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Waterfront Pow Wow a family-friendly affair

By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter

“I was here at 10 a.m setting up tables and preparing for the event.

There was no one here and I was so worried about how many would come,” said Coty Zachariah, Aboriginal Constituency Representative, about the Fifth Annual Four Sacred Colours Pow Wow, which took place on April 6 at Waterfront campus.

There was no need for him to worry, the Pow Wow, which was put on by the Sahkitcheway Aboriginal Student Association, was packed with people, including dancers, drummers, Elders and many children.

The event took up the entire first floor of the recently opened Waterfront campus, which was a wonderful backdrop for the showcase of dancing, regalia and people watching. It was a family-friendly afternoon, with many generations of people in attendance.

A well attended and very creative arts and crafts table was set up for the young ones and quieter seating by the vendors selling jewellery, dream catchers and medicinal herbs was available for those who wanted a break from dancing.

George Brown College’s Elder,

Pauline Shirt, began the Pow Wow with prayers and the master of ceremonies, Earl Lambert, provided the teasing, good humoured encouragement for everyone to participate.

Many took part in the variety of dances that were held throughout the afternoon; with some lucky participants being rewarded by winning “spot prizes” for demonstrating their dance skills.

The lake view and direct access to the dock made it feel like it was an outdoor event when it was still too chilly to be one. Zachariah spoke about the possibility of having National Aboriginal Rights Day, June 21, at Waterfront because of the space, feel and access of the campus.

Along with the campus, the hard work of the Sahkitcheway Student Association, Elders, drummers, singers, dancers, vendors and many volunteers and participants contributed to the success of the Fifth Annual Pow Wow. Zachariah later stated on his Facebook page, “Over 600 people came throughout the day. Dancers looked great. Drums filled the whole campus. And I got to represent the Haudenosaunee people for the first time in my life by being the flag carrier. Woot Woot!!”

PHOTO: KAREN NICKEL / THE DIALOG

Traditional dress met the latest fashion at the annual GBC Pow Wow

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F R I D AY April 19 End of Year Boat Cruise!

GBC Students: $25 Guests: $30 Get your tickets at Student Association offices.

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Mangos With Chili Healing and transformative performances by and for two spirit, trans and queer people of colour.

8 pm. $10-$20 sliding scale. Palmerston Library, 560 Palmerston

Digging Up The Dirt: How Canadian Foreign Aid Supports The Mining Industry Panel discussion with Jennifer Moore of Mining Watch Canada and a Peruvian civil society organization. 6:30 pm.

Bahen Centre, rm 1190, 40 St George.

NEVADA: A Reading and Panel with Imogen Binnie With Morgan M. Page, Kiley May, and Trish Salah! 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Young Centre for the Performing Arts 50 Tank House Lane

George Brown College Graphic Design Year End Show 230 Richmond St. East Awards 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Show 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

341 King St. East Show 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Used Book Sale (Regis College) Gently used books.

Apr 24 to 27, 10 am-7 pm. $5. Regis College, 100 Queen’s Park,

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Hot Docs North America’s largest documentary festival featuring Canadian and international films $14.60, late night $6.20, passes $105-$185. Various venues, www.hotdocs.ca.

Apr 25 to May 5

Poverty And Homelessness In The GTA Discussion on the suburbanization of poverty as Toronto’s inner city becomes gentrified.

7 p.m. OISE, rm 2211, 252 Bloor W, 416-7073509

May Day: International Workers Day of action 5:30 p.m.

Nathan Phillips Square 100 Queen St. West

Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts Runs May 1 - 15 See: http://mayworks.ca for details

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Fair trade Coffee Shed sets up at St. James

By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter

Coffee just got a lot friendlier at St. James campus.

A new, Fair Trade certified organic coffee spot opened in front of the Kings Lounge. The Coffee Shed, and its co-business, Lemon and Allspice (which bakes the tasty snacks) are social enterprises operating under the umbrella of the Common Grounds Co-Operative, a local, notfor-profit organization that supports and mentors people with varying developmental challenges as they learn employment skills and get experience.

The co-op began in 2000, soon after Kathy Lemon, a young woman with developmental challenges, began a baking business with a government grant that hired a job coach for her.

The business kept expanding from then.

