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Ottawa’s plan for temporary housing sparks backlash over safety and transparency

Zixuan Li — November 22, 2024

Residents protested outside of the Nepean Sportsplex against Ottawa's temporary housing structures, citing safety risks and a lack of transparency

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Second-year Early Childhood Education students Hailey Lachance, Abbie Frazer, Alyssa Lapointe and Faith Savoy are sporting Bell Let's Talk hats at the Happy Place Event.

Photo: Charlotte Riethman

Mental health awareness week brings emphasis on decreasing stigma

Charlotte Riethman
February 04, 2020

Barkadley Magan enjoys mini-games at the Club's and Communities membership drive.

Photo: Douglas Boyle

Algonquin’s clubs and communities reach out to would-be members

Douglas Boyle
February 04, 2020

Arlene Anderson, guest speaker for Third Thursday and special events officer, Susan Pridmore.

Photo: Katherine Diabo

Baseball-bat maker offers advice and motivation during lunchtime talk

Katherine Diabo
February 03, 2020

Hunter mixes the batter for his chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Photo: Cody Byrne

Algonquin students get cooking with Ronald McDonald House

Cody Byrne
January 30, 2020

The founding members of the Indian Students Society.

Photo: Hritika Jimmy

The first event of the decade held by the Indian Student Society

Hritika Jimmy
January 30, 2020

Peter Cleary, guest speaker at Algonquin's Future of Health and Wellness Speaker Series, says students should seize the opportunity to network at these types of events.

Photo: Katelin Belliveau

Speaker series missed opportunity for health and wellness students

Katelin Belliveau
January 30, 2020

Jenna Toews, a first year baking student, models a pair of the hemmed Pant-a-Thon pants.

Photo: Kieran Morgan

The women behind the Algonquin College Pant-a-Thon

Kieran Morgan
January 29, 2020

Ludlum Model 12 Contamination meter which is a common radiation protection instrument. Meters are capable of detecting disintegrations per minute of radioactivity. Meters will be configured with different probes to count specific disintegrations or ‘counts’ per minute that emit gamma, beta, or alpha radiation.

Photo: Jorge Antunes

A mistake during an internal training exercise sends some Ontario residents into a panic

Jorge Maria
January 29, 2020

Connor Williams, a second-year computer systems technician outside of the Students' Association office was happy the fall mid-term break was added.

Photo: Charlotte Riethman

The fall term break shows success among students

Charlotte Riethman
January 28, 2020

Brad Saberon, 20, a pre-health sciences student at Algonquin College, proudly wearing a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey.

Photo: Breanna St-Jean

Algonquin College students honour Kobe Bryant

Breanna St-Jean
January 28, 2020

Photo: Laura Gaylord (Mental Health Outreach Intern), Cassie Greenough (Community Kitchen Founder), and Kaitlyn Evoy (Mental Health Outreach Intern) pose in with the Community Kitchen event sign Photo credit

Residence’s dinner program opens door to mental-health talk – and home-cooked meals

Kassia Skorzewska
January 27, 2020

Hongxia Wei, club leader

Photo: Alvin Tsang

Chinese cultural club celebrates the new Year of the Rat

Alvin Tsang
January 27, 2020

(Right) Jessica Montgomery, (Middle) Jessica Ruttan, (Left) Hannah Douglas

Photo: Sam Mcgowan

Knitting newbies and pros unwind with employee craft event

Sam Mcgowan
January 24, 2020

The Wellness and Equity Centre's coordinator, Quinn Blue, shares a vision of improving the workplace by collaborating with Pride at Work Canada.

Photo: Chanelle Pinard

Webinar aims to support allyship and inclusion in the workplace

Chanelle Pinard
January 21, 2020

Nailah Pawsen, 7 and Executive director of the Parkdale Community Kitchen, Karen Secord, 60.

Photo: Phaedra Hamer

College volunteers joined community kitchen for local food project

Phaedra Hamer
January 21, 2020

Year-one outdoor adventure naturalist students with Circle of Turtle Lodge members

Photo: Jodi Bucholtz

Pembroke’s Indigenous celebration event introduces Talking Sticks and Talking Circles

Camryn Majuary
January 21, 2020

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