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 E-CONNECT - The newsletter of George Brown Alumni and Friends
May 2005  
  GBC Alumni & Friends support improved funding for Ontario's Colleges. Thank You.

Dear ,
The Provincial budget announced on Wednesday is already characterized by the media as a Post-Secondary Education Budget. Our sector has never before come together so uniformly and we were awarded with the single largest budget commitment for colleges since our inception” says GBC President Anne Sado.

 
More than 24,500 people have signed the petition urging the McGuinty Government to invest in college education and the future success of Ontario's college graduates. Each and every name is being delivered to Premier McGuinty and his government. Read more at

http://www.ontariobudget.fin.gov.on.ca/bud05e/enghome.htm

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George Brown College Graduate Success Stories

   After graduating from high school, I was confused about what I wanted to do with    my life. I knew I had to go to school but didn't know for what or where. My mom    mentioned the name George Brown College and told me to check it out, considering    that's where my uncle and aunt studied when they first arrived in Canada. I ventured    onto the St. James campus one late afternoon and found out that there was a GBC    open house happening. Read this story and other graduates’ success stories at

   http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/gradstories/index.html#Business





Journey to Italy - via King St. E.,
March 09, 2005, by Rita DeMontis, Toronto Sun

   George Brown Graduates open a restaurant 5 minutes walking from College - Mangia    e Bevi, 260 King St. E. (416) 203-1635, Mbresto.com

   MANGIA E BEVI - eat and drink! It's Italian for enjoying a great meal with    excellent food and wonderful company. It's also the name of a new Italian eatery    with a definite new twist. "It's a social hangout with a very European flair to it," is    how uber chef and caterer Eleonora Caldato and her charming brother Federico describe their new eating digs on King St. E. Read the article at

http://www.gbrownc.on.ca/News/toronto_sun_march9_05.html





George Brown College Doors Open Toronto, Saturday May 28, 10 am to 4 pm

For the first time, George Brown College's St. James campus at 200 King St. E. will be part of Doors Open Toronto, a celebration of Toronto's culturally or architecturally significant buildings. George Brown's main St. James campus building was built in 1874 as the Christie, Brown and Co. biscuit factory, and its beautiful exterior brickwork and arched windows have been preserved. Come down for a guided tour including a slide show about the College's history. Read more at http://www.doorsopen.org



DIVERSITY SUSTAINED - SCHOOL OF DESIGN 2005
Director's Design Competition, May 6 to May 31, 2005

In association with CONTACT 05 Photography Festifal, The School of Design invites you and a guest to attend the reception and award ceremony for 2005 Director's Design Competition. This is an exhibition of winning works by School of Design students in conjunction with COSTI Immigrant Services on the theme: DIVERSITY SUSTAINED. Realtime Gallery, Distillery Visitor Centre, 55 Mill Street Building No. 3, Toronto. ON



Family Summer Fun
Featuring the BlueJays, Merit travel, Canada’s Wonderland & More!


BLUEJAYs HOST, GBC ALUMNI, FAMILY & FRIENDS SUMMER FUN

The BLUEJAYs and GBC Alumni Affairs Office are pleased to announce GBC ALUMNI FAMILY SUMMER FUN WITH THE BLUEJAYs. Alumni can buy BLUEJAYs Field Level Baseline Ticket, a meal and a BLUEJAYs hat for only $ 39.50. Interested? Find out more at www.gbrownc.on.ca/alumni.html and click into the “Summer Fun Packages” link or go to www.georgebrown.ca/summerfun



Graduation Getaway!
European Discovery

Discover Europe with your friends from George Brown College. You will visit eight countries in fourteen days. From hiking in Austria to enjoying the spectacular sights in Paris to St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, this will be an experience of a life time. A well deserved graduation getaway! Read more at www.gbrownc.on.ca/alumni.html and click the “Summer Fun Packages” link or go to www.georgebrown.ca/summerfun





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