been assigned a locker, it is registered to your name. If you want to keep your locker for the following year, all you have to do is log into the locker program in STU-VIEW and renew your locker. For example, you can book a locker for your third semester while you are still in your...

Some program orientations are mandatory. Pay attention to communications sent to you from your academic area for these details. We recommend students attend their program orientation as there is a lot of great information to help you get started, including important information on your program, key...

About George Brown College George Brown College is supported and accredited by government since 1967. The College is regulated by The Ministry of Colleges and Universities Act – R.R.O. 1990, Reg.771. For further information on the status of George Brown Colleges as an approved post-secondary...

The Academic Support program is offered by the Student Association and is designed to provide students with peer-to-peer academic support to assist with understanding course expectations, academic policies, and writing academic petitions. Our goal is to support you as you ask for your rights to be...

No, there are no fees charged for placement assessments.

Daytime student or applicant to a Full-time program George Brown College has implemented an identity management service that securely authenticates you to use many of the college's online services (STU-VIEW) and resources (LLC wireless access) with a single User ID and password. You should have...

The Tutoring & Learning Centre (TLC) is not an editing service and TLC tutors do not proofread or edit a student’s work for them. Instead, the tutor will work with the student, helping them develop their own proofreading and editing skills. Our aim is to help students build their skills to complete...

Continuing Education For Continuing Education courses, the campus where the course takes place is listed on the page when you register. When you register online, please check the 'building' where your course will be held. The room location will be posted on the Continuing Education information board...

Continuing Education Students' Password If you are a Continuing education student registering on the web, the student ID is e-mailed to you after you register, as well as a separate email with an initial password if you are a new student. If you require assistance with resetting your password...

If you’re a new student and you’re looking for information on your program orientation and other events, visit the orientation page. If you cannot find the details for your specific program orientation, contact your academic area for further directions. If you have registered to attend and haven’t...

Foundation-level courses prepare you for your program's college-level English and/or math courses. After you successfully complete your foundation-level course(s), you will move into the college-level courses. Please note: If you are required to take foundation-level courses, you will be charged...

Students can book appointments up to one week in advance. In the interest of fairness and equal access, the TLC does not allow students to make standing weekly appointments. If advance booking is required due to accessibility concerns, such as the need to book an ASL interpreter, please contact the...

All eligible graduates will be invited to attend convocation. Generally, this includes graduates from the current Winter term and the graduates from the most recent Fall and Spring term (if not invited to attend a previous convocation for the same program). This can change term to term. If you have...

Housing Info is available for students searching for off-campus housing. We currently have a partnership with Places4Students and encourage students to view their listings. It can take some time to find an apartment in Toronto. Apartment listings usually go up 1-2 months previous to their...

George Brown College's Liberal Studies electives are designed to enable students in degree programs to expand and deepen their knowledge and understanding of the humanities (LHUM), sciences (LSCI), and social sciences (LSSC). In order to fulfill the Liberal Studies breadth requirement, electives...

H101 – Hospitality Services H130 – Tourism and Hospitality Management H132 – Food & Beverage Management - Restaurant Management H133 – Hospitality - Hotel Operations Management Students in the above programs have a Customer Service course where they will be working in the student run restaurant as...

Tuition Fee Currency All fees are shown in Canadian dollars. For more information on fees please visit How much with College Cost.

To set up your Digital Student ID, you will need: A recent digital photo file - The photo must be a close-up of your head and shoulders with direct view of your face so that your face fills approximately 65% to 75% of the photo. Your Student ID number and password - This information was sent to you...

Since 1998, colleges have been mandated by the Ontario government to collect and report performance data in five areas – graduate satisfaction, student satisfaction, employer satisfaction, employment rate, and graduation rate. This performance data is known as Key Performance Indicators or KPI's...

For your online tutoring appointment: A stable internet connection is very important.For best functionality, use a laptop or desktop computer.Please make sure your camera and microphone are enabled.Supported browsers for online tutoring platforms include Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

WAVE (Wellness, Applied Research and Visionary Education) - a series of health and wellness clinics that provides services for the public like dental care and hearing tests. These clinics help our students practice their newly-learned skills on real clients in real-world environments while being...

You can cancel your appointment online on our booking system, or by phone. We have a 12-hour cancellation policy, which means you must cancel your appointment at least 12 hours before your scheduled time. If you do not cancel your appointment it will be counted as a missed appointment. Missing two...

Leave from School Before you take a leave from school make sure your program allows it. You need to have successfully completed at least one semester as a full-time student in order to be re-admitted to your program, otherwise, you will need to apply through Ontario Colleges again. Talk to someone...

