Meet Associate Dean Janet Shuh (School of Social and Life Sciences)
Prior to joining Sheridan as a faculty member in 2004, Janet held successive corporate policy roles within the Ontario Public Service, lastly serving as the Executive Policy Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Corrections and Community Safety. After… Read More
Meet Professor Mikal Austin Radford (Religion, Philosophy, and Culture)
To quote the Bards of San Francisco, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” From his beginnings in Halifax as the son of a Navy Commander, to the family’s move to Toronto during the 1960s where he discovered… Read More
Williams and Read on Brick Books Blog
FHASS Professors Ian Williams and Robyn Read were recently featured as part of Brick Books year-long Celebration of Canadian Poetry 2015. Overseen by Brick publisher Kitty Lewis, the celebration consists of weekly blog posts by readers, writers, editors,… Read More
The Hub: “The Mystery of the S” by Walter Carrera
After enrolling in Professor Robyn Read’s Introduction to Creative Writing class in January 2015, Sheridan Interaction Design student Walter Carrera uncovered his long-lost passion for narrative storytelling; thanks in large part to his experience in CWRT15389GD with Dr…. Read More
FHASS Launches Sheridan Reads
By Owen Percy As you surely know by now, FHASS launched its first contribution to Sheridan’s Creative Campus initiative, Sheridan Reads, in January of 2015. Conceived of as an ‘extended reading event’ designed to draw on FHASS’s expertise… Read More
FHASS Launches Film For Thought Screening Series
By Peter Steven Film for Thought, a new film series initiated by FHASS, got underway on February 17th with the screening of Selwyn Jacob’s The Road Taken. The event was co-sponsored by the Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton… Read More
Using Twitter in Your Course: Having the education come to the students and not the other way around
By Derrick Millard A while ago in one of my online courses something unique happened. We started to get outside community involvement directly into the course. This is something I had always thought about but had never known… Read More
Sheridan Students Showcase Public History Posters during Black History Month
By Christian Knudsen On February 5th, Sheridan students taking the general education elective HIST19936G, Canada in the Making: Exploring Canadian History, showcased public history posters they designed as part of their course work at the opening night of… Read More
First Nations Elder Bertha Skye Visits Pre-Intermediate ESL Class
From Professor Violet Funk: I had invited an Elder of the First Nations, Bertha Skye, to talk to my ESL Pre-Intermediate class about native Canadian culture. The outcomes for this lesson were to write a personal email expressing… Read More
Meet Joanne Stewart, Academic Upgrading
My name is Joanne Stewart. I’ve been working as part-time support staff for the Academic Upgrading department for about seven years, and prior to working at Sheridan I was a stay at home mom to my one daughter…. Read More
