Full interview with Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of This Wound is a World, at Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Karen K. Tran: In the past you’ve described your work as something that’s focused on the “Indigenous paranormal.” Could you explain what you mean by that? Billy-Ray Belcourt: That’s more about my academic […]
Arts & Culture
The Ontarion’s arts and culture articles cover the local artistic scene, including news, interviews, and reviews.
Interviews with authors at EMWF: Sharon Bala
Full interview with Sharon Bala, author of The Boat People, at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Karen K. Tran: There’s been an upsurge in books written by and about people of colour recently — why do you think these types of books are becoming more popular? Sharon Bala: I don’t know […]
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival celebrates 30 years of Canadian writing
42 authors to participate in local festival for book lovers The 30th edition of the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival (EMWF) will take place this upcoming weekend from Friday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 9. Part of Guelph’s “Fab Five” Festivals, EMWF hosts prolific Canadian authors every year in the scenic […]
Guelph 101: Intro. to music
Your back-to-school playlist High School Never Ends by Bowling for Soup ABC by Jackson 5 Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus What’s My Age Again? by Blink 182 Brain Damage by Eminem The Geeks Will Inherit The Earth by Fight Dragons Chemical Love by Charlie McDonnell Darwin by Third Eye Blind Favourite Colour by Tokyo Police Club Hello Cold World by Paramore You […]
Newly whole Born Ruffians take on Riverfest
The band discusses the importance of maintaining band relationships and songs they wish they hadn’t written When watching Born Ruffians perform, one thing’s clear: the band’s tight. This comes in part from performing on stages across the world, and in part from their close relationship off stage. The Midland trio […]
Haviah Mighty captivates the crowd twice at Riverfest
The rapper talked to The Ontarion about hometown pride and building her identity as an artist You may not have heard of Haviah Mighty yet, but if her overwhelmingly positive reception at Riverfest Elora this Sunday is any indication, you will know her soon enough. The rapper performed twice at […]
Riverfest 2018
The tenth annual music festival presented both up and coming acts and established acts from across North America Friday, August 17 marked the opening day of the tenth annual Riverfest. The music festival presented a diverse selection of artists from across North America over three days at Bissell Park. From […]
Memories of Warped Tour
The final cross-country tour returns to Toronto When news broke that Warped Tour would be making its final run in the summer of 2018, I was excited to see that the tour would be returning to Toronto on July 17. The tour had completely skipped Canada for the past two […]
Top five inspiring shows for English majors
Fix it with fiction Working towards a goal is a process, and during that process, comes times of discouragement. As a student at the University of Guelph, who is working towards an English major and creative writing minor, the big and small screens are two of my favourite places to […]
Hillside Festival celebrates 35 years of music, community, and sustainability
Festival overview and reviews of select shows The 35th edition of Guelph’s not-for-profit Hillside Festival went off without a hitch at Guelph Lake Conservation Area from July 13 to 15. Featuring a variety of top mainstream and Indigenous performers, the festival on an island was once again a proving ground […]
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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.