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Click here for coverage of the March 4 Walkout/Divestment Protest he Mar. 4 Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Walkout and Divest Protest at the University of Guelph was a powerful display of solidarity and support that sent a very clear message from protesters to the university: Divest from fossil fuels and stop being […]
Vice-President of Finance Commits to Recommending the University Divest. UPDATE: On Mar. 11, the Aboriginal Students Association (ASA) presented a letter to the Central Students Association (CSA) Board of Directors at a board meeting. The letter criticized the way the CSA planned and executed the Mar. 4 Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Walkout/Divestment […]
At 4 a.m. on Feb. 6, a large force of the RCMP assaulted the Unist’ot’en 39 km camp and blocked media access. Six land defenders were arrested (and released shortly thereafter), and journalists were removed due to “safety concerns.” The following day saw raids at another Unist’ot’en camp, at the […]
“Therapy For My Living Spirit” hen presented with the opportunity to highlight art that was important to me, I knew straight away I wanted to write a piece on artist Michael “Cy” Cywink. Hailing from Wiikwemikoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, Cy has been creating and sharing striking and […]
ITH ANOTHER REMEMBRANCE DAY COME AND GONE, Canadians have an opportunity to re-evaluate our treatment of veterans as a whole. Taking care of those who served has been a contentious issue in Canada since the World Wars, with Veterans Affairs often coming up in elections and parliamentary debates. However, the […]
What a Minority Liberal Government Could Mean for Indigenous Communities ACCORDING TO THE Government of Canada’s tracking system, there are currently 57 First Nations communities across Canada still living under a boil water advisory (BWA), which means the water is generally not useable for cooking, drinking, or cleaning unless […]
Editor’s Note: Following the publication of Treaty No. 3 (1792) in March of 2019, The Ontarion has again partnered with Dr. Brittany Luby for an experiential learning collaboration between The Ontarion and Dr. Luby’s class. Trying to understand the Indian Act in Canada is an attempt to understand over 250 […]
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.