Some students bus to Algonquin College, others drive and some share a ride with Ride Match. Mina Ibrahim, a heating, refrigeration and air conditioning technician student, has been giving another student a ride through Ride Match on Tuesday and Thursday since the beginning of October. Ibrahim Signed up on Ride Match and a few days after he got a message...

This year’s winner of the Learning Teaching Services department's "So You Think You Can Brightspace?" competition was Danielle Allard, a public relations and performing arts professor. Since it was first introduced to Algonquin in 2018, Brightspace has evolved and improved with help from students and faculty feedback in surveys. Now, Brightspace has found another way to take the information from...

Tucked away on the southern corner of the college is a garden where the next class of gardeners and landscapers are trained. In the warm months, the garden is lush with dozens of species of plants that line brick pathways and a flowing pond and fountain. Horticulture students tend to the gardens as part of their 16-month program. But when...

Located inside a classroom in the M-building, behind a metal fence is what appears to be a small shed, connected to an HVAC system. The lab, which celebrated it’s opening in October, is being used for much more, according to staff at Algonquin.“There are a lot of things building science students can do,” said Eric Marois, the academic chair of...

I used to play cricket back home, in Pakistan. When I was assigned to do a story about the college's new cricket intramural on a Monday in late November, I wondered: maybe I could also get to play?I did - and I ended up having an unexpected experience. While some people back home in Pakistan express hatred towards our eastern...

The lights at the Observatory dim as the booming sound of the beating drums bring attention to the stage. Four figures stand tall and start to sing. The stage lights shone on them as their song continued. The “Strong Women Song” brought the Got Land? comedy show to a start at the Algonquin College Observatory Nov. 21. The all-Indigenous comedy...

The aviation management program at Algonquin College is still experiencing some turbulence. The school reduced the number of students it accepts from 80 to 40 students for its intake during fall of 2019 and is projected to only take in 33 students in September of 2020. Bruce Dwyer, coordinator of the program, explained that there are several reasons for this...

After each game of the 2018-2019 season, the forward player of the Algonquin Thunder women’s basketball team, Hadeza Ismaila, goes home to her family and boyfriend to make every moment count in her life. Ismaila, an 18-year-old woman who was born and raised in Ottawa, is currently taking pre-health sciences at the college and was a star player of the...

As we enter the last month of the last year of the decade, Algonquin Times reporters set out to do a mood check of students in the Algonquin community. On Thursday, Nov. 21, reporters fanned out to lounge and study spaces all over the Woodroffe campus to hear what students have to say. With the term winding down, what do...

The Thunder women's basketball team improved to 7-0 after an 81-62 home win against the Seneca Sting on Friday, Nov. 22. After a fast start by Seneca to open the first quarter, the Thunder quickly regrouped and played with the lead for most of the night. It was a sloppy game on both sides of the court, as the two...