“Last weekend, I went to the Air Canada Centre to watch the game,” wrote Fred—our grammar instructor at Tuesday’s night class—who turned away from the blackboard to take stock of the expectant expressions on the faces of the students staring at his neatly scrawled words. “Now, who can tell me: what’s the object of this …
Tag Archive: college
Aug 14 2009
A certificate in Journalism
Well, that’s what I’m hoping to get eventually. I’ve taken the first step by signing up for two courses: Grammar for Editors and Writers, and Fundamentals of Reporting. I’ve been procrastinating for quite a while now, about going to night classes, but I finally decided to take the plunge and sign up for the courses. …
Feb 24 2009
Chefs in the City 2009
Today was George Brown College’s Chefs in the City™ 2009, an annual cooking competition for senior high school students. The students have approximately 6 weeks in which to prepare for the competition by doing research and deciding on what they’ll serve, at which point they’ll cook and bake on the day itself and present their …
Dec 17 2008
Secret Santa
So in the earlier post I come off all Grinch-like and tell you I don’t celebrate Christmas, whereas in this post I’m telling you we’re having our office party later today, to celebrate the holiday season. Hmm… We’re heading out at around noon to walk over to a colleague’s condo, where we’ll have the whole …
Nov 14 2008
Jamie Oliver at The Chefs’ House
This morning in Toronto, the famous British chef Jamie Oliver made a guest appearance at George Brown College’s The Chefs’ House, to be filmed on CTV’s Canada AM making a quick mushroom bruschetta with his usual flair. Once again, he made the art of cooking look incredibly easy – at least to those of us …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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