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By Dr. Krista Holmes Making inroads for college researchers amidst Canada's university-dominated research and innovation landscape often feels like climbing uphill in mud. This feeling persisted long before the pandemic and has only been amplified since. But, like climbing uphill in mud, it’s an...
By Shannon Hynes The irony is not lost on me that whenever I sit down to work on this piece about long-term, strategic thinking, my time is gobbled up by something that requires immediate attention and a short-term solution. In the midst of a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, as in other times of...
By Jennifer Grant When George Floyd was murdered by police one year ago, it brought the realities of anti-Black racism into stark focus for many people. However, for those of us in the Black community, his death was another tragic reminder of the perils many of us face and the failure of systems to...
By Chris McGrath When it comes to student success, what happens in class is just one piece of the puzzle. College students are influenced by the entirety of their environment – including physical, technological, psychological, social and organizational factors – and this can mean the difference...
By Leslie Quinlan When the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a mass exodus from local workplaces last March, few of us could’ve imagined that we’d still be working remotely a year later. Remote working went from a rarity to the status quo, literally overnight. So, with mass vaccination on the horizon...
By Dario Guescini Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations in virtually every sector have needed to adapt and pivot, implementing new practices and technologies to support their sustainability and growth. This rapid change has accelerated challenges that Canadian companies were facing even...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought much uncertainty into our lives, the sudden shift to working and learning online has made one thing clear: Canadians must get comfortable with rapidly advancing digital technologies — or risk being left behind. Digital transformation that might have taken...
As Ontario confronts the short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges have a pivotal role to play in retraining displaced workers and filling key vacancies. At George Brown College, we’re preparing the next generation of healthcare and community workers, construction managers...
When we launched George Brown College’s Vision 2030/Strategy 2022 in Fall 2019, we committed to adopting an innovative and collaborative mindset for the future. Well, that “future” came a lot quicker than anticipated – both for our college and for workplaces across the country – as the COVID-19...
