The Dialog March 16, 2015

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Almost two thirds of Ontario college faculty work on contracts with no job security

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Women’s advocate Ettie Rutherford speaks at GBC P.4

Dynamic badminton duo wins silver at nationals P.7 GBC Student Newspaper • Founded 1982

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George Brown collaborates with Stella’s Place and CAMH Mental health project creates curriculum for peer support training program MAVERICK SMITH STAFF REPORTER

Only one in six young adults will receive the necessary mental health treatment and support they need. This startling statistic from Stella’s Place, an organization that offers positive clinical mental health services, reveals the grim realities of mental health issues.

Fortunately, Stella’s Place has a multipronged solution, one that George Brown College (GBC) is collaborating with. Based around the concept of a peer-support system, the plan is to help fill in specific gaps faced by the current system.

“We need more peer supporters in Toronto and a college-based training program,” states Jenny Carver and Kathy Parsons, the executive director and director of development at Stella’s Place.

“Stella’s Place is working with (GBC) to develop and deliver the first peer support training program aimed at young adults who have lived

experiences,” explains Carver and Parsons.

Research by Stella’s Place reveals that people who have had similar lived experiences are able to support each other in ways the traditional medical practice of professional to patient cannot. This was shown at the Let’s Get Mental: Stella’s Place Peer Support Thinkathon held at GBC at the beginning of March.

During this day-long brainstorming session, young adults with lived mental health experiences met and discussed what they believed to be a holistic view of what mental health looks like. Together these young people worked collaboratively to begin creating a curriculum for the peer support training program.

Ideally, the training program would be developed with the college to be a certificate program.

It would be designed to meet the specific needs of young adults with mental health issues.

Once implemented and in full operation, the program is intended to provide peer support training to 500 young adults annually.

However, this on the ground training program is only one aspect of the work being done by Stella’s Place.

Another collaborative project in the works for GBC regarding mental health involves the Gerstein Centre and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health helping Stella’s Place develop an online café.

“Even though young adults are highly connected to and reliant on the digital world, there are no online sites for mental health for young adults that are connected to services on the ground in Canada,” explains Carver and Parsons.

Referred to as “a dynamic, interconnected web-based platform and a mobile application,” this online café is intended to provide a place for support in a digital medium currently favoured by young adults in hopes of aiding mental health.

Ontario commits $41M to sexual assault action plan Kathleen Wynne has announced a 40-page plan to stop sexual assault, violence and harassment

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A new physical education curriculum that teaches children from grades 1 to 12 to understand healthy relationships and consent

Legislation that will require employers to investigate and address workplace sexual harassment, would eliminate the DORA LIU two-year limitation period for civil STAFF REPORTER claims of sexual assault, and claims of Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne an- sexual assault before the Criminal Injuries nounced the release of the highly-anticipat- Compensation Board ed action plan on sexual assault on March 6, • An enhanced prosecution model to ensure which was released in 27 languages. that all sexual assault charges are pros “I know that we have to act together for ecuted as fairly, effectively, and respectchange,” Wynne states in the plan. “We fully as possible want to challenge and change the deeprooted attitudes and behaviours that con- The government of Ontario will commit tribute to sexual violence and harassment.” $41 million in funding over a three year The plan, entitled “It’s Never Okay”, span to support the plan’s implementation. aims to help stop sexual assault, violence Dale Hall, human rights advisor to the and harassment with a broad strategy president of George Brown College (GBC), which includes: applauded the action plan saying, “we see the provincial action plan working hand• The #WhoWillYouHelp awareness campaign, which includes a video that in-hand with the stand-alone sexual assault and sexual violence policy we are currently calls on bystanders to intervene 2

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developing. This policy will strengthen and reinforce our commitment to survivors of sexual violence and assist us in ensuring that we clearly outline, in one policy, how the college will support individuals who disclose incidents of sexual violence to college members.”

Gagan Deep, director of public relations for the Student Association at GBC, says, “I strongly support this action plan for the safety of everyone in our community. It is my responsibility to make more students aware of the sexual assault policy and this action plan so that everyone has a chance to live in a society free of sexual assault and violence.”

As the news of the plan was announced, both student organizations and representatives of colleges and universities in Ontario spoke out in support.

“We are happy to see that mandatory policies, education, training, and accountability measures were all included in the action plan,” said Anna Goldfinch, national executive representative for the Canadian Federation of Students—Ontario in a press release.

Linda Franklin, president and CEO of Colleges Ontario, also stated in a press release that, “throughout our consultations on a new stand-alone policy on sexual assault for Ontario’s colleges, it has been clear that emergency help-line services need to be improved. The government’s announcement today will help strengthen the support available to survivors.”

Bonnie M. Patterson, president and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities‚ which represents the province’s 20 publicly-funded universities, said in her statement that, “it is only by taking action together and recognizing that sexual violence is an issue for all of us to tackle that we have any hope of eradicating it.”

Students of GBC are invited to participate in a consultation meeting as part of the development of the college’s sexual assault and sexual violence policy. The consultation will take place on Wednesday, March 18 at 5 p.m. in the Career Centre at St. James campus, where the committee will gather student feedback on the draft policy and protocol.

DAILY CHECK UP Mar. 16–29, 2015

March 16–29 MONDAY 16 Last day to apply for a discounted GO Transit pass for the Winter term

TUESDAY 17 Free Salsa lessons Tuesdays from 6 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.

Kings Lounge, St. James

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Battle of the Campuses Dodge ball Tournament 12 p.m.–3 p.m.

Gymnasium, St. James campus

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Free Savasna yoga classes: St. James 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

SJA Career Centre, St. James campus

Desi Night 7 p.m.–12 a.m.

