For some Algonquin College students, Zoom is where their college experience started. Some students have done three semesters on Zoom and are still attending classes on it. Some have never even attended in-person class. Even though remote learning is not everyone’s cup of tea, students and faculty still manage to work with it. Sydney Rathbone, a second-year business management student...

Last year, when a complete stranger asked me if I was going home for the holidays, I told them that I was staying in Ottawa because my parents live abroad and I am an only child. Truthfully, on a sunny day when the roads are clear, my parents are just a 45-minute drive away from the city. I also have...

On February first, I had the opportunity to speak at the Taking a Stand: Disrupting Black and Indigenous Racism event for the college. I was joined by past SA President, Deijanelle Simon, who shared her experience as a Black woman. Since this is Black History Month, I want to share with you my portion of the speech with you: I’m...

The Hospitality and Tourism faculty at Algonquin College has been hit hard as a result of the pandemic with a reduced number of enrolled students, a remodel of hands-on labs, new safety protocols on campus and COVID-19 specific additions to the curriculums. Some of the programs have seen a decrease of 30 to 60 per cent in enrollment from last...

When students from Algonquin and from other Ontario colleges got together to take part in a campus versus campus Among Us tournament hosted by e-sports host We Got Game!, crewmates and imposters alike were ejected for acting in a suspicious manner. The tournament, open to Algonquin students, as well as students from Collège La Cité, Cambrian College, Niagara College, George...

Mercury Filmworks has donated $25,000 to establish the Kevin Kocvar Editing Award for Algonquin’s film and media production program. The award honours the memory of Kevin Kocvar, a former Mercury Filmworks employee and an Algonquin College student. “With this bursary, we honour the memory of our friend and colleague Kevin Kocvar. In his name, we hope to empower the next...

Serena Ryder, a Juno-Award winning artist, made a virtual visit to Algonquin College on Jan. 28 to speak about her journey to mental wellness, while giving a live exclusive performance of her new single. Approximately 300 students from Algonquin, Collège La Cité and St. Clair College, safely from their homes, took part in the event held on Bell Let's Talk...

On the heels of the most recent Algonquin College open house on Jan. 20 and after almost a year of adapting to hosting in the virtual environment, event planners are pleasantly surprised by their successes. Despite COVID-19 changing how they've had to work, organizers adapted and plan to keep remote events around for the long term. “When we went virtual,...

Most programs at Algonquin College that require internships or work placements are going forward under modified conditions due to provincial regulations aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19, according to a statement by Chris Janzen, senior vice president academic at Algonquin College. The majority of internships and work placements are proceeding either virtually or through face-to-activities restricted to 10 or...

Caroline Marchand, an Algonquin College grad and currently an associate director for the Ottawa-based CBC show Power and Politics has faced adversity in the past. Shortly after Marchand graduated the TV broadcasting program in 2013, she found herself with multiple freelancing jobs. However, Marchand's career came to a halt in 2015 when she got into a life-altering car accident in...