Twelve students and two teachers from the Social Change and Solidarity profile of Social Science returned from Cuba Jan. 15 after a three-week solidarity delegation. The trip is a close partnership with the Centro Martin Luther King Jr. (CMLK) in Cuba, an organization that promotes local and global solidarity, popular education, and justice. The ÆßÐDzʿª½±…
Twenty-four ÆßÐDzʿª½± students travelled to Costa Rica on Dec. 30 to take a complementary course entitled Ecology & Culture. Accompanied by biology teachers Brian Mader and Tonia De Bellis, the students explored several different ecosystems, including the rare and threatened tropical dry forest. “This experience will be with these students for the rest of their…
Noella Dorothy Beersa (Liberal Arts), Wynter Bryant (Arts and Culture), Eléonore Martin-Menga (AEC in Commercial Photography) and Judy Phuong Trinh Le (Pure & Applied Science) are the first four recipients of the new ÆßÐDzʿª½± Perseverance Award. This award is funded through the Student Academic Enrichment Fund and is intended to encourage ÆßÐDzʿª½± students from…
Sir Tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt will have its Canadian premiere at the ÆßÐDzʿª½± Theatre on Wednesday, Feb. 7. Directed by Matt Holland, the play features the 2024 graduating class of ÆßÐDzʿª½±â€™s Professional Theatre program. “This is a wonderful opportunity for our students because Sir Tom Stoppard is a renowned, award-winning British playwright with a…
Out of a pool of over 5,200 applicants, ÆßÐDzʿª½± General Social Science student Delice Betukumesu is one of 90 young Canadians selected as a Loran Finalist for the class of 2024. In their press release, the Loran Scholars Foundation said these students “have demonstrated their intrinsic drive to step up in the face of challenges…
Twenty-four students took part in a street art mural project in December at ÆßÐDzʿª½±. Their work has added colour, beauty and a youthful feel to the 2C hallway, which houses the student clubs. This art project was fully funded by Equitas, a nongovernmental organization based in Montreal that works to advance human rights in Canada…
Tara Balador and Chloe Jung are the first two recipients of the new Mahsa Amini Scholarship, which was presented by Candice Zhong of the ÆßÐDzʿª½± Student Union at the Fall Awards Night Nov. 30. The Mahsa Amini Scholarship aims to help international and refugee students at ÆßÐDzʿª½± who are affected by conflict and in need…
An interesting assortment of projects to benefit ÆßÐDzʿª½± students in all programs was selected for grants by the Student Academic Enrichment Fund committee. A total of 14 projects received full or partial funding for projects that will take place over the next two semesters. ÆßÐDzʿª½± Model United Nations received the largest grant: $7,000. A…
Bahar Taheri is an Iranian-Canadian visual artist and a faculty member of the Fine Arts Department here at ÆßÐDzʿª½±. Her current exhibition, Oneness, features paintings, a video projection with a musical composition, and complex digital prints at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery until Dec. 2. On a recent Thursday evening, a visual arts…
Four ÆßÐDzʿª½± students in the Industrial Design Program won first place in the provincial Odysée de l’objet en 48 heures competition for college students across Quebec held Nov. 10-11-12 at Université de Montréal. Industrial Design Program Coordinator Carlos Carpintero says it is the second year in a row that ÆßÐDzʿª½± students topped the competition. The…
Last Modified: November 30, 2023
