On Sunday, The Boathouse Tea Room held Guelph’s 3rd annual Sisters in Spirit Vigil. The vigil is held each year on October 4th across the country, remembering missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. The event began with a performance by the Guelph Women’s Drumming Group, followed by some powerful […]
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U of G professor studies skin cancer and tanning coverage in Canadian magazines
One of Guelph’s own Assistant Professors, Dr. Jennifer McWhirter from the Department of Population Medicine, was recently published in three well-known journals after the completion of a study for her doctoral dissertation at the University of Waterloo. She studied Canadian women’s magazines from 2000-2012 to report on coverage of skin […]
Controversy surrounding Dr. Vandana Shiva at U of G
I was personally disappointed to learn that the University of Guelph’s Central Student Association (CSA) will be sponsoring modern agriculture critic Dr. Vandana Shiva on Oct. 7 without any apparent plans of hosting others with differing views. I believe that no other institution, in our country, is better positioned to […]
Health Quality Ontario releases “never events” for hospitals
Health Quality Ontario, in conjunction with the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, has come up with a list of 15 “never events” for hospital care in Canada. These events are incidents that can–although rarely do–occur during hospital care and result in serious risks and even death for patients. A number of […]
Renowned journalist Robert Fisk lectures in Rozanski
On Sept. 22nd, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) hosted Robert Fisk and allowed him to share his views on issues currently plaguing the Middle East. Fisk had been in the Middle East just a few days prior, and has been based in Beirut for roughly […]
Give thanks & Dig in
Maybe it’s your first time hosting; or maybe it’s your first time away from home; or maybe it’s your first ever Canadian Thanksgiving—take some inspiration from your own traditional feast and simplify it to make it on your own.
The Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming grows a healthy community
It would be challenging to buy food that’s more local than the produce grown, picked, and sold right on the University of Guelph campus. Fortunately for Guelph students, local food isn’t difficult to come by. Every Thursday from 3-6 p.m., the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming (GCUOF) sells its […]
U of G researchers create compostable coffee pods
Researchers from the University of Guelph have produced the first-ever compostable pod for coffee and other beverages. The development, named the PurPod100, came from work between the university and Club Coffee, a Toronto-based coffee roaster. The work was supported by the university’s Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC). The PurPod100 […]
Water flows on Martian surface
Sept. 28, 2015 was a historic day for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In a press conference shortly before noon, the American space agency announced that researchers had confirmed that presence of water on the surface of Mars. “Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of […]
Under the Radar
Pope Francis tours North America Pope Francis began a trip to Cuba and North America on Sept. 19, 2015. On Sept. 22, the Holy See landed in the American capitol, Washington, D.C. Stopping to meet with President Obama, and speak to Congress, Pope Francis later traveled to New York, before […]
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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.