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
Paging DOCTOR Meldrum…
Prof. Claire Meldrum successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on March 8, 2019. Her dissertation, “The Mockery of Things: Material Culture and Domestic Ideology in the Detective Fiction of Anna Katharine Green” considers the role of physical objects like… Read More
TESOL+ Graduate wins W-I-L Student of the Year Award
by Prof. Tania Iveson We are very proud and pleased to announce that Dema Haddadin, graduate of our first TESOL Plus (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) cohort received one of Sheridan’s four Work-Integrated-Learning (WIL) Student of… Read More
Meet Student Advisor Erica Dean (General Arts & Science and Pre-Health)
Erica is delighted to be the Embedded Student Advisor for the General Arts & Science and Pre-Health Science programs in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences in partnership with Student Advisement. Erica started at Sheridan in 2015… Read More
The Hub: Writing/Talking/Walking Contest Winners
In partnership with Sheridan’s Centre for Indigenous Leadership and Support, the SRCA-funded Talk the Walk project held the first Writing/Talking/Walking Contest this semester. The competition sought submissions of creative or critical writing in any genre dealing with themes… Read More