Right now, there are three Coffee

Sheds in Toronto, the St. James op- and selling are done by the Partners.” eration being a satellite of one of the The people operating and managthree; there is one kitchen, and a fifth ing the different businesses, called enterprise, CleanABLE, cares for “partners”, are paid through a profit and cleans toys used for behavioural sharing structure from the money the therapies by children with Autism enterprise takes in. and developmental challenges.

Explaining how individuals become Karen Curtis, a job coach for the Cof- partners, Karen said, “The partners fee Shed partners, spoke about the pro- are the ones who vote on whether gram, “ A s a job coach, I provide employm e n t support for the p a r t ners, but I don’t do the work.

All dePHOTO: KAREN NICKEL / THE DIALOG cision m a k i n g , Julie Godfrey (left) and Rachel Boardman at St. James baking

someone will become a partner in the business or not.”

Julie Godfrey, who has been with the business for ten years this July, and Rachel Boardman, also a ten year partner, were working hard at the busy coffee spot.

Karen Curtis said “it has been quite busy both days they had been there; with the Coffee Shed making sixty dollars each day.” She added, “the people who supported and were instrumental in helping bring The Coffee Shed to George Brown College were Edward Huang (Food bank coordinator) and the Student Association.”

The Coffee Shed is supplied with coffee from Alternative Grounds Coffee Shop on Roncesvalles. They also provide a venue for selling, Lemon and Allspice baked goods.

The Coffee Shed will be in front of Kings Lounge on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the foreseeable future.

Come out and support this amazing enterprise this summer.

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Student unions need the campus press

By Mick Sweetman

Student unions and the campus press are two things that go together like a spark to gasoline. When it’s done right you can take the energy and use it to propel the best interests of students as far as possible. When it’s done wrong it can lead to everybody getting badly burned.

The campus press in Canada has its origins in the student union movement as students found they had to have a way to raise student issues that weren’t covered by the mainstream media.

This is still very much the case. In fact, with the daily newspapers cutting back on their newsroom staff dedicated education reporters are becoming harder to find.

In a recent talk called “The war on knowledge” Ryerson journalism professor, veteran journalist, and former editor of the campus paper the Loyola News, Tony Burman noted that when once University public relations staff had dozens of education reporters to contact, these days it’s down to only a handful.

Often, those reporters are overly reliant on contacts and sources from the institutions and students’ voices are lost in the rush to meet the next deadline.

With that you would expect student unions to be some of the strongest advocates for a vibrant campus press seeking to delve into the issues, digging up the stories that matter to students and hold administrations and governments to account.

However far too often the campus press is seen by student unions as a venue for pushing their own agenda or as a nuisance when we report on what they are doing, fearful that some of their dirty laundry might be aired.

Recently we saw this shortsightedness in Windsor as the University of Windsor Student Alliance (UWSA) attempted to stop The Lance from printing the final issue of the semester citing a paltry $7,000 shortfall. This came on the heels of The Lance’s coverage of the UWSA’s recent elections where they highlighted a number of irregularities and outright breaking of the rules.

The front-page headline of the issue before the UWSA’s snap decision?

“Electile dysfunction.”

In the wake of the decision, which was later reversed after students at the university and journalists and alumni across Canada organized to “Save The Lance”, there was talk of formally separating The Lance from the UWSA. This would have followed in the footsteps of many campus papers that have become totally independent of the student unions that fund them.

This year we also saw the Ryerson Free Press, funded by the Continuing Education Students’ Association of Ryerson, abruptly stop publishing, and a dispute over office space between The Gazette and the University Student Council at Western University.

Student unions and the campus press don’t have to be at loggerheads, but that doesn’t mean they should be cozy with each other. One of the best ways for student unions to pursue their goal of advocating for students’ interest is helping provide the funding and infrastructure for a campus and community media that is editorially independent.

The credibility of any media rests on its ability to tell people the truth and a well-funded, staffed, and trained campus press can do that for students. Media that’s controlled by student unions simply won’t have the same credibility and won’t be taken seriously.

The price of having to take a little heat and spend a bit of money to create jobs to staff a newspaper is hands down one of the best investments a student union can make.

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Parting thoughts from The Dialog’s staff

By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh

As we come up to the last edition of the season I remember the first few when my story pitches did not make sense. I had no idea what I was talking about when I once pitched a story on coffee drinking habits of Canadians.

To which I got a reply from my editor “Everybody likes coffee, I like coffee but I don’t think people would want to read about it in a newspaper!”

