David Myles and The Good Lovelies perform Valentine’s Day David Myles and The Good Lovelies performed a show most fitting for Valentine’s Day, playing what The Good Lovelies described as “some songs about love, and some that have nothing to do with it.” While you may not believe it to […]
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Queen’s Edges Guelph in Women’s Hockey Semis
Historic season for Gryphons comes to end dramatic fashion This historic season for Guelph, one that saw the women go an OUA best 21-3-0, including a 12-game winning streak, came to an end in the third and final game of the OUA semi finals with a 2-1 loss to the […]
Gryphons Dominate at OUA Track and Field Championship
Women collect gold and men silver in total points The University of Guelph’s Track and Field team showed up to the 2014 OUA Championships, held at York University. In one word, the Gryphons were dominant. The women repeated as back-to-back gold medalists, with a score of 150.5 total points, while […]
Anxiety Symptoms Can Begin in Childhood
Guelph prof looks at ways of recognizing and treating anxiety in children The statistics on mental health are prevalent, and we hear about them often. It is said that 20 per cent of Canadians will suffer from a mental illness in their lifetime, and 5 per cent of these illnesses […]
Pedaling “Cyclocross” into Future Olympic games
Mountain bike-styled sport makes its case for an Olympic entry The Winter Olympics are an exciting time for Canadians. Our athletes excel in a variety of sports that are included in these games. We always look forward to the usual events: hockey, skiing, speed skating, and figure skating, among others. […]
There’s An App For That
Today’s farms are more modern than ever with enough technology to care for hundreds of animals with a phone. From GPS to weight monitoring to breeding problems out of genetics, technology has come a long way and continues to move forward at an extremely rapid pace. Every type of farm […]
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How to stay healthy during the dreaded post-reading week sludge It’s that time of year again. You’re either coming off two weeks of midterm hell followed by a week of binge drinking and sleeping until 4 p.m., or you’re headed into two weeks of midterm hell after a week of […]
University: Education or Indoctrination?
The flawed nature of our concept of learning As I reflect on my university experience in my final year, I can’t help but think about the ideas I’ve been exposed to and the difference between my view of the world now, compared to my view of the world in first […]
A Big Step Forward for Student Democracy at uOttawa
History was made earlier this month when students at the University of Ottawa voted in a referendum to introduce general assemblies (GAs) and make them the highest authority in decision-making for their undergraduate student association, the SFUO. Students voted 66 per cent in favour of the measure, although nearly 800 […]
The Robin Hood Tax
Take from the rich to help the poor? A wise man once said, “When presented with two options, pick the third.” It seems that, like our neighbours to the south, we have fallen into a two-option way of thinking: left vs. right, red vs. blue, Liberals vs. Conservatives, us vs. […]
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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.