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Showroom 905.689.1880 www.oasisgardendesign.com FREE Design & Shade Tree with every installation (some conditions apply)Member of Landscape Ontario LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR Est. 1993 w w w . o a kv ill eb ea ve r.c o m O A KV IL LE B EA V ER Fr id ay , Se pt em be r 1 7, 2 01 0 2 2 By Theresa Boyle TORONTO STAR Kylie Farmer still has a year to go before complet- ing her degree, but her career has already been launched. Thanks to the place- ments and internships that are part of Sheridans four-year athletic therapy program, Farmer has a pretty impressive resum She spent the summer working with elite athletes at a sports medicine clinic. She has travelled to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship in Edmonton, where she tended to injured volley- ball players. And she has provided on-field emer- gency care to rugby play- ers on the University of Torontos varsity team. With all this experience under her belt, the 26- year-old feels confident about her future and her career prospects. Because of the place- ments, you get to meet a lot of people in the field. You can make a name for yourself and people will know who you are when you graduate, she says. On a daily basis, I get emails from the Canadian Athletic Therapists Asso- ciation. There are postings for jobs all over Canada. I think Ill be in a good posi- tion to get one, she adds. Sheridans co-op pro- grams are what make the college stand out from other colleges and univer- sities, says Rob Till, head of student affairs. With 34 co- op or internship programs involving 2,200 students, Sheridan has more work placements than any other post-secondary institution in Ontario, he says. All of the degree programs have 16- week internships between third and fourth year. As well, most of the business pro- grams and applied engineer- ing programs have co-op ele- ments. Our students have the opportunity to look at various forms of employment in their field of studies prior to gradu- ation. It is a type of extended interview that will help both the employer and the student be more selective when full- time employment opportuni- ties become available, Till says. Sheridans athletic therapy program is growing increas- ingly popular. The program has doubled in size in the past couple of years and now has 80 spots. But even with that, only about one in six appli- cants is accepted. When Sheridan began offering degrees in 2003, its star programs were first out of the block. In addition to ath- letic therapy, it offered degrees in animation and illustration. The college now offers seven degree programs, and nine more are in the works. With the increase in pro- grams, the college is also growing in student population and geographical size. The number of full-time students attending Sheridan now stands at 15,000 and is expected to surge to 20,000 within the next five years. A new campus is scheduled to open next September in Mississauga. Business pro- grams will be housed there, as will government-sponsored courses such as English as a Second Language and job- retraining. Currently there are two campuses one in Brampton known as the Davis campus and the other in Oakville known as the Trafalgar cam- pus. Each has a different per- sonality, reflecting its geogra- phy and programming. The Davis campus mirrors the demographics of Brampton and Peel and has a very large South Asian popu- lation and many Muslim stu- dents. Although the Trafalgar campus is now the largest, with 9,500 students, the Davis campus is expected to over- take that in the next three years because of the growing population in the area. The Trafalgar campus is home to Sheridans renowned animation and illustration programs and therefore draws a more artsy crowd. Sheridan is one of the few post-secondary institutions in Canada that can boast Academy Award winners. Several graduates from its ani- mation program have gone on to scoop up Oscars or Emmys. The program is held in such high regard in the industry that Sheridan grads dominate the employee roster of such notable companies as Nelvana. Honestly, its one of the best pro- grams, raves third-year student Omar Al-Hafidh, 25. Some of our teachers have even worked at Disney. Hes impressed with how instruc- tors constantly update the curricu- lum. Every year, they try to find something that they didnt like from the year before and make it better, he says. Fans of Sheridan say the colleges close ties with industry are what give it a leg up over other post-secondary institutions, particularly universities. The colleges three-year-old pro- gram in Exercise Science and Health Promotion was developed by an advi- sory body of employers in the fields of public health, corporate wellness, parks and recreation and long-term care, notes program co-ordinator Trevor Cottrell. They told us what was missing from similar kinesiology programs at universities. They said the university grads lacked the soft skills and hands- on skills needed to do the job, he says. Third-year student Clarence Wallace says there are numerous rea- sons why he chose to study exercise science at Sheridan rather than kine- siology at a university. Its not just academic. You get to apply what you learn, he says, describing how, in addition to place- ments, students have labs where they learn practical skills such as how to measure oxygen consumption of peo- ple on treadmills. Wallace says he also likes the small class size, noting there are about 30 students per class. Christine McLaughlin, a 21-year- old student in the exercise science program, previously attended Brock University and says instructors at Sheridan are far more accessible. At Brock, it was very hard to get hold of anyone. If you did, it was usu- ally only a teaching assistant, she says. She gets far more face time with her Sheridan instructors, noting they are available after hours, via email, phone and office visits. Till says answering students ques- tions and keeping them informed are priorities for the college. In that vein, Sheridan recently opened a student advisory centre, which is essentially a clearing house for information. Students can visit in person, send emails or call and learn about every- thing from where to buy a bus ticket to how to get financial aid. Co-ops smooth career paths for Sheridan students Because of the placements, you get to meet a lot of people in the field. You can make a name for yourself and people will know who you are when you graduate. Sheridan athletic therapy student Kylie Farmer