Join us for our second annual alumni, family and friends day at Canada’s Wonderland on July 14. For $42, you’ll get full-day admission to the park plus access to an all-you-can-eat buffet. Check out the expanded splash zone and all-new Lumberjack and Flying Canoes rides. Friends and family are welcome too! Join us for the fun on July 14.

Admission includes:

• One full day admission to Canada’s Wonderland
• All-you-can-eat buffet lunch from 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Date: Saturday, July 14, 2018

Location: Canada’s Wonderland, Vaughan

Ticket Prices:

• Alumni: $42.00 (taxes in)
• Guest: $47.00 (taxes in)
  * 2 years and under are free

The cost of parking and Dinosaurs Alive are not included in the ticket prices.

Already a seasons pass holder? Feel free to join us for the all-you-can-eat buffet lunch for only $17.22 per person (taxes in).

Deadline to purchase tickets: Monday, July 9, 2018.

No Refunds | Rain or Shine

For more information please contact Allisha Seguire at allisha.seguire@sheridancollege.ca or 905-845-9430 Ext. 2292

Click here to purchase your tickets.

Would you like to cycle with other Sheridan members and tour around our neighbourhood this summer? You are invited to join Tour de Sheridan on Thursday, July 12. It is the second tri-campus bike event at Sheridan! Any Sheridan member, including students, faculty and staff are welcome to join this fun event. Staff members are asked to discuss their participation during the day with their supervisors for approval.

In the morning of Thursday, July 12, the participants will leave in groups from the three campuses between 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. and head for Lake Aquitaine Park in Mississauga. All groups will converge at the park at or before 10:00 a.m. where we will have a short break and some light refreshments before returning to campus together shortly after 10:00 a.m.

Who: Any Sheridan member

Why:
Cycling is fun. This is the best time of the year to enjoy the outdoor by bike. At this event, you can also get a chance to meet other cyclists in our own community. Let’s stay active and encourage each other to do exercises that promote health and wellness.

Date & Time:
Thursday, July 12, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Prizes:

The first 30 participants who register and complete the cycling trip will receive a Tour de Sheridan water bottle and a pair of bike lights!

Registration: Click here

Please register with the link above by Tuesday, July 10. If you have any questions, please contact Vicki Tran, Cycling and Sustainable Transportation Coordinator, at vicki.tran1@sheridancollege.ca. Feel free to check out the Office for Sustainability website for more events.

Food service hours for the week of June 25 – 29 are as follows:

An engaging learning opportunity about the diverse identities and experiences within the LGBTQ+ community, and how to be inclusive with these diversities in mind. Open to faculty, staff, and students. Coffee and Tea will be provided.

*This is a free professional development opportunity, working towards both the college and SSU goals of inclusivity*

There is a capacity of 30 people per workshop, so please RSVP by emailing glenn.walsh@sheridancollege.ca or by calling x2777 and specify which workshop you are RSVPing for.

Wednesday, June 27
Davis Campus
3 pm – 5 pm, Rm. H216

Wednesday, July 4
HMC Campus
10 am – 12 pm, Rm. B542

Wednesday, July 11
Trafalgar Campus
5 pm – 7 pm, Rm. J324

If you work at or have recently visited the Trafalgar Campus, you will likely have noticed that the green, blue and black Zero Waste bins have been removed from all hallways and corridors.

This change is a result of a recent order by the Town of Oakville Fire Department, enforcing the following requirements of the Ontario Fire Code:

• Combustible materials are not allowed to accumulate in our hallways.
• Hallways and pathways must always be free of obstruction, which includes moveable items.

The order required removal of tables, chairs, art supplies, microwave ovens and waste bins.

We recognize that the absence of the waste bins in the hallways and corridors may be concerning to our community. Bins have been temporarily relocated to common spaces, washrooms, offices and classrooms. Please note that all the bins in areas other than hallways and corridors, such as offices and Learning Commons, are not affected by the order.

