Annual Report 2017 – 18 Game Changers

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For 50 years, George Brown has adapted to meet the evolving needs of students and employers, introducing new programs, partnerships and learning methods that support the economic engine of . As we enter our sixth decade, we’re preparing for the biggest shifts yet.

Rapid technological advances are transforming every industry, from fashion to finance, construction to health. To thrive in a world of constant change, job seekers will need to be innovative, entrepreneurial and adaptable. So will Ontario’s .

At George Brown, we’re reimagining how and what we teach, incorporating new technologies and reworking our learning environments. You’ll see examples in this report, and many more will come in the months and years ahead as our new leadership team rolls out its strategic vision. At the heart of this transformation is the mandate that’s always guided us: preparing a remarkably diverse group of learners for job success. Together with our partners, we’re helping students build the skills they need to embrace change and to lead it themselves—in , across the province and around the world.

Cover: As an international student from Mexico, Pamela Estrada is no stranger to Anne Sado Joe Zenobio change. A member of the first graduating class of our Acting for Media program, she President Chair, Board of Governors has learned to perform for online, game and interactive mediums, while building the George Brown College George Brown College adaptability and entrepreneurial mindset she’ll need to stand out from the crowd.

2 3 4 5 Jack Wiebe Graduate 2018, Vitruvian Sport Systems co-founders Matteo Masucci Game – Programming and Glen Rapoport want to revolutionize soccer training, Software Developer, and thanks to an applied research partnership with Vitruvian Sport Systems George Brown, they’re within striking distance of that goal. Developed with support from a team of faculty and student researchers, Zone360 is a digital training platform that brings the soccer pitch to players’ smartphones, using virtual reality to deliver immersive drills and plays.

Working with George Brown has provided Masucci and Rapoport with crucial access to game development expertise, up-to-the- minute technology and funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of , allowing them to develop a beta version of Zone360. At the same time, the partnership has created work-integrated learning and networking opportunities for our students. “We see this partnership as a pipeline for talent as we expand into a full-time development team,” says Rapoport.

Researcher Jack Wiebe, a Game – Programming graduate, says working on the project has given him a broad range of experience, from building 3D environments to collaborating with artists. Best of all, his portfolio now includes a professional project that incorporates mobile technology, virtual reality and the artificial intelligence of IBM’s supercomputer, Watson. “That’s going to be hugely beneficial when I’m looking for jobs,” says Wiebe.

6 7 8 9 Trudi Kydd Graduate 2018, Practical Nursing graduate Trudi Kydd knows that in her Practical Nursing profession, adaptability is key. “As a nurse, you have to Graduate 2016, give quality care regardless of your surroundings or the Pre-Health Science available resources,” she says. Fortunately, George Brown has prepared her for this. After honing her skills at our Simulation Centre, Kydd completed field placements in the rehabilitation department at Providence Healthcare and the acute care neurology department at North York General Hospital. But it was her month-long placement in Kingston, Jamaica that taught her the most about adapting to change.

Applying her skills at Maxfield Park Children’s Home and Hope Temple Basic School, Kydd learned how to support children and families in a community setting without costly equipment or supplies. One day this meant recommending aloe vera to treat a child’s burns when the family couldn’t afford medicated ointment; another day it meant reassuring a lonely little girl that her eczema wasn’t contagious to others.

Now back in Toronto, one of the most multicultural cities in the world, Kydd says the experience improved her cross-cultural communication skills and made her more resourceful. It also opened her eyes to the many career paths available in nursing, inspiring her new-found passion for community care. “It is incredible how a change of environment can increase your growth,” she says.

