News Archives 2011
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  Makeup students raise money to combat breast cancer
May 28, 2011
Student volunteers from George Brown’s School of Makeup and Esthetics donated their services in late May to help combat breast cancer. The students offered the public a variety of beauty treatments from a temporary salon set up in Toronto’s Kew Gardens in exchange for donations to the cause. The colour of choice for all treatments – including nail polish and eyelashes - was pink, the signature colour of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The effort, on Saturday, May 28, 2011, was part of the seventh annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Yard Sale for the Cure. Across Ontario, 170 yard sales and events took place. Founded in 2005, Yard Sale for the Cure has raised over $850,000 for the Foundation.
June 29, 2011. Press Release.
School of Design will move to larger learning space and foster sector innovation in anticipation of 31 per cent industry growth in Ontario over next three years. [More...]
June 28, 2011. News Release.
On Wednesday, June 29, George Brown College, in partnership with the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) and the City of Toronto, will be announcing the details of a long-term commitment to the expansion of the video gaming and digital media industries in Toronto. [More...]
June 15, 2011. Press Release.
George Brown College is proud to announce that its president, Anne Sado, today received an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Toronto (UofT) during the university’s spring convocation ceremony.
[More...]
Girls and Boys Basketball Camp
July 4-8, 2011
 The Camp is directed by the Huskies Men’s and
Women’s Head Coaches, O’Neil Kamaka and
Sharon Butler who are Level 3 NCCP Certified and
have over 12 years experience with camps both in
Canada and the U.S. Utilizing their teaching,
coaching & camping experience will allow us to
provide a safe, instructional and fun program for all.
Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, George
Brown College is committed to delivering a program
that develops athletes. Hard work, dedication,
determination and discipline will be our main focus.
Each five day session is supervised by George
Brown coaching staff & players who will offer each
camper individual training and attention. The camp
will also feature appearances by prominent coaches
and athletes who will share their knowledge and
experience of the game.
George Brown’s Basketball Camp will be provided
campers with the opportunity to learn fundamental
skills and to compete in structured games and
competitions that excite them about playing the
game of basketball. [More...  ]
June 6, 2011. Press Release.
George Brown College applauds the 2011 federal budget, presented today, for its recognition of the critical role colleges play in advancing innovation through applied research and commercialization strategies. College-based research and development has had and continues to have a profoundly positive impact on the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Canada. June 6, 2011 [More...]
The Toronto Star’s Christopher Hume counts down his top five buildings in Toronto, naming George Brown College’s Hospitality and Culinary Arts Building Number 4.
Watch the video on the Toronto Star website 
Video by Randy Risling
 Registration
for the September 2011 Semester starts on July 18, 2011.
All students are required to register on-line .
Find instructions for a successful registration, including frequently asked questions about registrations, important dates, elective information
and more at www.georgebrown.ca/registernow.
George Brown College President to receive honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto
Toronto, May 11, 2011 - The University of Toronto is to give George Brown College President Anne Sado an honorary doctorate of laws during a convocation ceremony this spring.
In announcing the honour the university cites both her professional achievements and volunteer activities. “Sado is a double alumna of the University of Toronto, having graduated from engineering in 1977 and from the Rotman School of Management in 1981. She had a long and distinguished career at Bell Canada and is a role model for women in engineering and business across Ontario and Canada. She has served as president of the YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto, chair of the Trillium Health Centre, and as a member of the Advisory Board for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and the Advisory Board for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.”
She will receive her honorary doctorate of laws in a ceremony in Convocation Hall on June 15.
The university says it recognizes extraordinary achievements in public service and philanthropy by awarding honorary degrees to a select group of men and women who have made significant contributions in these fields. "The University of Toronto students, faculty, staff and alumni are committed to building stronger communities in Canada and throughout the world," says U of T president David Naylor. "These honorary degrees reflect and celebrate that commitment."
The Orientation & Student Life team is please to bring you the Annual Dean's Welcome! This is the college's official Welcome and your chance to meet students & faculty in your program. This is your opportunity to get important information on the services available at the college, and also collect cool take-aways including your frosh kit. [Register now...]
July 4-29, 2011
Students participating in the Korea Summer Study Abroad Programs will gain a culturally enriching academic experience through learning about Korean history, society, culture and language.
Both programs at Hallym University and Kyung Hee University take place over 4 weeks from July 4-29, 2011.
These programs are supported by Preparatory & Liberal Studies. Students can obtain two General Education course credit exemptions upon successful completion of both these Study Abroad Programs. [More...]