This order was imposed specifically by the Town of Oakville Fire Department at Trafalgar, and we are committed to ensuring that all of our campuses abide by the Ontario Fire Code. For this reason, Campus Safety and Facilities are currently clearing hallways at Davis and HMC of items that are considered to be egress hazards.

Facilities Services, Sustainability and Campus Safety are working to provide a long-term waste bin plan that will satisfy the requirements of Oakville Fire Department. The goal is to have a solution in place by the start of the fall term.

Once the new bin plan is approved and implemented at the Oakville Campus, it will then be implemented at the Davis and HMC campuses. The waste bins are remaining at Davis and HMC until a solution has been approved.

Please be assured that supporting our zero waste goals, and maintaining a clean campus environment, continues to be a top priority for Sheridan.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation.

Office of Campus Safety
Office for Sustainability
Sheridan Facilities Services

Dear Sheridan Community,

Over the past several months, Sheridan has shared that a new resource management model will be coming to our institution called ABB – Activities Based Budgeting.

We are writing to you today to share the ABB Project Charter, as well as a nomination form for membership in the ABB Project Task Force.

The charter outlines the purpose, goals, over-arching principles and structure which have now been defined.

From September 2018 – February 2019, the Task Force will establish principles for the specific ABB model at Sheridan, review departmental financial information, consider academic priorities, and review promising practices from other similar institutions. Ultimately, they will develop position papers summarizing the issues, identifying available options, and recommending the optimal model for Sheridan.

We are seeking to recruit 20 individuals from across Sheridan’s departments, divisions, Faculties and employment groups, to join the Task Force.

Members of the Task Force will be expected to attend a full day of training during the third week of September 2018 (details to follow). It is expected that Task Force members will spend 2 – 4 hours per week over a six-month period to support the ABB Project.

You are welcome to nominate yourself or your peers for membership on the ABB Task Force, per the instructions on the attached form. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Catherine Zheng, Senior Manager, Budget Model directly at catherine.zheng@sheridancollege.ca (or by phone at ext.8333).

Kindly send completed nomination forms to Catherine’s attention no later than our deadline of July 31, 2018.

If you’d like a refresher on the ABB model, please visit this link to an overview, which shares the slide deck from the ABB information sessions held at Sheridan’s three campuses in May: http://insider.sheridancollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Info-session-presentation-for-attendees.pdf

Thank you for taking the time to read this update. We look forward to working with you over the weeks and months ahead.

Wayne Steffler
Vice President, Finance & Administration
and Chief Financial Officer

I am very excited to share with you recent developments and changes to the Office of Campus Safety, Security, Emergency Management and Parking Operations.

Catherine Sloat has assumed the responsibilities of Manager, Security Infrastructure and Parking Operations, formalizing her day-to-day responsibility for the operational oversight of security infrastructure and parking activities and programs. Catherine will continue to build and maintain effective partnerships between our Office and a variety of internal stakeholders including occupational health and safety, facilities, and information technology services. Catherine will also oversee programs and activities to support and guide the College community as it relates to the management of College parking assets and administration, including permit issuance, by-law enforcement and ticketing appeal processes. She will continue to play a key role on Sheridan’s threat assessment team.  Catherine will also be providing administrative oversight to Sheridan’s Women’s Campus Safety Grant. Catherine holds a BSc from Brock University and has completed over 150 hours of specialized training in threat violence risk assessment and management. She brings with her a wide breadth of experience from both the private and public sectors in corporate retail operations and event planning, and with Human Resources Development Canada, Georgian and Fleming Colleges and the Office of the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. Catherine’s numerous achievements since joining Sheridan in 2011 include the implementation of Sheridan’s online parking services portal, “epark” and Sheridan’s Central Security Operations Centre which is located at Hazel McCallion Campus.

