Sienna Gauthier – Algonquin Times

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Students say OSAP changes are shutting the door on their futures

Sienna Gauthier — February 27, 2026

A small but determined group of around 30 to 35 University of Ottawa and Algonquin College students marched through the uOttawa campus on Feb. 23, warning that Ontario’s OSAP changes are pushing low-income and marginalized youth out of higher education and deeper into debt

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Jahvon Flowers, a student at Algonquin College, looks across the campus commons on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. Flowers was spending time between classes at the college’s main campus.

The armour of everyday dressing for Algonquin College students

Sienna Gauthier — March 18, 2026

The outfits are doing more than just filling halls with oversized hoodies and sweats. For many, clothing has become a quiet form of protection, a way to control how the world interacts with them.

Truth and Reconciliation Day volunteers hold a red fabric banner displaying the names of hundreds of children who never returned home.

People at Truth and Reconciliation ceremony say day means more than wearing orange

Sienna Gauthier — October 02, 2026

Survivors, families and community members gathered on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to remember the children who never returned home and reflect on what reconciliation means