Professor Sara Cumming Collaborates on NSRC Life Skills Project
Engaging Students in Research The Life Skills Project is the third iteration of the Community Ideas Factory funded by the College Community Social Innovation Fund (NSRC-CCSIF). Bringing together expertise from across the faculties at Sheridan with 15 not-for-profit… Read More
Portals to the Past: Augmented Reality Exhibits Showcasing Sheridan’s Rich History
“Interesting things happen here” – Bob Tiegs Is it a faux-pas to quote yourself at the start of your own essay? It doesn’t matter, I’ve already typed it. In any case, those were the words that I repeated… Read More
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
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
Professor Laura Trethewey Publishes Second Book
This coming July, creative nonfiction professor Laura Trethewey will publish her second book, The Deepest Map: The Amazing Global Race to Chart the World’s Oceans with Goose Lane Editions. This dramatic and action-packed story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—documents the… Read More
Professor Hee-Seung Kang Presents on TESOL and COIL
FHASS Professor Hee-Seung Kang (ESL & TESOL) presented her research in Innovations in Education Conference 2022 (McMaster University). The title of her presentation was “Reimagining ESL Teacher Education: Integrating Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) into TESOL Curriculum.” Drawing on sociocultural… Read More
Michelle Szabo’s New Course Develops Emotional Wellness
You meditate in class?? This Winter 2023 term, FHASS Professor Michelle Szabo is thrilled to be launching the first iteration of a new trauma-informed, social and emotional wellness course in FHASS called The Wisdom of Connection: Wellness, Community… Read More
Professor Anna Boshnakova Presents Research in Madrid
Dr. Anna Boshnakova was invited to present the preliminary results of her project “Hermeneutics of music-related visual narratives on 5th c. B.C.E. Greek vases. The So-Called Non-Sense Inscriptions in a Musical Context: Identification, Analysis, and Interpretation” at the… Read More
Professor Rory Sommers Presents Research on Active Interviewing
During June of last year, Professor Rory Sommers traveled to St. John’s Newfoundland to present a paper at the 2022 Qualitatives Conference titled “Negotiating Boundaries in Active Interviewing: Engaging with Ascribed and Achieved Positionalities”. Based on data collected… Read More
The Canadian Literary Censorship Project is underway
With the aid of a SRCA Growth Grant, Professors Alex Hollenberg, Owen Percy, and Brandon McFarlane have started work on The Canadian Literary Censorship Project. They’ve hired a team of four student research assistants from Creative Writing &… Read More
