News and Announcements
Want to learn more about wine? A podcast from the Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts features interviews with wine industry innovators from around the world. The episodes have something for everyone, from newbies to connoisseurs. Doris Miculan-Bradley and Adrian Caravello, program coordinators...
Are you having trouble finding work? Have you been laid off and need to retrain? The Second Career program provides financial assistance so you can quickly learn new skills and start on a new career path. The Second Career program provides up to $28,000 in funding to cover the costs of tuition...
For the fifth year in a row, George Brown College has been recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s top employers! The winning employers were announced on December 4, 2020 in the Greater Toronto’s Top Employers 2021 report, published in The Globe and Mail. The report highlights many reasons why George...
George Brown College is proud to be a partner in an exciting initiative that aims to boost recruitment of Black students among Canadian corporations and create the conditions that will lead to continued career success. The Onyx Initiative launched October 21, 2020 with the goal of increasing...
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...
Asli Demeril spent her final semester of the Human Resources Management program working remotely with a small charity in eastern Ontario — a great opportunity with a growing organization she says may not have been available to her had she done an in-person work placement. All work-integrated...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that resilience and innovation is essential for local business, no matter their size. To help companies tackle these challenges, George Brown College was recently successful in a pair of Mitacs/AGE-WELL applied research project applications, totalling over $100,000...
The George Brown College Foundation wants to ensure future frontline workers have the financial support they need to complete their education. The foundation has launched a campaign to raise enough funds to create at least 40 scholarships ranging between $500 and $1,000 to support George Brown...
The COVID-19 pandemic created what appears to be a perfect storm for the post-secondary education sector: closed campuses, decreased enrolment, challenges for international applicants, and an economic recession. So, what comes next and how does this affect students? On the latest episode of George...
Words matter, but so does action. When it comes to being a truly equitable and inclusive institution, we know we're not yet where we need to be. We have a lot of work to do, including providing more opportunities for employees and students to share experiences and ideas, delivering new anti-racism...
