Introduction to music industry arts students had an opportunity to learn about their future careers from a long-time contributor to the industry who has worked with artists like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Fifi Dobson and Drake. Dan Kanter, a performance coach and studio musician, Skyped into a Feb.18 class, offering life advice and fielding questions from the next generation of...

Abigail Parks, 19, an advanced pre-health student, felt that she had a good chance of receiving a prize after she skillfully launched a hockey puck out of her hand on the rink. Parks was participating in the chuck-a-puck activity, which was one of the many activities offered during the full-day Winterfest event at Algonquin's Pembroke campus on Feb. 19. The...

I have always been told that yoga can be life-changing, but until a couple of weeks ago, I was too stubborn and lazy to try it. When I went to my doctor in January, he suggested yoga as a tool to feeling better and living better. I'd recently taken on so much responsibility in school and my personal life, I...

Sophia Hunter, an employee at Guayakí Sustainable Rainforest Products Inc., came in to Algonquin on Feb. 20 to talk about their caffeinated drink product Yerba Mate, a tea that is one of the fastest-growing organic beverages in North America. February's Third Thursday's theme was "regeneration." Hunter shared the company's story of how its co-founders, David Karr and Alex Pryor, had...

There were only a few minutes before the show at the Commons Theatre was set to begin on Saturday afternoon, when the box office clerk looked down over his desk at a young girl standing with her towering father. Paisley Knightingale stood holding her father's hand, squirming in her purple and pink rain boots. Her dad grinned and explained that...

With increasing rates of COVID-19 infection outside of China and incidence of racism, concerning messages and rumours spreading across social media, Claude Brulé, Algonquin College's president, issued a memo regarding occurences of ostracization among students. In the Jan 30. 2020 memo he expressed his concern over “troubling reports from our International Education Centre that students of Chinese heritage are encountering...

Growing up in a French town with an English name, my name would get mispronounced often. I would even get names different than mine – Bianca or Brenda, mostly. Today, when introducing myself or picking up my Starbucks order, my name often gets mispronounced. For some reason, "Bree-Ann-Ah" sounds like me, whereas "Bree-Yawn-Ah" does not. I still appreciate people's efforts,...

Every Thursday night in E206, a cacophony of button mashing, joystick thrashing and the occasional cry of victory transforms the room into an arcade. This is where members of Algonquin College Esports club enjoy their weekly Smash Brothers Ultimate night. The event usually attracts dozens of the club’s almost 1,000 players, as well as some gamers from Ottawa and Carleton...

Valentine's Day is a special day in the wider world yet on campus many students have a love-hate relationship with the holiday. Rachel Hatcum, 19, and her friend Amy Evans, 26, who are both in the personal support worker program at Algonquin, aren't huge fans of Valentine's day."I Just think it's a glorified holiday," said Hatcum. "It's just a reason...

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....