Kings Lounge, St. James campus

Free Savasna yoga classes: Waterfront 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

Studio, Waterfront campus

23 Web registration for Spring term starts First day to drop courses online Spring 2015 term First day to apply for a discounted GO Transit pass for the Spring term

24 Laverne Cox: Ain’t I A Woman, My Journey to Womanhood 6 p.m.–9 p.m.

Elgin Theatre Centre, 189 Yonge Street

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Free Savasna yoga classes: Waterfront 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

Studio, Waterfront campus

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Free Savasna yoga classes: St. James 6 p.m.–7 p.m.

Free Salsa lessons Tuesdays from 6 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.

Kings Lounge, St. James

Skyzone Outing 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

45 Esandar Drive $10 GBC students, $15 guests Shuttle buses leaving St. James campus only at 6 p.m.

For more events listings, visit dialog.studentassociation.ca. To submit an event for listing, send an email to dialog@georgebrown.ca

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NEWS Mar. 16–29, 2015

Ettie Rutherford speaks at George Brown

Culinary & hospitality dysphagia menus Culinary arts and health sciences students worked together to create meals for people with a specific health issue at George Brown’s thirdannual Top Chef Challenge at the Waterfront campus.

The contest, held on March 3, and was comprised of three teams who had under three hour s to prepare a full menu for people with dysphagia or trouble swallowing.

The menu featured: fresh mint lemonade, spaghetti squash with red pepper coulis, tangy yogurt and chive oil; blueberry barbecue glazed chicken with a zesty coleslaw and southern grits and classic crème caramel.

The women’s advocate shares her story and experiences as a woman for International Women’s Day BRITTANY BARBER STAFF REPORTER

International Women’s Day was celebrated on March 10 at George Brown College (GBC), with special guest Ettie Rutherford. The author of All Women Are Worthy: Why Perch Like a Chick When You Can Soar Like an Eagle?, Rutherford is a retired elementary school principal who speaks about her experiences as a women’s advocate.

A Jamaican immigrant who strived to be a teacher since her early years, Rutherford is the recipient of the Kay Livingstone Award for her work with the Congress of Black Women of Canada, and holds two certificates of recognition from Markham City Council and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for her contribution to multiculturalism.

Rutherford was raised by her grandmother, and was surrounded by her aunts and uncles growing up, which presented her with many opportunities and taught her to stand up for herself starting at an early age.

“I was always there to gain strength from

CCET scholarships Full-time students of George Brown College’s (GBC) centre for construction and engineering technologies (CCET) will be able to apply for a new scholarship made possible by Concert Properties, a developer and real-estate company, in September.

Supporting students financially through awards and by putting the methods GBC teaches and promotes in the CCET program into practice, overall the developer and manager have raised $75,000 for these students.

11 scholarships will be available for students. $1,667 will be awarded to six students in April and five entrance awards of $3,000 in September.

For more information students can visit the college’s awards website and must submit all required documents to awards@georgebrown.ca by April 1.

my aunts and uncles. I was never verbally pushed around by other kids and they were always saying, ‘Yes you can do that, yes you can do that,’” says Rutherford.

Rutherford graduated from high school only three months before getting pregnant with her first son.

“I went from role model to warning. I was that girl that parents would point at with their children and say, ‘Don’t turn out to be like her,’” says Rutherford.

She moved to Alberta in 1967 with her then husband and three children to pursue a teaching career, although her husband resented her motivation.

“My husband wanted me to stay home and I said, ‘No, it has always been my plan to be a teacher,’ and he was adamantly against it because he didn’t want a wife who would think for herself,” she says.

After overcoming an emotionally abusive relationship with her children’s father, Rutherford took a stance and transformed into the strong-willed woman she is today. She continued on with her teaching career and brought her fourth child, a daughter, into the world.

In 1988 Rutherford moved away from the west to Toronto, but not until she had left words of wisdom with her children. Rutherford is fortunate to have children who learned from their experiences and from

watching a “woman on the go,” as she refers to herself.

During her talk to men and women at GBC, Rutherford painted a picture of the struggles of women around the world. With exuberant and thought-provoking photos, Rutherford was able to illustrate what women go through and overcome in their lifetime.

At one point during the talk, Rutherford was overcome with a wave of emotion mid-speech, and she wasn’t the only one in the room who was feeling moved. The audience was blown away by her story and that is just the kind of reaction she was looking for.

“So many women have said I’m brave to tell my story. Women say they feel more able to talk. The positive response I get from women is what keeps me going because I just love and am passionate about women’s affairs and I know that it’s women that keep everything going,” said Rutherford about the root of her motivation. “‘Yes I can,’ that’s my motto, even before Obama was saying it. My uncles used to say it to me, even if I hesitated he would say, ‘Go back and do it.’ ” If there is one thing Rutherford knows best, it’s how to be strong. Her motivation lies in the positive responses she receives from people that have read her books and that have followed her life journey.

She is a woman of many talents, but most importantly she will not back down or accept women being degraded.

“Intelligent men want their wives to be empowered by people like me because they want an intelligent wife. Women are the ones who bring about the changes,” she says. “They are the ones who lead in a quiet way without even understanding that they are leading. Women have gotten the vote, they’re running countries; they’re going to war and flying planes.”

Rutherford is coming out with her second book this summer, All Women Are Worthy: Let’s Rise To Success.

So many women have said I’m brave to tell my story.

Women say they feel more able to talk. The positive response I get from women is what keeps me going because I just love and am passionate about women’s affairs and I know that it’s women that keep everything going.

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NEWS Mar. 16–29, 2015

Everest College’s closure leaves students with more debt 14 locations across Ontario were closed after the private college filed for bankruptcy MAVERICK SMITH STAFF REPORTER

People enrol in post-secondary programs to progress onward and upward in their lives, not to flounder and fall deeper into debt. For Everest College students, this is precisely what has happened.

“We were in placement,” says Jennifer Bergen, a previous personal support worker student at Everest, speaking to The Lance newspaper at the University of Windsor.

