Tyson Seburn talks to TESOL+
By: Prof. Danielle Freitas In the Fall of 2018, the TESOL Plus Graduate Certificate program proudly hosted a talk with Tyson Seburn on “Inclusive and Othering Approaches to Marginalised Groups.” Tyson was invited to share his expertise as… Read More
Student Spotlight: Writing Life into Life Writing
By: Prof. Sarah Sinclair LITT27733GD is a literature-focused breadth elective that introduces students to the evolving genre of Life Writing in general and memoirs in particular. As part of the course requirements, students have the opportunity to create… Read More
Student Spotlight: Kayden Chan on illustrating across the disciplines
By: Kayden Chan, BAA, Animation In an academic setting, everyone present is there learn more about their career and the paths presented by their skills; but such a tunnel definition of a “school” is not limited to a… Read More
Student Spotlight: Muzaffar Ali
By: Prof. Donna Ash Muzaffar Ali is a good representative of the ESL students studying here at Sheridan. Along with his wife and three children, Muzaffar arrived in Canada 18 months ago. A highly educated person with many… Read More
Student Spotlight: Creativity Infographics
Prof. Patsy Marshall, a part-time instructor with FHASS, would like to honour the creative infographics made by students in her Fall 2018 Creative Leadership course. The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words continues to… Read More
Joel Lopata and Nathaniel Barr get Creative in SanFran
Profs. Nathaniel Barr and Joel Lopata (Psychology and Creativity) recently represented creativity at Sheridan College at the 5th Meeting of the Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity held at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The Society’s mission… Read More
Student Spotlight: Visualizing Medea
By: Prof. Jennifer Phenix Reception studies is a sub-discipline of Classics, whereby scholars assess the ways in which Greek (and Roman) material has been transmitted, translated, excerpted, interpreted, rewritten, re-imaged, and represented (Hardwick and Stray, 2008). In the… Read More
Alireza Sobhanmanesh wins a doctoral SSHRC grant
ESL professor Alireza Sobhanmanesh has been awarded a prestigious doctoral SSHRC grant to complete his dissertation. Alireza’s doctoral dissertation includes a multi-layered study in which he explores possibilities for enhancing college EAP (English for Academic Purposes) learners’ English… Read More
Jelena Marelj on Shakespeare’s Characters
Prof. Jelena Marelj’s book, Shakespearean Character: Language in Performance, was recently published by the Arden Shakespeare (Bloomsbury UK). The book explores the astounding lifelikeness of Shakespeare’s most memorable and linguistically complex dramatic characters. Marelj uses theories drawn from… Read More
Prof. Paul Vermeersch on The Next Chapter
Creative Writing & Publishing’s own resident poetry and publishing guru, Paul Vermeersch, was recently featured on CBC Radio One’s The Last Chapter with Shelagh Rogers. In this interview, Paul discusses futurism, the contexts for his latest book, Self-Defense… Read More
