Independent News for the University of Guelph Community
Jagdeep Raina and Annie Burgess win Jane Graham Memorial Award The Guelph Arts Council has announced that the 2019 Jane Graham Memorial Award will be shared by ceramicist Annie Burgess and textile artist Jagdeep Raina. Established in 2005 by the Graham family following the passing of Jane Graham, a watercolour painter who […]
List provided by CFRU ARTIST Title (Label) MICHAEL VLATKOVICH 5 WINDS* Five Of Us (PfMentum) WHOOP-SZO* Warrior Down (You’ve Changed) DIRTY DISHES* In Sink (Self-Released) TOMEKA REID QUARTET Old New (Cuneiform) THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!) BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby) MATANA ROBERTS* Coin […]
ELIZABETH MAY ANNOUNCED on Monday, Nov. 4, that she is stepping down as leader of the Green Party, a post she has held since 2006. “This is not something that is a new decision,” May told reporters, adding that she is excited to be able to spend time with her […]
The Ontarion is hiring for the position of News Editor. The News Editor works with volunteers, the Assignment Editor, and other staff in producing news stories for The Ontarion’s website. The position is for fifteen hours per week until the end of the current production year in April 2020. Applications […]
List provided by CFRU ARTIST Title (Label) THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!) IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain) GATHERING SPARKS* All That Is Real (Borealis) BLACK PUMAS Black Pumas (ATO) LES LOUANGES* Expansion Pack [EP] (Bonsound) DIRTY DISHES* In Sink (Self-Released) YUKA* Dreamscape […]
List provided by CFRU ARTIST Title (Label) SANDRO PERRI* Soft Landing (Constellation) JOM COMYN* Crawl (Self-Released) SESSA Grandeza (Boiled) THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!) BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby) LES SOEURS BOULAY* La mort des étoiles (Grosse Boite) IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost […]
Dionne Brand has won the 2019 Toronto Book Award for her novel, Theory. “Theory begins as its narrator sets out, like many a graduate student, to write a wildly ambitious thesis on the past, present, and future of art, culture, race, gender, class, and politic — a revolutionary work that […]
The Central Student Association (CSA) and CUPE 1334 have cancelled a federal debate scheduled to have taken place Wednesday, Oct. 2 at the University of Guelph. In a statement released earlier today by the CSA and CUPE 1334, the organizers explained their decision to not invite the candidate representing the […]
List provided by CFRU ARTIST Title (Label) ABIGAIL LAPELL* Getaway (Coax) THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA* Chaos Theories (Do Right!) KEB’ MO‘ Oklahoma (Concord) BEGONIA* Fear (Rex Baby) IAN & SYLVIA* The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain) TRIO ANTIPODES* Upside Downwards (Self-Released) SAMPA THE GREAT The Return (Ninja […]
There is some good news for the environment by, Sarah Krolewski Much of today’s news portrays bleak hope for the future of the environment, but recent research efforts have revealed that our planet is in no way a lost cause and that old ways of doing things can be improved. […]
The Ontarion publishes independent, student-produced news, opinion, and commentary for University of Guelph students so that they can make informed decisions in their lives. To do this, The Ontarion provides learning opportunities and training in journalism, media production, leadership, board governance, and other aspects of nonprofit news.
The Ontarion is the University of Guelph’s independent student newspaper. It began in 1951 as part of the Ontario Agricultural College and then began to represent the entire University of Guelph once it amalgamated in 1964. The Ontarion incorporated in May 1970 as The Ontarion, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation registered with the province of Ontario.