Recently, I had the opportunity to go on a Disney Cruise with my family. Leading up to the trip, I conducted copious research, which included finding details online, looking up cruise lines and online reviews, comparing itineraries, and cross-referencing prices for different packages. In this process, I couldn’t help but […]
Author: The Ontarion
3D Printing: Advanced Technology Or Advanced Threat?
Dutch scientists successfully save the life of a 22-year-old woman with a rare bone disease through the use of controversial 3D printing technology In late March of 2014, a team of Dutch scientists at the University Medical Center Utrecht changed a 22-year-old woman’s life forever. With the help of advanced […]
Relationships In The Digital Age Are Needlessly Complicated
The cool blue glow of the ubiquitous screen is common in modern life. It seems that we tend to experience life from a safe distance, with the computer screen acting as a mediator between our virtual worlds and tangible existence – and sometimes it’s hard to tell which one should […]
Cheers To Your Foolish Years: University of Guelph’s 50th Anniversary
Courtesy of YouTube and the University of Guelph Alumni Association The UGAA video is live!! Please help us share and promote with your friends, family, social networks and any Guelph Alumni you know. Cheers to your Foolish Years this April Fool’s Day! When you graduate from the University of […]
Gryphons Sports Year In Review
Flashback to homecoming 2013: The first monumental varsity event of the year pitted the McMaster Marauders against our Guelph Gryphons at a revamped Alumni Stadium. For the first time in Canadian Football League (CFL) history, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats played an entire season away from Ivor Wynne Stadium, which was being […]
Campus Day Courts Thousands Of Prospective Students
High-schoolers and their families came from far and wide to tour the U of G campus Three thousand high school students from across the province flocked to the University of Guelph campus on Sunday, March 23 to get a taste of student life. Prospective students and their families were treated […]
Student Life Banquet Honours U of G Leaders
Annual award ceremony recognizes exceptional community builders On March 20, the University of Guelph’s most promising student leaders arrived at the Royal City Ballroom at the Delta Hotel and Conference Centre for the annual Student Life Recognition Banquet. Students mingled with faculty and staff, speeches were read, dinner was served, […]
CollabNow Invites Student Entrepreneurs To Collaborate
Event fosters student’s entrepreneurial spirit and tests abilities with real life challenge The Entrepreneurship Society at the University of Guelph hosted an event on Saturday, March 22 entitled CollabNow: Breaking Barriers. Facilitated at Innovation Guelph, a hub for start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, the event brought students from multiple academic backgrounds […]
New CIP Course Takes Students To Dharamsala
Students will get experience working with local human rights groups The Centre for International Programs will offer a two-part course that includes a fieldwork component in Dharamsala, India for the Winter 2015 semester. The course will be taught by Dr. Andrea Paras of the Department of Political Science at the […]
Green Gryphon Initiative To Spend $26M On Retrofits
Students have helped fund the project, which will improve water and energy efficiency In a referendum back in 2007, University of Guelph students voted in favour of a $10 per semester student fee that would create a fund to help make campus more sustainable and energy efficient. Those contributions will […]
About
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.