Fossil Free Guelph and five years of protests Over the past five years the student activist group Fossil Free Guelph (FFG) has staged over 20 protests and reports for policy input, pushing for a blanket divestment from fossil fuels to take place over the next five years. On Monday, Nov. […]
Author: Matteo Cimellaro
Smoke Free Campus slated to arrive in late May or June
U of G administration drafts policy with community input University of Guelph administration is drafting their policy to ban all tobacco-related products like cigarettes, e-cigarettes, chew, shisha, and pipes. The ban will not take effect in January of 2019. The committee charged with drafting the policy will continue their work […]
Freedom of expression mandated policy
Failure to comply may impact grant funding On Aug. 30 of 2018, Doug Ford and the PC party issued a mandate to Ontario post-secondary institutions to develop a free speech policy. Universities and colleges have until Jan. 1, 2019 to “develop, implement and comply” to a free speech policy, according […]
Minister of education Lisa Thompson visits U of G campus
Silent protest took place during Public Management Student Association event Education Minister Lisa Thompson, who is a U of G public management graduate, spoke to a group of Public Management students about Ontario’s education on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The event was also open to the public and was attended by […]
U of G fine arts professor John Kissick faces assault charges
UPDATE: On Monday, Jan. 28, the assault charge against John Kissick was dropped in court. Kissick and former girlfriend Talia Yeo, have agreed to enter into a mutual peace bond. Ex-girlfriend Talia Yeo says she is thankful for student support following video post online John Kissick, a fine […]
Voter suppression is pervasive in the American south. Can it find its way to Canada?
Controversy in Guelph’s 2011 Federal Election shows Canadian democracy remains an ongoing project, not a definite system America has a voter suppression problem. North Dakota has a voter suppression problem. The south has a voter suppression problem. Georgia has a voter suppression problem. Can Canada have a voter suppression problem? […]
Better Ballot Guelph champions issues-based campaigns
Guelph-based campaign hopes to change political conversation Growing out of the Guelph-Wellington Women’s Campaign School, Better Ballot Guelph (BBG) is confronting the polarizing and divisive political climate through their campaign that is intended to keep voters and candidates issues-focused. BBG kickstarted on Sept. 11, 2018 ahead of the Oct. 22 […]
Mlynarz and Guthrie race for the Royal City
Aggie Mlynarz It is Thursday, Sept. 27 and I prepare to interview Aggie Mlynarz at The Ontarion office on campus. Walking in, she asks for a charger and plugs herself in to send off some emails — she seems busy but not frazzled. During the interview she tells me that […]
Trump supporter at high school walkout divisive, dangerous, and inciting
How rhetoric and far-right tactics normalize fear and tribalism Hundreds of Guelph high school students walked out of class last Friday, Sept. 21 to protest the provincial government’s rollbacks of the 2015 sex education curriculum. The transportation back to the 1998 curriculum was quickly followed up with the cancellation of […]
Trump supporter at high school walkout divisive, dangerous, and inciting
How rhetoric and far-right tactics normalize fear and tribalism Hundreds of Guelph high school students walked out of class last Friday, Sept. 21 to protest the provincial government’s rollbacks of the 2015 sex education curriculum. The transportation back to the 1998 curriculum was quickly followed up with the cancellation of […]
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