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“I feel like the number is so small,

New guidelines for drinking alcohol prompt a range of reactions

Arty Sarkisian — January 25, 2023

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Noëlla Kondo (left) and Aleda Waddigton, first-year bachelor of digital marketing communication students.

Students and professors question approach to course feedback

Arty Sarkisian — January 25, 2023

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Trudeau was well received by the students and the faculty. Students were trying to get a picture with the Prime Minister after the event.

Trudeau meets Algonquin College nursing students

Arty Sarkisian — February 10, 2023

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More articles by Arty Sarkisian

“I feel like the number is so small,

Photo: Arty Sarkisian

New guidelines for drinking alcohol prompt a range of reactions

Arty Sarkisian
January 25, 2023

Noëlla Kondo (left) and Aleda Waddigton, first-year bachelor of digital marketing communication students.

Photo: Arty Sarkisian

Students and professors question approach to course feedback

Arty Sarkisian
January 25, 2023

Trudeau was well received by the students and the faculty. Students were trying to get a picture with the Prime Minister after the event.

Photo: Arty Sarkisian

Trudeau meets Algonquin College nursing students

Arty Sarkisian
February 10, 2023

“It doesn't bother me to have to pitch in to cover someone else's fees,” said Evan McNeil.

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College doesn’t offer financial aid to Ukrainians and Russians escaping war

Arty Sarkisian
February 14, 2023

“Manhattan. You think of someone from New York. A bitter New Yorker, so you put bitter in it,” said Pat Beckett, mixing a Manhattan for class.

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‘Fearless’ bartending student left her 30-year career as a pharmacist to seek joy

Arty Sarkisian
February 15, 2023

Biden’s visit to Ottawa will cause road closures and traffic disruptions

Biden’s visit to Ottawa will cause road closures and traffic disruptions

Arty Sarkisian
March 23, 2023

Algonquin Times writer Arty Sarkisian

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Cartoons over politics

Arty Sarkisian
April 12, 2023

Mixology classes at the college try to recreate the experience of real bars. However, students use coloured water instead of real alcohol when they practice.

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Bartending profs toast return to in-class program after COVID silenced industry

Arty Sarkisian
May 29, 2023

Geraldo Azevedo, one of the most famous Brazilian singers today, sings to his fellow Brazilians at the Algonquin Commons Theatre. During the military dictatorship, he spent 41 days in a Brazilian prison where he was tortured for his artistic independence.

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Brazilian ‘Sinatra’ answers the question: What is Brazil?

Arty Sarkisian
September 19, 2023

Kaltoun Moussa holding a wooden stick that Somalians use to grind the crops in the new Khayrhaye Museum.

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Explorer: Ottawa’s new Somalian culture museum is the first in Canada

Arty Sarkisian
September 27, 2023

People sit in the Gathering Circle at college’s Ishkodewan courtyard in the DARE district after the screening.

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Indigenous movie screening ‘seeks truth to reconcile’

Arty Sarkisian
October 03, 2023

Eshaan Bansal taking pictures of the Canadian Tire Centre during the field trip organized by the International Education Centre.

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International students explore Canadian life through the good ol’ hockey game

Arty Sarkisian
October 17, 2023

Sometimes history will chew you up and spit you out and you must stand up with a cheery smile and say, “Thank you.”

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First Person: What it’s like to be a ‘nobody’ when war happens

Arty Sarkisian
October 23, 2023

Polina Sysueva reads her great-grandfather's name at the Canadian Tribute of Human Rights.

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From Stalin’s repression to the Communist club at Algonquin College

Arty Sarkisian
November 03, 2023

The Commotions are celebrating its 10th anniversary of expanding on the music of the Motown era. “It's a privilege to play it again and keep it relevant to a younger generation,” Jeff Asselin said. “Otherwise, it just gets lost.”

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The Commotions celebrate their 10th anniversary of expanding on the music of the past

Arty Sarkisian
November 14, 2023

The federal government is considering limiting the yearly intake of international students as a measure to ease the housing crisis.
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Photo: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Algonquin College president Claude Brulé (on the right) in the B-building of the college on Feb. 10, 2023, after a Q&A session with Algonquin nursing students. Photo credit

Report recommends ending tuition freeze as Algonquin College flags financial sustainability

Arty Sarkisian
November 17, 2023

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