Canadian Paralympian Nik Goncin Is propelled by family pride
When Nik Goncin takes to the court for his first Paralympics this September, he won’t only take pride in playing for his country, but also for two of the people cheering him on from the…
Centennial College
Up all night: a play-by-play
One in five Canadians will experience a mental health issue or illness in their lifetime, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Whether they are dealing with stress or depression, one in five Canadians will toss and turn all night or wander through their day — frustrated, sad, or afraid.
Waiting to exhale at college meditation sessions
It’s nearly the end of another school semester, and that means it’s also a time of intense deadlines and preparation for final exams.
While most young people resign themselves to a month of caffeine consumption and all-nighters, things are a little different at Centennial College’s Story Arts Centre campus in East York. Here, stressed-out students – and their teachers — can attend meditation sessions every Tuesday from 3:30-4 p.m. at the campus’s fitness centre.
Social media and the personal brand phenomenon
This three-year study about young people becoming social media celebrities (and even “brands” of their own) explores the ethics and business models of this online brand-building.
Students stage a different kind of all-nighter
Arlette Bax, a student at the campus and one of the organizers, explained the rationale for an all-night event: “For people who struggle with mental illness, night-time is the most difficult time for them because they’re at home and they may be alone. So we are staying up all night in solidarity with them.”
Journalist says cultural competence bridges racial gaps
At first, the racial slur his former boss made about him didn’t bother him. It had been 17 years since Hamlin Grange had worked with him at the Toronto Star. That’s when another working colleague, John Miller, told him about the derogatory remark.
“My wife knew something (had) changed inside me,” Grange said. “She said I looked vulnerable, as if I’d lost something. … She was right.”
This was a defining moment in Grange’s career. He went on to report and anchor on Global TV and CBC TV, and eventually to co-create DiversiPro Inc., a company dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion.
Highest percentage of female grads in latest cop class
Toronto Police Class 1503 had its highest percentage of female graduates on Thursday. The graduating class is 48 per cent women, with more than a third being a visible minority. It’s 18 per cent up from last year,…
Centennial College AV technician calls it a career
When audio-visual technician Al Bennett first began working at Centennial College’s Warden Woods campus, digital technology didn’t exist and black and white video was just starting to be used in most colleges. Flash-forward almost half a century later, and technology sure isn’t what it used to be.
Life lessons from life drawing
David McClyment is an artist, art teacher and the coordinator of the college’s fine arts program. When I first met him in his office, he pointed at my head and said I’d need to turn my brain off.
Artist captures past life experiences in Toronto exhibit
In 1963, when artist David McClyment was 10 years old, he recalls his Grade 3 teacher crying as she announced to his class that U.S. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.
“What was going on? My teacher crying?” McClyment remembered thinking.
While it may not have registered when he was 10, McClyment sensed the assassination had significance in his life and his artistic expression.