February 21, 2012
Top Sheridan Faculty of Business students at Virox Future Forum 2012
Top Sheridan Faculty of Business students learned how to help shape their own future at the fourth annual Virox Future Forum – A Window to Tomorrow’s Opportunities, held recently at Sheridan College. Sponsored by Randy Pilon, President and CEO of Virox Technologies Inc. and Sheridan Business alumnus, The Virox Future Forum 2012 presented top business speakers Sean Wise and David K. Foot who spoke about emerging career opportunities in a changing world for Sheridan Faculty of Business students. Host, broadcaster and Sheridan professor, Lou Schizas lent his urbane wit and business street-smarts to the all-business opportunity for student leaders to discover emerging trends in business.
Randy Pilon, President and CEO, Virox Technologies Inc.
Sean Wise is a venture capitalist, noted lecturer and author, and advisor to the Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank reality television series. David K. Foot is an in-demand speaker, a University of Toronto lecturer and the author of the popular Boom, Bust & Echo. Wise spoke about his experience with entrepreneurs on the television series and demonstrated how to shape entrepreneurial ideas into viable projects. Professor Foot demonstrated how the use of demographics can help to predict emerging trends. Students were able to question the speakers during a panel discussion and were invited to network with Pilon, Wise and Foot during the lunch break and after-conference reception.
Matthew McQuade, Marketing Trafalgar, Bharathy Sugaprathan, Office Administration-Medical Davis, Jordan Moore, Marketing Management PG HMC, each received a $1000 award from Virox Technologies Inc. in a random draw for conference participants, and Majid Nabi, Accounting, Davis, won an Apple i-Pad courtesy of the Faculty of Business for attending the conference. In addition each participant received a signed copy of Sean Wise’s new book Hot or Not, courtesy of Randy Pilon and Virox Technologies Inc.
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February 17, 2012
Advertising Management Graduate Networking Event
The Sheridan Advertising Management graduate Certificate program students had an opportunity to get up close and personal with recent grads at the recent networking event. More than 15 successful graduates of the program networked with current students in a speed-dating type of event that offered grads and students to easily mix and match career information and interests. Current post-graduate certificate students had an opportunity to meet with successful graduates of the Sheridan Advertising Management program to find out job opportunities, forge relationships and discover tips on securing good employment after graduation.
“We know that the students consider these type of graduate events important for them to forge relationships in the Advertising industry,” said Professor Peggy Barnwell, Coordinator of the Sheridan Advertising Management program.
“I had a great time at the networking event and was able to connect with many folks working in Media and Account Planning, said Wendy Shen, Advertising Management student.
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“What a great night we all had at the Post Grad Networking Event. The night began with a little nervousness but those nerves were quickly replaced by excitement about opportunities to be had after our graduation. It was a so wonderful to meet some students that have had similar backgrounds and hear about their success in the Advertising Industry. Each brought their own opinions, experiences and advice,” said Courtney Kelly, Sheridan graduate certificate student.
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February 13, 2012
David Nowell, Mahfuz Chowdhury, Kylie Dalgleish, Kyle Todd
Three Sheridan Faculty of Business students recently had the opportunity to demonstrate their prowess in the annual Vainer College BDC Case Challenge. Sheridan Advertising student Kylie Dalgleish, and Marketing students Mahfuz Chowdhury and Kyle Todd and Faculty coach Professor David Nowell competed against students from more than 30 colleges and CGEPs from across Canada.
The Vanier College BDC Case Challenge final results were Mohawk College 1st place, College Lionel Groulx (Montreal) 2nd place and Okanagan College (Kelowna BC) third place.
Coach David Nowell said that Sheridan team made a very strong presentation but were a bit off the mark in terms of what the judges were looking for. The Vanier Case Challenge offered very tough competition — in one division, judges took nearly two hours to pick top teams. Professor Nowell also noted that there were several colleges from out west that made a strong showing, including Okanagan College from B.C. Students from Sheridan were among those last to present, so they spent several hours in isolation with other teams and as a result made a number of new acquaintances across the country.