Since then I have covered some hardcore news, campus stories, sports, profiles, features, business, events and arts. Basically I was all over the place, but was it worth it?

Absolutely. Learning to communicate and communicating to learn will be the two things I would take out from my experience working with The Dialog.

Some of the highlights in my short span in the media will be working with renowned journalists like Bill Gillespie, meeting bigwigs such as Marty Gervais and Shawn Micallef; getting published in the Canada University Press, Canada Media Guild and also CWA Canada; and winning the Reporter Of The Year Award.

There were other privileges too.

The press access card was my personal favourite which gave me access to media conferences, events, priority seating and of course free food!

I would encourage students coming in the fall to involve themselves more with their own campus newspaper and work their guts out to make The Dialog one of the best campus and community newspapers in Canada.

By Karen Nickel

This year writing for The Dialog, I have covered stories that have affected me deeply and will remain with me for a long time.

These were about accessibility and equity rights for students who experienced discrimination due to deafness or hearing issues; disability; transphobia; homophobia; racism; ethnicity; status; gender and our fellow students and their families who are struggling with food security.

Through writing these articles, I met students and individuals who are working hard to improve students’ experiences in college and in their life in general. I found this truly inspiring and encouraging for the health and success of our student population.

I have, unfortunately, been horrified by the insensitivity of some college faculty and administration members who seem willing to turn a blind eye to discrimination and abuses of students in their college programs.

Many of these students having put considerable time, money and hard work into programs only to see their dreams trivialized by insensitive remarks and jeopardized by inconsistent teaching methods.

I encourage all students to stand up for their rights and advocate for what they need.

I am grateful to have worked with the incredible Dialog team, especially reporter Preetesh Singh and editor Mick Sweetman, thank you.

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Spring Awakening: from Broadway to GBC

By Alena Khabibullina Special to The Dialog

A new production of George Brown Theatre Spring Awakening is a universal story. Created as far back as 1890 by German dramatist Frank Wedekind the play, also subtitled as A Children’s Tragedy, has often been censored and banned but it has never left the public apathetic. The theatrical production awakens such hot issues as puberty, sexuality, rape, child abuse, homosexuality, suicide, and abortion. It was a success Off-Broadway in 2006 and later on Broadway.

Director Diana Leblanc was not afraid to get the well-known play up on the stage of Young Centre for the

Performing Arts. After three years of intense training and rehearsal, the graduating class of George Brown Theatre presents Spring Awakening in its spring repertory season.

“The play about a difficult period of child puberty coming along with a mixed bag of emotions, parent and social indifference and incomprehension of these chicken adults, was especially well performed by students.” said spectator Natasha Moritz. “I can see that some of them may still feel the same as the characters they play. I had a chance to visit the Broadway musical Spring Awakening and I can say that it’s always difficult to do something after somebody’s success. I can imagine that it was a big responsibility and took courage for all the people in-

volved to set this play. They did it very well.”

The story happens in Germany, 1891. A 14-year-old girl, full of life and curiosity, exploring her body, asks her mother where babies come from. Not getting a true answer Wendla Bergmann becomes pregnant after being raped.

“I think the college students of George Brown should definitely consider coming to see the show because of how relevant the topics are within today’s society,” said Erin Eldershaw, who plays Wendla. “The beautiful thing about Spring Awakening is that it was originally written by the German playwright Frank Wedekind in 1890-91, and over a century later Jonathan Franzen writes the newest translation and the story still speaks

to the audience. Suicide, abortion, rape, and homosexuality, are all still a part of our society and are topics of discussion on a daily basis.”

Spring Awakening is a frank portrait of teenage sexuality, a moral journey from youth to adulthood and its cataclysmic consequences in a society where both sexually and information are repressed. Be lucky enough to see this play on stage after it was banned for nearly 100 years.

The play Spring Awakening takes place in Young Centre for the Performing Arts (Distillery Historic District, 50 Tankhouse Lane) until April 20, 2013. $7 for students.

Day-of-performance rush tickets are available.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GBC THEATRE

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Top stories of the year at George Brown News Business

In September George Brown opened it’s third major campus on the Waterfront.

Idle No More sweeps the country with thousands protesting for indigenous rights and against Bill C-45

Apple sues Samsung claiming The Student Association hosts two copyright violation in their new Massive parties featuring socca, galaxy smartphone. reggae, electronic and dancehall music at The Guvernment nightclub.

