Third-year civil engineering students Saheb Birgi, Saul Halpren, Prince Giciro and John Akinpelu faced a figurative crossroad for their civil engineering final project. The quartet, group 08CF, had chosen the Elmridge Tennis Club in Gloucester for their project. Their goal was to analyze the the conditions of the courts then develop a permanent repair plan for the club. The group...

A group of students and faculty at Algonquin College are helping to bring a student refugee here to the college, beginning in the fall term. Victoria Zaremba, 27, and Amy Winterburn, 30, are students in the social service worker program. They also sit on the local committee of the World University Service of Canada, a Canada-wide organization that sponsors refugees...

Filomena Tassi, the federal minister of public services and procurement, visited and toured Algonquin College's Woodroffe campus on Thursday, April 14. The MP for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas is travelling to various parts of the province to talk about the 2022 federal budget, which was released last week. Minister Tassi said it is important not only to talk about the budget, but...

According to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, there are about 22 million refugees in dozens of countries around the world. In recent months, four and a half million Ukrainians, the largest refugee cohort since the height of the Syrian civil war eight years ago, have joined this unlucky community. Refugees face challenges finding clean water to drink or a...

On the Perth campus of Algonquin College on a day in mid-March, the sounds of laughter are mixed with the sounds of construction. To the left side of the building, students hammered away on their sheds. Joking with each other as they worked, they also tossed snowballs at each other whenever the teacher looked away. But still there was a...

The usual sounds of organs and the harmonic singing of the choir at church were replaced with loud drums, guitar riffs, loudspeakers blasting heavy 808s and auto- tuned vocals on April 9 at Rothwell United Church. As an initiative to raise funds and awareness for the Ukrainian refugee crisis as well as promote original music from emerging Ottawa-based artists, students...

As of May 1, Algonquin College will be lifting its vaccine and mask mandates to align with provincial regulations. In an email sent to students and faculty, President Claude Brulé announced the incoming changes. “The change is based on recent lifting of most provincial restrictions, advice from our public health and government officials,” he wrote. These changes will see the...

Three times a week, Muay Thai classes are offered in studio A at the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Center. Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. sensei Warwick Fluke, a national Thai boxing champion teaches a martial art and combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. For students who are martial...

Campus newsstands were stacked with the first physical edition of the Algonquin Times in two years, as staff distributed the newspaper in mid-March. The Times has been the college’s community paper for around four decades, with its first edition ever coming out on Sept. 17, 1986. Produced by the students in the journalism and advertising marketing program it’s been delivering...

During a launch event held on April 6, 2022, in the Student Commons, students of the public relations program announced their new campaign to raise money for victims of sexual assault. The organizers are hoping to collect around $10,000 on behalf of the Sexual Assault Support Center of Ottawa. They are optimistic that they may even make more as most...