10 11 12 13 Muhammad Bassah Graduate 2018, When Muhammad Bassah immigrated to Canada in 2005, Honours Bachelor of he didn’t know anyone, spoke limited English and had Technology (Construction Management) only enough money to last a few months. Although he’d attended law school in Jordan, he wasn’t accredited to Recipient, practice in Canada, so to make ends meet he took a job as Technology Cabinet a construction labourer. Little did he know, this experience Scholarship; General would inspire a fulfilling new career path. Contractors’ Section Toronto Applied Research Bassah spent the next several years developing journeyman skills Scholarship; Student in three trades, ultimately becoming a foreman for a drywall Association Construction company. But, as he explains, “I wanted something more. I knew & Engineering Third and I had the capacity to grow into a more complex management Fourth Year Student position.” This desire for growth led him to George Brown’s Scholarship Honours Bachelor of Technology (Construction Management), a degree program that prepares graduates with the technical and managerial competencies to lead change in the industry— from incorporating sustainability practices to applying innovative technologies such as Building Information Modeling.

Returning to school full-time has been financially challenging for Bassah, now a husband and father of two, but the student awards he’s received through the George Brown College Foundation and support from the Ontario Student Assistance Program have allowed him to focus on his studies. Now he’s graduating with a consulting job lined up and the skills to keep Canada’s construction industry competitive, successful and sustainable.

14 15 Growing with our city Programs that work

Architectural renderings Throughout our history, George Brown has been woven We’re continually updating our program mix to meet the needs of into the fabric of Toronto. We’re passionate about the role of The Arbour Ontario’s economy. Our programs are developed in collaboration we play in supporting our city—not only by preparing the with industry and community partners, ensuring that students build highly skilled workers our economy needs, but by helping the skills they need to thrive in the rapidly changing labour market. our neighbourhoods thrive and grow. With the launch of our Waterfront Campus in 2012 and The George student New programs launched • Sustainable Fashion residence in 2016, we brought an infusion of student in 2017 – 18 Production (one-year graduate energy to new communities in and Corktown. certificate)prepares students to • Apparel Technical Design (one- manage the production of small In early 2019, we’ll grow again with the launch of Daniels year graduate certificate) provides batch apparel products using Waterfront – City of the Arts, providing our School of students with the skills to translate sustainable product development Design students, staff and industry partners with more garment designs into technical and manufacturing practices. than 100,000 square feet of learning and collaboration space. specifications for manufacturing. • Video Design and Production • Honours Bachelor of Commerce We’re also embarking on our most ambitious project yet: The (two-year diploma) merges (Culinary Management) Arbour, Ontario’s first tall-wood, low-carbon, net-zero energy traditional filmmaking techniques (four-year honours degree) prepares building. As the site of the Mass Timber Institute, The Arbour will with new mediums, preparing video graduates for kitchen, operations allow students and researchers to generate innovative ideas and designers to work in film, television management or food management research in low-carbon, mass-timber construction. Designed by and interactive storytelling. positions in the ever-changing food award-winning firms Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Acton and beverage industry. Ostry Architects, this facility will feature ecological innovation New programs launching across its entire life cycle and open up new space for the School of • Media Acting – Graduate th in September 2018 Computer Technology and our 13 child care centre. Construction Intensive (seven-week certificate) is scheduled to begin in 2021 at the southwest corner of Queens enables theatre school graduates • Career Development Quay East and Lower Sherbourne Street. to enhance their on-camera acting Practitioner (one-year graduate skills in order to move confidently certificate)gives students the skills necessary to provide information, “ With more campus buildings in progress or planned, between stage and screen. advice and guidance related to this might very well be George Brown’s waterfront by • Sound Design and Production career exploration, skill acquisition, the 2020s.” (one-year graduate certificate) job search and maintenance. – Globe and Mail (June 9, 2018) teaches students how to design and create soundscapes for film, • Honours Bachelor of Digital television and game industries. Experience Design (four-year Images courtesy of Moriyama & Teshima Architects and Acton Ostry Architects. honours degree) aims to produce designers who can solve problems using human-centred, socially conscious and economically viable digital solutions.