In September the Ontario goverment passed Bill 155 that legislated a new contract for elementary and high school teachers

U.S retailer Target buys Canadian owned Zellers in a corporate takeover.

Feb. 8, 2013. A severe winter storm hits Ontario. Many colleges and universities close but GBC stays open sparking fierce criticism from students who say the college was unconcerned about students’ safety. in October, the Student Association’s board of directors passed a new $25 levy with the GBC Foundation and followed it up with a night out at a $500 a ticket gala.

The exhibit Human Rights Human Wrongs at the Ryerson Image Centre highlighted human rights struggles internationally.

GBC announces the construction of the Green Building Centre at Casa Loma campus. Ground is broken in April.

Ava Homa, GBC’s Pen Lecturerin-Residence, came to Canada after escaping the Iranian regime.

A report by the Student Association’s Academic Advocay program uncovers widespread problems in GBC’s Practical Nursing program.

Canada and India close an international trade deal that includes the sale of nucular technology for the first time since 1976.

Arts On Jan. 8 Dwight Orchard, a plumbing student at George Brown College, jumped onto the subway tracks at St. Clair station and lifted an incapaciated man to safety as a train was entering the station.

The book Fifty Shades of Grey becomes a best seller but critics slam its depiction of women.

In Feburary, renowned playright Trey Anthony spoke at GBC as part of the Xpressions Against Oppression week.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives releases it’s Alternative Federal Budget

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Huskies year in review shows lots of heart

Badminton: The women’s doubles badminton team of Christina Truong and Sunny Sun made it to the provincials but were eliminated in the medal round of the OCAA badminton championship.

Men’s Basketball: The Huskies made it to the quarterfinals of the OCAA championship.

They finished their OCAA season on their road towards the bronze medal at the provincials, losing to Seneca. Earlier, they claimed the second spot with 16 wins in 20 games played, only behind Seneca in the East Division standings. They couldn’t win the medal, but it was a terrific year for the team.

Women’s Volleyball: The women’s team struggled to get going this year, finishing second last in the east division OCAA points table. They managed to win only three out of their 20 games in the season. The women’s volleyball team is now gearing up for the next season with new recruits coming in.

Women’s Basketball: The women’s basketball team also had a good season with fourth position in the east division standings with 10 wins in 18 games played. They won their crossover game advancing into the OCAA championships but lost to St. Lawrence in their second match of the bronze medal quarterfinals.

Soccer: The men’s soccer squad had to be content without a single win this season, losing six out of eight matches and drawing two against Algonquin and La Cite in the OCAA. The team is looking at their position for the next year and hoping to turn things around.

Women’s soccer team did not participate in this year’s OCAA matches due to the late appointment of a coach and difficulty in scheduling games.

Baseball: After a hiatus for 10 years, baseball was back at George Brown College this season. They played some exhibition games as trial run for admission into the Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association. The baseball department with head coach Kyle Mackinnon is looking forward to building up a varsity team next year.

Men’s Volleyball: Men’s Volleyball had their most successful year in 20 years by making it to the playoffs, but lost the crossover game to Mohawk. They finished third with 16 wins and four losses in the east division, only behind Algonquin and Durham.

Indoor Soccer: The men’s indoor soccer team won two and lost one in the OCAA regional playoff division making it to the final eight of the OCAA. They couldn’t continue their good performance with three losses in a row, eventually ending their season. The women’s indoor soccer team on the other hand did not make it past regionals this year.

Cross Country: An exceptional season for cross country at GBC, with both male and female runners making it to the nationals. Liz Seguin and Sean Sweeney placed 14th and 9th respectively in the nationals held in Québec. Both received the Second Team all Canadian Award and Sweeney received an All Canadian Award for being the top ten in Canada.

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X-country runners GBC Athletes of the Year

By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

It was a night to remember. The sports stars dropped their Huskies’ jersey and suited up for the George Brown College’s 44th Annual Athletic Awards Banquet held at the Toronto Marriot Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel on April 12.

The banquet’s dignitaries including Anne Sado, president of George Brown College; Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons, Canadian Football League hall of famer; Troy Ross, Olympic boxer and GBC graduate; and Rahul Bhardwaj, chairman of the 2012 Ontario Summer Games and members of GBC’s board of governors.

