Perfect for you and your pooch Eating right can be rough during exam season, with any extra time that could be spent making a healthy meal being used to study up on a full semester’s worth of information that should have been absorbed, in easily digestible chunks, throughout the past […]
Author: Tanner Morton
The delicate art of leaving reality behind
It’s a very, very mad world The world changed tremendously in 2016; beloved celebrities were dropping like flies, the passing of a gorilla captured the hearts and minds of an entire generation, and the political landscape changed forever. In the good old days, even during the election cycle, politics would […]
Between the Sheets: Prophetic satire in The Best Laid Plans
3.5 stars out of 4 One of the best things about novels is their ability to remain relevant even as the world evolves around them. The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis, published in 2008, is more relevant now than it has probably ever been. The novel tells the story […]
The pitfalls in romanticizing Canada as a northern utopia
Problems regarding true patriot love During a recent visit to New York, a question that I was consistently asked was: How do Canadians feel about the recent presidential election and the prospect of having Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America? Typically, I feel unfit […]
NSERC Chair awarded to Guelph professor for energy research
Dr. Peter Tremaine receives $2.5 million in funding Dr. Peter Tremaine, a chemistry professor at the University of Guelph, has been awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Senior Industrial Research Chair in High-Temperature Aqueous Chemistry. The announcement, which took place in McLaughlin 307 on Nov. […]
Perfectly crafted fundraiser for Ed Video Media Arts Centre
The Art of Brewhaha showcases local breweries Craft beer aficionados and newbies looking to dip their toes into the world of small batch brewing flocked to the Old Quebec Street Mall on Nov. 12 for the Art of Brewhaha Festival in support of Ed Video Media Arts Centre. According to […]
CSA proposes changes to club space
Offices to be renovated in favour of communal space University of Guelph’s Central Student Association (CSA) has announced a proposal for renovations to the CSA club space on the second floor of the University Centre for 2017. The CSA held a town hall event at the Brass Taps on Wed, […]
Office Hours: On hometowns and memoirs with writer Alison Wearing
In conversation with U of G’s writer in residence Following a performance of Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter at Lower Massey Hall, The Ontarion continued its conversation with U of G’s writer in residence Alison Wearing, discussing her influences on her work in both fiction and her memoir. Tanner Morton: […]
Ontario Government aims to streamline OSAP
Deputy Premier Deb Matthews discusses changes Over the course of 2016, the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) has been changed considerably. In March, the Ontario government announced the Ontario Student Grant (OSG), which would provide free tuition to students who come from homes that make under $50,000 per year—though students […]
A sugary-sweet send-off to The Great British Bake Off as we know it
Bringing out the reality in reality television If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from reality television, it’s how far from reality these shows have become. There was a time when competition-based reality shows all but dominated popular television. Whether it was a collection of strangers living in a house, […]
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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.