16 17 Student enrolment 2017 – 18 George Brown has prepared Programs offered

Certificate 4,718 / 402 more than 225,000 graduates Certificate 30 Diploma 10,581 / 880 for job success. Advanced Diploma 8,847 / 633 Diploma 37 Graduate Certificate 2,921 / 92 Advanced Diploma 32 Degree 1,689 / 104 Graduate Certificate 40 Apprentice 1,087 Full-time students 30,466 Other 623 / 1,101 Part-time students 3,213 98% of our qualifying programs Degree 9 offered field education in 2017 – 18, and we plan to boost Pre-College 8 that to 100% by 2020. 23% 68,579 Apprentice 11 International students Continuing Education registrations Total full-time programs 167

Continuing Education George Brown has Certificates/Designations 191 Enabling the innovation economy George Brown was ranked the #1 research college 45 international academic George Brown has made innovation one and industry partnerships of its core priorities and successfully built in Canada for 2017. applied research and advanced training (Source: Research Infosource Inc.) spread across 17 countries. capacity across five strategic areas: 92% of employers

• Design for the Smart Economy are very satisfied

• Sustainability and the Built Environment In 2017 – 18, we offered with the George Brown Our Foundation awarded • Community Health, Wellness and Education 1,429 student graduates they’ve hired. • Food and Beverage Innovation 983 scholarships in research experiences, (Source: Key Performance Indicators, Ministry of Advanced 2017 – 18 with a value of more Education and Skills Development, April 19, 2017) • Business/Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship including 190 research projects with industry and community partners. than $1.2 million.

18 19 Board of Governors 2017 – 18 Revenues & Expenditures 2017 – 18 Employees

Joe Zenobio (Chair) Bob Richardson Internal Members: A pie chart titled Operating Revenue by Source, divided into 5 wedges. Clockwise from the A pie chart titled Full-Time Employees, divided into 3 wedges. Clockwise Executive Director, Senior Counsel, Anne Sado top of the chart the wedges and their percentages are Ontario Government – $135,000,000, from the top of the chart the wedges and their percentages are Faculty – Federal Government – $5,000,000, Student Fees – $182,000,000, Ancillary – $31,000,000, Other – 556, Administrative Staff – 214, Support Staff – 679, with a total of 1,449. Call2Recycle National Public Relations Ex Officio, $24,000,000, with a total of $377,000,000. President Paul Clifford Pradeep Sood $135M Ontario Former President, Chairman, Wing-Ki Chan Government UNITE HERE Local 75 Highbury Canco Corporation Professor/Co-ordinator, 556 $5M School of Fashion Operating Kevin Costante Martha Tory Federal Full-time Revenue by Government Former Deputy Minister, Former Senior Partner, Gerard Hayes Employees Source 679 Government Services, Education, Ernst and Young Director, $182M Student Fees 1,449 Government of Ontario Student Experience $377M Stephen Upton & Business Services $31M Julia Deans Director, Ancillary Founding CEO, Special Projects, Tridel Nureisse Khan $24M Canadian Children’s Student Representative Other Literacy Foundation Laurel Walzak 214 A pie chart titled Part-Time Employees, divided into 4 wedges. Clockwise Board of Directors, Fitneff Inc. Joshua Li from the top of the chart the wedges and their percentages are Faculty – Mark Guslits Assistant Professor, RTA Sport Marketing and 1,153, Administrative Staff – 53, Support Staff – 1,593, Continuing Education – 326, with a total of 3,125. Principal, Media, Events Co-ordinator, 326 Mark Guslits & Associates Inc. Centre for Business Mike Williams

Kevin King General Manager, A pie chart titled Operating Expenditures, divided into 4 wedges. Clockwise from the top of the Legal Counsel, Economic Development chart the wedges and their percentages are Scholarships & Bursaries – $8,000,000, Salaries & Benefits – $215,000,000, Supplies & Other Expenses – $78,000,000, Plant, Property & Capital Amortization – MAG Civil Law Division Citizenship & Culture, City of Toronto $52,000,000, with a total of $353,000,000. 1,153 Part-time and Immigration Branch Employees $8M Scholarships 3,125 & Bursaries $215M Salaries Operating 1,593 53 & Benefits Expenditures $78M Sally Horsfall Eaton, Chancellor $353M Supplies & Other Expenses