June 13, 14, 15 & 16, 2011
THE SONY CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
1 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1B2
The Board of Governors, Faculty and Staff are pleased to extend an invitation to Post Secondary, Apprentice and selected Continuing
Education Graduates from the Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Winter 2011 semesters, to attend the 2011 Convocation ceremonies. [More...]
GBC Reads 2011 – The Golden Spruce. Join the conversation at this open forum book reading and discussion on issues of sustainability.
 The George Brown College community is reading a true story of myth, madness and greed: The Golden Spruce by Vancouver author John Vaillant. Join your colleagues and bring your students to share opinions about the book and ideas for actions we can all take to achieve environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society for present and future generations. Volunteers to read passages from the book are welcome - send an email message to gbcreads@georgebrown.ca to confirm your interest. And everyone can contribute their creativity to an art mural. Readers and contributors are eligible for a draw for a copy of the Six String Nation book!
Thursday, June 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m.,
St. James Campus
5th floor open lobby area
200 King St. E. (SJA)
Theme: The Haida Nation
Collaborative Applied Research Events for Industry
George Brown College is pleased to invite you to participate in a session to share your ideas and explore collaborative Applied Research at the college. Three events will be hosted in the areas of:
 Sustainable Technology
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
When: 7:30AM-9:30am
Where: Chefs’ House Restaurant, George Brown College,
215 King Street East, Toronto
 Culinary Arts
Thursday, June 23, 2011
When: 7:30AM - 9:30am
Where: Chefs’ House Restaurant, George Brown College,
215 King Street East, Toronto
 Health & Health Promotion
Friday, June 24, 2011
When: 7:30AM - 9:30am
Where: Chefs’ House Restaurant, George Brown College,
215 King Street East, Toronto
Please RSVP at research@georgebrown.ca or contact Baaba Lewis at 416.415.5000 ext. 6082.
 Fashion
Ahead of the Curve
June 1- 3, 2011
The School of Fashion Studies will be hosting the 8th Annual Affinity Group Meeting from June 1-3, 2011. This annual event is organized by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Apparel Human Resources Council of Industry Canada.
At this year’s event, participants will explore new technologies for apparel production, retail, and supply chain management, business analytics, textile advancements and the use of new media. The program also includes guest speakers, tours and networking sessions.
To register, please contact Katie Parnham at katie.parnham@can.nl.ca.
For more information on this event, please contact Marilyn McNeil Morin, Chair, School of Fashion Studies at mmcneil@georgebrown.ca or Professor Rosa Fracassa at rfracass@georgebrown.ca.
 CONTACT Photography Exhibition at School of Design featuring “Imagine Lota” by Michelle Hotchin
May 5-29, 2011
The School of Design presents "Imagine Lota", a photography exhibition by Michelle Hotchin. Michelle manages the Institute without Boundaries program at the college and has been working with her students on the revitalization of the City of Lota. These photos show the spirit of Lota through vibrant colors,its resilient people and incredible natural beauty. Exhibition dates: May 5-29, 2011 at School of Design (230 Richmond St East). Opening reception on May 5, 2011 - to rsvp please send an email to alee@georgebrown.ca.
Ontario Technological Skills Competition 2011
This year, 22 Centre for Construction & Engineering Technologies students competed in The Ontario Technological Skills Competition on April 30 - May 2, 2011 at RIM Park & Manulife Financial Sportsplex in Waterloo, Ontario. Over 50 contests in the skilled trades and technologies are offered at the competition to elementary, secondary and post-secondary level students, which attract over 1500 competitors and 20000 visitors from across the province. These contests allow participants to showcase their skills, talent and knowledge while providing them many networking opportunities with partners from industry, labour, government and education. [Read more and see photos from the event]
Congratulations to Jean-François Daigle for winning the San Pellegrino ‘ almost Famous Chef’ Canada Regional Competition.
[Read more] press on Jean-François and the Almost Famous Chef competition.
George Brown partners with Bridgepoint Health and Tenet Computer Group in launching innovative emergency preparedness software
George Brown has joined with Bridgepoint Health and Tenet Computer Group in launching innovative emergency preparedness mobile software that could help hospitals deal more effectively with health crises such as pandemics or natural disasters.
College employees and students were involved with testing Tenet's emergency management software PINpoint(TM) for BlackBerry®, including with a pandemic simulation. PINpoint is an application that allows healthcare providers to rapidly disseminate information related to breaking public crises in an effort to contain and mitigate damage, injury and death. [More...]
GBC Reads 2011 – The Golden Spruce. Join the conversation at this open forum book reading and discussion on issues of sustainability.
The George Brown College community is reading a true story of myth, madness and greed: The Golden Spruce by Vancouver author John Vaillant. The first in a series of open forum book readings and discussions has been scheduled. Join your colleagues and bring your students to share opinions about the book and ideas for actions we can all take to achieve environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society for present and future generations. The events will focus on a variety of themes, starting with “natural wonders”, and will alternate between campuses.
