Despite opposition, massive construction project likely underway Plans are being set in motion for the development of new student housing buildings near at U of G. The corner of Stone Road and Gordon Street, where the Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre is currently situated, is the proposed site for […]
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Guelph Gives Back Post-Thanksgiving
Giving Tuesday hopes to promote charitable donations in Black Friday wake On Tuesday, Dec. 3, the University of Guelph will be the first post-secondary institution to start participating in “Giving Tuesday.” Giving Tuesday has become an internationally recognized day of philanthropy designed to promote charitable donations and volunteering by marking […]
AIDS Awareness Week in Guelph
ACG hopes to encourage testing, awareness and donations for research The AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington County (ACG) launched their annual AIDS Awareness Week campaign on Monday, Nov. 25. Week-long events designed to raise funding and awareness for those living with the degenerative disease will occur throughout the city […]
Guelph Hosts Animal Welfare Judging Competition
Graduate team places first overall; Veterinary Medicine team second On the weekend of Nov. 22, the University of Guelph participated in and hosted the thirteenth annual Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging and Assessment Contest (AWJAC). Universities across North America and the U.K. sent teams of up to five participants to compete […]
Photographers Deliver Talk at Guelph Civic Museum
An afternoon with Doug England and Alan Norsworthy The Guelph Photographer’s Guild (The Guild) was established in 2009 by a group of local artists with a shared interest in photography. Today, The Guild is comprised of 14 permanent members who meet twice a month at the Dublin St. Church to […]
A to Zavitz
Too much stuff in one room Too Much Stuff in One Room ran from Nov. 18 to 22 in Zavitz Gallery. The exhibit featured the work of eleven artists in third and fourth year sculpture courses at the University of Guelph. I wandered through the gallery with my friend, Ara […]
Postcommodity: A Trans-Disciplinary Arts Collective
Watch this space As part of the Big Ideas in Art & Culture Lecture Series on Friday night, a brilliantly articulated trans-disciplinary art collective called Postcommodity presented in downtown Guelph. The night happened in association with Musagetes, the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA), and Postcommodity; the quartet from […]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
RCMPI production a success From Nov. 20 to 24 at the River Run Centre, Royal City Musical Productions Inc. (RCMPI) presented its version of the classic musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with music by Tim Rice. This was the first Webber and Rice musical […]
Up-and-Down Season Continues for Basketball
Women The Guelph Gryphons women’s basketball team hosted the Ryerson Rams and the Toronto Varsity Blues on Nov. 22 and 23. The Gryphons handily beat the Rams 76-53 on Friday and lost a nail-biter to the Varsity Blues on Saturday, 76-73. The women now sport a 3-5 record this season. […]
Men: Assume the Position
The stigma surrounding males practicing yoga and why it ought to be broken There was a time in sports when athletes would celebrate victory with a beer and a cigarette; interestingly enough, this is also how they mourned losses. Iconic black and white pictures depict a time when the dangers […]
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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.