Dr. Bruce Meyer, a Laurentian University professor at the Barrie Campus, has been shortlisted in TVOntario’s 2010 Big Ideas Best Lecturer Competition, and he’s counting on your vote.
Meyer’s lecture will be broadcast on TVO on March 27 at 5 p.m.
Viewers may cast their votes at www.tvo.org/big-ideas or by calling 1-877-792-VOTE (8683).
The voting period gets [...]

[ April 15, 2010; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; April 16, 2010; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; 8:00 am; ] Some of Canada’s top literary writers are coming to Barrie in April, as part of the annual L3 Writers’ Conference.

Sponsored in part by Georgian’s University Partnership Centre, the conference is a major project of high school students enrolled in a unique program at Barrie’s North Collegiate.

Now in its third year, the conference is professionally planned [...]

[ March 24, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. March 25, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] The Gord Bastian Variety Show, an annual exhibition of music and comedy, will unleash its unique brand of fun with two shows on March 24 and 25.

Proceeds from Variety 18 – Goes to the Movies will help financially challenged Georgian College students through the awards and scholarships program as well as the Gord Bastian Memorial [...]

Students interested in experiencing anthropology research first-hand and learning more about this exciting discipline in a field study will get the chance at a Laurentian University-led student trip this summer.
Laurentian students, and students from other University Partnership Centre (UPC) degree programs at Georgian College, are invited to attend a field school at a biological station [...]

[ March 10, 2010; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. March 11, 2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Georgian College will host a College-wide career and job fair at the Barrie Campus on Thursday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the Orillia Campus on Wednesday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Barrie event gets underway in the main gymnasium, located in the Student Life Centre. The [...]

Marine cadets from Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus have had a busy winter semester so far.
In January, five Marine Engineering – Technology and Marine Technology – Navigation cadets attended the Marine Club awards at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
They were presented with awards for outstanding achievement at a dinner with more than 1,000 of the [...]

[ March 11, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Dan Mallory (back row centre), a Simcoe County resident and member of the Rotary Club of Barrie, will bring his incredible story of conquering Mount Everest with his family to the Georgian College Theatre at the Barrie Campus on Thursday, March 11.

ABOUT DAN MALLORY

Dan began his quest to climb the seven summits (the highest [...]

Olympic athlete and Georgian graduate Jon Montgomery is golden! He has won the gold medal in the men’s skeleton competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
A native of Manitoba, Jon graduated from Business Administration – Automotive Marketing at the Barrie Campus in 2000. He has been a skeleton competitor since 2003.
READ MORE ABOUT JON’S OLYMPIC JOURNEY

Jon [...]

[ March 13, 2010; 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. ] The Anishnabe Education and Training Circle presents the fifth annual Traditional Pow Wow, Celebrating Our Future Generations, at Georgian’s Barrie Campus on Saturday, March 13.

The event takes place in the Athletic Centre. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Grand entry is at noon.

Note: This is a drug- and alcohol-free event. No pets please. Admission: $3. Parking: [...]

[ April 16, 2010; 12:00 am; ] A group of students from Eastview Secondary School is hosting a fundraiser to raise money for victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.

The event, at St. Mary’s Church in Barrie on Friday, April 16, will feature music, plays and performance art by local youths.

Cost is $15. Tickets are on sale at Eastview Secondary School. They [...]