Academic calendar
Fall 2026 runs Sep 8, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Spring/Summer 2026
- Spring/Summer 2026 Session 2 (7-week courses)
- Fall 2026Relevant now
- Winter 2027
- Spring/Summer 2027
Campus language
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A
- ALC
- Accessible Learning Services, providing support for students with disabilities.
- ALS
- Accessible Learning Services, providing academic accommodations for students with disabilities.
B
- Boost
- The mobile app used by students to skip lines and order food from campus dining locations.
- Building S Cafe
- The main cafeteria area located within the St. James campus hospitality building.
C
- Casa
- Common student shorthand for the Casa Loma campus.
- CES
- Career Education & Services, the department handling student jobs and co-ops.
- CHCA
- The Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts, often used to refer to the cafeteria and labs at the St. James campus.
- Chef on the Run
- A student-run café located at the St. James campus (300 Adelaide St. E) where culinary students prepare and sell meals.
- CILT
- The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, which provides professional qualifications through the college.
- Commuter school
- A term frequently used by students on social media to describe the campus social life, where most students depart immediately after classes.
G
- GBC
- Common abbreviation for George Brown College.
H
- Huskies
- The official name and mascot for George Brown's varsity sports teams.
L
- LLC
- Library Learning Commons, the campus hubs for research, study space, and tech support.
P
- Peerconnect
- A student-led service offering wellness support, workshops, and community-building activities.
S
- SAGBC
- Student Association of George Brown College, the primary student government body.
- St. James Caf
- The main cafeteria area located at the St. James Campus, often used as a central meeting spot.
T
- The 51
- Refers to the 51 Parliament bus, the essential transit link for students traveling to the Waterfront campus.
- The 5th Floor
- Commonly refers to the library and quiet study area at the St. James campus.
- The 6ix
- Common Toronto slang used by students to refer to the city of Toronto.
- The Bridge
- The elevated walkway connecting buildings at the Casa Loma campus.
- The Cafe
- General shorthand for the main cafeteria areas found at the St. James and Casa Loma campuses.
- The Chefs' House
- A student-run fine dining restaurant on King Street East where culinary students train.
- The George
- Used interchangeably to refer to the student residence or the college itself in a casual context.
- The George
- The official and only student residence for George Brown College, located in the Canary District.
- The Path
- The underground pedestrian walkway system used by St. James students to avoid the cold.
- The Rez
- Generic student shorthand for the official residence building.
- The Stairs
- The long, steep set of outdoor stairs leading from the Spadina subway station area up to the Casa Loma campus.
- TLC
- Tutoring and Learning Centre, providing academic support and peer tutoring.
- TLCC
- Tutoring and Learning Centre, providing free academic support and peer tutoring.
- TTC
- The Toronto Transit Commission; the subway and streetcar system students rely on to commute between campuses.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- AppsAnywhere
- The web portal used by students to access specialized software remotely on their own devices.
- Brightspace
- The Learning Management System (LMS) where professors post course materials and assignments.
- C Building
- The primary academic building at the Casa Loma Campus.
- Casa Loma
- The campus located at 160 Kendal Ave, known for construction and engineering programs.
- casa_loma_caf
- Casa Loma Café
- CLC
- The general building code for the Casa Loma Campus.
- Daphne Cockwell
- The Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences building at the Waterfront.
- DCC
- Daphne Cockwell Centre, the main building of the Waterfront campus.
- E Building
- The building at St. James campus housing the School of Design.
- GBCard
- The official student ID card used for library access, printing, and gym entry.
- Limberlost
- Limberlost Place, the college's signature mass-timber building at the Waterfront Campus.
- OneCard
- The official student identification card required for printing, gym access, and library services.
- Peerconnect
- A student-led service providing coaching, workshops, and academic support.
- Photo ID Centre
- The specific desk within the LLC where students must go to get their physical campus identification card.
- Presto Loads
- A SAGBC program that provides eligible students with $25 transit credits on their Presto cards.
- Room Assignments Look-up
- The online portal students use to find the specific building and room for their classes based on codes like SJA or CLC.
- S Building
- The main St. James Campus building located at 200 King St. East.
- SJA
- St. James Building A, located at 200 King St. East.
- SJB
- St. James Building B, located at 230 Richmond St. East.
- SJC
- Building code for the St. James campus building at 290 Adelaide St. E.
- st_james_caf
- St. James Café
- St. James
- The downtown campus cluster centered around King Street East.
- STU-VIEW
- The online student portal used for registration, checking grades, and financial accounts.
- Sunnybrook
- The campus location (Building S) specifically for the nursing and health sciences programs located at Sunnybrook Hospital.
- The 504
- The King Street streetcar route that serves as the primary transit link for the St. James Campus.
- The LLC
- The Library Learning Commons, the designated study and research hub found at each campus.
- the_chefs_house
- The Chefs' House
- tim_hortons_casa_loma
- Tim Hortons @ Casa Loma
- tim_hortons_waterfront
- Tim Hortons @ Waterfront
- TTC
- Toronto Transit Commission; essential for students commuting between the non-contiguous St. James, Casa Loma, and Waterfront campuses.
- TTC student card
- A separate identification required to access post-secondary monthly passes on Toronto transit.
- Two-factor authentication
- The mandatory security process (often using a phone) required for students to log into college systems and vote in SA elections.
- Waterfront
- The campus located at 51 Dockside Drive, housing health sciences and design.
- waterfront_caf
- Waterfront Café
- Workday
- The administrative software system used for student-staff payroll and human resources.
- Young Centre
- The Young Centre for the Performing Arts, used by the Theatre Arts programs in the Distillery District.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 runs Sep 8, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 30 approved campus terms and 36 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.