Centennial College

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Civilian nurse serves both sides during War in Afghanistan

As a nurse in a war zone, Jane Ramage found service toughest when dealing with the other side. “I had a hard time not being able to give dessert to suspected Taliban,” she said. On April 14, intensive-care nurse, Jane Ramage was interviewed by Centennial College journalism students. During the War in Afghanistan, she left civilian nursing and served two tours of duty in a military hospital at the Canadian military base in Kandahar.


Mars One project: no sex for two years?

Mars One has been one of the most controversial science projects to date, one that could change our way of living. With uncertainty about what may happen to our Earth in two billion years,  the Mars One…


Erica Kelly, Teneile Warren and Jo Altilia of Literature for Life

Centennial students raise funds and profile of literacy

At a pub in East York, public relations student Rachael Kellogg is helping to raise the public profile of literacy. “It’s all the stuff I’m very passionate about,” she said. Recently, at the Fox and Fiddle restaurant on Danforth, a number of Centennial College Corporate Communications and Public Relations students organized a fundraiser for the Literature for Life charity.


TTC CEO impresses commuters: PR expert

North of College, track-level. Leak is oil-like, unsafe to operate. Planning to grout tunnel joints. Update to follow pic.twitter.com/zC6pOuytZk — Brad Ross (@bradTTC) March 24, 2015 TTC CEO Andy Byford is living up to his…


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College ‘accelerates’ youth entrepreneurship across GTA

“I would say to anyone wanting to become an entrepreneur, go out and seek mentorship, and find someone who is doing what you would like to do, or who is at where you would like to get to. Instead of trying to climb the ladder, why not think about creating your own ladder, or even owning the ladder?”




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CRTC commissioner says the Web’s not hurting traditional media

he CRTC has no plans to regulate the Internet anytime soon. Raj Shoan, Ontario commissioner for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, spoke to students and faculty at Centennial College’s East York campus, on Wednesday. He offered general comments about the future of the commission and the Canadian media marketplace. Then he answered questions from about 100 audience members. He was asked if the CRTC planned to regulate Internet content. “I don’t see the commission really getting into regulating online content in any meaningful way,” he said.


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Charlie Hebdo sells out in Toronto

Many Canadians were anticipating the arrival of the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo last week, but left the store the same way they entered: empty-handed.


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Seminar aids youth charity

“We give them tangible skills to tell stories, whether it’s a personal story or a story that’s going around the community, or their schools, giving them a way to express themselves,” said program director Steve D’Alimonte.