George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.
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George Brown College social innovation research projects will receive nearly $2 million in funding over the next three years. They include projects aimed at connecting young children in urban areas to nature, improving workplace supports for people with disabilities and addressing food insecurity...
Before the college closed due to COVID-19, a group of George Brown College students completed a project to help people with swallowing issues – also known as dysphagia – have a more appealing and appetizing dining experience. Part of George Brown’s partnership with Baycrest, the Top Chef Dysphagia...
Villa Charities is excited to announce it is launching a new national scholarship program for post-secondary undergraduate and graduate students. The Villa Charities Scholarship Program will be available to students of all backgrounds and faiths, who believe in and will help further Villa Charities’...
Many students are in urgent financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why the George Brown College Foundation started a campaign to increase the college’s COVID-19 Student Emergency Fund, growing it from $850,000 to more than $1 million in only a few weeks. Thanks to this fund, 3...
George Brown College alumna Diana Coatsworth is spearheading a sewing army that has swept across Canada, providing much-needed face masks, surgical caps and hospital gowns to health-care and essential workers who need them. Coatsworth, a graduate of George Brown’s fashion program, is a fashion...
George Brown College has donated three ventilators and a significant amount of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Toronto hospitals and health care facilities to help protect front-line medical workers in the fight against COVID-19. Michael Eliadis, Manager of the Simulation Centre at George...
Christopher Desloges has become a familiar face in unprecedented times. The George Brown College alumnus gained “rock star” status as the American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter at Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s daily media briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic. The general public and the media were...
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown everyone’s daily routines out the window, as students across Ontario adjust to staying home and doing courses online. If this change is making it challenging for you to focus on your course work, you’re not alone. But there are strategies you can use to stay focused...