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Blue Monday and Mental Health

As the new year starts, resolutions start rolling in. Most New Year resolutions are aimed at sleeping better, fixing eating habits, or finding ways to improve mental health. Buying some facial scrubs and watching a YouTube video to start your new facial routine is one thing, but how do you better your mental health?Start by figuring out what you wanted...

The Art of Resilience

Caroline Marchand, a 2013 alumna, speaks out about resilience and mental health. — Photo credit: Photo credit: Sayam Rez

At a January 29th webinar sponsored by Bell Let’s Talk and hosted by Health Services across all three Algonquin College campuses, AC alumna Caroline Marchand talks about her resilient battle against mental illness. She spoke to the Algonquin College student body, the students of her former professors' class and others who attended. In the midst of the global pandemic, when...

Taking things apart helps mechanical engineering technology grad succeed

Adam Cordick was the School of Advanced Technology's valedictorian at the 2020 online convocation.

Some kids want to be astronauts or princesses or actors when they grow up. Young Adam Cordick wanted nothing more than to be a race car driver. Not just the car's driver though, but also working on the car as an automotive engineer. He got the inspiration to become a race car driver from his father, Keith Cordick, as the...

Raising the Pride virtually

As part of Campus Pride Week, the Students' Association celebrated the flag-raising event virtually.

Pride Week, an annual celebration filled with events, kicked off on Sept. 28 with its first event: raising the pride flag in front of the main entrance of the college. Due to the pandemic and to ensure the safety of the students, the Students' Association needed to shift everything online, by streaming the event on their Instagram page. The SA...

Two-day Scholar Strike was a chance to discuss systemic racism

The Scholar Strike is about taking a break from studies and focusing on educating oneself on the matters of Black Lives Matter movement

During his classes on the first week of school, Martin Lee, a biotechnology and chemistry professor, used some of his class time to discuss the issues that prompted the Scholar Strike on Sept. 9 and 10. The strike was a work stoppage event taking place across Canada and the U. S. in support of anti-oppression, police brutality and racism.“The strike...

Makerspace device demonstrates the magic of coding

Stephen Gagne, the coordinator of the event, explains what the Arduino device can do. Attendees were invited to create something incredible with the device if they put their imagination to the test. — Photo credit: Alfred Carreon

By fiddling with one small device and a coding program, you have the ability to create almost anything your heart desires, from a light switch to something as complex as a 1980s synthesizer. Coding is pretty much the closest thing to magic that humans have. You're able to put in seemingly ordinary words into a program and watch it unfold...

By Alfred Carreon (Alfred as photographer) + 2 others for Algonquin Journalism - 3 min read

Annual career fair lets students practise networking skills

Students, alumni, and graduates all lining up to be let into the job fair and hand in their resumes to their future employers. — Photo credit: Alfred Carreon

Mackenzie Erskine, a mechanical engineering technology student, was just one of many students hustling around Algonquin's Thunder Dome on Feb. 11 with resumes sticking out of folders to hand off to future would-be employers. Erskine handed her resume to one of the few mechanical engineering booths -- the CNL booth -- that were present at the event. "This is it....

Mayor submits letter demanding clarity on payments for LRT

Local: Ottawa Citizen - Mayor Jim Watson has filed a letter to the Rideau Transit Group asking them to provide quarterly updates for the city's August and September payment to the Rideau Transit Maintenance. The mayor and various council members have expressed their frustration about not knowing what the $4.5-million payment to the RTG was about. They will be withholding...

From former Algonquin College cleaner to public relations student

Mickeal Du Plessis, a 28-year-old public relations student and former janitor for the OCSB and Algonquin College. — Photo credit: Alfred Carreon

AC Day 1 allows teachers and students to meet each other, place a face to a name and learn more about their chosen program and the college. When it was Mikeal Du Plessis' turn to stand and introduce himself to his future classmates, he shared something intimate about his past. “I used to clean and mop the floor of this...

The AC Hub's pancake breakfast encourages community and good health

AC Hub's Pancake day was held to help students stay healthy and take care of their mental health throughout the school year. — Photo credit: Alfred Carreon

As pancakes were being cooked on the grill in the AC Hub, curious students and staff slowly began to line up, following the sweet scent of chocolate pancakes to figure out what was going on. Pancake day, hosted by the AC Hub, happens at the beginning of each term. It's part of the Mental Health 360 series of events. The...