“We had just started our placements actually, and we were pulled out and told it was in our best interests to be at the school to be told what was going on and that Everest was closing, and had gone bankrupt.”

On Feb. 20, Everest College Canada Inc. officially filed for bankruptcy. Referred to in a statement as a “private career college corporation,” which replaced the Everest website, an official release explained that Everest was an “indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary” of the multinational corporation Corinthian Colleges.

The company was quick to reassure shareholders that their filing for bankruptcy would have no impact on the operation of Corinthian Colleges by the U.S. While the bankruptcy of Everest may

not affect the actions or fortunes of its parent company, students and workers in Canada are not so lucky.

The 2,450 students and 450 employees who were still connected to Everest and Corinthian Colleges on Feb. 20, had a rude awakening that day.

“I showed up for school that day because I had classes from one to five, and the minute I walked in I just saw all the students there, media and I was asking myself what was going on here. I was very angry,” said Mike Cousineau, a former student who had recently started the law enforcement program, told The Lance.

Acting within its capacity as a regulatory body, the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities shut down 14 Everest College locations across Ontario.

Joe Hixson, a spokesperson for Everest, told The Lance that the parent company, Corinthian Colleges had been trying to sell Everest colleges since July and were looking for an adequate buyer to make the transition for students and staff a smooth one.

On Wednesday, the government of Ontario announced that they will designate $7.6 million in funding to help Everest students, which is addition to the $3 million already pledged by Everest College in the U.S. While the stories of these former students circulate across the province, it is clear that for many these possibilities are now a little more than lofty dreams.

With files from The Lance’s Jolene Perron & Samantha Fernandez

Express Entry program causing concerns Only implemented in January, the new online program is already being closely monitored MARC RAGUSA STAFF REPORTER

Canada is one of the top destinations in the world for people who wish to better their lives. However, when the Canadian government announced the creation of the Express Entry program in January, the opportunity to work here was significantly impacted.

The new Express Entry program uses a point system that pools international students together with more experienced migrant workers in direct competition with one an-

other as they apply for permanent residency.

The 600 points that can be awarded focus around language skills, age, education and job offers. This is intended to help the Government choose applicants they consider to be the likeliest to succeed.

“We will need to wait for the results of several more Express Entry rounds before being able to accurately assess the impact on international students and their pathways to immigration,” says John Porter, director of international admissions and student services at George Brown College (GBC).

GBC, in collaboration with national associations Canadian Bureau for International Education and Colleges and Institutes Canada, will be closely monitoring the new program.

“We are ensuring our students have up-todate information on the new system through

our collaboration with a local immigration law firm. We had a workshop in February on Express Entry attended by more than 300 international students and we will continue to hold such workshops on a regular basis as the program evolves,” says Porter. “We also have a number of college staff who are training to complete their Registered Canadian Immigration Consultant certification.”

The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) has voiced concerns over the potential impact this could have on international students trying to reside in Canada.

“On the micro-level, this particular issue is relatively new. Our hope is to work with Citizenship and Immigration Canada in a collaborative manner and advocate on behalf of international students who are impacted by these changes,” says Matthew Rios, government relations and communica-

tions co-ordinator at CASA. “On a macrolevel, our goal continues to be on supporting those bridging programs, and to make sure that this country remains open and receptive to international students, who wish to stay, work and live in Canada.”

Rios, who has been working on this file for several years, says CASA has previously lobbied the government to allow more international students to work off-campus, have access to multi-entry visas and focus on postgraduation residency for PhD students.

“CASA supports an immigration system that is open to students from all backgrounds, which allows talented international students who wish to stay in Canada the opportunity to do so,” says Rios.

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THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION IS HAVING THEIR ANNUAL

INCOME TAX CLINIC

Book an appointment online at www.studentassociation.ca/tax-clinic March 16–27 at St. James Campus, Room 147.

Tax season can be tough. Be sure to visit www.studentassociation.ca/tax-clinic for information on what documents to collect before you book an appointment with the tax clinic.

YOU QUALIFY IF: • you are a GBC Student • you have a yearly income of /or below the following: Single person: $25,000 Couple: $35,000 Single w/child: $30,000 For each additional dependant add: $2,000 Interest income of less than: $1,000

VOLUNTEERS DO NOT PREPARE RETURNS FOR: • Deceased persons • Bankrupt individuals • Clients who have capital gains/loses • People who are self-employed(employment expenses, business, or rental income and expenses) • Previous years’ returns

Appointment slots are limited. Visit www.studentassociation.ca/tax-clinic/ for a list of free income tax clinics in your neighborhood.

SPORTS Mar. 16–29, 2015

Dynamic badminton duo wins silver medal at nationals Badminton men’s doubles team finishes second at the CCAA national tournament JEVI SPECIAL TO THE DIALOG

How sweet it is.

These words have taken on a new meaning for the Huskies badminton team after a splendid performance at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Badminton National Championships on March 7.

The George Brown College (GBC) Men’s Double team, Ross Golding and Ogyen Dorjee won silver in the CCAA finals, succumbing to Sam Kim and Andy Ko from the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference.

This comes after a winning streak for the GBC dynamic duo who won gold the Ontario College Athletics Association (OCAA) East Regionals against rivals Seneca, Centennial and Georgian. They quickly became a force to be reckoned with, and proved to be the best men’s doubles team in Ontario

by winning yet another gold at the OCAA Provincial Championship.

Golding has been the stand out on the team, a new addition who only started to play for the Huskies in the middle of January.

“Christmas came a second time around,” said badminton assistant coach Howard Wong.

Golding has been submerged in badminton from the age of three, and his skill set on the court is reflective of the many years of training.

However, success in sports is not only based on skill. Attitude and discipline are also attributes central to success. Golding believes in teamwork, and his maturity and humility helps drive others in that direction. This is combined with the talented Dorjee to give rise to the victories they have achieved on their journey to silver at the CCAA Nationals.

