Changemaker Mariana Cueto Mendoza is one of 36 students across Canada to win the Loran Scholarship, the countryβs largest and most comprehensive four-year undergraduate award, valued at $100,000. To be selected as a scholar among the 4,800 applicants, Mariana had to demonstrate her drive to step up in the face of challenges and make positive…
Ryan Christopher Churchill (Creative Arts, 1999) is the screenwriter of Simulant, a science fiction thriller that will be released in Canada on April 7. Simulant tells the story of a humanoid A.I.’s attempt to win over a widow’s heart, which places it in the path of a government agent trying to stop the rise of…
Ahead of their guest appearance at a ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± Reads event on March 22, Arizona OβNeill (Fine Arts, 2013) and Heather OβNeill (Social Science, 1992) shared some thoughts on their ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± experiences, the creative process and writing. Thanks to organizer and English teacher Sarah Gilbert for interviewing the mother-daughter duo. On ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½±Β βI loved ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½±,β says…
When it was time to submit an abstract to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas, the ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± student team was not sure which category described them best. βI think we are the first CEGEP students to present research at the LPI! Undergraduate was the category closest to us,β said Darcy Loane-Billings (Pure &…
Springtime means that Artists in Bloom is back! This year will be the fundraising eventβs 25th annual editionβa quarter century! We are excited to welcome you to the event and to see what our talented student artists will produce. Artists in Bloom is an annual event held at ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± which has raised funds for…
On March 10, a very special and intimate evening was held at ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± to honour a true legend in the world of jazz, pianist Dr. Oliver Jones. The event was a resounding success, with representatives from the college and the community coming together to pay tribute to Jones’ inspiring life and legacy for promoting future…
About 50 students from colleges and polytechnics around the world will be at ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± April 21-26 for an International Youth Camp. This event is part of the World Congress 2023 on Collective Intelligence, organized by Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) and the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). Sustainable ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± will be welcoming the…
ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½±βs Robotics team was the overall champion and won or placed in almost all categories at the CRC Robotics competition in mid-February. They brought home two trophies and 11 plaques. “Our team demonstrated an incredible spirit of togetherness, creativity, ingenuity and perseverance,” said Joel Trudeau, faculty mentor to the team of 30 ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½± students. “Their…
When one thinks of college campuses, images that come to mind may include manicured lawns, park benches and perhaps an institutional shrub garden and flag pole near a main entrance. About a year ago, ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½±βs Sustainability Advisory Committee began a series of brainstorming sessions to re-imagine the campus and outdoor spaces. This process has culminated…
As a Sociology teacher, Laura Shea has experienced the KAIROS Blanket Exercise six times with different classes of students and Indigenous facilitators at ΖίΠΗ²ΚΏͺ½±. βI always learn from the facilitator and students,β she said. βIt is very powerful experiential learning and I gain something different each time.β Laura is often facing a roomful of students…
Last Modified: March 8, 2023