Clemons sparked the atmosphere with his enthusiastic keynote speech where he mentioned the importance of doing things in HD, Humility and Discipline. He also handed away the inaugural Michael ‘Pinball’ Clemons PHOTO: MICHAEL STEFANCIC fair play award to Nathaniel Elliott (basketball) and Christina Truong Sean Sweeney won the Male Athlete of the Year Award for his top-level finishes at the OCAA and CCAA (badminton). in the CCAA championship. Seguin received OCAA First Team All-Star Sean Sweeney (Cross Country) and CCAA Second Team All Star Male Athlete of the Year awards. She also won the female Sean Sweeney, 22, had an excep- Rookie of the Year at George Brown. tional year. A student at the Child and Youth Worker Program of GBC, Male Rookie of the Year went to Eric Sweeney won bronze medal at the Olivera (Volleyball). The KC Fitness Ontario Colleges Athletics Associa- Award for academic excellence and tion (OCAA) this year. This was af- contribution to sport was awarded ter he recovered from anemia which to Edwin Sheon (Volleyball). The forced him to miss a few races in Alex Barbier Bursaries went to Lethe beginning of the season. He also anne Prade and Mithuya Arumai. Isqualified to compete in the nationals han Aksel grabbed the Husky Merit where he finished ninth and received Award. Marrietta Wong won the All-Canadian award for making it Therapist of the Year. The Men’s in the top ten of Canada. He also Basketball award for excellence on bagged OCAA First Team All-Star the court and in the classroom went and Canadian Colleges Athletics As- to Dwayne Harrison. sociation (CCAA) Second Team All- All sports MVP’s were also choStar awards. sen at the awards gala. The MVP’s of the year went to Liz Seguin and Liz Seguin (Cross Country) Adam Czuchnicki (Cross Country); Female Athlete of the Year & Fe- Kyle Taitt (men’s Outdoor Socmale Rookie of the Year cer); Marcus Neves-polonio (men’s Long distance runner Liz Seguin Indoor Soccer); Mackenzie Oram from the Behavioral Science Pro- (women’s Indoor Soccer); Bruno gram at GBC won the honour of Silvestrin (men’s Basketball); Aria Female Athlete of the Year. After Charles (women’s Basketball); EdPHOTO: MICHAEL STEFANCIC finishing seventh in the OCAA fi- win Sheon (men’s Volleyball); Iris Liz Seguin won the Female Athlete of the Year & nals she moved into the nationals Su Wong (women’s Volleyball); and Female Rookie of the Year Awards held in Montreal and finished 14th Ken Cao (Badminton).

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GBC squad wins Deaf soccer tournament

By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter

The match referees did not use their whistle to address a foul instead they used their hands and flags. The players used gestures to show their frustration or joy. They communicated in sign language on and off the field.

The Deaf soccer tournament took place on Saturday, April 13 at The Hangar indoor soccer field. The ASL Constituency Group at the Student Association of George Brown College (GBC) organized the soccer game between Deaf students at GBC and Deaf players from the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf.

Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf (BRCD) has been functioning over the years as a community centre for

the Deaf as well as service provider.

It offers educational, developmental, children, family and seniors program and operates across Ontario with centres in Barrie, Milton, Parry Sound and Toronto.

Bob Rumball’s son Derek Rumball, who is in-charge of BRCD was also present at the event.

The GBC team did not have a pleasant start to the game as they trailed 0-3 at half time. Anthony Culham, Mugelan Suyampulingam and Godfrey Koroma banged in three goals for the BRCD team. At that point it seemed to be an easy win for them going into the second half.

But GBC had different plans.

The team showed better intensity, co-ordination and skills to not only stop the opposition from scoring but

also racked up three goals against them. Nicholas Valentini (2) and Mohammad Ayoub (1) scored for GBC and leveled the score was 3-3 at the end of the match.

“I was the only one at the centre during the first half, but we changed our game strategy and got two more players in the left and right with me being in the centre. It worked better that way. It was my idea,” said Valentini.

The match went into extra time and eventually into the penalty shootouts.

Valentini and Ayoub again stared with two goals while the Rumballs got only one goal on target. Celebrations followed including the team, staff and spectators.

Ending up in the losing side after being up 3-0 in the first half, An-

thony Culham from the Rumbells said, “Maybe it was lack of communication and experience. But it was a fantastic experience. We were here to have fun. Everybody had a good time and I am very happy to be involved in this.”