Darby Pierson has accepted the position of Emergency Preparedness and Fire Safety Specialist and will lead the College’s emergency management activities.  Darby will continue to manage Sheridan’s Fire Safety Plan and lead emergency training and drills for all campuses. Darby has been at Sheridan since September 2014.  Her emergency management certifications include Community Emergency Management Coordinator, Master Exercise Practitioner, and a Certificate from the Business Continuity Institute. Darby’s previous experience includes five years in municipal government focusing on community preparedness. Darby holds a political science degree from Brock University and a Professional Certificate in Emergency Management from York University.

Joshua Fortier is Sheridan’s new Manager of Security Operations. Joshua holds both a police foundations diploma and an honors degree in sociology. Since graduating from university, Joshua has also been designated as a Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA), has received Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) training, and is a certified Use of Force/Managing Resistant Behaviour (MORB) trainer. In his role as Security Coordinator at Sheridan in the past two years, Joshua has worked to establish new safety and security standards, practices and relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.  Working primarily from the Davis Campus, Joshua will now oversee the day-to-day operations of over 60 contracted security staff across all three campuses and will be growing his team over the next few months to include Sheridan employed security coordinators who will be located at our Trafalgar and Hazel McCallion campuses.

Please join me in congratulating Catherine, Darby and Joshua in their new roles.

Kathryn Cameron
Chief Risk Officer

Volunteers from the Sheridan community and local residents came together to plant wildflowers and native grasses at our Oakville campus on Saturday, June 9. This pollinator-friendly garden is located outside the Athletic Centre adjacent to the Community Garden.

What is the pollinator garden at Trafalgar, and what are its benefits?

The pollinator garden is a space outside of the Athletic Centre dedicated to perennial wildflowers and grass species that are native to Ontario. It provides food sources and natural habitats for threatened pollinator species such as honey bees and Monarch Butterflies.

There is a significant decline in the population of these life-giving insects, which are critical to the health of our ecosystem. Did you know that one in three bites of food we eat rely on bees for pollination?

“I acknowledge ecological integrity, the important role native pollinators play to the local environment and how necessary it is to remove invasive plant species, such as the Buckthorn trees. It will be great for the community and ecology in general to bring these pollinators back to the area,” Jacob, whose mother works at Sheridan, came out to volunteer with her.

“This planting event is part of our wildflower and pollinator protection and enhancement program this year. Two years ago, we removed all the invasive Buckthorn at this site and replaced them with 300 plants of wildflowers and native grasses at the Welcome Back Breakfast event. Thanks to the wonderful work of our volunteers, today we are doubling the plants of wildflowers and native grass here and minimizing the chance of Buckthorn’s returning!” said Wai Chu Cheng, Sustainability Coordinator, who is leading the campus biodiversity project.

The group spent the first hour removing the weeds around the border of the site, which included prickly thistle plants and various other unwanted weeds. Oakvillegreen educator, Anelia Tichkova, then guided the volunteers on how to place the 300 pots of 15 different species. This was followed by a tutorial on how to dig and plant and off they went, shovels in hand, ready for action!

Some of the species of native plants and grasses included: Big Blue Stem’s, Milkweed, Dense Blazing Star, Black-Eyed Susan and Spider Wort, just to name a few.

“It’s great that we have someone supporting biodiversity and native pollinators in Oakville, such as Sheridan and this is quite a large space. We’ve been delighted to be supporting such projects. The best part is participating and offering any guidance, support and expertise we can for such important work,” said Anelia.

Our thanks goes out to TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, for their generous funding support and Oakvillegreen Conservation Association for their expertise in planting pollinator gardens.

For more information about Mission Zero’s upcoming events, please visit our site http://missionzero.sheridancollege.ca. We can also be reached on Facebook (Sheridan Mission Zero) and on Twitter @mssnzero & https://www.facebook.com/Sheridan-Mission-Zero-1560912004201225/

As part of Sheridan’s continued efforts to provide our student and employee community with outstanding support and services, we invite you to participate in a new survey designed to gain an understanding of your experiences with Financial Services, Campus Safety and Facilities Services at Sheridan College. We continuously strive to provide our students and employees with a high level of customer-service and ongoing support. By participating in this survey, and providing us with your valuable feedback, you will help us align our goals to your service level expectations.

