collageSheridan College
Sheridan College is a leading diploma and degree-granting institution in Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1967, Sheridan is home to more than 23,000 full-time students and 16,950 continuing education students from more than 110 countries over its three Ontario city campuses – Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga. Often dubbed as the ‘Harvard of Animation’ or ‘Disney North’, Sheridan’s graduates include Academy and Emmy Award winners in the fields of animation and creative arts.
Sheridan boasts of being the first undergraduate college to offer a creative campus, designed to stimulate innovative and creative skills of its students through creative collaboration across faculties, practical and experiential learning among other hallmarks. The college offers more than 120 programs across five faculties including 26-degree programs. It offers more than 500 continuing and professional studies programs. Students can choose from a wide range of programs including certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, and bachelor’s degrees catering to their needs and also join a community of professors with industry expertise. Animation and Game Design, Journalism, Applied Computing, Community studies are some of the most popular subjects of Sheridan College. One of the unique aspects of the college is the close proximity of all the three campuses to the Greater Toronto Area, giving students unlimited access to Canada’s biggest and cultural capital city.
Sheridan college’s world-renowned programs and exceptional faculty has placed the college at the front lines of research from creative studies to digital innovation. 1908 students and over 150 faculty and staff of Sheridan are involved in active research. The college has 234 tracked active research projects. Sheridan has 5 unique research centers dedicated to music theatre, elder research, advanced manufacturing, and design technologies, mobile innovation and screen industries research, and an entrepreneurship hub promoting exceptional research activities with more than 400 industry partners.
Langara College (Langara)
Langara College is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The college is named after the neighbourhood it is situated in. In the beginning, programs and courses were first offered at King Edward Centre in 1965 as a part of the Vancouver City College. Langara college had been founded under the Provincial College and Institute Act as a public and independent college on April 1, 1994. It is located in the traditional territory of the Musqueam Indian Band. It is a First Nations band government in British Columbia. The Musqueam are the oldest-known residents of Vancouver. Langara has been trying to strengthen the bond between the college students and people of the Musqueam First Nation. There was a naming ceremony on the 11th of January, 2016 where a name was conferred to Langara College by the Musqueam. The ceremony was spearheaded by Musqueam Siem Henry Charles and Langara Elder in Residence Gail Sparrow.
Quite a number of courses and programs are offered at Langara College. Under Arts, there is Art History, Creative Writing, Digital and Print Publishing, Film Arts, General Education, Professional Photography, Web and Mobile App Design and Development, General Arts, General Arts and Science, Design Formation, English, Fine Arts, Journalism, and Theatre Arts at Studio 58. Business department has Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce, Financial Management, General Education, Marketing Management, Commerce and Business Studies, Financial Services, International Business Management, and Nutrition and Food Service Management.
Science and Technology includes courses like General Arts and Science, Biology, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Engineering Transfer, General Education, Library and Information Technology, Physics, Web and Mobile App Design and Development, Applied Science for Engineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Computer Studies, Ecology, Full Stack Web Development, Internet and Web Technology, Mathematics, and General Science.
Courses falling under Health include General Arts, Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, Foundations in Health Studies, Health Care Assistant, Kinesiology, Nursing, Recreation Leadership, General Science, Advanced entry BSN, General Arts and Science, Diversity and Inclusion Leadership, Health Transfer, General Education, Health Sciences, Leisure Studies, Nursing Leadership and Management, and Recreation Management.
Humanities and Social Sciences include programs like Aboriginal Studies, Applied Social Sciences and Humanities, General Arts and Science, Canadian Studies, Criminal Justice, Early Childhood Education, Environmental Studies, General Education, Gerontology, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Women’s Studies, Applied Planning, Asian Studies, Classical Studies, Criminology, Education Assistant, Family Studies, Geography, History, Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science, and Social Service Worker.
Some notable alumni of Langara College include Canadian actor Daniel Doheny, fiction writer Alison Acheson, Canadian lawyer and politician Ujjal Dosanjh, author and novelist Gaurav Sharma, journalist Gary Mason, and Canadian politician Sam Sullivan.
Humber College (Humber)
Generally referred to as Humber College, the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, was established in the year 1967. It serves as a publicly-funded college in Ontario in the country of Canada. It is home to 3 main campuses, Lakeshore campus, Humber North campus, and Humber Orangeville campus.
It offers 200 plus programs which include a bachelor’s degree, post-graduate certificate, and apprenticeship programs. Apart from all these courses to study, Bridge Training programs are featured too by Humber College for globally trained professionals in the fields of information technology and engineering. It is the first Ontario College to get Silver Rating for Sustainability Tracking Assessment Rating System.
Located close to the Humber River, the North Campus of the institution has more than 19,000 full-time students and 1,000 of them living in residence. The campus provides both full-time and part-time programs in a range of fields that include Health Sciences, Liberal Arts, Media Studies, Applied Technology, Business along with Hospitality and Tourism. The Lakeshore campus of Humber College, situated along Lake Ontario’s shores, is home to more than 10,600 full-time students with 400 living in residence. Orangeville campus of the institution offers 6 wireless classrooms, a computer lab, an on-site fitness center with a swimming pool, a food court, two hockey rinks, a library, and a restaurant. For students wishing to pursue careers in the fashion and beauty industry, The Fashion Institute of the Humber College features an ideal environment. Other campuses of the Humber College equally offer a range of facilities to the students.
Collaborative and applied research initiatives create great learning opportunities for students at Humber College. Most of the programs provided by Humber constitute a component of practical experimental like an internship or field placement. It has also been awarded Gold for including international activities in various aspects of its Strategic Plan. Owing to its programming, academic processes, and quality services, it has also been the choice of international students from over 138 countries all across the world.
Humber College boasts of 240,000 alumni who are major contributors in their respective areas of study. Canadian popular soccer player, Andres Arango; musician, Ben Bowen; football player, Royal Copeland; retired politician, Bev Oda; film director, Jared Pelletier; author and artist, Margaret Lindsay Holton and journalist, Sarika Sehgal along with several other remarkable personalities constitute the notable alumni network of the college.
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