On Oct. 9, 2015, the creator of the popular Metal Gear Solid series of video games, Hideo Kojima, left the offices of Konami’s Tokyo headquarters for the last time. Kojima has been an employee at Konami since 1986, and has played an integral role in the rise of the video […]
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Pokémon in the news
Big things are in the works for Pokémon and its fans. For plushy lovers, Pikachu is coming to Build-A-Bear Workshops in 2016. On Oct. 20, 2015, the Pokémon Company International (Pokémon Company) announced a partnership with Build-A-Bear Workshops in order to help advertise and promote the sales of both companies. […]
Both students and dogs learn valuable life lessons
Clad in their bright jackets and frequently drawing a crowd of admiring students, guide dogs are impossible to miss while walking around the University of Guelph campus. Kristina Seidel is the President of the University of Guelph Campus Lions Club, which is a campus-based offshoot of the Guelph Lions Club. […]
TrudeauMania: A look at election victory, cabinet designations, and marijuana
After the 2011 federal election, the Liberal party secured 34 seats of the available 308 within the House of Commons. As of the 2015 federal election, the Liberal party, under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, managed to procure 184 seats of the available 338 (the ceiling on the number of […]
Common Cents
Major banking institution, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), initiated lay-offs in Canada and the United States as part of a company wide initiative to cut costs. TD, who is Canada’s biggest lender by assets, brought in Boston Consulting Group to examine efficiency, before the job cuts were proposed. The cuts, which have […]
The news about Twitter
About nine-years-ago, Jack Dorsey helped create Twitter. Though others, like Richard Costolo who served as the company’s CEO between 2011 and 2015, Dorsey’s role at Twitter has varied through they years. When Costolo announced his resignation as head of Twitter, in June 2015, Dorsey stepped in and assumed the role […]
Former U of G president Alistair Summerlee to chair education board
Former University of Guelph president Alastair Summerlee has been appointed to be chair of the board of directors of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO). According to the HEQCO website, the council was created in 2005 as an agency that “brings evidence-based research to the continued improvement of […]
Slow cooking for non-magical persons
With the allure of the internet, the pressure of academics, and disgustingly messy roommates, many people can not find the time or space to make a delicious meal. Here is the stone cold, arresto momentum truth—you need a slow cooker. Crock-pot is actually a brand name that has somehow become […]
Silencing the inner critic
Lana Pesch is a Canadian writer and video producer born in a small town in Saskatchewan, who is now living in the thriving, ever-growing city of Toronto. Her debut story collection, Moving Parts, was released this October, becoming her first published novel to date. In an exclusive in-class interview at […]
Goldilocks and the three meals
Western culture is unhealthily preoccupied with food. North America’s relationship with food is fraught with alarming misconceptions and dangerous behaviours that if not honestly addressed, will only get worse. If you look at food consumption and nutrition as a spectrum, in the middle you will find where humans ought to […]
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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.