This Friday, local show promoter Fuckpop, run by sisters Sara and Emma Bortolon-Vettor, presents Anamai, Brigitte Bardon’t, and Natural Thirst. Long-running experimental music festival Electric Eclectics co-presents the show — this is FPOP and EE’s first shared bill. We spoke to Sara Bortolon-Vettor about her relationship with Electric Eclectics and […]
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FPOP and EE put on weird shows for weird people
Two eccentric area promoters are presenting a show together for the first time this week. On Friday, Sept. 29, Fuckpop and Electric Eclectics (FPOP and EE) — collectives based out of Guelph and Meaford respectively — are hosting Anamai, Brigitte Bardon’t, and Natural Thirst at Ebar. Though based in different […]
ON Exchange: Academics: Canadian versus Chinese universities
As an exchange student, I have finished my first and second years of university in China and will now attend U of G for two semesters. After two weeks of classes, I noticed three major academic differences between higher education in our two countries. 1. INTERACTIONS IN LECTURES At Nanjing […]
#Riverloot: Local man cleans river
[media-credit name=”Heather Gilmore” align=”aligncenter” width=”1020″] “My goal is to get all of the nurdles [small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil] out of the river this summer,” said Bryan McNeill on Facebook, where he documents his #riverloot collection project. [media-credit name=”Heather Gilmore” align=”aligncenter” width=”1020″] “The Grand River Conservation […]
CMHA questions assisted dying law
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has said that mental illness alone should not make one eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). New MAiD laws aim to “protect medical practitioners” when an eligible patient seeks assistance in death, CMHA wrote in a new position paper. The bill in question, Bill […]
Jerusalem In My Heart creates unique audio-visual experiences
This Saturday, Sept. 30, Montréal-based multimedia art project Jerusalem In My Heart (JIMH) performs at Silence with Quebec group Scattered Clouds on an all-ages bill presented by Kazoo!. Started in 2005, the core group of JIMH consists of Lebanese-Canadian producer/musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Canadian filmmaker Charles-André Coderre. JIMH’s music […]
ON health: Cold and flu etiquette
Flu season is here and it is inevitable that we’ll all get the sniffles. Although we can’t avoid getting sick, there’s much we can do to avoid spreading the illness. Here are five tips to stop the spread. 1. Sneeze into your elbow instead of your hands Growing up, we were always […]
Bright future for Guelph Producers Club
Phill Nimmons aspires to be a professional DJ and he wants to bring new producers with him. In what he describes as a darker time in his life, Nimmons recalled the success of his high school’s producers club, and used his frustrations to build a strong outlet for creative minds on […]
Who is the CSA?
A brief introduction to the new executives and constitutional changes The Central Student Association (CSA) hosted a press conference on Sept. 22 in the University Centre to discuss their new hierarchical structure and introduce the new team. The CSA have a new executive this year, and have changed their structure from […]
OnSpotify: Pumpkin Spice playlist
We asked some of our trusted volunteers what song they first thought of when they heard the term Pumpkin Spice.They came up with this “Pumpkin Spice” Spotify playlist, which you can find easily if you follow us at Ontarion Web on Spotify. Song Artist 1. I’ve Got You Under […]
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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.