As Chancellor from 2012 to 2018, Sally Horsfall Eaton has $52M Plant, Property played a key role in advocating for the college’s vision and & Capital Faculty Support Staff Amortization in expanding its visibility and reputation. She is widely Administrative Continuing recognized throughout the city for her volunteerism, Staff Education philanthropy and advocacy for social issues. 20 21 Thanks to our donors George Brown College Foundation

Leading Gifts Compass Group Canada John C. and Annual Gifts Scotiabank Group* Board of Directors Sally Horsfall Eaton The George Brown Concert Properties Ltd. $25,000 + Student Association of George Brown College* Peter Lee Cindy Gouveia College Foundation EllisDon Corporation JP Morgan Chase & Co. The George Brown (Board Chair & Member President, George Brown is pleased to Knowledge First College Foundation TBM Service Group Inc.* Estate of Mr. John Arnet of Finance Committee) College Foundation Financial Inc. acknowledge the Pentland is pleased to TD Bank Group* Managing Director & following donors acknowledge the Mark McEwan Estate of Mrs. Mabel Mandarin Restaurant The Daniels Corporation* Head, CIBC Wood who supported the Franchise Corporation following donors Gundy & Private Wealth Chef, Entrepreneur Dorothy Pentland The Helderleigh Foundation* Success at Work who made annual Management Canada Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Leslie McLean, RN, MScN Campaign with Legacy Private Trust gifts of $25,000 The Janes Family* Foundation Mary Ann and Peter Lee Gary Teelucksingh Health Care Consultant, pledged gifts of or more in fiscal The John C. and Sally Horsfall (Chair of Finance Thrive $100,000 or more. Pinball Clemons National Bank 2017 – 18. Eaton Foundation* Committee) Foundation Noella Milne Noella M. Milne Partner, $4,000,000+ RBC Foundation $100,000+ Senior Partner, Paul and Gerri Charette $50,000 to $99,999 Wealth & Investment Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Jack Cockwell and Redpath Sugar Ltd. BMO Financial Group* Management, Capco Paula Jourdain Coleman Alan Dean and Kathy Brookfield Partners Residential Construction Building Industry & Anne Sado R. Howard Webster Kinnear* Alan Dean Foundation Council of Ontario Land Development President, Foundation League* President & Executive George Brown College Student Association of (RESCON) Association (BILD)* Director, Brookfield George Brown College Rita and Rudy Koehler TD Bank Group CIBC* Partners Foundation Marissa Soumalias TBM Service Group Inc. $25,000 to $49,999 The John C. and Advancement Director, Concert Properties Ltd.* Karen Foss Sally Horsfall Eaton The Coca-Cola Company B.O.L.T. Charitable Sunnybrook Health $100,000 to $249,000 Dana & Doug Turnbull* President, Foundation Foundation Sciences Centre B.O.L.T. Charitable The Counselling Roy Foss Motors Ltd. Joey Restaurant Group* Freed Developments Foundation Foundation of Canada $1,000,000 Mandarin Restaurant & Building Industry & The Janes Family to $3,999,999 Franchise Joanne Campbell* Land Development The Slaight Family Scotiabank Group Corporation* Association (BILD) Foundation Heavy Construction The Helderleigh Noella Milne* Association of Toronto Centre for Hospitality & The William & Nona Foundation (HCAT)* Culinary Arts Students Heaslip Foundation Pinball Clemons Tridel Corporation Foundation* Heritage Educational Children’s Aid Unilever Food Solutions Foundation RBC Foundation* Foundation Vincent T. Thomson Knowledge First Foundation $250,000 Ecolab Redpath Sugar Ltd.* to $999,999 Hal Jackman Foundation R. Howard Webster BMO Financial Group Foundation* JOEY Restaurant Group * Signifies gifts that are part of a CIBC multi-year commitment (pledge).

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