Premier pushes new student grant to try and lower student debt

Premier Kathleen Wynne hopes more low-income Ontario residents who have been away from school for a prolonged period will take advantage of new financial incentives to return to college or university. During a whistle-stop at Durham College (DC) and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Feb. 6, Wynne continued to promote her government’s commitment…

RMG’s exhibit reaches young and old

The Robert McLaughlin Gallery (RMG) in downtown Oshawa kicked off its 50th birthday celebrations with the launch of a new exhibition celebrating the regional artists, who have been its heart and inspiration for half a century. About 70 artists and their families gathered with art lovers from across the region for an evening which buzzed with…

Budding artists have a hoot at painting workshop

A classroom of blank canvasses was transformed into a parliament of owls at Bistro ’67 recently as Whitby artist Sarah Shaw taught a painting workshop to a group of about 40 novice artists. The award-winning restaurant located at the W. Galen Weston Centre for Food (CFF) at Durham College Whitby Campus has held similar events…

Students ride in honour of André Boothe

Durham College Chronicle Nov.29,2016 Students at Sinclair Secondary School in Whitby raised more than $23,000 in honour of former Durham College (DC) student and one of their own.  They held an ‘Inside-Ride’ for their second Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation (CTCACF) fundraising event Nov. 15. The money raised was dedicated to André Boothe, a…

Campus Food Centre eases hunger pangs for students

Durham College Chronicle Nov.16, 2016 No one said a student’s life was easy, but for some college students their time at school can be compromised further when they face the challenges of hunger or homelessness. A recent survey entitled Hungry for Knowledge published by the Meal Exchange, a student-focussed hunger awareness group, reports 39 per…