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Growing pains: Horticulture industry feels scorched by college’s decision to shear program

Reilly Armstrong — May 01, 2026

As the college begins to phase out its horticulture pathways, students and industry experts are wary of long-term consequences

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Photo: Duane McNair vice president, finance and Administration with Joy Fidelis Ugbong, Abhinav Jain, Revati Hardikar, Mayank Mayank, Albin John Joseph and Philip Dave director applied research Photo credit

Event showcases applied research projects

Agrani Tiwari
August 01, 2024

online data

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Algonquin student loses $450 to travel booking scam

Aicha Chamor
August 01, 2024

Ten Torontonians arrested for smartphone fraud

Ten Torontonians arrested for smartphone fraud

James Gray
August 01, 2024

Ithihas Omanakuttan Sheeja (left) and Lauren Larocque (right) at the fresh fruit booth

Photo: Agrani Tiwari

AC Summer Fest brings students together with fun, food and festivities

Agrani Tiwari
August 01, 2024

Phillip Anderegg ran the scavenger hunt as an employee of Ottawa Walking Tours, though he said his boss wrote the questions—and was very strict about the answers

Photo: James Gray

AC students scour the Hill for scavenger hunt clues

James Gray
August 01, 2024

Ximena Luna (right),Lokender Singh (centre) and Pratit Singh (left) explaining the game to workshop attendees

Photo: Aicha Chamor

Serenitea workshop serves up mental health education and support

Aicha Chamor
July 26, 2024

Students board an outbound bus at one of Algonquin's two bus stops, across the street from residence

Photo: James Gray

Algonquin student card and U-Pass to be replaced by merged card

James Gray
July 25, 2024

Danielle Allard, singer-songwriter and Algonquin College instructor, jamming on her live stream

Photo: Angel Belair-Poirier

Bluesfest invests in Algonquin professor

Angel Belair-Poirier
July 25, 2024

Wildfire ravages historic Jasper

Wildfire ravages historic Jasper

Steven Dalloo
July 25, 2024

Kathleen Ramsay (left) and Louise Ramsay (right) are served dessert by a student waiter at the Food for Thought event

Photo: Agrani Tiwari

PR students host fundraising dinner for mental health awareness

Agrani Tiwari
July 25, 2024

Professor Jason Vodden took attendees on a tour of the horticulture grounds, including a vegetable garden and greenhouse

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Garden and Grow fundraiser to help people have fun in garden

Agrani Tiwari
July 25, 2024

Public Relations students have raised more than $500,000 for numerous Ottawa area charities since 1986. L-R

Photo: This year's fundraisers include Lois Caracas, Manpreet Kaur and Roxanne Kayizaniza. Photo credit

Algonquin College Public Relations students announce charity events for The Royal

Tyler Reis-Sanford
July 23, 2024

Sophia Wojdak, an AC student, was second runner-up at the Ontario Regional Canada Pageant

Photo: Agrani Tiwari

Algonquin student is runner-up at provincial pageant

Agrani Tiwari
July 19, 2024

When we engage in rage online, we're not doing justice to the communication skills humanity has taken centuries to develop, argues Tyler Reis-Sanford

Photo: Tyler Reis-Sanford

Put the phone down, idiot

Tyler Reis-Sanford
July 18, 2024

The intersection of Wajashk Private and Wàbisheshi Private at Algonguin College's Ottawa campus

Photo: Tyler Reis-Sanford

Algonquin continues work on Indigenous representation after Kwey language video series launch

Tyler Reis-Sanford
July 18, 2024

Algonquin College international students Ece Kaplan (left), Md Irteza Chowdhury (right) and Leah Grimes ( centre) gathered at Ryan Farm Park to celebrate their cultural diversity and shared college experiences

Photo: Aicha Chamor

Peer mentor picnic brings international students together

Aicha Chamor
July 11, 2024

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