George Brown College – St. James Campus

George Brown St. James is the best hospitality institution in Canada. I Love College.

I do Really Give almost a four. But, this is The city college and like the city pretty cold and Humber’s great in Etobicoke for that st-​retch! The community @ George brown is growing stronger but lack of consistency, evaluation. And varying in teachers though once out of two I got a really good one! Gives a pos. experience but no def job.

The building can be confusing to navigate first but it’s not so bad. The services they offer like tutoring and career service to student is good. Might be a bit of wait any time you want deal with registration.
The café barely has any option and the line are long but its not probably when the st lawrence market and other places are near.
As far as classes, they are bad, sometime there is bad management ie large class small room when there is a small class in a large room, professor/​class selection is limited sometime there is only one prof and you have to take it with then

I started here in September of this year (2015) and am a mature student. Being 35 without any further education outside highschool, this collage is very accommodating.
I have a learning disability which has been a road block for me in the past. The school provides everything necessary to ensure success… As long as you complete your assignments, readings, and participate in class everyone will bend over backwards to help you understand the material.
The culture is entirely student focussed. Lots of activities, free tutoring, free counselling if you need it, and two tim Horton’s onsite.
Best decision I ever made.

Full disclosure: I work here. Now for something entirely different… I must tell you that I love my students. They are so eager, creative and fun! Many of them are changing the world in wonderful ways and I feel blessed to be connected to them. GBC is a pretty unique family. Hope this is helpful!

This is my favourite george brown location for a few reasons. One, it is incredibly easy to get to either by :
A streetcar 504 right there or 501 then walk south a couple blocks
B subway to king station then walk east
Also. You have the chef college here where at lunchtime you can purchase the fresh food the school made that day for as little as 3 – 5 dollars
Finally, in spring and summer the rooftop patio is great to sit at to relax.

I’m not actually a registered student here. Just come here frequently to meet up with friends and/​or my bio tutor.
There’s always a tonne of people hanging around trying to help you with stuff. Welcome staff are awesome. Security staff are friendly but fair. They enforce the no smoking around doors, 9 metres from the building stuff etc.
Compared to UofT (my alma mater), I often feel underdressed here. People don’t just walk around in hoodies and sweatpants with greasy hair (which is fairly standard at UofT). I often see high heels, smell perfume and EVEN *gasp* see make-​up. So yeah, consider showering if you wanna blend in.

Thank you to the GBC services that are offered at the campus.
The staff are really helpful and I highly recommend for students to use the career centre for help with job findings, resume, cover letters, interview skills, etc. they’re quite helpful and Irene has helped me a lot :). Thanks to her a got a job interview less than two weeks since she helped me clean up my résumé and pushed me to drop in my résumé in person. I’m really happy about that!
The library is actually a noisy place to study depending what time of day you go. I suggest to go either on the 4^th or 5^th floor. Much more quieter.

I mean like yeah it’s totally good.

George Brown is a small local college offering courses in applied arts and technology. They’ve been around since 67 and have always managed a high level of education and are known for their cooking stream.
I’ve been going here for about a month now for a night class and while I can’t say I’m in love with the place, it’s not bad. It feels like a smaller compact version of a university student building. There’s an «express» style store for almost everything you’d expect at U of T or York. Tiny book store, tiny computer store, iddy-​biddy magazine shop and so on.
The facilities don’t seem any better or worse than other campuses I’ve been to. Well lit break out rooms with comfy couches can be found everywhere. The elevators feature both up and down buttons? I don’t know, it’s a school.
If you’re looking for a refresher course in some basic office applications or you want to become a fully qualified chef then George Brown has you covered. You will actually learn quite a lot more than you would in a two-​day seminar and pay a fraction of the cost.