Reading about the Doug Ford government considering to make student fees optional upsets me. To not have this financial stability could potentially muzzle student voices from the grassroots up — not only threatening clubs, but also operations like The Ontarion. As a student newspaper, The Ontarion helps to create […]
Author: Barbara Salsberg Mathews
The work of grief is challenging, but worth it
Greg, grief, and my mother’s story About a decade ago I taught a student whose story I felt compelled to share as 1 in 5 Mental Well-being Awareness Week takes place between Nov. 4 and 10. For the purposes of this article I will call this student Greg, though that […]
Guelph Studio Tour: A weekend of art and inspiration
Get an inside look at Guelph’s very own artists’ community The Guelph Studio Tour is coming up on Oct. 13 and 14. It is an event that connects our community with 40 local artists and artisans in their studios and exhibition spaces where guests have a wonderful opportunity to meet […]
“We the students do not consent!” Hundreds of students
Walk-out on 2015 Sex Ed “No ignorance, no hate! Don’t go back to ’98!”chants echo at City Hall Making their voices heard, over a thousand students from seven Guelph high schools congregated in front of Guelph’s City Hall on Friday, Sept. 21 in protest. They walked out of their classes at […]
ON then & now: Communications
The good, the bad, and the ugly Imagine waking up in a world with no cell phones or Internet. Flashback to the early 1980s. Computers were the size of a fridge. People had to wait days, weeks, and sometimes even months for responses to calls and letters. As is the […]
Drawing magazine girls for a quarter
How I became an entrepreneur One brisk fall day I was walking home from my grade four class at lunchtime, when suddenly a gust of wind stirred up some debris underneath a bush. A crumpled piece of disheveled paper threw itself in front of my feet. Being rather curious, I […]
ON then and now: Finding true love
Instagram: maddysmom_4u My wise four-year-old friend, Zeppelin Diclemente, tells me that “true love is in your heart and it creates your whole body.” I actually met my true love when I was a student at U of G in the early ’80s. We met at the Bullring, which was a […]
Becoming invisible helps my art
Introducing a new column: “On then and now” Since retiring, I’ve gone back to my first love — making art. I’ve noticed that two things have changed since the last time I drew in public places, B.C. (Before Children). I’ve become a ‘Woman of a Certain Age’ — which to many, […]
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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.