It is the hope that the recent achievements will encourage more participation in the badminton program at GBC. Golding will be with us for a while longer, and we can only hope that he continues to inspire and pass on the attributes of a successful athlete to future team members.

Ross Golding and Ogyen Dorjee played hard and took silver at the CCAA Badminton National Championships on March 7.

With files from Brittany Barber PHOTO: TONY LEITE/MOHAWK COLLEGE

Wolfpack Ticker

Semi Final: • PACWEST [Chiu & Wadia] George Brown 2 - PACWEST 0 (21-13, 21-19) Championship: • ACAC #1 [Ko & Kim] ACAC #1 2 – George Brown 0 (21-9, 21-10) George Brown wins CCAA Silver Medal and OCAA #1 Team Gold Medal

Men’s Basketball OCAA Qualifier • Fanshawe 81–George Brown 71 Top scorers: Ricardo Brown 14 and Dennis Johnson 12

Men 3000 Meter Dash Men’s Open • 6th 136 Malchic, Edger George Brown 10:12.01 • 13th 139 Zhang, Shaofung George Brown 12:19.85

Women’s Indoor Track Women 1000 Meter Dash Women’s Open • 4th 132 Morse, Molly George Brown 3:35.88

Men’s Volleyball Exhibition • George Brown 3 – Centennial 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-23)

Edwin Sheon 12 kills, Stephen

Duong 8 kills, 16 digs

Men 600 Meter Dash Men’s Open • 4th 137 Mohib, Bezad George Brown 1:36.29 • 6th 138 Setoudeh, Milad George Brown 1:38.22

Women 300 Meter Dash Women’s Open • 2nd 131 MacLeod, Sharlane George Brown 44.57

Men 1500 Meter Run Men’s Open • 6th 136 Malchic, Edger George Brown 4:39.12 • 7th 134 Brown, Alex George Brown 4:52.07

Women 3000 Meter Dash Women’s Open​​​ • 5th 133 Scott, Adrienne George Brown 13:03.50

Women’s Volleyball Exhibition • George Brown 3 – Centennial 0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-10) Patricia Niengue 11 kills, Brittney

Gee 7 kills Men’s Indoor Track Men 1000 Meter Dash Men’s Open • 4th 132 Morse, Molly George Brown 3:35.88 • 8th 134 Brown, Alex George Brown 2:52.41 Men 300 Meter Dash Men’s Open • 3rd 137 Mohib, Bezad George Brown 41.64 • 7th 138 Setoudeh, Milad George Brown 46.90

Men 4x800 Meter Relay Women’s Open • 3rd George Brown 9:39.37

Women 600 Meter Dash Women’s Open • 4th 132 Morse, Molly George Brown 2:01.81

​ oaches Mixed 800 Meter Run C • 5th 135 Lavigne, Michael M George Brown 2:44.45

Women 1500 Meter Run Women’s Open • 3rd 131 MacLeod, Sharlane George Brown 5:26.66

Men’s Team Results • 4th George Brown 25

Women’s Team Results • T2nd George Brown College 34

Badminton CCAA National Tournament Men’s Doubles: Ross Golding and Ogyen Dorjee Round Robin: • Humber [Chow & Schmidt] Humber 2 – George Brown 1

(16-21, 21-16, 18-21) • ACAC #2 [Roque & Ko] George Brown 2 - ACAC #2 1

(18-21, 21-19, 21-12) • PACWEST [Chiu & Wadia] George Brown 2 - PACWEST 0 (21-13, 21-19) • ACAC #1 [Ko & Kim] ACAC #1 2 – George Brown 0 (21-8, 21-13) • ACAA [Miller & Jaryd] George Brown 2 - ACAA 0 (21-11, 21-11)

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NEWS Mar. 16–29, 2015

Contract professors are put in a precarious position Almost two thirds of Ontario college faculty work on contracts with no job security TINA TODARO ASSISTANT EDITOR

“The only way to explain it, is a rollercoaster,” says a partial-load professor at George Brown College (GBC) who spoke to The Dialog on the condition that we not print their name due to the precarious nature of the position. “I’m committed to doing it because I love it and I think I’m good at it and I have something to offer, but it is very, very tough for people who do not have a second revenue stream.”

Partial-load teaching positions were initially established to test the viability of new program areas, but these positions contain no job security says J.P. Hornick, chief steward for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Local 556 representing faculty at GBC. A 2014 Report on Education in Ontario Colleges commissioned by OPSEU shows that 64 per cent of college instructors are contract faculty, which includes partial-load, part-time, and sessional employees.

“We (contract faculty) have to sign three contracts a year, a new contract every semester with no idea or indication as to what we’re going to get,” said the unnamed professor, “So, from a financial point-of-view it can have huge impacts on us, and at the same time if you are trying to run your own business, it’s very difficult to plan your own business—you’re always putting it on hold.”

Comparing the college system to General Motors (GM), who plans for the year ahead, the professor said that the internal set-up (of the college), “needs to be corrected so we can get to a year-long contract for individuals,” adding that if GM can project ahead of time, then why can’t the colleges?

“People are afraid to speak out and talk, and that’s why there’s this big backlash about anything about the union,” said the professor, who, with over 20 years experience of teaching at the post-secondary level, adds that it’s unfair because they have a right to represent themselves, but people won’t because of the fear of retribution.

Current faculty are fearful that their jobs could be replaced at any time, and according to the collective agreement between the union and the College Employers Council, job security has no application to partial-load teachers, and that contract faculty can be released after receiving a 30 days written notice.

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According to the professor the collective agreement doesn’t go far enough, and it doesn’t look at the contribution that partialload instructors put in as they are only paid for their class hours, with added expectations to be in attendance for meetings, on various committees, and work on other activities like orientation and award ceremonies.