Nowell noted that there was tremendous support among the student teams. The Sheridan team watched almost all of the final presentations, half of which were in French and really saw what it took to be successful. He sums it up as a fantastic learning experience for the Sheridan students and an especially valuable national event.
Kyle Todd, Kylie Dalgleish, and Mahfuz Chowdury
“It was truly an honour to participate in this event, and I couldn’t be happier to have Kyle Todd and Kylie Dalgleish as teammates. They entertained me, inspired me, and truly helped me grow as a Marketer. Along with David Nowell’s strong coaching, we were really able to bring something special into the 2012 Vanier College Case Competition,” said Mahfuz Chowdhury.
“Our Sheridan team of students were wonderful to work with and the strongest team I have ever coached in terms of presentation power. I really stood on the shoulders of my coaching colleagues there, as these students were working with me for only six weeks. It was wonderful how they came together, worked through issues together and were a joy to work with,” said Professor Nowell.
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February 10, 2012
Here’s what to look for this week in The Sheridan Faculty of Business…
Vanier College BDC Case Challenge in Montreal
We’ll see how our Sheridan Business team fares against 30 colleges in this exciting annual event sponsored by Business Development Bank of Canada.
Advertising Management Graduate Program Networking Event
Monday evening Advertising Management program hosts more than a dozen successful Advertising Management grads in a up-close and personal networking event with a good representation of Account Management, Media, Social Media, Advertising Sales and Client Side graduates.
The Virox Future Forum 2012
Thursday, 4th annual Virox Future Forum presents speakers Sean Wise and David K. Foot to 100 invited students. Sponsored by Sheridan Business alumnus Randy Pilon, President and CEO Virox Techologies Inc.
The Consulate General of The Republic of Poland in Toronto hosts Eva Stachniak
Best selling author and former Sheridan Faculty of Business professor, Eva Stachniak reads from The Winter Palace, her third novel, now number 2 on The Globe and Mail’s Best-Seller List at the consulate Friday evening.
Sheridan Ovation – Celebrating People and Achievement
Check out Sheridan Business graduates in this edition of Sheridan Ovation
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February 8, 2012
Mahfuz Chowdhury, Kylie Dalgleish, David Nowell and Kyle Todd prepare for the Vanier BDC Case Challenge
Three Sheridan Faculty of Business students will travel to Montreal this weekend to be part of the Vanier College BDC Case Challenge sponsored by The Business Development Bank of Canada. Kylie Dalgleish, Advertising student, Mahfuz Chowdhury, Marketing student, and Kyle Todd, Marketing student, along with faculty coach, Professor David Nowell will be part of more than 100 students from 30 colleges from across Canada involved in the annual event February 11 – 12.
The Vanier College Business Administration Department has been hosting and organizing the annual Vanier College BDC Case Challenge, an inter-collegial marketing case competition involving colleges from across the country since 2006. 
This competition offers community college and cegep level Business Administration students a singular opportunity to apply what they learn in the classroom to a true to life business experience.
Case challenges are pressure-cooker events which give students a taste for real world business problems. Teams made up of three students have three hours to analyze a business problem and create a viable marketing plan, then make a twenty-minute Power Point presentation on their marketing strategy in front of a panel of judges and peers and invited guests.
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February 7, 2012
TEKsystems are recruiting Feb 9, 2012
The Sheridan Career Centre and The Faculty of Business invites students to follow-up after the recent Business Career Fair with the list of employers looking for graduates. In addition, Sheridan Career Services will offer a Paralegal program Networking Event February 8, 2012, 10:30am – 12:30pm located in Davis Campus (Brampton)- Gymnasium and a Justice Studies Career Fair, March 21, 2012, from 9:30am-12pm, also in Davis Campus (Brampton) – Gymnasium.
TEKsystems, a recent Sheridan Business Career Fair recruiter will also host an Open House Thursday February 9, 2012 from 4:00pm – 7:00 pm at 1 Adelaide Street East, Toronto. Please email Account Manager Michael Moul (mmoul@teksystems.com) to confirm admission.