Monday, May 16, 2011, 12:00-1:00 p.m., main lobby on the first floor of 200 King Street East, St. James Campus.
May 2-4, 2011
Between 11 am and 3 pm
St. James Career Centre
& Casa Loma Career Centre
Graduating? Looking for Work?
A Series of Free Employment Workshops
Prizes, giveaways, and so much more..
 PUSH! School of Design
Year End Event
April 28 – May 1, 2011
The School of Design hosts PUSH! Design Year End Event showcasing the best student works from Graphic Design, Art & Design Foundation, Design Management and Game Development.
Student Awards Ceremony:
April 28, 2011 (5:30 pm)
Opening Reception:
April 28, 2011 (6:30 pm)
Location:
School of Design
George Brown College
230 Richmond St. East
Toronto, Ontario
Exhibition Dates:
April 28 – May 1, 2011
Please rsvp with alee@georgebrown.ca by April 15, 2011.
Social
Workers Association honours George Brown’s Dean of Community Services and Health Sciences
 March 14, 2011 -The Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW) has honoured Lorie Shekter-Wolfson, George Brown’s Assistant
Vice-President of Waterfront Development and Dean of the Faculty of Community Services and Health Sciences, naming her an Inspirational Leader
for 2011.
”OASW’s Inspirational Leaders inspire others through their leadership, optimism and innovation in addressing situations/problems, and they
serve as a positive role model for those working in the field of social work,” says Gillian McCloskey, OASW Associate Executive
Director.
Shekter-Wolfson was a social worker at The Toronto Hospital (now known as the University Health Network) for 25 years, and served as Director
of Social Work and Multi-Cultural Health there. She has been an active member of OASW for 35 years, participating on several high-profile
committees, including the Steering Committee on 2008 Social Work National Conference. She has also been a keynote speaker/panelist
at social work events, a regular contributor to the Ontario social work journal/newsletter, OASW Newsmagazine; and a mentor every
year for social work students at the University of Toronto.
It is to her mother, also a social worker, that Shekter-Wolfson credits her inspiration: “I was brought up to believe that you
need to make a difference.” She recently wrote an article in memory of her mother, published in the March 2011 issue of OASW Newsmagazine: “Dorothy
Shekter was a huge influence in my life and without question, the reason I went into social work.”
Shekter-Wolfson joined George Brown as Dean of the Faculty of Community Services and Health Sciences in 2002.
To read a profile of Shekter-Wolfson, as well as her tribute to her mother, go to OASW’s website: http://www.oasw.org/en/publicsite/aboutworkers/lshekterwolfson.asp
The 2011 Inspirational Leader Awards, which are given to two individuals or groups every year, will be presented at OASW’s
Annual General Meeting in June.
March 3, 2011 - Media Advisory
 George Brown College’s 12th Annual Mental Health Conference, featuring psychiatrist and University of Toronto professor Dr. Kwame
McKenzie, will be held Thursday, March 3, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This year’s conference will explore the role of cultural diversity
in mental health and how innovative approaches must be used to challenge culturally normative and dominant conceptualizations of mental health
and mental health practice – especially in a region as diverse as the Greater Toronto Area. [More...]
You’ll notice we have a new, cleaner look. Our goal is to make it much easier for you to find what you’re looking for.
We’ve given our site some new tools to help you learn more about George Brown College and find the academic programs that lead to
the job that’s right for you.
First, you’ll notice that we have a large video player on the home page. Just move your cursor over the colour
bar along the bottom of the player, then click the ‘Play’ button to watch stories about graduates from programs across the college.
Below that, we have a virtual tour of the places and spaces throughout our locations across the city. Click your way through
a bake lab or a dental clinic, for example, and get a feel for the environments where you could be learning. [More...]
Earth Day Challenge: Give it up for Earth Day – Friday, April 22, 2011
This year Earth Day Canada is challenging all of us to make changes in our daily lives to create a better world. Visit the Earth Day Canada website to find out more and enter the challenge. You can find out more about what GBC is doing to reduce the College’s carbon footprint in our Sustainability section.