“They don’t take attendance but they know when you’re not there, and people that don’t participate don’t get the hours and they don’t get the contracts, like they did before,” they added, also feeling that seniority system, or lack of, is being disregarded.

“There’s a lot of monkeying around where they’ll bring someone in from outside and take the course, and then all of a sudden you no longer have that course even though that’s the course you’ve been teaching for a number of years,” they said.

“As far as the collective agreement goes, it’s been a really long haul with that. We were hoping for a higher, greater movement on it. It’s still very unclear as to what’s happening about seniority.”

According to Hornick, even if the partial-load instructor can prove that the college has violated collective agreement, “they can’t file a grievance without fear of not being hired back.”

The professor adds that while partialload faculty are backed by the union and have the opportunity to file grievances, “it depends on whether they’re supported. Filing a grievance is one thing, but being supported is another.”

Nancy Hood, vice-president of human resources and organizational development at GBC, says it’s open competition for both full-time faculty and partial-load instructors when a current or new full-time position becomes available, although the necessary education, skills and industry experience required is taken into consideration.

“It is important to note that the college balances out in the selection process what we call ‘dual professionalism’—the successful candidate should be a strong teacher as well as have industry professional experience,” says Hood.

In October 2014, less than two months after the collective agreement was reached, 140 partial-load faculty positions from Seneca College were replaced, and as the Toronto Star reported that month, Seneca’s contract faculty were outraged.

The professor believes that there needs to be some standardization brought in from the government that’s legitimate, otherwise “they’re going to have a carousel of people moving in and out, and ultimately that affects the experience of the students and our ability to teach at the highest level.”

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SCIENCE & TECH Mar. 16–29, 2015

Low oil prices are affecting student job opportunities Students are reporting that confirmed engineering jobs are quickly being eliminated RACHEL WARD CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS

HALIFAX (CUP) – The drop in oil prices is affecting more than the price at the pump. Engineering students report fewer job advertisements and reduced co-op programs as a result of company cutbacks. Students who are either months from graduating or looking for their next work placement find options slim.

Dalhousie University chemical engineering student Michelle Otutu said both existing jobs and future prospects are being eliminated quickly. “The jobs that have already been confirmed for a lot of people are also disappearing,” she said.

The drop in oil prices is predicted to be national loss of $40 billion in profits, according to a Conference Board of Canada report published Feb. 9. Although the report says prices are expected to rise to $60 a barrel from the current $45, that’s still a 40 per cent decline over a year in the price of crude oil.

Companies are cutting spending, halting construction and laying off workers, leaving fewer jobs for technical and scien-

tific professionals, said Julie Ades, a senior economist with the conference board’s national forecasting team.

Otutu is lucky to have a job lined up. Many of her classmates have a different situation.

One, who was offered a job, had it rescinded when the price of oil dropped, she said. Others are applying to grad school and some, currently looking for work experience co-op placements, have gone home for the semester or enrolled in electives to fill the time.

“People are exploring those options as well and trying to open up the opportunities to those other fields, but it’s kind of tough,” said Otutu, “when all along over four, five years, you’ve been told strive for oil, that’s where you should be.”

Suncor, a major oil and gas company, announced Jan. 13 it would cut this year $1 billion from capital spending, which would otherwise be used, for example, for new construction or technology. Suncor also plans, it announced, to lay off 1,000 people.

Suncor posted on its co-op page the day after, “As a result of yesterday’s corporate announcement on Suncor’s accelerated spending reductions we will be postponing our live chat on student opportunities.”

As of Feb. 9, only one job — first announced in September — was posted for engineers on Suncor’s site.

Oil and gas companies are expected to cut back on construction by 24 per cent in

2015, said Ades. Jobs for the technical and scientific professionals, the sector which includes engineers, are “not expected to fare very well,” she said, but more are expected in 2016 as business investment picks up.

This is all on top of a bad year for employment growth in general, according to Ades. 2014 was the worst year on record in two decades, she said, except for the recession year of 2009.

“2015 is expected to see about 1.1 per cent growth in employment so it’s an improvement,” she said, “but in 2016 employment growth is

expected to be also a bit better.”

Students need to know this context, said Otutu, and it’s not being explained in their classes. Many feel “stressed or embarrassed,” because they’re expected to graduate with several job offers following the recently high demand of the degree.

“There seems to be a lot of shying away from discussing about the fact that people don’t have jobs right now,” said Otutu. “No one is getting offers. Interviews are really a lot harder to come by. I feel like you still need to have that discussion more openly.”

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The Dark Side of Connectivity revealed at the IWB IWB panel discusses how urban design can create divisions as well as bring people together KEREN FAN STAFF REPORTER

Connectivity is an important factor, which needs to be thought about by architects and town planners during the design process. More and more building complex, rail transportations helps citizens enjoy more convenience. However, along with the advantages, connectivity may also bring a series of problems.

On March 3, there was a panel called Discussing Division: The Dark Side of Connectivity at George Brown’s school of design organized by The Institute Without Boundaries (IwB) in association with Arup Canada.

Host Christopher Pandolfi invited four PHOTO: KEREN FAN/THE DIALOG

guest speakers to deliver brief speeches about the connection between urban design from different angles.

Adrian Blackwell, assistant professor at the University of Waterloo’s school of architecture, introduced the impact of city infrastructure on neighborhoods from a professional standpoint.

The global director of Jane’s Walk, Denise Pinto, recommended walking instead of driving, so that they can share stories about their communities, explore their cities, and connect with neighbourhoods.

“The (Jane’s Walk) tour leaders are changing things, they’re changing the world one walk at a time,” said Pinto.

Matthew Browning, senior transportation consultant for Arup Canada, stands for cities should be designed for everybody.

He showed an example from google maps showing that in Orlando there are two houses 20 metres apart but an 11 kilometre drive from each other.

John van Nostrand, the founding prin-

cipal of planningAlliance, focused on recreating nature and improving greenbelts.