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February 6, 2012
Graduates network with employers at the annual Sheridan Business Career Fair
The Sheridan Business Career Fair attracted hundreds of eager potential business graduates from more than a dozen business-related Sheridan Faculty of Business programs located on three campuses to visit the more than 50 local, regional and national employers searching for new talent for their companies.
“We met some great students,” said Catherine Sabetti, Recruiter, Campus – Talent Acquisition for Target.ca.
Sheridan Student Services organizer, Kerri Zanatta-Buehler and Susan Montgomery arranged for more than four dozen top employers to be at the annual Sheridan event including: Appletree Medical Group, Ad Lounge, Bank of Montreal, BDO Canada LLP, Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre, Canadian Property Stars , Canpages , Car Nation Canada, Certified General Accountants of Ontario, CMA Ontario, TD Bank, Teksystems, The Weather Network, and Trip Central. A complete list of employers is under this LINK.
For more information about this event, please contact Sheridan Student Services.
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February 1, 2012
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January 31, 2012
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January 30, 2012
Pat Spadafora, Director SERC works with Aging in Place professionals
Pat Spadafora, Director, Sheridan Elder Research Centre, located at the Trafalgar campus, is pleased to invite Sheridan students from all program areas to become Possibility Makers.
The Sheridan Elder Research Centre (SERC), through a generous grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, invites students from all Sheridan programs to submit proposals for three $500 Possibility Makers Grants.
These grants will be awarded to interdisciplinary groups of students who propose innovative solutions to help adults ages 55+ to Age in Place. Grant applications are available from the Sheridan Elder Research Centre, and are due no later than March 23, 2012.
Submissions are accepted in three categories: Creative affordable housing solutions for older adults, Age‐friendly business strategies; or Technology solutions to support healthy aging. Winning teams of students may also be invited to work as paid full-time summer research assistants at SERC to turn their proposals into reality.
Spadafora and her SERC Team invite all Sheridan students and faculty to the visit the Sheridan Elder Research Centre, located at the Trafalgar Campus for more information about Aging Matters and the Possibilty Makers grant requests. In addition, for more information about aging, Sheridan students and faculty are invited to check out the SERC blog Aging Matters.
If you are interested, or if you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Alexa Roggeveen at: alexa.roggeveen@sheridanc.on.ca, or 905‐845‐9430, ext. 4117.
This grant is made possible by the generous support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
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January 27, 2012
The Hazel McCallion Campus
The Sheridan Student Union invites all Sheridan College students to attend the second annual Student Union Leadership Workshop to be held February 10, 2012 at the new Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus located in the centre of Mississauga. The theme of this year’s Leadership Workshop is Be The Change.
Hosted by Monique Pereira, Sheridan Student Union President at the new Hazel McCallion Campus, students will have the unique opportunity to network with other student leaders, participate in team building activities, hear keynote addresses from the editor of Travis Magazine Ryan Bolton and speaker Dave Meslin, participate in an Opportunities Fair, and enjoy presentations from students who are making positive change on Sheridan campuses. Last year’s event included keynote speaker Drew Dudley.
Registration for The Sheridan Student Union Leadership Workshop is free, transportation is provided from all campuses and lunch is provided, courtesy of The Sheridan Student Union. For registration information please contact daniel.lacute@sheridaninstitute.ca
Activities will take place between 9:00 – 4:00 pm Friday February 10, 2012 at Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion Campus located in Mississauga.
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January 27, 2012
Students at Sheridan Business Career Fair 2011
The annual Sheridan Business Career Fair is again set for Tuesday January 31, 2012 in the Jack Porter Athletic Centre at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Sponsored and hosted by Sheridan Student Services and the Sheridan Faculty of Business, it is expected that many area, regional and national employers representing diverse careers in Accounting, Banking, Commerce, Financial, Global, Investment, Human Resources, Marketing, Retail, and Security will be in attendance hoping to recruit some of the finest new talent that Sheridan College Faculty of Business related programs offer.
Several hundred potential Sheridan Faculty of Business graduates from 21 business programs dressed in their business-best are expected to network with employers at the highly anticipated and popular annual event.