Christine Nelson, Rumball’s coach said, “We will like to have more such events organized for different sports.

I am really proud of both teams and very happy that they played with the spirit of the game.”

Coach Emmanuel Sohou from GBC along with Kate Klein and Viktoryia Mikhaylova from the Constituency Community Centre were also present and were responsible for hosting the great event.

PHOTO: PREETEESH PEETABH SINGH / THE DIALOG

George Brown College’s Deaf soccer team was beat the Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf squad in the Deaf soccer tournament on April 13

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Ménage à Trois: Coming to an end

By Alisha Riley, Courtney Niven & Mary-Grace Falvo Dialog Sex Columnists

Each of our bodies is unique and will have diverse reactions to different touches and sensations. What feels amazing for one, might feel just ‘meh’ to another or worse, could be downright painful. In the spirit of figuring out the amazing, so those moves can be perfected, we encourage every one of y’all to get to know and explore your bodies so you can find out what you find pleasurable!

Alisha: For many women, myself included, sex does not end with the big “O”. This is not to say that one cannot enjoy sex, and have a great fucking time during all activities involved. There could be a variety of reasons why someone may not reach orgasm, for example, I haven’t finished when I have been too drunk, when my toes got sucked on, when I was bored, when there was lack of an emotional connection, when I was exhausted, when an unexpected thumb went up my bum, when communication sucked, etc.

With the exception of the times

when I was bored, I still had a lot of fun and got a great story to share.

Of course it would be great to have an orgasm every sack-session, but I figure that’s what my 20’s are for – discovering my likes and dislikes, what works and doesn’t work, how to navigate my sexuality and establish boundaries I am comfortable with and how to communicate my desires with my partners. So if you aren’t reaching orgasm, let yourself off the hook and enjoy the ride!

Mary-Grace: For me, oral and orgasms go together like Jackie Robinson and baseball. My partner and I have got that shit on lock. I know what I like and how I like it, and my partner is swell at applying that learning. Foreplay for sex, during sex, as a random act of kindness in the kitchen, no sex attached, it’s brilliant. I also know the positions where I can effectively reach orgasm during sex and I know which positions will make my partner come harder, better, faster, stronger.

All that said, my favourite position, as in the one I sensationally enjoy the most, is not the same one that makes me come most often. I chalk

this up to one of the many reasons why vulva’s are fucking amazing; there are so many nerve endings.

And fyi, they’re not all located in the clit. Adventure time? Especially with the winter school term coming to an end – sex celebrations will certainly be my priority.

Courtney: The reality of multiple orgasms and orgasming in different ways is absolutely beautiful and satisfying. Have you ever explored the different ways you may be able to orgasm? I can only speak from vulva-specific orgasming, but holy fuck to exploring, y’all. First of all, the clitoral orgasm - this can be achieved via clitoral stimulation, who woulda thought? Sometimes the clit is exceptionally sensitive, so either directly rubbing your clit will stimulate, but also rolling your clit between two fingers and stimulating the area around is incredibly satisfying.

Then there’s the mysterious g-spot orgasm - I suggest googling and checking out all the controversy and history surrounding this super pleasurable spot. Not everyone has a gspot in the way that it is generally

spoken about, but you can search for yours by putting your fingers inside your vagina and doing the “come here” motion - you may find your fingers hitting a ridged spot. If you continue pressing this spot you may have an incredible body orgasm - try clenching your vaginal walls when fucking yourself this way and the feeling may heighten tenfold.

Finally, squirting/female ejaculation/not peeing - there seems to be so many mixed messages being sent and received surrounding squirting, but let me assure you, research shows that female ejaculate is not comprised of the same makeup as urine - instead it is closer to the makeup of water. Squirting is a fun way of coming that is not necessarily traditionally defined as having an orgasm - but I think that term is very subjective and looks different for everyone.

Explore each other and yourself - it’s fucking fun!

Remember; email us your questions and/or comments at dialogsex@ gmail.com

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The Dialog is hiring for the 2013-2014 school year!

Apply to be an editor, reporter or graphic designer.

Download our job postings and apply today! www.dialog.studentassociation.ca/index.php/jobs Please contact us at: dialog@georgebrown.ca or call 416415-5000 ext. 2764 for more information.

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