Following the individual, introductory presentations, the panel took questions from the moderator and discussed topics including the environment, nature, crumbling infrastructure and even driverless cars.

“Driverless cars will mean more on the road, which is a problem,” said Blackwell, who was a concerned about the application of surveillance technology in mapping roads and movements required for autonomous automobiles.

“Understanding how this natural border and infrastructure connects people, how to create the disconnect and how to break these gaps is the purpose of this panel,” said Phuong Diep, an IWB student who helped organize the event. “I feel really happy and we got some interesting answers. All of the speakers were fantastic and this is a successful night.”

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Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum Students should know gets needed overhaul the roles of SA candidates MAVERICK SMITH 17 years—that’s how long it has been since Ontario last updated their sex education curriculum.

An entire generation of children have grown up learning about sex, gender, sexuality and other related topics by relying on a patchwork of outdated and sometimes irrelevant information. Much of what these children are taking in is not fully relatable or comprehendible to their lived experiences.

This is the argument made by the youth and the agencies that work with them. This argument has been made by people as well as organizations across the province, in locations that range from metropolitan Toronto to rural northern dots on a the map of Ontario wilderness.

Having heard this issue being continuously raised, Ontario’s Premier Kathleen Wynne, decided to rectify this curriculum gap. She decided to move forward with the curriculum her predecessor promised, developed, and later abandoned amidst an outburst of controversy.

Wynne decided it was time for change, but some of the people who make-up her constituency have different ideas about what that change should look like.

They have different ideas about what childhood should look like in Ontario, with preconceived notions based on assumptions.

This constructed the norms and standards

within the communities where their socialization process took place, and there is nothing wrong with that. Everyone’s notion of how the world should be is related to their lived experiences, both as an individual and as a member of multiple, intersecting, identitybased communities.

However, it becomes problematic when people within these communities have trouble reconciling the world as they believe it should be with the world as it presently is. This leads to the differing opinions based on the frameworks of society, and this was the reason for the controversy that tarnished former Premier Dalton McGuinty when he attempted to implement an updated sex-education curriculum in 2010.

Hopefully when September arrives and the Ontario Ministry of Education implements this long-promised curriculum, Wynne will not be faced with such a deluge of dissent that her administration feels forced to retract.

For 17 years, Ontario’s school-children have been denied access to essential knowledge about themselves, their bodies, their identities and their place in the world during their most malleable years. It would be a gross violation of human rights to allow this inequitable situation to continue.

Thankfully Wynne and her administration are listening to their constituents and pushing to rectify that, and thankfully some people in Ontario are thinking of the children.

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For students, the end of the year means celebration, an overload on schoolwork, and last but certainly not least, student elections.

The most important time for candidates is right now. The individuals running for office, whether it be as a representative, a campus director, or an executive should understand the role but it is ultimately up to the students to get educated on what they can do for you.

The walls of George Brown will soon go from off-white to being covered with colourful posters that push students to vote for the best candidate. The content of these posters vary from promises of serious change to witty comments, in hopes of catching the eyes of students that may be out of their reach.

You may not know exactly what is achievable by those who get elected, and it’s your job to get informed. Right now.

The Student Association (SA) is an organization that runs services for students such as dental and health plans, clubs, food banks, awards, as well as takes care of campus events. Essentially, they want to help their fellow peers have the best college experience and resources they are capable of providing.

When reviewing your potential can-

didates, take into consideration that they are only capable of providing services that the SA is responsible for.

Knowing the differences between which responsibilities fall on the college and which fall on the SA will save you time and energy as the election approaches.

Be wary of candidates stating that they can change classroom equipment, areas other than the SA’s student lounges, or who offer vague statements without specifics. This could indicate that the candidate does not have a clear understanding of the job ahead.

While advocacy plays a huge part within the SA, its power is limited. It is often a point of debate, but unfortunately it’s not up to the SA’s board to freeze rising tuition prices, despite the wishes of students and the goals of some candidates.

What they can do is make their voices heard by lobbying for the freeze of tuition prices to the George Brown College board of governors and the provincial government.

Know your candidates and know their roles. It is up to you, the student, to decide who represents you.

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Mar. 16–29, 2015

Chef Massimo Bottura brings a slice of Italy to GBC 3-Michelin-starred chef shares the inspiration behind his evolutionary Italian cooking DORA LIU STAFF REPORTER

Massimo Bottura, world renowned chef and author of Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef, used his book to tell what made him change his view on the Italian kitchen. It was a tale told by his friend and Italian art dealer, Emilio Mazzoli, that when you look at something from 10 kilometres away, that thing will come out in totally different result as you get closer. A very artistic portrait may become just a spot.

Modena, Italy born and raised, Chef Massimo Bottura, 52, owns and operates his 3-Michelin-starred restaurant Osteria Francescana in his hometown. Osteria Francescana uses desirable top grade ingredients such as real-time barrel-aging balsamic vinegar, parmigiano reggiano cheese and prosciutto di Modena cured meat to produce the finest meals.

It’s a long 6,800 kilometres between Modena and Toronto, and Bottura left his restaurant, vinegar, cheese and ham behind in Modena when he arrived at George Brown College (GBC) from March 4 to 6.

Upon Bottura’s arrival to the St. James campus, GBC’s centre for hospitality and culinary arts (CHCA) held an hour-long interview session. He spoke not of the innovation of Italian cuisine or how he creates his evolutionary traditional Italian cooking, but instead of inspiration.

“Never forget where you come from. I always say that my blood is balsamic vinegar and my muscle is made of parmigiano,” says Bottura, “Innovation is (looking) into your history from a critical point of view, not a nostalgic one. Once you find the critical point, you can make your innovation.”

Bottura conducted a cooking demo session of his Crunchy Lasagna for a lucky group of post-graduate CHCA students.

