http://www.georgebrown.ca/ George Brown College News and Events - Toronto, Ontario, Canada webmaster@georgebrown.ca (Katrina Avrutov) en-us Copyright 2008 George Brown College Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:42:00 EST http://www.georgebrown.ca/images_new/GBClogo.jpg http://www.georgebrown.ca/ 108 81 George Brown College RSS Feed http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#globe_and_mail_mar15_2010 Globe and Mail, "A fresh take on healthy cooking for the poor and homeless" by Elizabeth Church, March 15, 2010 - .. "In a gleaming teaching kitchen at Toronto's George Brown College, groups of students huddle over stainless-steel work stations, knives chattering, bowls clanging. The ingredients they use are commonplace, the recipes simple, but the goal is ambitious - stretching scarce dollars to serve healthy meals to the city's poor and homeless. The day-long cooking workshop, led by college chefs who usually wield their spatulas in the service of haute cuisine, is filled with 100 staff and volunteers from shelters, drop-in centres and after-school programs, many of whom have no formal training in the kitchen. The college has opened its kitchens to them, and six chefs have volunteered their time, as part of an outreach effort that has grown from a small pilot to a six-class program in just over a year.." Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#globe_and_mail_mar15_2010. George Brown College in the News http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#globe_and_mail_mar15_2010 http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#the_lindsay_post_mar16_2010 The Lindsay Post, "Hearing specialist 'loving' Lindsay" , March 16, 2010 - . "After growing up in Toronto, Helix Hearing Care Centre's latest addition is enjoying the friendliness of the Lindsay area. "I'm loving it," Peggy Alexopoulos told The Lindsay Post. The hearing instruments specialist joined the Helix Hearing Care Centre team back in November. She spends Mondays and Tuesday at the Peterborough centre and the rest of the week in Lindsay... Alexopoulos went to George Brown College in Toronto for three years to learn her trade. In addition to knowing all about the hardware she does hearing checks." Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#the_lindsay_post_mar16_2010. George Brown College in the News http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#the_lindsay_post_mar16_2010 http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#cnw_mar9_2010 CNW Group, "George Brown College applauds Federal Budget support for College Innovation" , March 9, 2010 - "As an institution committed to innovation through applied research, George Brown College today applauded the Federal Government's new investments in applied research, development and commercialization at the country's colleges and polytechnics. The college was especially pleased to see increased support for the highly-successful College and Community Innovation Program (CCIP), a program, for which George Brown was one of 8 initiating institutions.." Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#cnw_mar9_2010. George Brown College in the News http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#cnw_mar9_2010 http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#torontostar_mar3_2010 Toronto Star, "Fried chicken and other revelations" , by Amy Pataki, March 3, 2010 - "At a tiny roadside shack in rural Mississippi, Anthony Mair had a fried-chicken epiphany. The menu was just chicken and chips. The frying was done outside on a small burner. Mair, a George Brown graduate then cooking his way through the South, guessed this prevented kitchen fires.. Mair, 42, has been striving to replicate the taste ever since. At Harlem Underground, the three-month-old restaurant he co-owns, he marinates quartered chickens in buttermilk for at least 24 hours, slitting open the legs so the tenderizing liquid penetrates." Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#torontostar_mar3_2010. George Brown College in the News http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#torontostar_mar3_2010 http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#examiner_mar10_2010 Examiner.com, "Ontario to add 20,000 postsecondary spaces" by Stacey Kelly, March 10, 2010 - "The colleges and universities advocacy groups had positive responses. "Greater numbers of people will get the higher education and training they need to achieve success," said Anne Sado, the chair of Colleges Ontario committee of presidents, and president of George Brown College. "This is an important commitment to people's futures and to producing a stronger workforce in this new knowledge economy."." Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#examiner_mar10_2010. George Brown College in the News http://www.georgebrown.ca/georgebrowncollege-in-the-news.aspx#examiner_mar10_2010 http://www.georgebrown.ca/media-files/index.aspx#ASL The Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Services Office is providing you with the opportunity to learn how to communicate visually using ASL (American Sign Language.) Click on the links below to learn how to sign with your students and fellow faculty and staff. Check it out at http://www.georgebrown.ca/media-files/index.aspx#ASL. George Brown College News http://www.georgebrown.ca/media-files/index.aspx#ASL http://www.georgebrown.ca/releases/CHEF_program_mar1_2010.aspx Unique George Brown College Collaboration helps Toronto's most vulnerable communities College partners with multiple organizations for one- day, hands-on training session What: What do you get when you blend together 100 Toronto community facilitators and six George Brown College chefs over the course of an eight-hour day? The Community Health Education through Food (CHEF) program - a recipe for improved health benefiting Toronto's most vulnerable communities. Recognizing the need for building community health through nutritional training and culinary skill development among Toronto's drop-in and shelter kitchens, as well as 7 middle schools, George Brown College developed the CHEF program in joint partnership with: City of Toronto Shelter Support and Housing Toronto Public Health Daily Bread Food Bank Second Harvest Toronto District School Board (and Beyond 3:30 schools) Toronto Foundation for Student Success Toronto Community Foundation Ministry of Health Promotion Join chefs at George Brown, its community partners and facilitators for an interactive demonstration of how to prepare recipes to improve the health of Toronto's communities in a unique hands-on cooking lab. Read the full article at http://www.georgebrown.ca/releases/CHEF_program_mar1_2010.aspx. Press Release http://www.georgebrown.ca/releases/CHEF_program_mar1_2010.aspx http://www.georgebrown.ca/events.aspx#taxclinic Are you confused about taxes? Do you want to be a tax expert? JOIN US! This year's clinic runs from March 29th to April 9th, 2010, Monday to Friday, at St. James and Casa Loma campuses. All student volunteers will undergo training from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and receive a CRA Appreciation Certificae by the end of this year's clinic session. This is a great opportunity to learn how to file taxes, get involved in the campus community, and gain valuable skills as a student leader! We are looking for... [Read full information at http://www.georgebrown.ca/events.aspx#taxclinic] George Brown College Events http://www.georgebrown.ca/events.aspx#taxclinic http://www.georgebrown.ca/studentemail/index.aspx Dear Student, Need an easy way to reach your teachers and classmates? 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You can visit the College website for the convocation schedule and program lists at: http://www.georgebrown.ca/convocation/. News http://www.georgebrown.ca/convocation/ http://www.georgebrown.ca/News/top100_oct09.aspx George Brown has once again joined an elite group of organizations to be named Canada's Top 100 Employers. This is the second year in a row that a blue-ribbon panel of employment experts took a look at college organizational practices and policies and ranked it among the best places in the nation to work. That's no small accomplishment - George Brown was selected from among more than 16,000 organizations across the country that applied for the honour! The panel was impressed by the array of benefits available to employees including maternity and parental leave top-ups, flexible work options, and generous vacations. More at http://www.georgebrown.ca/News/top100_oct09.aspx. News http://www.georgebrown.ca/News/top100_oct09.aspx http://www.georgebrown.ca/whatsnew.aspx#gbcareers Career Services is announcing the launch of GBCareers, our new online job posting site for George Brown College Students and Alumni, Staff and Faculty, and Employers. Click here to log on to GBCareers: https://gbcareers.georgebrown.ca/home.htm. News http://www.georgebrown.ca/whatsnew.aspx#gbcareers