Sheridan Creativity Profs Tackle Vaccine Confidence
Professors Nathaniel Barr and Michael McNamara have been hard at work on two NSERC grants for their work targeting vaccine misinformation. Their most recent project, Equipping Citizens to Promote Vaccine Confidence in Canada, aims to equip Canadians that have… Read More
In Case You Missed It: FHASS 2020-2021 Highlights Video!
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, FHASS has kept achieving goals and building community. This Fall, FHASS edited a video for Sheridan Central to showcase the accomplishments of the previous year. If you missed it when it was… Read More
Professor Alex Hollenberg Makes CBC Poetry Longlist!
Kudos to FHASS professor Alexander Hollenberg, whose poem Cod Jigging Near Twillingate made the 2021 CBC Poetry Prize Longlist! Hollenberg was inspired by an experience of cod-fishing on his honeymoon. As he explains in his interview with the… Read More
Joel Lopata and Nathaniel Barr publish on Creativity in Education
Congratulations to Professors Joel Lopata and Nathaniel Barr, who have had a paper accepted to a special issue of Translational Issues in Psychology Science! The article, Dual-modes of Creative Thought in the Classroom: Implications of Network Neuroscience for… Read More
A World of Possibilities from the ESL Program
By: Nataly Shaheen, Diana Catargiu, Suzanne Soares, Daniela Claudia Cirip and Sara Cordeiro Alexandre A team from the ESL Program has launched a new project, entitled “Stories of Home.” We aim to exhibit the inspiring stories of our students and faculty in different art… Read More
Patsy Marshall’s Students use CPS to Tackle Elder Food Insecurity
Patsy Marshall had an amazing team of students in her Principles of Creative Problem Solving (CPS) class during the Summer of 2021! This team applied the CPS FourSight Model, developed by Dr. Gerard Puccio, to a selected challenge… Read More
Home Suite Hope Seeks Holiday Donations!
It’s that time of the year again! We are excited to share that the Hope 4 Holidays campaign for the 2021 holiday season is now underway! Hope 4 Holidays connects Home Suite Hope single parents and their children… Read More
Is Productivity Always… Healthy?
By Professor Sara Cumming In academe, intense productivity is rewarded while low productivity is looked down upon—but both can be destructive. Professor Sara Cumming opens up about the complexities of productivity and the personal background that makes her… Read More
Meet Ashley Diana!
You might already have recognized Ashley because she has previously worked with Sheridan’s FHASS team in the summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019. Ashley went abroad for University to a small town north-east of England called Sunderland. She… Read More
From the Dean’s (Home) Office
As we enter the Spring of 2021 and come to the end of an academic year unlike any other, it is my great pleasure to share with you this exciting edition of Alchemy. Despite the persistence of the… Read More