This survey is for Sheridan employees only and takes about 10-15 minutes. Your responses are completely confidential and anonymous. If you choose to participate, there is an opportunity to voluntarily provide your email at the end of the survey to enter into a draw for a NEW Lenovo Tablet. Institutional Research will compile and share aggregate reports that do not identify any individual’s responses, and your email will be kept separate from the data you provide.

The survey will be active until the end of the day tomorrow, June 26^th. To complete the survey, please click the link below:

Sheridan Finance and Facilities Services Survey

Please note: This confidential survey is being distributed online to Sheridan employees only. It is sponsored by Sheridan’s VP Finance and Administration, Wayne Steffler, as part of our institutional strategic priorities and alignment work. If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Sara Rumsey at sara.rumsey@sheridancollege.ca.

Office of the Vice President, Finance and Administration

It is with great enthusiasm that President Mary Preece and I are writing to announce that Ryan Piper has accepted our offer to assume the position of Vice President, Human Resources at Sheridan as of August 7, 2018. Particularly during this time of change, there is no leader better positioned to fill this key role in service to our learning community. He represents stability, continuity and innovation as we look toward the future.

Ryan joined Sheridan in June 2007 as an HR Consultant. He has since been promoted to the roles of HR Business Partner; HR Portfolio Manager; Senior Manager, Labour Relations and Recruitment; Director, Employment Relations and Partnerships; and Director, Employment Relations and Talent Acquisition. Prior to joining Sheridan, he was an HR Generalist at Associated Spring, an auto parts manufacturer. He earned a Human Resources Graduate Certificate from Sheridan in 2004 after having received his B.A. In Psychology from McMaster University in 2001.

Drawing on his depth and breadth of experience at Sheridan, Ryan will continue to work closely with senior leaders, faculty and staff to fuel our shared aspirations. An effective communicator, trusted ally and respected problem-solver, Ryan understands and models Sheridan’s culture and lives our commitment to being people-centred. Please join us in congratulating him as he takes on this new and exciting opportunity.

Concurrent with Ryan’s appointment, the Centre for Equity and Inclusion will begin reporting to the Office of the President directly. This shift recognizes that diversity and human rights are a tenet of Sheridan’s character and a key to our future.

Janet Morrison
Provost and Vice President, Academic

Mary Preece
President and Vice Chancellor

Come out and meet the representatives from our local transit providers, including Brampton Transit, GO Transit, PRESTO, MiWay, and TransHelp. They will be on hand to answer any of your questions and provide you with useful information. As well, there will be interactive games and giveaways!

Event Details
Attendees: Anyone from the Sheridan community
Date: Tuesday, July 10
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Sheridan Student Centre Atrium, Davis Campus

The Transit Fair is part of Commuter Movement which aims to encourage Sheridan’s Davis community to be more aware of sustainable transportation options and try these various modes to commute to campus. Through this collaborative project, Sheridan Office for Sustainability and The Region of Peel would like to encourage everyone to adopt greener commuting behaviour which is beneficial to us all and to the environment. On a personal level, in addition to saving money, taking sustainable transportation leads to a more active, healthy lifestyle. On a city level, as a result of fewer vehicles on the road, less greenhouse gases will be emitted into the atmosphere and the air will be cleaner.

To learn more about the Commuter Movement project, please click here.

Take your food scraps to compost at home – turns waste to food!

Welcome to Week 41 of 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line. In the coming 10 weeks, we are taking on the highest level of green action in each category each week. This week, we encourage you to take home your food scraps to compost yourself. When you need to throw out an apple core, banana skin, or the coffee grounds from the kitchenette of your office, rather than placing these organic waste items in the Green bin of the Zero Waste station at your office, you can turn them into useful compost to feed your growing veggies at home!

