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NEWS IN BRIEF: Protesting Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion
Activists target local MPs for national day of action On Friday, March 23, a group of about 80 protesters, led by the on-campus activist group Fossil Free Guelph, participated in a national day of action against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. The crowd consisted of community members and students who […]
Sustainability Week at U of G
Daily themes range from clean water to sustainable cities and communities The University of Guelph’s annual Sustainability Week is taking place from March 19 to 24. This year’s festivities are representing the United Nations’ sustainable development goals with a splash of localized action initiatives. In the midst of working on beeswax […]
Get to know your new CSA executives
Quick facts about your newly elected student union representatives [media-credit id=121 align=”alignnone” width=”1020″] Name: Jack Fisher Position: President Favourite on-campus eatery: Definitively the Brass Taps. Late-night snack: Melted cheese on triscuits. Netflix most-recents: There Will Be Blood, followed by American Vandal. First act as CSA executive: The first thing I plan […]
News in Brief: Breaking down barriers to Trump’s border wall
Judge accused by President now rules in his favour One obstacle down, one million to go. In an environmentally questionable move by District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the first steps toward construction of Trump’s border wall have finally begun. While Trump by no means has the final go-ahead for the border […]
U of G siding with sessional instructor over students?
U of G student demands formal policy for student complaints against faculty After multiple alleged altercations with a sessional lecturer last semester, a fourth year student at U of G, who has asked to be referred to as Emma for privacy reasons, has called into question the university’s policy for investigating […]
CSA Executive Elections 2018
The Central Student Association’s (CSA) general election period has begun, and candidates are launching their campaigns across campus. Voting will take place from March 5 to 7, and the all candidates forum will take place on Thursday, March 1. After the executive restructuring in 2017, there are now four executive […]
PC leader Patrick Brown resigns amid decade-old sexual misconduct allegations
Guilty, whether proven innocent or not? Late last week, allegations of sexual misconduct were levied against Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown when two anonymous women came forward with accusations of inappropriate behaviour. Both women state the misconduct took place a while ago, one being about 10 years ago and […]
A helping hand
Startup company 3D prints prosthetic hands at no cost to patients U of G student Jerry Ennett is in his final year of the biomedical engineering program. On top of his demanding course schedule, Ennett designs and produces prosthetic hands for children who couldn’t otherwise afford them through his 3D […]
Exclaim!’s Stephen Carlick talks life as a music critic
The internet has democratized the conversation, but critics soldier on In the art universe, the artists are always “the interesting ones.” Everyone wants a piece of the band, the director, the writer, or the poet. However, in terms of success — in perhaps its narrowest definition — it’s still the […]
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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.