Students in programs at the Davis Campus in Brampton and from the Hazel McCallion Campus may access free buses to the event held at the Trafalgar Campus or they may park near the event in the special event parking areas.
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December 19, 2011
Alexander Roney, Christopher Bagley, Eric Brylinski and Danial Ahmad were top-scoring Trafalgar Marketing students competing in event.
Marketing students in the Sheridan Faculty of Business recently competed in The Marketing Analysis Case event sponsored by Nipissing University, School of Business. Students from the Sheridan Business Administration- Marketing classes at the Davis Campus and Trafalgar Campus formed teams to compete in the annual event.
All second-year Marketing students are invited to compete in the event to prepare and present case solutions for a Business to Business Case. The case competition is part of one of their core marketing courses in the third term of the Sheridan Marketing program: Marketing Analysis and Planning.
Davis Campus winners Roberta Horst and Kelly O'Brien and Professor John MacRae
Teams of two to five students prepare and present their case solution to their professor and an outside judge – often a Nipissing University Facilitator. Students are rated on their analysis, creativity, presentation skills and ability to handle questions.
“The competition brings out the best in our marketing students letting them test their ability to compete and handle the pressures of competition to simulate a professional marketing environment,” said John MacRae, Professor Sheridan Faculty of Business. “This level of excitement and professionalism can be seen on the faces of our winners. Congratulations are in order to all second year marketing student participants,” said MacRae.
The top team from each campus is awarded $500.00 scholarships to Nipissing University and BestBuy Gift Certificates.
Students are appreciative of the chance to compete against all other students in Sheridan’s Marketing program. “It gave me the opportunity to test my marketing skills in a professional environment. I really liked handling the questions from the judges. The judges reinforced that my analysis and creativity was on track”, said Roberta Horst, second year Marketing student.
Winning Davis Campus students Martyna Domurad, Christina Chan, David Cobby and Jesse Kalyan
Nipissing University have sponsored the Sheridan’s second year Marketing Case Competition for the past two years as part of the Faculty of Business Degree Completion Partnership with Sheridan.The Nipissing Degree Completion Program at Sheridan delivers BComm curriculum in a Hybrid format that includes online and in-class face to face learning. The program takes 12 months to complete a BComm degree and is offered at the Trafalgar and Davis campuses.
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December 18, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students and judges at the Sheridan Dragon's Den Event
Nearly a dozen Sheridan Faculty of Business students pitched their best business ideas to a cheering student crowd as the Sheridan Business Council held its Second Annual Sheridan Dragon’s Den Event at the Davis Campus recently. Faculty of Business students pitched their business idea to a panel of 5 judges for a chance to compete with their peers and win great prizes.
Sheridan students presented a range of business ideas from an entertainer’s social media site to a consulting group to a take-out health food place to a organic food supplements/vitamins eCommerce site to a Teenage alcohol- free club.
Ian Gallacher had the winning business Sayfe Tape, a re-usable tape for police crime scenes. Ian won an HP Net Book. Second place winner, Maurice Kenol pitched an entertainers/artist social media /web site business that would act as a hub for artists. Maurice won a $100.00 gift card from Staples Business Depot. Nicholas Menze was third with the Boogie Nights Teenage alcohol-free Club. He won a $75.00 Metro Gift Certificate. Other prizes were donated by BestBuy and the Sheridan Book Store and the Faculty of Business. See more photos here.
The judges included Michael Breen, Business faculty member, Armando Toosi and Jawwad Khan, Sheridan Marketing alumni, Khizer Syed from GE Canada and Sashanette Roberts, a Business Council member and Human Resources program student.
“Sheridan’s Dragon’s Den provides students a chance to believe in themselves and their ideas and dreams. You can see on the student organizers and participant’s faces it the event was a great experience. Many students have been asking when is the next event”, said Michael Breen, Professor, Sheridan Faculty of Business.
