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.
News and Announcements

George Brown College welcomed Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care Rod Phillips to our Waterfront Campus, where he announced new funding to increase staffing levels at long-term care homes across the province. Phillips made the announcement on October 6 at the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health...

Jill Dunlop, Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities, met with students and toured the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at Waterfront Campus on a busy first day of the fall semester. The minister attended a roundtable session with three George Brown students representing different...

We’re very proud to share that Fay Lim-Lambie, Dean of the Centre for Health Sciences and the Centre for Community Services & Early Childhood, has been named chair of the board of directors of Mackenzie Health. Fay is a registered social worker with extensive leadership experience in the social...

A George Brown College student created a model for online connection for long-term care residents living under pandemic restrictions. Cassandra Koss completed the Interprofessional Complex and Long-Term Care program this spring. As part of the program, she completed a capstone project while working...

George Brown College students impressed industry professionals at a recent hackathon where they created automated solutions that can save significant time for medical administrators and patients. The results of the virtual event were announced on March 9. George Brown teams won the Top Overall...

Breanne Drennan returned to college looking to shift into a career with a focus on human connections. She found it in the Practical Nursing program, in the people she’s caring for during her placement and in the community of her fellow students, professors, and mentors. “I’ve been motivated by the...

In collaboration with our community partners at Ryerson University, Centennial College and University Health Network, George Brown College has created experiential learning opportunities for nursing students in the form of innovative virtual gaming simulations (VGS). These simulations help students...

Fay Lim-Lambie brings a wealth of experience in social work, health care and working with children and families to her role as the new Dean, Centre for Health Sciences and Centre for Community Services & Early Childhood. "My knowledge and experience in those sectors have prepared me well to be...

George Brown College is launching a new program that addresses the current crisis in long-term care settings. A first of its kind, the Interprofessional Complex and Long-Term Care program will be delivered online starting in September. The one-year postgraduate program will train health care...

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...