One Thing You Can Do:

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If composting is new to you, below is a brief introduction to help you get started.

Compost is a natural soil builder. It improves the soil of your garden. You can apply it as a natural fertilizer and mulch. It can also be added to potting soil to start seeds indoor.

Some common misconceptions about compost is that it brings a funny smell and it is messy. You can avoid these problems by providing the right materials (green and brown) and maintaining a suitable temperature. The compostable materials include fruit scraps, vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, egg shells, grass and plant clippings, dry leaves, finely chopped wood and bark chips, shredded newspaper, straw, sawdust from untreated wood.

You will need to get a compost bin to collect the compostable materials as listed above. You can either buy one or make your own indoor or outdoor homemade compost bin.

Additional Information:

To create a compost bin in your backyard, you can look at Evergreen’s Backyard Composting Guide and follow the simple 10 steps in the Guide. It also provides some common questions and answers.

The food waste collected in our campus Green bin is being delivered to a power plant in Ontario where the material is processed through anaerobic digestion. Through this process, the material is converted to electricity and put into the grid. Fertilizers are also produced. To learn more about what else goes to Sheridan’s Green bin and other bins, please visit the Mission Zero website.

Sheridan Creates is a day-long showcase and celebration of faculty and staff scholarship, research and creative activities, including teaching and learning innovations. Experience creative collisions, discover new connections, and explore the intersection of ideas.

Mark your calendar for the Scholars and Creators Conference on October 24, 2018 at our Davis campus in Brampton.

The day-long event will include a free lunch and, as part of the Creative Campus Series sponsored by TD Bank Group, a keynote address from Dr. Roberta Bondar, the first neurologist in space and Canada’s first woman astronaut.

A Call for Proposals will be published shortly – stay tuned!

Please note the location change for Linda Dalton’s retirement party on June 28.  The celebration will now be held in The Marquee at the Trafalgar Campus.

You are invited to celebrate with Linda Dalton as she retires from Sheridan after 35 years of dedicated service. Join us as we congratulate Linda, and wish her much happiness as she begins on her new path. The festivities will take place on June 28, from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. in The Marquee at the Trafalgar Campus.

As many of you know, our friend and colleague Brian Jervis has decided to retire from Sheridan as of 13-July-2018.  He and Gillian are relocating to the coast of British Columbia, where they will architect the next phase of their partnership journey.  (I suspect this is all being orchestrated to afford Brian the time and focus to fix — from afar — what is clearly wrong with the Ottawa Senators!)

Brian is leaving our learning community after nine years; he was originally hired in 2009 as an Associate Dean in the School of Applied Computing in FAST and was subsequently promoted to a role in Academic Computing. In 2015, he was appointed Interim Associate Vice President, Scholarship, Research and Creative Activities; his title was changed to Vice Provost, Research in 2017.   Prior to working in the post-secondary sector, Brian spent over 20 years in industry — primarily in computing and communications technology — as a senior leader in Research and Development.

I will miss Brian’s experience and unique lens on life.  His work on modernizing Sheridan’s academic systems, his commitment to engagement and consultation, and the brilliance of SirtNet are exemplars of his significant contributions to our learning community.  Most notable for me, however, are his commitments to teamwork, talent development, and the highest standards of personal and professional integrity.  Brian is kind, wise, and patient.  His keen intellect, methodical approach and good humour will be much missed by faculty, staff and external partners alike.

President Preece, Melanie and I want to thank Brian for his outstanding contributions to Sheridan.  A celebration to wish him well will be held on Friday, July 13 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm – 2^nd Floor B Wing at the Trafalgar Campus.  Please join us if you are able.