The Davis Campus Business Council is planning a Talent Show and the Business Expose in the New Year. This will be the third year for Business Expose which features well know businesses such as RIM and Sony. Check out the Sheridan Business Council Facebook page or the Website Blog (http://www.sbcouncil.2ya.com/) to see details of the Sheridan Business Council Events that connect business students to the business world building leadership experience.
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December 5, 2011
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business final film of the semester continues Tuesday December 6 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Inside Job the story of the recent financial meltdown of cataclysmic proportions.
From the IMDB website:
Inside Job provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business Ethics in Business Film Series included The Corporation, An Inconvenient Truth, The Smartest Guys in the Room, Food Inc., Capitalism: A Love Story, Social Network, Super Size Me, and Inside Job.
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November 30, 2011
Financial Planning students Steven Hole, Rohan Sharma and Chris Hoeppler took a solid bronze in the recent CIFP Case Challenge Event
Sheridan Financial Planning students recently had an opportunity to test their skills against students from five other colleges at the annual Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFP) Case Challenge Event placing third overall behind Centennial and George Brown College. The Sheridan Faculty of Business team included Steven Hole, Rohan Sharma and Chris Hoeppler with Professor Sidney Liburd and Associate Dean, Rob Giberson.
Hosted by Centennial College in Scarborough, the November CIFP Case Challenge competition included participants from Centennial; Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning; George Brown College; Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning; Mohawk College; and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase and demonstrate the fine job that these institutions are doing with financial services students,” said Keith Costello, president and CEO of The Canadian Institute of Financial Planning. “It’s a really good indication of where our highly skilled manpower in financial services is going to be coming from in the next 10 to 20 years.”
During the CIFP Case Challenge Event the students are divided into teams of two or three members, a financial case is given to the teams, and they have 90 minutes to craft a plan for that case. The teams each have 20 minutes to present their plans to a panel. The panel asks follow-up questions about the plan following the presentation. The teams are marked on the criteria of time management, creativity and presentation skills.
This event marks the second CIFP competition, last year’s competition was held exclusively for Centennial College students. In future, Costello hopes more colleges across the province — and, eventually, the country — will participate in the competition.
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November 28, 2011
The 2011 Sheridan Faculty of Business Ontario Colleges' Marketing Competition Team and coaches
Sheridan Faculty of Business Advertising and Marketing program students walked away with three solid wins at the recent Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) – a Gold Award for Entrepreneurship, a Silver Award in The Quiz Bowl and a Bronze Award for Sales Account Management. The Entrepreneurship Team included Stephanie Smith and Meghan MacPherson coached by Doug Greenwood, The Quiz Bowl Team included James Dolan, Lajwinderjit Kaur, Travis MacDougall and David Whyte, coached by Annie Tarzi and Golnaz Golnaraghi, and The Sales Account Management Team included Tanya Ludwig and Kyle Todd, coached by Maureen Garbutt.
Twenty-two Sheridan Faculty of Business Advertising and Marketing students competed in 11 events at OCMC 2011 including the highly charged and competitive Quiz Bowl event which pits mixed teams of students from all the colleges in a head-to-head showdown to correctly answer the most marketing questions drawn from recent marketing and advertising events, magazines and textbooks. The case events included The Marketing Management Event with Mahfuz Chowdury and Marc Brajac coached by Anne-Liisa Longmore and Brian Kasta, The International Marketing Event with Karan Panthaky and Christine Rowland coached by Chuck Minken, The Integrated Marketing Communication Event with Kylie Dalgleish and Dane McBurnie coached by Peggy Barnwell, The Retail Event with Joshua Thompsen and Ellie Papadimas coached by Guillermo Wilches, The Marketing Research Event with Paul Taylor and Noel Paglinawan coached by Greg Ball, The Direct Marketing Event which included Harmeet Bhatti and Alexander Dissauer coached by Fred Douglas, The Sales Presentation Event with competitor Anna Misheal coached by Keith Barnwell and The Job Interview with Mathew Norris coached by Sue Ronchka and Cathryn Oliver.
