From the Dean’s Office
Dear Colleagues, Happy Spring! Spring begins when the dullness of life is infused with a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours of flowers, insects, birds, and small animals who make their homes in our backyards. I am thrilled to welcome… Read More
Meet Prof. Leslie Wu (FT Hire: Creative Writing & Publishing)
Leslie Wu has taught in the Sheridan Honours Bachelor of Creative Writing & Publishing program since 2017 and joined the full-time faculty ranks in January 2022 as professor, writing and publishing. A freelance food and travel writer whose… Read More
Professor Mahak Jain Publishes New Children’s Book
This March, professor Mahak Jain (FHASS, CW&P) published Bharatanatyam in Ballet Shoes, a picture book with Annick Press. The book is illustrated by Anu Chouhan. Inspired by the real-life collaboration between Bharatanatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale and ballet… Read More
Jennifer Chambers’s Research Project Wraps up a Great Year!
Jennifer Chambers SRCA-funded research project, Everybody’s Got a Story, wrapped up at the end of the semester with over 60 stories from a diverse range of students, staff, and faculty across Sheridan. This project enlisted the help of… Read More
Meet Professor Hayley Goodwin! (SCLS, ESL)
My name is Hayley Goodwin and I’m an ESL professor in the School of Communication and Literary Studies. I was born and raised in North York and currently reside in Toronto’s west-end. Growing up, I always knew that… Read More
Professor Nataly Shaheen Publishes in Malahat
FHASS Professor Nataly Shaheen (ESL) has been hard at work on a forthcoming memoir called Lost in Them. This Winter, a chapter of the memoir entitled Ali-Mohammad was published In The Malahat Review. Nataly was interviewed by The… Read More
Stories of Home: An Update
In the Fall 2021 Alchemy edition, we introduced a new project set up by a team from the English as a Second Language (ESL) department: Nataly Shaheen, Claudia Daniela Cirip, Sara Cordeiro Alexandre, Suzanne Soares, and Diana Catargiu…. Read More
Home is where I am
By Stephanie Samboo Note: This piece is part of my own journey on decolonizing of self as I re-member. I hope it generates conversations about how it feels to live with a double consciousness- to try to fit… Read More
Alya Somar: CanLit Makes Me Nervous
Nonfiction by CW&P Student Alya Somar The first time I walked into my ‘Fundamentals of Publishing’ class, my professor said that the publishing industry was dominated by white women. My mind immediately went back to my program orientation,… Read More
Daniel Meehan: By the Lakeshore
Fiction by CW&P Student Daniel Meehan When I was a young boy, and the ducks still bobbed along the little teeming lake of our backwater home, and the fish dove deep by the breast-high shoal out in… Read More