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Join us for a fun evening & fundraising for Japan Relief: Hospitality students host a series of events during the month of April
April 6th , 14th & 15th
Event Name: Twisted Circus
Date: Wednesday April 6th, 2011
Time: from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Venue: Courthouse - 57 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, ON
Why: This is a fundraising event, proceeds to support a scholarship for Special Events Planning students and Canadian Red Cross Japan relief efforts
What: Fashion Segment By Justin James - Hors D'oeuvres- Silent Action - Psychic - Illusionist - Cash Bar - Circus Entertainment - Make Up And Much More
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $15 for GBC students
For more information and ticket inquiries please contact: info@twistedcircus.ca or visit www.twistedcircus.ca
Event Name: Faceoff to the Playoffs
Date: Thursday, April 14
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Hockey Hall of Fame, Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge Street
Why: A fundraising event organized by the 3rd year BABH students in support of the George Brown College Foundation and the Canadian Red Cross-Japan Relief Effort.
What: Admission includes an opportunity to meet Johnny Bower, sample Johnny Bower's Merlot by Rosewood Winery, access to various interactive games with prizes to be won, viewing on NHL playoff games, a silent auction and more!
Tickets: $40
For more information and ticket inquiries please contact: faceoffatplayoffs@gmail.com
Event Name: STAFF (Students of Toronto Art & Film Festival)
Date: Friday, April 15
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: Hospitality Building (Atrium), George Brown College, 300 Adelaide St. E.
Why: A fundraising event organized by the 3rd year BABH students in support of the George Brown College Foundation and the Canadian Red Cross-Japan Relief Effort.
What: A showcase of short films, original art and musical performances by local artists from Toronto. Admission will also include hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction and more!
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
For more information and ticket inquiries please contact: 2011staffevent@gmail.com or visit www.2011staffevent.yolasite.com
Event Name: 1001 Nights
Date: Friday, April 15
Time: 7pm to 10pm
Venue: 99 Sudbury, 99 Sudbury Street, Toronto
Why: A fundraising event organized by the 2nd Special Events Planning students in support of the George Brown College Foundation and the Canadian Red Cross - Japan Relief Effort.
What: An evening filled with authentic Middle Eastern cuisine, cultural music, traditional costumes, belly dancing, henna tattoos, a silent auction and much more.
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door ($15 for 1st year GBC Special Events Planning Students)
For more information and ticket inquiries please contact: info1001nights@gmail.com
National
Ballet ballerina Lois Smith founded George Brown’s School of Dance
February 24, 2011
The National Ballet’s first homegrown prima ballerina who went on to found The George Brown School of Dance in 1975 died in late January
at her home in British Columbia at 81 after a lengthy decline caused by Alzheimer’s. Born Oct. 8, 1929 in Vancouver, Smith did not
begin intensive ballet training until she was 15 but made rapid progress. In the fall of 1951, she became a charter member of the newly formed
National Ballet company and rapidly emerged as a leading dancer – a position she maintained until chronic injury forced her retirement
in 1969. Smith opened her own studio in a Front St. loft before accepting an invitation in 1975 to move her school to George Brown, where
it became the foundation of the institution’s still prospering dance program. Smith retired from George Brown and left Toronto in 1988,
moving back to B.C. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1980.
Lois Smith teaching at George Brown College in 1975
Head
chef found her job on George Brown College’s career website
February 24, 2011
It was just over a year ago that Sheena Yiu arrived from California to launch a new career in Toronto’s hospitality industry. Now
she’s a George Brown Chef School graduate and head chef at a bustling downtown restaurant – thanks, she says, to the college
and its job website – GBCareers.
Yiu, now 22, had graduated from the University
of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Economics and Global Studies – but a part
time job with university food services there helped convince her that cooking was her real calling. She considered cooking schools all over
North America and then chose George Brown for its solid reputation.
Yiu first used GBCareers just days after she started the Culinary Skills- Chef Training program in January 2010. As an international student
she needed to find an on-campus job – and saw a listing for a career centre student ambassador on the site. She applied and was hired
for the position, which involves helping students in the Career Centre and, ironically, helping keep GBCareers up to date with jobs from
employers.
“It’s a really easy platform to go and use, and very student-friendly,” she says.
Since GBCareers was launched in October, 2009 the website had posted more than 3,000 jobs and had more than 10,000 students and alumni register to look
at job listings – adding up to a whopping 126,840 job views. More than half the jobs on the site have been full-time positions for graduates or alumni,
and the rest a combination of part-time, contract or summer jobs.
Towards the end of her program this past summer Yiu was checking new job postings when
she came across one for her current job – as head chef at
Steamy’s Asian Grill on Spadina Avenue near Richmond Street West. She applied, was interviewed three times, did a cooking demonstration, and landed
the job. Now she spends every evening hard at work in the busy kitchen – created Asian fusion and Canadian menu items.
A recent survey of employers who used the site found two thirds went on to interview a George Brown student and one third offered them a
job, says Career Services Manager Bob Eichvald.
To see GBCareers go to http://www.gbcareers.georgebrown.ca
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