Sheridan Faculty of Business students prepared for these highly competitive OCMC events with their faculty coaches for weeks prior to the event. At this year’s OCMC, 13 Ontario Colleges brought more than 250 highly competitive business students representing the most intelligent, most articulate, and the most creative Marketing and Advertising students to compete in the annual two day Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition.
“Sheridan’s OCMC students are all of an exceptionally high calibre. Our selection process is so rigorous that only the top performers are chosen to represent the Sheridan Faculty of Business. All of our students at OCMC 2011 gave the maximum effort and everyone at Sheridan is extremely proud of their performance,” said Professor Doug Greenwood, OCMC faculty organizer for Sheridan Faculty of Business.
OCMC 2011 was hosted this year by Humber College and OCMC 2012 will be hosted by Centennial College. OCMC 2010 was hosted by Sheridan College, last year’s overall top scorer in the competition.
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November 28, 2011
Marketing professor, Doug Greenwood is 2011 recipient of the OCMC Award of Excellence
Professor Doug Greenwood, Sheridan Faculty of Business is the recipient of the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) Award of Excellence for 2011.
Each year, one individual, college or sponsor is recognized with the OCMC Award of Excellence in recognition of the exceptional work in furtherance of this annual college marketing competition.
“The Award of Excellence was a total surprise to me - it was an honor to be recognized by the OCMC provincial representatives with the award. The meat and potatoes of our work at Sheridan on OCMC is the team selection and the week to week training we do with students which then culminates in the event itself. Awards like this are the gravy, but the gravy is very nice indeed,’ said Greenwood.
Previous recipients of the OCMC Award of Excellence include 2010 Stephen Janisse, St. Clair College, 2009 Pat Kolodziejski, Mohawk College, 2008 Marianne Mirando, Seneca College, 2007 Dwight Dyson, Centennial College, 2006 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Pearson Education Canada and Thomson Nelson, 2005 David Nowell Sheridan College, 2004 Barb Watts, Georgian College, 2003 Noni Stukel, Algonquin College, and 2002 Kip Tuckwell, St. Lawrence College.
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November 28, 2011
Lisa Symons and David Nowell present The Lydiatt Award to Bryan Abichandani, Centennial College
David Nowell presented the fifth annual William and Margaret Lydiatt Award to Centennial College student Bryan Abichandani at the recent Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC).
Created by Sheridan College Professor David Nowell through an inheritance from the Lydiatt family, The Lydiatt Award commemorates two remarkable Canadians. William Lydiatt gave Marketing Magazine its name and was its publisher for 36 of the 100 plus years during which that magazine has been such a part of our profession. Margaret Lydiatt was William’s favored niece and she supported him through illness later in his life.
The award is offered to OCMC competitors based on three criteria. A student who supports others and works exceptionally hard, demonstrates exceptional commitment to OCMC, and has overcome extraordinary adversity and inspires others.
While the award was conceived and created in 2006, it was approved by the OCMC organizing committee for award in 2007. For 2006, The Lydiatt Award was a Sheridan College award and the winner was Chantelle Simard, whose Sheridan team-mates found her to be incredibly supportive of them. She also was a last-minute replacement for the Sheridan’s team in an OCMC event and gave extra effort to do well in it.
Other winners include in 2010 Scott Landry of Mohawk College, 2009 Shauna Proctor of Contestoga College, 2008 Algonquin Student Sarah Ormon, and 2007 Victoria George of Seneca College. Sadly, Victoria George died in April 2009 after falling ill while on vacation in Mexico. What began as a severe asthma attack led to an emergency trip back to Canada where she died in hospital with her family by her side. All who knew Victoria George were devastated by the news.
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November 27, 2011
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business continues Tuesday November 29 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Super Size Me, the story of Morgan Spurlock and his journey of epic proportions through a McDonalds only diet.
From the IMDB website:
Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald’s Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such, documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald’s for thirty days, three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment, he is tested by three doctors – a general practitioner, a cardiologist and a gastroenterologist – who pronounce his general health to be outstanding. They will also monitor him over the thirty days to ensure that he is not placing his health into irreparable damage.
Sheridan’s film series continues next Tuesday at 7:00 pm with Inside Job.
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