If you discover that the locker you have been assigned to is in disrepair, contact the locker administrator as soon as possible at lockers@georgebrown.ca. We will have your locker repaired or assign you a new one. Be sure not to wait too long—otherwise, there might not be another locker available...

If someone forcefully enters your locker, it is a criminal act and needs to be reported to Campus Security as soon as possible. The safe recovery of your items depends in large part on how quickly you report the theft. If you are sharing a locker, be sure to let the person you are sharing it with...

In order to help you succeed, you will be automatically placed in foundation-level courses if you do not complete your required placement assessments. This will ensure that you have the opportunity to complete all courses required for graduation. The best option is to complete your placement...

New Students You are not guaranteed a seat in your program unless you have paid your initial deposit by the due date on your fees estimate. If your deposit payment is not received by the due date, you will not be able to complete your registration and you may lose your seat in the program. Returning...

If you do not take an elective in the semester when it is required in your program, or if you dropped or failed an elective, you may need to pay additional fees to take the course in a later semester. There are specific elective registration dates for students who are taking an elective outside of...

Before selecting your locker, STU-VIEW will provide you with some options. We advise checking where those options are so you can find a locker/location that works for you. How to switch your locker To request a locker switch, you can email lockers@georgebrown.ca. The contents of your old locker must...

Before the start of a new semester or academic year, students already renting lockers will have a few weeks to renew their lockers for the following semester. After this window passes, however, all the lockers that have not been renewed will be made available for all students to rent. How to renew...

Academic Standing & GPA To be considered in good academic standing, a student needs to maintain a term GPA of 1.70 for diploma and certificate programs and a GPA of 2.30 for degree programs. To receive honours in a Diploma/Certificate program a student needs a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or 3.70 for a...

An online tutoring session will be a lot like a regular tutoring session. You will still be expected to set goals for the session and work with your tutor to achieve them. You will be able to use your camera and microphone to see and chat with your tutor, although there is a chat feature in each...

Academic Credit The technical answer is that one credit is one hour of instruction, per week, for one semester (we call this a ‘contact hour’). In some cases a Continuing Education course will have full-time equivalency to courses offered within George Brown College post-secondary programs. You can...

Citing your sources is an essential part of college research which allows you to acknowledge and use the works of others in your essays, research and assignments. Any information (including ideas!) that you did not create yourself must be credited using a citation method - the most popular are APA...

Degree works is the new academic progress report. It is available through STU-VIEW and will be available for students whose programs began in Fall 2018 or later. Students whose programs began prior to Fall 2018 can continue to use the CAPP report in STU-VIEW to monitor their academic progress. Your...

CAPP CAPP stands for Curriculum Advising and Program Planning. Your Academic department can run a CAPP report to check your academic progress, and help determine which courses you require to complete your program. For more information, please check our website on CAPP. If you would like further...

The Peer Mentor+ Initiative exists to promote a culture of community and mutual support for well-being at George Brown College. Through group and one-on-one facilitation, our goals are increasing student mental health, resiliency, and inclusion. At Peer Mentor+, we understand the importance of...

Through funds set aside from tuition fees paid by all full-time students, the College offers bursaries to students who demonstrate financial need. Bursary applications are available on STU-VIEW in Fall, Winter and Spring semester. The deadline to apply is in the last week in September (for Fall...

Visit the Grades webpage for information on the College’s grading system. In addition to letter grades, a number of special symbols are permitted on transcripts to more accurately describe a student’s performance in a course or the way in which the final grade was achieved. Those symbols include ATT...

Tuition Deadline The deadline to pay tuition can be found on the invoice students receive with your registration letter. Students that do not pay their fees by the due date will be subject to a non-refundable, non-appealable late charge. For oversubscribed programs, students may lose their seat if...

The residence is located at 80 Cooperage Street, Toronto ON M5A 0J3 (open in Google Maps), Downtown Toronto next to the Distillery District. Short walk to classes at St. James and Waterfront Campuses and less than 40 minutes via transit to the Casa Loma Campus.

George Brown College's reputation with employers If you’re looking for the best way to make your career goals happen, George Brown College is the place to be. George Brown is closely connected with industry and community employers, which gives our students great opportunities to network and gain...

Late Fee Penalty The late payment fee for Post-Secondary full-time student is $150. This fee is non-appealable. Students also run the risk of not being guaranteed a seat in their program if fees are not paid by the due date outlined on the invoice. For more information see Tuition Fees and Costs.