Nathaniel Barr Presents at the Collision Conference
AI and Creativity: What’s Left for Humans to do? How does the ascent of AI relate to creativity and innovation? How do uniquely human skills fit into the equation as more and more can be offloaded to machines?… Read More
New Gen-Ed Course Addresses Challenge of Sustainability
Sheridan Professors Marcus Freeman (FHASS) and Vito Masi (FAST) have developed a new General Education course to address a perceived gap in students’ understanding of the global sustainability crisis. The new course, Transitioning to a livable planet: The… Read More
Professor Owen Percy Writes Introduction to Sid Marty’s Collected Poems
Prof. Owen Percy’s recent critical and editorial project of promoting and celebrating the poetry of Alberta writer Sid Marty came to fruition with the publication of Old Man’s River: New and Collected Poems last Spring by NeWest Press. Marty is… Read More
Alex Hollenberg Wins Poetry Contest
Congratulations to Professor Alex Hollenberg, who has won CV2’s prestigious 2-Day Poem Contest. The yearly contest challenges poets from all over the world to write a poem in 48 hours. The catch? Poems must include 10 specific words,… Read More
Chris Ambedkar Wins Design Educator Award of Excellence
Congratulations to Professor Chris Ambedkar, who has won the 2023 Design Educator Award of Excellence for Eastern Canada! The award, given by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers, celebrates outstanding contributions to student development and pedagogical research. Nominees… Read More
Joyce Grant Wins Global Youth & News Media Award!
Professor Joyce Grant, currently teaching Writing for Children in our Creative Writing & Publishing Degree, has won the Press Freedom Teaching Award from the Global Youth and New Media Organization. The prize acknowledges Professor Grant’s work to educate… Read More
Embracing Museums as Experiential Learning: Artifactual Analyses with New Anthropological Perspectives
By Daniel Jankulovski As children we visit museums and are witness to the excitement of seeing artifacts and world history. We walk through each floor twisting our necks to see what we may have missed as the plethora… Read More
Dungeons, Dragons, and Design Thinking: A Unique Twist on Experiential Learning
In a FHASS first, Professors Tom Nittoly (ESL) and Kasey Dunn (Creativity and Innovation) recently took experiential learning to a whole new “dimension.” On October 30, a pilot group of students embarked on an unexpected journey, combining the… Read More
Professor Sara Machan Publishes Children’s Books
ESL professor Sara Machan has written and illustrated a series of children’s books meant to help children with body positivity and dealing with anger. These books are intended to take topics children may struggle with and approach them… Read More
Professor Glenn Clifton Wins Award for Short Story
“Before 2035, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was considered a comedy…” Congratulations to Alchemy editor Glenn Clifton, who’s short story “Bottom’s Dream” will appear in the forthcoming anthology Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, Volume 1, published by Ansible… Read More
