2015 Creative Campus Series

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  Stage & Screen at TIFF: Discussion with Matthew Jocelyn and Atom Egoyan

  Sheridan Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design

  The Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design presented a special conversation event on March 31, 2015 in collaboration with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) examining the intersection of theatre and film. Ralph Benmergui, Executive Advisor to Sheridan President Jeff Zabudsky, moderated a lively discussion between Matthew Jocelyn, Artistic and General Director of Canadian Stage, and Atom Egoyan, notable director of stage, opera and film.

  This event was part of Sheridan's Creative Campus Distinguished Speaker Series.

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  Community Builder Series: Ken Dryden

  Sheridan Faculty of Applied Health & Community Studies

  In his March 23, 2015 talk “Community Building: from the Montreal Canadiens to Parliament to the Future”, Ken Dryden shared lessons he has learned from his life in sports, law, education and government concerning the role of the individual, one’s family and the community. The lecture was part of the Community Builder Series hosted by the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies, a year-long series of events, speakers and documentary screenings with a focus on building better and healthier communities.

  This event was part of Sheridan's Creative Campus Distinguished Speaker Series.

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  Sheridan Reads: The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill

  Sheridan Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

  Sheridan Reads is the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences’ signature contribution to Sheridan’s Creative Campus initiative, bringing students, staff and faculty together with community groups, public libraries and service organizations. The 2015 Sheridan Reads selection was Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill.

  Lawrence Hill delivered the inaugural Sheridan Creative Campus Series Distinguished Speaker address on January 19, 2015: “Mining Creativity: Perspectives from a Novelist and Screenwriter.”

  Other Sheridan Reads events included:

  Book Club Conversations: February 10-12, 2015

  These were informal, open conversations where participants exchanged opinions and shared perspectives on the novel from a variety of personal, cultural, and disciplinary backgrounds.

  Story Swap: February 24, 2015

  Students, faculty and staff from across the college, as well as external community members shared inspiring and creative tales with an enthusiastic audience. Award-winning Canadian poet Daniel Scott Tysdal shared some of his own work and led a creative poetry writing exercise with the group.

  Sheridan Reads The Closing Chapter: April 8, 2015

  Lawrence Hill read from his novel and discussed The Book of Negroes while interviewed by Ralph Benmergui, Executive Adviser to Sheridan's President. This was followed by an audience Q&A.

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  TypeForming: the Evolution of Typefaces

  Sheridan Library and Learning Services and Sheridan Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design

  An international panel of type and design experts gathered at Sheridan on September 21, 2015 to talk about the form of typography and how its history contributes to its future. The panelists were Matthew Carter, Rod McDonald, Allan Haley and Charles Nix of Monotype.

  The discussion followed an exhibition and world premiere screening of a digitized and expanded film by Carl Dair, who designed Cartier – Canada's first Latin typeface.The film, Carl Dair at Enschedé: The Last Days of Metal Type features a digitized version of the 1957 silent film shot by Dair while studying in Holland with one of the last great European letter punch cutters, Paul Rädisch. It begins with a prologue by Canadian type designer Rod McDonald, who in 1998, updated and expanded Dair's Cartier typeface for digital technology. The film is narrated by Matthew Carter, one of the world's leading typeface designers who also studied with Rädisch. The film was co-produced by Sheridan College and Massey College at the University of Toronto.

  The exhibit in the Sheridan Art Gallery, opened prior to the film screening, included artifacts such as didactic panels, photographs, sketches, tools, letters and books. It told the story of Carl Dair's quest to create Canada's first Latin typeface as part of the 1967 centennial as well as Rod McDonald's redesign.

  The panel discussion was part of Sheridan’s Creative Campus Series.