Sheridan College
Greater Toronto Area, Canada

At Sheridan College, creativity is not treated as the end result — it’s what drives them forward. It’s built intentionally into their curriculum — not as a final outcome, but a skill students can practise and carry into any field.

Known globally as Canada’s Creative Campus, they’ve built their reputation in animation, design and film. But creativity isn’t confined to those disciplines. It shapes how students write code, run clinical simulations and apply AI to real‑world problems. Across every faculty, Apple provides a foundation that can keep pace as students move seamlessly across campuses, from exploration to production.

For more than 25 years, Mac has been the backbone of creative, technical and applied learning across the college, giving students access to industry‑standard technology, apps and workflows their programs depend on — from Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft 365 to specialized software used in each field. Mac integrates smoothly with third‑party tools, and provides the reliability that students and faculty depend on.

Behind that experience is the Mac Tech Team — a small group within Sheridan’s broader IT department that manages 1,400 Mac devices across the college, including 56 iMac and Mac mini stations where any student can sit down and pick up right where they
left off.

The result is less technical friction, allowing students to focus on learning instead of managing technology.

This same approach also supports accessibility and equity. Built‑in features like Dictation, Spoken Content and Voice Control on Mac let students demonstrate their learning in ways that work for them. When students have access to the same professional hardware and software, regardless of major, it reduces barriers and makes participation part of the everyday learning experience.

For Sheridan President and Vice Chancellor Dr. Cindy Gouveia, the foundation supports a college‑wide belief that creativity is a learned capability. Students can practice, strengthen and carry it into a future where technology will reshape the problems they need to solve.

In the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology’s Mobile Computing program, MacBook Air is the recommended device for students. Its power, performance, and ability to create with ease all support a full development workflow.

MacBook enables students to learn multiple programming languages like Python, C# and Kotlin, while using professional development software like Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code to develop solutions that can connect to cloud services or integrate with cognitive computing platforms.

As they build for different operating systems, they’re able to influence the world using code, functional design and community connection.

At the Centre for Applied AI, students work directly with industry leaders and community organizations to understand complex needs, and then develop solutions and prototypes that they present to the people they’re designed to serve. They’re not just learning about emerging technology, but leading with it. Mac is integral to the curriculum, helping students turn complexity into something tangible: a tool that people can understand
and use.

This approach extends across Sheridan, including the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design, where students use Mac with professional apps like Logic Pro, Adobe Creative Cloud and Blender — the same tools they’ll encounter in the industries they’re preparing to enter.

Sheridan has an international reputation in animation, design and film. Alumni have gone on to work at studios, including Disney, Pixar and Ubisoft. One graduate also co‑directed KPop Demon Hunters, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
in 2026.

In the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies, creative thinking is crucial in a different way. Nursing and EMT students train with iPad alongside Laerdal patient monitors to practise decisions they’ll eventually have to make in real clinical settings.

Recognizing the need for more immersive, hands‑on clinical practice, Sheridan developed an AI‑powered virtual patient experience for Apple Vision Pro to strengthen learning outcomes for Gerontology and Personal Support Worker students. The simulation lets students interact with virtual patients whose conditions, personalities and needs can change from one scenario to the next. It provides a safe way to practise clinical judgment, communication and clinical decision‑making before making these consequential decisions in the real world.

Across Sheridan College, the work may look different from one faculty to the next, but they all use creativity to shape the answer, not wait for one.

With Apple as the foundation, Sheridan College continues to demonstrate what’s possible when creativity becomes a catalyst for learning, opportunity and impact. They’re helping shape a future where students don’t simply prepare for change — they lead it.