“What (do) we love in lasagna? We all love the burned crunchy part, right? When we were kids, we only ate that part in a lasagna. So, I thought that why not just make the crunchy lasagna? Only make the crunchy part,” says Bottura.

Bottura went on to emphasize how crucial it is to know the history of your craft.

“Don’t get involved when you don’t understand. I am very sick of all those blah, blah, blah, superficial things,” says Bottura. “Get deep in cultures. When you know the cultures well, you have the right to criticize.”

Bottura urged the young chefs in the room to take a different approach on travel-

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ling and how to learn along the way.

“Travel as a sponge. Get contaminated into different cultures, then you will grow.

But never forget (to) travel and learn and get contaminated in a wise way, not in a wide way. If you get contaminated in a wise way, you will never forget what you learned. If you get contaminated in a wide way, then you will lose everything and forget your past,” he says.

Aside from his love of food, Bottura obsesses over contemporary art and music. As the owner of 20,000 music albums, Bottura expresses that listening to music after work is his greatest enjoyment.

Bottura also believes that art is not a gimmick.

“It depends how deep you approach to art. If you just wanted to watch the images of Picasso and put it in the plate, it doesn’t mean anything. You have to understand the meaning or the story behind the art. You have to know, to learn, to study and to live with that expression. And then you melt it into your cultures. Just like me, I love foods, arts and music, (so) I melted them together. That really helps to inspire me,” Bottura shared.

Perhaps it is not a loss that we cannot taste Chef Bottura’s dishes in Toronto. Perhaps we

should use this as an excuse to fly 6,800 kilometres away to Modena and pay Osteria Francescana a visit for an authentic taste of not only the craft itself, but the experience.

Top: Chef Massimo Bottura gives a special demonstration session to GBC Culinary Arts - Italian (postgraduate) Program students.

Above right: Lucky GBC culinary arts-Italian (postgraduate) program students, food critics and GBC staff enjoy Chef Massimo Bottura’s special demo session.

Above left: Solid Spritz made by Chef Massimo Bottura at Chef’s House’s gala dinner at March 6.

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Mar. 16–29, 2015

George Brown fashion student AAESTHETICally hosts first pop-up show

Syndé Barnes-Wright shows off her all-black collection inspired by her perspectives called NOIRÉ BRITTANY BARBER STAFF REPORTER

Watch out George Brown College, there’s a new creative designer in the building and she’s only 19 years old. Syndé BarnesWright, a first year fashion techniques and design student, is a talented young woman who means business.

Her first ever pop-up shop, AAESTHETIC, showed off a black collection appropriately named NOIRÉ. BarnesWright uses imported pieces from Korea and local thrift shop items, striving to shed light on local Canadian designers.

While she curated the clothing line herself, her creative eye doesn’t stop there.

“The interior with the table, the wooden top and the clothing rack made out of PVC pipe was an interior design by me,” says Barnes-Wright, “I just kind of wanted to make everything a little more meticulous in terms of how I wanted it.”

Barnes-Wright is finding that it’s hard for Canadian designers to find an outlet in the growing fashion industry of Toronto to showcase their work.

“You can go anywhere and find designers from Germany, London and New York but it’s rare that you find modern, contemporary, high-end designers in Canada, so that’s what I want to push with AAESTHETIC, and see that in the future,” she explains.

NOIRÉ was inspired after BarnesWright had been laid off at a retail store.

While looking for a new source of income she had to rethink her intentions.

“I’m just so tired of conforming (to retail),“ says Barnes-Wright, reflecting on her epiphany, “I said, ‘I’m just going to go out and do it and just make it happen’, and that was the pop-up. It was the easiest thing that came to my mind.”

As a reproduction of her perspective, an aspect far from forgotten throughout

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AAESTHETIC, Barnes-Wright wanted to incorporate pieces that fit the seasons and her mood.

“AAESTHETIC is someone’s perspective on beauty, lifestyle and fashion and my perspective. It’s subtle and kind of nature versus nurture; when we look at the tone of black we’re always kind of in that belief of ‘Oh, it’s man made or it’s not something natural, it’s not something true,’ ” says Barnes-Wright.

Barnes-Wright has every intention to continue on after she takes the time to reflect on both the feedback of AAESTHETICS, and the preparation of the collection.

“That will determine how big or how different I would do my next one or where I want to do it. Even where I want to be in life when I do my next one,” she says.

Barnes-Wright is a determined student with a lot of potential, and when asked to define herself she states, “once you limit yourself to one definition, you’re not going to look past what you can be. I would say I’m a person who is always looking, always searching, always curious and always wondering what’s next.”

With one pop-up shop under her belt, she is well on her way to making her own statements in the fashion world, saying, “my motivation is to just keep pushing myself in terms of being creative and just getting my perspective out there in my own way.”

Sydné Barnes-Wright (left) curated the NOIRÉ clothing line, shown below, as a reproduction of her perspective on beauty, lifestyle, and fashion.

ARTS & LIFE

Mar. 16–29, 2015

Laverne Cox brings her ‘Ain’t I a Woman’ tour to Toronto MAVERICK SMITH STAFF REPORTER

Laverne Cox, critically acclaimed actress who plays Sophia Burset in the Netflix series Orange is the New Black, will be speaking to students in Toronto on March 24.

The talk is part of the annual Celebrating Women’s Voices and Expression Against Oppression event series organized by student unions at Toronto universities and colleges.

“It’s an incredible opportunity to host Laverne Cox who simultaneously makes room for challenges and celebrations and invites folk into both,” said Michelle Pettis, Community Action Centre (CAC) coordinator for the Student Association of George Brown College (GBC) .

Cox is the first transgender woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted television series, was named the fourth most influential fictional character of 2013 by Time Magazine, and was also a recipient of the Dorian rising-star award for her work in Orange Is The New Black.

“The George Brown College community needs to be talking about misogyny and trans-misogyny, but where do you start?” says Pettis about why the Laverne Cox talk is so important.

