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With COVID-19 causing many Canadians to self-isolate and practice social distancing, a lot of people can be left unsure about what to do with all this sudden free time. This new series, called Keeping Busy, hopes to help alleviate the boredom of quarantine and hopefully help people find some semblance […]
Charlotte Yates, provost and vice-president (academic), has been appointed president on an interim basis for two years beginning Aug. 2. “U of G’s Board of Governors made the unanimous decision today,” reads a news release from the university announcing the appointment of Yates. Yates has served as provost since 2015, […]
…Not Affirmation. s a journalist, I try my best to remain impartial and to avoid any bias. While I do have broadly left-leaning tendencies, I recognize that there are merits to arguments heard on either side of the aisle, so long as they can be supported with evidence. So, […]
University Closes The University of Guelph announced today that they will be shutting down from March 16, 2020 to March 23, 2020 in response to COVID-19. All face-to-face classes will be suspended for the remainder of the Winter 2020 semester. Classes will resume on Monday, March 23, 2020 in modified […]
The University of Guelph and Local 1334 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have reached a tentative agreement following bargaining talks earlier this week. The agreement comes after members of CUPE 1334 — which represents the trades, maintenance and service workers at the university — voted on Feb. […]
ink Shirt Day is an annual event where people wear a pink shirt as a way to take a stand against bullying. Pink Shirt Day started in 2007 when two Canadian students, Travis Price and David Shepherd, stood up to homophobic bullying of a grade 10 student who was harassed […]
o you remember the shows from your childhood? For me, they were The Elephant Show, Thomas the Tank Engine, Big Comfy Couch, and Fred Penner’s Place. It’s been 23 years since Fred Penner’s Place stopped producing new episodes, but Penner, now 73 and currently on his 40th-anniversary tour of The […]
ormer University of Guelph Track and Field coach Dave Scott-Thomas was fired from the university in December 2019 for unprofessional conduct. In February 2020, allegations against Scott-Thomas by a former student and athlete, Megan Brown, were published in The Globe and Mail. Scott-Thomas had coached at the university for […]
In Conversation with Nathan Skoufis was late on the day I was set to interview Nathan Skoufis. It was my own fault, and I was expecting Nathan to be frustrated or to have left by the time I finally met with him. I had it stuck in my mind that […]
Local 1334 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing the trades, maintenance and service workers at the University of Guelph, voted to support possible strike action if their negotiating committee deems it necessary in their pursuit of a new collective agreement. The final result of CUPES 1334’s Feb. […]
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.