Gryphon Erin Houle to compete in the 2015 Indoor Field Hockey World Cup Every time fourth-year Landscape Architecture-student and field hockey-star Erin Houle goes somewhere to play, her dad texts her four words: “Play hard. Play fair.” Clearly, she does. Erin is a prime example of what a strong work […]
Author: Annie Krueger
The 34th Annual Guelph Organic Conference & Expo
A preview of exhibits, workshops, and seminars on everything organic From Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, the Organic Conference & Expo will run Guelph for its 34th year. With an estimated 1,800 attendees, hundreds of booths, and many workshops, the expo is considered to be kind of a big deal […]
Voting; Try it Sometime
A critique on voting turnouts Let’s talk about voting. Or, more specifically, let’s talk about not voting. Because, frankly, that’s likely what you did. 45 per cent of the citizens of the municipality of Guelph voted in last week’s election that elected Cam Guthrie. Since this is 11 per cent […]
In Defence of Wheat
A rebuttal to the Wheat Belly argument Ever heard of the book Wheat Belly? I can’t stand it. To be fair, I have nothing against Wheat Belly itself – everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Rather, it’s the repercussions of that book that drive me batty. I work part-time at a flour mill, […]
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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.