Independent News for the University of Guelph Community
To the administration of the University of Guelph, Like thousands of other alumni, I recently received an email asking for $20 donations to the University. Ten years on from graduating, I have become used to these requests. This email, however, has left me perplexed, frustrated, and sorely disappointed. Seemingly the […]
Columnist Odesia Howlett speaks to topics within the Black Lives Matter movement lack Lives Matter (BLM) is an organization, a movement, and a rally cry. BLM – Canada was co-founded in 2014 by Janaya Khan and Yusra Ali. “Black Lives Matter – Canada is the Canadian chapter of #BlackLivesMatter, an […]
COVID-19 and the 1918–1920 Spanish Influenza Pandemic at the University of Guelph hortly after classes began in the fall term of 1918, Byron Jenvey, a professor of agriculture economics at the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), went to his doctor’s office after feeling ill. The doctor did some tests, took Jenvey’s […]
Editor’s Note: The following was written on March 21 while Monica Mehmi, a third-year English student at the University of Guelph, was in self-quarantine. She had shown flu-like symptoms from March 14 to 22 and had repeatedly tried to get tested for COVID-19, however, due to the limited availability of […]
…Not Affirmation. s a journalist, I try my best to remain impartial and to avoid any bias. While I do have broadly left-leaning tendencies, I recognize that there are merits to arguments heard on either side of the aisle, so long as they can be supported with evidence. So, […]
n 2019, a small group of students began to circulate a petition to get Political Science Professor Ajay Sharma on a tenure track. I met with Sharma earlier this month to discuss his career and his approach to teaching. During our 45-minute talk, he told me that after the petition […]
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 […]
Understanding “Disaster Fatigue” and How To Fight It have lately found the news junkie in me becoming increasingly pessimistic. Over the last few months, years really, the news has been interesting but increasingly morbid. Just recently, and still ongoing, the impact of the climate crisis has been demolishing coastal […]
It’s okay not to love every moment am going to be honest with you — I’m tired. I’m tired of sitting in class, tired of writing a test or two every week, and just straight-up tired. This is my ninth (yes, ninth!) consecutive year of university, so I suppose it’s […]
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 […]
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.