Despite the challenges of COVID-19, many students living on campus are managing well. Currently Algonquin College residence is at 45 per cent occupancy, a drop due to the pandemic which typically is home for up to 1,050 students each term. While the number of students living on campus has gone down, the overall mood of those currently in residence is...

Algonquin College held its second pub night event of the year on Feb.9, where students and staff from the college were invited to answer trivia questions about things like television, sports, geography and politics to win a prize. The event was held virtually and about 20 students participated from their homes. Once students arrived with the Zoom link, they were...

Algonquin College scriptwriting students spent the latter half of 2020 working to make the January launch of the new animated TVOKids series, Wolf Joe, a howling success. Wolf Joe premiered on Jan. 9, 2021 and follows the adventures of young Joe, an Anishinaabe boy and his two best friends, Nina and Buddy. The three embark on exciting quests to learn...

Project Lighthouse at Algonquin College worked in collaboration with The White Ribbon campaign to host an event for men premised on how they can become better allies in ending violence against women and girls. David Garzon, the team leader of community engagement at White Ribbon, hosted a workshop on Feb. 9 that offered students strategies about speaking up and taking...

Algonquin College has seen a rise in enrolment since last year but still has yet to reach their pre-COVID-19 numbers. Enrolment was down 15 per cent for fall 2020, and while the college cannot predict the upcoming fall numbers in these uncertain times, they are sure that it will be higher. “We are not yet forecasting our enrolments to be...

Lockdown measures imposed by the government of Ontario have forced the health and fitness promotion program at Algonquin College to think outside the box when it comes to how they offer their personal training. Personal training is usually conducted in person as part of a six-week-long assignment for the level-four students in the health and fitness promotion program. This semester,...

Students and graduates hoping to find work still have options to choose from despite the pandemic and current lockdown restrictions. Algonquin College currently provides all their students access to the HireAC job portal. Here students can find job postings ranging from administrative work, government positions, to landscaping and camp counselling. There are currently 19 job openings available. This can all...

For Hafsah Omar, a student in the office administrator executive program, dealing with remote learning has meant coming up with a few organizational and time-management tricks to help her succeed. Learning remotely has changed our usual routines and can lead to students to feel stressed, distracted and unorganized. “Make it into a space that you can easily focus on the...

Although Algonquin College’s MakerSpace is operating remotely nowadays, experienced students and faculty are available to schedule online meetings to discuss potential ideas.“It’s literally open to everyone with a capital E,” said Matthew Jerabek, associate manager of marketing and communications for Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Algonquin College. Thanks to their 3D printing and laser cutting services, having your imagination...

The past year with its two lockdowns hasn’t been easy been for Jessica Sabourin, a third-year business administration student at Algonquin College, but she has worked hard to make a new normal for herself through routine and by staying busy. Sabourin, 23, had been employed at a gym in Ottawa since she was 18 and worked her way up to...