As an LGBTQ advocate, Cox told Time

Magazine that she had been bullied and harassed for appearing feminine while growing up in Mobile, Alabama. It was in New York City where she came out as transgender and took up acting.

Cox told Time Magazine that she started embracing androgyny in high school in hopes of a compromise in terms of gender.

It didn’t turn out to be any better for her when it came to perception or reception from her peers, but she does believe it got her to where she is today.

With all this in mind, the CAC decided to become involved in the upcoming event, Laverne Cox: “Ain’t I a Woman? My Journey to Womanhood” tour.

Discussing the intersectionality of Cox’s identities, Pettis adds that the event will offer “an entry point to shine a spotlight on transgender women of colour leadership, and a spotlight on the conversations we need to share with each other.”

“Underrepresented and underserved, through Cox, the event also feeds and

validates trans* folks’ voices of resistance and self-definition. Cox stewards stories of struggle with care, both hers and those of others including trans youth, and works hard to mobilize her platform for the benefit of all,” explains Pettis.

Pettis says the tour is proof that Cox thinks it’s important to have conversations in privileged spaces.

“It’s great that GTA schools have collaborated to engage students, push the conversation and shift the culture when it comes to addressing gender violence with this event,” says Pettis.

While advance tickets are sold out, there will be tickets available at the door the night of the event. Doors will open at 6 p.m. with the lecture beginning at 6:30 p.m..

“Yes, Laverne Cox is on a hit TV show, but we can be more than just her audience, we too can be actors in the fight for change,” said Pettis.

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Mar. 16–29, 2015

Eun Mee Park wins tofu competition

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On Feb. 25, Eun Mee Park, a secondyear culinary management student, took first place in the George Brown College chef school SOLocal Organic Tofu cooking competition.

“Winning this competition is such a tremendous accomplishment for me,” said Park in a press release. “It was such a great challenge to learn to work with the tofu in an innovative and interesting way, to develop an original recipe that would take it one step further.”

Park was one of four students who were shortlisted to participate in the competition, and using Sol Cuisine’s Organic Artisan Tofu, Park won the top prize of $1,000 and a chance to have her recipe for “Asian-style Crispy Tofu Pizza” featured on the menu at a local hospital or longterm care centre this year.

Above: Eun Mee Park prepping to cook. The chef took first place in the tofu cooking competition that took place on Feb. 25.

Recipe: SOLocal Asian-Style Crispy Tofu Pizza Eun Mee Park’s winning dish from Sol Cuisine’s SOLocal Organic Tofu Cooking Competition combines classic Korean flavours melded onto a crispy tofu ‘pizza’ crust.

Directions: 1. Thinly slice beef tips and marinate with soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, onion, sesame oil, pepper and salt. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Ingredients

2. In a small pan, sweat onion and garlic; add tomato paste and season to taste.

1lb (400g) Sol Cuisine organic firm tofu, sliced 500g Beef Tips, sliced or diced 100g Bok Choy, finely diced 100g Cabbage, finely diced 100g Onion, finely diced 100g King Oyster Mushrooms, finely diced ½ Cup (100g) Soy Sauce ¼ Cup (50g) Sesame Oil ½ Cup (100g) Honey 20g Ginger, grated 3 Garlic Cloves, grated ¾ Cup (200g) Tomato Paste 1¾ Cups (200g) Breadcrumbs 2 Eggs, whisked ¾ Cup (100g) Flour 2⅓ Cups (500g) Olive and Canola Oil, combined 1¾ Cups (200g) Mozzarella Cheese, grated Pepper and Salt, to taste Baby Greens, for garnish

3. Remove tofu from package; drain excess water, slice into thick squares and season with salt and pepper. Dredge tofu in flour, egg wash and breadcrumbs.

4. In a medium pan, fry beef tips with onion, mushrooms, bok choy and cabbage.

5. Heat olive and canola oil to 180° F and deep fry tofu until crispy, drain well so that no oil remains.

6.

“I don’t want to write a page turner - a book the reader can’t put down. I want them to put it down after every page and tremble, pace the room,” wrote Shoshaku Jushaku in The Cheese Stealer’s Handbook.

A drug addict and alcoholic, Shoshaku Joshaku descriptively writes a recollection of his memories on personal realization.

Unable to not give up, he travels across Canada, city-to-city without a goal in mind—following an agreement he made with his ex-girlfriend to write a book.

Even his pen name Shoshaku Joshaku, a buddhist term for ‘one continuous mistake,’ is an accurate description of the events in The Cheese Stealer’s Handbook and of the author himself.

“I can’t write. I shouldn’t have agreed to this bullshit. I don’t know anything about literature. A bunch of great writers were raging alcoholics,” writes Jushaku. Constant doubts are his inner demons, as he repeatedly takes the easy way out of situations.

Without any writing knowledge, the book is a collection of unfiltered rambles, thoughts and actions, depicting honesty and what is real in his life. He writes a relatable book in a twisted, yet eloquent way.

This book makes it clear that Joshaku is having difficulty writing, while capturing the essence of a person’s reality through complete non-sober happiness. For someone who doesn’t enjoy writing, as he mentioned in a previous interview, he rambles with a drunken-grace.

“Do you ever get tired of being a drunken, drugged out fuck up?” his girlfriend Miranda asked him, and while he doesn’t respond immediately, readers can count on a witty and realistic response that will keep you reading.

The book is a constant realization for Joshaku, but also a vicious circle of mistakes he simultaneously acknowledges and ignores.

“I’ll never write something worth reading much less worth re-reading. Idle daydreams of eventually being vindicated.

Pipe dreams,” Joshaku writes.

Spread tomato paste mixture on crispy tofu slices, add beef and vegetables and top with grated cheese. Broil for three minutes in a preheated oven, just to melt cheese.

7. Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil and serve on a bed of baby greens.

Serves four.

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