Algonquin’s Students' Association held its recurring dirty bingo night event where Bonnie Cooper along with seven other students won a $50 gift card to Venus Envy. Cooper, a bookkeeping and accounting practices student, is a regular at this event having attended for the past five years. For her, attending this event was one of the best parts of her month.“Krystal...

Algonquin College community members joined Pride at Work Canada's Re-thinking LGBTQ2+ Inclusion Training workshop on Feb. 24 with the goal of learning about how to educate employees on LGBTQ2+ training and pitfalls. The virtual event was hosted by Jade Pichette, Pride at Work Canada’s manager of programs, and Meike Jourdain, Pride at Work Canada’s programs assistant. The session is the...

A class assignment on traditional Jamaican patties ignited a light for Jacob Henry, a culinary management grad, who now successfully runs a restaurant in Ottawa's west end. “I brought a handmade batch into class for everyone to try," Henry said. "After that, they were a huge hit.”Henry, 35, started his business, Run2Patty, while he was ending his studies. Since receiving...

With midterm break and many midterm assignments now in the rearview mirror, this can either be a time of great stress or great relaxation for Algonquin students. On Friday, Feb. 26, the Algonquin Times asked students on the Woodroffe campus how they felt about their midterm assignments and about their plans for the midterm break. Here's what students had to...

When film and media production professor and program coordinator Jeremy Atherton heard the news of Algonquin College being named a National Capital Region’s Top Employer for the eighth year in a row he wasn’t surprised. “We’re a creative bunch," Atherton said. "We don’t always take a straight line to the finish and the school has always been supportive of us."...

The college continues to project a $19-million financial deficit, according to the most recent meeting of the Algonquin College board of governors. Based on discussions at the board meeting, which took place on Feb. 22, 2021, the college expects to increasingly rely on international students to solve its troubled financial situation caused by the pandemic. The main cause of the...

Medical students studying and working in high-risk areas of hospitals and long-term health care have been included in Phase One of the vaccine rollout, however a decision to make vaccinations mandatory remains unclear. Currently this term Algonquin College has 461 practical nursing students and 420 Bachelor of Science Nursing students enrolled in placements. Karen Ball, chair of nursing at Algonquin...

For months now, thousands of peaceful protesters have been spotted at large intersections around Ottawa to oppose the Indian agricultural acts that received parliamentary assent this past fall. Among them are members of the Algonquin College community."On weekends there are different intersections where people stand with banners in their hands — mostly at Greenbank and Strandherd, and the High Commission...

Community members will have the opportunity to vote for one of three candidates running for the position of academic staff representative to the Algonquin board of governors between March 10 and March 11. In order to help the community get to know Anna Labelle, Jonathan Parker and Rebecca Wakelin, the candidates running for the position, The Algonquin Times interviewed them...

Liam Hickey, a student at Algonquin College and a guard on the Algonquin Thunder men's basketball team, is excited to return to basketball for the Thunder. Before the lockdown, he was on campus from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on weekdays and at 8 a.m. on Saturdays. "Working on my shot, working on my game. Trying to stay active," Hickey...