Weldon Witness Episode 2

For this episode, I talked about two genres I generally avoid in literature and movies: romance and horror, respectively. I also gave examples of good and bad in my limited experience of each of these genres. I hope you enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYs2IAyjNok&t=909s

Watch your back in the parking lot at DC and UOIT

Those whose work involves issuing parking tickets have jobs that practically no one appreciates. Some drivers receive tickets after breaking a rule unintentionally. So here’s a reminder to all those parking at Durham College and UOIT - tickets are still a reality and rules remain enforced. At Durham College and UOIT, there are two different sorts...

Weldon Witness Episode 1

This is the first part of my Durham College Riot Radio show, Weldon Witness. The long title is 'Weldon Witness: Book Worm, Film Geek and Friend'. I have as of Feb. 22, 2018, hosted 17 episodes and am going to share all of them one at a time on my e-portfolio, beginning with Episode 1....

Pokémon and The Victories That Were Supposed to Be

I was a Pokemon fan for a portion of my youth, just like many others. There are at this point seven different regions in the Pokemon universe the main character, Ash Ketchum, has explored Then, after the series made some choices that tortured me and insulted my enjoyment of the franchise, I quit watching the...

The Story of Blood Donors

From top left to top right: Travis Bruce, Rampaul Udaipaul, David Hennessey. From bottom left to bottom right: Chin-ting Sherwin, Andrew Davis, Anea Siby Canadian Blood Services visited Oshawa’s DC and UOIT campus for the second time this school year, and are expected to come back in the next year’s two semesters. The Campus Recreation...

Helping immigrants conquer a life in Canada

Shahid Chaudhry is an immigration consultant whose main objective is to help people arrive and live in Canada. Chaudhry lives with his wife and two children in Whitby and is CEO and Original Founder of Canadian Dreams Alliance Inc. (CD Alliance). The company has a corporate office in Toronto and has regional offices in London...

The life of Steve Stavro and his revolutionary grocer

“People were used to shopping at areas where you had three checkout counters and here you’d have 30,” says Jim Olson, a former Oshawa high school principal. The meat counters of the Knob Hill Farms supermarkets were one of the most notable details. “On this counter that was the length of a football field, you’d...

Biggest clinic in Ontario will visit Durham College on Feb. 8 to ask for blood donations

Car crashes, cancer, diseases: They happen every day and those affected need blood. And there’s a way students can help those in need. Canadian Blood Services (CBS), the biggest blood clinic in Canada, with 35 donation institutions across the country in every province and territory (minus Quebec) is holding a blood donor clinic at Durham...

The process of making an animated movie by yourself with no prior experience

Back in 2015, I spent six months making an entire animated film based off of my favourite book series. In this video, I talk about the challenges I faced making the film and how I, and everyone who encouraged me, were able to pull through. And if you would like, this is the actual movie:

Unfair parking tickets and misrepresented rules

Julie Johnson, 48, received a cruel parking ticket after she drove by the strike picket line on Oct. 25, 2017. She and her son parked at the roundabout of South Village, the Durham College and UOIT residence building to prepare for a Riot Radio show. They decided to park there for 15 minutes to carry...