It is estimated one in four youth will face a diagnosable mental-health issue before reaching adulthood; three-quarters of those will never seek help. After learning of school-aged children taking their lives in Orillia last fall, a group of Georgian College students, recognizing the need for local youth to be able to access mental health services, decided [...]
A Georgian Community Integration through Co-operative Education student is receiving a Circle of Honour award from the Huronia Community Foundation.
Georgian was the first Canadian college to have a team compete in the American Culinary Federation’s Baron H. Galand Culinary Knowledge Bowl in Niagara Falls, New York.
Georgian College, in partnership with the Newmarket shelter Inn From the Cold, will help provide an employment opportunity for the homeless and those in need.
Students at Georgian will not only get a chance to work with a new metal, but one of them will win an award for the best design of it.
Eric Shelley, a first-year Computer Programmer Analyst student at Georgian’s Barrie Campus, is the founder of the Georgian College Greens and the Barrie Young Greens.
The Georgian Grizzlies men’s indoor soccer team has made the most of their short two-month season. The group achieved a big goal this season becoming the first Georgian indoor soccer squad to qualify for provincials, which will be held in Vaughan, beginning March 22.
Amanda Miller is crazy about cake, and creating tasty designs has become a hobby for the culinary student. “I love cake decorating. I’ve made lots of cakes at home and I took a cake decorating course before college,” said Miller, a first-year culinary management student at Georgian College. “I’ve made a family friend’s wedding cake, [...]
Drawing from her own life experience, a local Laurentian@Georgian student is looking to create a greater support system for youth struggling with eating disorders and mental health issues.
A quick look at Nathan Voth and might get you thinking he’s a defensive football coach or maybe even a cop. But a peek at his computing resumé would conjure up a scrawny computer geek rising to the top of his game.
Ontario Basketball (OBA) is partnering with Georgian College – the official host of the OBA’s high performance summer program.
The Great Lakes International Marine Training and Research Centre, located at the Owen Sound Campus, was recently featured in Digital Dateline – the International Transportation Magazine of Midcontinent North America. Read the full article below.
Sixty leading employers in the hospitality, tourism, culinary and recreation industries were at the college Feb. 7 to network with students looking for careers in the field.
The Ontario Conservative Party hopes more students will learn a trade, with plans to double the number of apprenticeships and create 200,000 new skilled jobs in the province. But as two associate deans from Georgian’s Owen Sound Campus say, someone has to first convince young people to want to work in them.
Kyle Moreau, a student at Georgian, said he made the 15-hour drive to Des Moines to see presidential contender, State Rep. Ron Paul (R–Texas), who appeared at a campaign event at the Polk County Whistle Stop.