Janet

I am pleased to announce that Deanna McQuarrie has accepted the position of Registrar effective August 7, 2018. Deanna has over 20 years of progressive experience in higher education. At the University of Guelph, which she first joined in 2005, Deanna has held the roles of Manager, Strategic Enrolment Management, Associate Registrar, Deputy Registrar, and Interim Registrar. She was initially hired to help the University develop a brand identity and enrolment strategy for the University of Guelph-Humber campus, and she was also instrumental in building a bridge of communication and trust between Guelph-Humber and the main campus.

In her role as Associate Registrar at the University of Guelph, which she assumed in 2008, Deanna led a successful drive aimed at increasing the admission standards of incoming students. By 2014, the percentage of first-year students with an admission average of 80% or higher had increased from just over 50% to 75%. During the same period, she led an international recruitment strategy which saw the number of undergraduate international students increase by 101%.

Deanna brings with her comprehensive experience and knowledge of registrarial operations, systems and strategy and has strategic leadership experience in enrolment management in both Canada and the United States, specifically at the University of Guelph and Monmouth University in New Jersey.

In taking on this role with Sheridan, Deanna will be focused on student service and access, creating efficiencies in operations to better serve students, and fostering an environment of teamwork, trust and collaboration.

Deanna holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Industrial/Organizational) from Moravian College and a Master of Science in Education from Monmouth University.

Please join me in welcoming Deanna to Sheridan.

Ian Marley,
Vice President, Student Services and Information Technology

Earlier today, the Ontario College Administrators Network – OCASA – presented its Doug Light Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Mary Preece.

Mary accepted the award at OCASA’s annual Leaders and Innovators Conference, where she was speaking as part of a Presidents’ Panel, answering questions about the future of our sector, the external environment we operate in, and philosophies and practices related to leadership.

The award is one of six that are given out by OCASA each year. The award recognizes Mary’s leadership (innovation, vision, and impact), her contribution to others (students, the system, and our communities) and her outstanding performance (team involvement, achievements and earned recognition) over 39 years of service to the sector.

Mary first joined the college system in 1979 as a Professor in the School of Business at Centennial College. She has served in administration in the postsecondary setting in Ontario for 26 years, first in 1992 as a Chair, then Director and ultimately Dean of Academic Studies at Centennial College. In 2002, she became Provost and VP Academic at the Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences, where she served prior to joining Sheridan in 2008 as Provost and Vice President, Academic.

Several Sheridan staff were on hand to help Mary celebrate this tremendous honour and to demonstrate Sheridan’s gratitude for her outstanding accomplishments and commitment to our institution and the sector at large.

An engaging learning opportunity about the diverse identities and experiences within the LGBTQ+ community, and how to be inclusive with these diversities in mind. Open to faculty, staff, and students. Coffee and tea will be provided.

*This is a free professional development opportunity, working towards both the college and SSU goals of inclusivity*

There is a capacity of 30 people per workshop, so please RSVP by emailing glenn.walsh@sheridancollege.ca or by calling x2777 and specify which workshop you are RSVPing for.

Wednesday, July 4
HMC Campus
10 am – 12 pm, Rm. B542

Wednesday, July 11
Trafalgar Campus
5 pm – 7 pm, Rm. J324

Voyage into the unknown
Robin Joseph (Animation ’05) grew up in a small village in India where no one talked about animation. Then, his film Fox and the Whale was shortlisted for an Oscar. How did Joseph go about making the animated short film? Read more

Setting the stage
Three technical production grads are lighting up stages around the world with BlackTrax — a lighting system that can track a performer in real-time. Read more.

A new chapter
Linda Dalton (Journalism ’80) is retiring after a 36-year career with Sheridan College. Attending Sheridan first as a student, and having served as Registrar for the past 14 years, Dalton reflects on her time spent on campus. Read more.

Grad Success Stories

Find out how Amy Mausser (Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences, Athletic Therapy ’10) has scored as an athletic therapist with the Sarnia Sting. Read more.

Omar Juda (Visual Merchandising Arts ’13) has infused global inspiration into Nordstrom’s visual merchandising strategy. What inspires his dynamic displays? Read more.