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Innovative Health Care
George Brown Polytechnic's cutting-edge approach to health care training continues to attract interest from the Government of Canada
Education News Canada
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Date: May 27, 2026
As the federal government looks to address workforce shortages, aging populations and rising care demands, George Brown is responding with innovative health care programs that integrate technology-enabled learning, simulation training and sustainability. Parliamentary Secretary of Health and Member of Parliament Maggie Chi toured the Waterfront Campus on May 20 to get a first-hand look at our leading-edge teaching and simulation spaces alongside Dr. Wendy Ellis, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences. The visit offered an in-depth look at how the institution is preparing the next generation of health care professionals through applied, real-world learning.
Diana Chan McNally
Diana Chan McNally: Bringing community work to Toronto’s City Council
Rabble
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Date: May 28, 2026
This week, we welcome and spotlight community worker, homelessness advocate, and candidate for Toronto City Council, Diana Chan McNally. We discuss Chan McNally’s run to become City Councillor for Toronto’s Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, top-of-mind issues for the Ward and the city, provincial encroachment on municipal government and her vision of bringing community work to municipal politics. Diana Chan McNally (she/they) is a former graduate and faculty member of the Community Worker Program at George Brown Polytechnic in Toronto, a long-time front-line worker, and a housing and harm reduction advocate.
Architectural Award
RAIC Architectural Practice Award: Moriyama Teshima Architects
Canadian Architect
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Date: May 1, 2026
Conceived as a living laboratory for students in George Brown Polytechnic’s architectural programs, Limberlost Place (2025) was Ontario’s first tall wood assembly occupancy academic building. Delivered through a joint venture partnership between MTA and Acton Ostry Architects, the project required close collaboration with authorities having jurisdiction to align emerging construction methodologies with existing codes and approval processes. Innovation in construction supported ambitious environmental and architectural goals, achieved responsibly.
Sustainable Construction
Data-Driven Buildings Signal the Next Phase of Sustainable Construction
Urban Toronto
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Date: April 30, 2026
In Toronto, George Brown College’s Limberlost Place has emerged as an example of how intelligent systems and high-performance design are being combined at scale. The mass timber academic building's net-zero carbon operation is supported by advanced building systems that monitor energy use and indoor conditions in real time. Designed as both a teaching facility and a living lab, the project embeds performance tracking into daily operations, allowing systems to be studied and adjusted over time.
Earth Month
PSE celebrates Earth Month
Academica Group
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Date: April 6, 2026
Institutions across the country are launching nature-based events and sharing information in celebration of Earth Month this April. Royal Roads University and York University both announced events such as a forest walk, campus clean ups, and an invasive plant removal activity. The Royal Roads Library has also created Earth Day displays. The University of Saskatchewan provided six suggestions for the community to live more sustainably, which include cutting waste at the office and choosing lower-emission transportation when possible, while George Brown Polytechnic highlighted climate actions it has taken over the past year.
EDII
‘Nothing’s neutral:’ How 2 Canadian employers reframe DEI as equity and belonging
Canadian HR Reporter
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Date: March 24, 2026
At George Brown Polytechnic and Thales Canada, DEI work is less about hitting compliance targets and more about building workplaces where people can succeed regardless of their identity and feel like they belong, according to HR leaders at each organization. For Jennifer Grant, a key lesson in this space is that “nothing's neutral” — conversations are shaped by structures, practices and policies through a very singular lens: often male, white, able-bodied, English and Christian, for example.f
Natalie Wood
George Brown Professor Natalie Wood wins Michael Baptista Essay Prize
Education News Canada
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Date: March 16, 2026
George Brown Polytechnic professor and researcher Natalie Wood has been awarded the Michael Baptista Essay Prize by York University's Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC). Wood, a professor in the Social Service Worker program and co-designer of the Black Futures Research Institute, was recently named the 2025 Baptista Prize winner for the essay, Tidal Relations: Pelagic Theories of the Black Atlantic. The essay outlines ocean-based (pelagic) theories that demonstrate how Black scholars and artists analyze and respond to anti-Black racism, oppression, environmental harm, and Eurocentric power systems by thinking through the significance of the Atlantic Ocean and sites of the Middle Passage.
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