Introducing The Ampersand Review
Just in time to celebrate the convocation of the first cohort of graduates of the Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing program, we are releasing the program’s first publication, The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. This literary journal of poetry,… Read More
What’d I Miss?
Check out these links to catch up on some of the FHASS-related stories that have came into (through?) your mailbox in 2020. You may have missed a couple of them. We did! Anyway, catch up here: CW&P Students… Read More
Jennifer Chambers representing at and with ACCUTE
In June 2020, our own Prof. Jennifer Chambers was officially voted in as a Member at Large, Colleges Representative for 2020-2022, for the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE). In addition to her obligations… Read More
ICYMI: Sara Cumming wins the 2020 Angus Reid Award
By Dr. Jessica Pulis, Associate Dean, Social and Life Sciences Sara Cumming is the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Angus Reid Practitioners Applied Sociology Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. This award recognizes the leading contribution of a… Read More
Coming in 2021: The Sheridan Community Cookbook
By Prof. Jennifer Phenix Dr. Jessica Carey is Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In addition to loving to cook, Jessica has a passion for food culture and this term,… Read More
Rolla Bahsous and Tales of a City by the Sea
“Tales of a City by the Sea,” a play written by Samah Sabawi and directed by Rahaf Fasheh, explores life in Gaza during the 2008 war. Rami, a Palestinian-American doctor, meets and falls in love with Jomana, a Palestinian living in… Read More
Sara Cumming ponders in Portland
For the past two years Dr. Sara Cumming has been a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology. This year she was part of the organizing committee for the conference that was held in… Read More
ESL Faculty Paint Night!
By: Dr. Kanika Verma “Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.” –Constantin Stanislavski The ESL Department hosted a Faculty Paint Night on Tuesday, November 19th at HMC B282 from 6 to 8.30 p.m. Sara Cordeiro Alexandre,… 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
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
