Being a teenager living at home with my parents in Atlantic Canada, they took care of most expenses, meals and other upkeep around the house. My main priorities were schoolwork, a part-time job and spending time with friends. However, when I began living on my own last year I was in for a rude awakening in the adult world. Venturing...

In the centre of a room with a face-painting booth to one side and a photo-wall with rainbow props set against the far wall, Eldrich Glazier, a 22-year-old human services foundation student, dances to Diana Ross’s I’m Coming Out with as much enthusiasm as a performer on a stage. As a child whose parents are transgender and non-binary respectively, Glazier...

Sometimes events need changing because they are just down-right boring. But how can an event with dogs get any better? "The Paws 4 Stress program offers Algonquin College students and employees an opportunity to take a break from their busy days and unwind with some furry friends, which can reduce stress and have lasting effects on people’s emotional well-being. The...

Firefighting drones. Smart armour. Mic blockers. It all sounds like stuff out of a movie, but they were very real at RE/ACTION last week. This event allowed students to share ideas, network, possibly build a client base, gain access to video presentation skills and pitch session workshops. It gave students an opportunity to have potential media coverage and receive feedback...

Toes were tapping and hands were clapping in the Observatory while the Sound Bites event organized by students from the music industry arts program was in full swing Friday night. Sound Bites is a music concert organized, promoted and produced by the students of the music industry arts program. The event featured local artists and all proceeds went to the...

Waking up in the morning and realising you don’t have class until the afternoon is one of the best feelings in the world. Until it’s not. For the better part of the winter semester, curling up in my bed without a worry until my 1 p.m. class was my favourite thing. That is, until I found my mood growing sour,...

It's the final week of the school year for many students, but for others, it's just the beginning with the spring semester kicking off in a couple of weeks. May 8 is when the spring semester officially opens, and according to a statement from the college's Academic Operations and Planning department, there will be far more faces on opening day...

When Fabiana Ferrarresso was in her 20s, mental health support was much different from now. Mental health was not discussed, and people who needed mental health support were ignored most of the time. “It was like a stigma all around the world,” Ferrarresso said. When Ferrarresso was going through a hard time, her dad would tell her to just work...

From her time spent in the computer science program at Algonquin College, to her time working as a 911 dispatcher, Johanne Marelic has spent her working career learning where her passion lives: helping people deal with tough issues. After a 34-year career with the Ottawa police department as an officer and a detective, Marelic has been hired as the sexual...

After three years of COVID-19 and online learning, students in the bachelor of interior design program will be hosting an in-person event for their 2023 graduating class on April 20 in the ACCE building. The event is to help graduates show off their thesis projects to the community while creating networking opportunities with sponsors. It's also about celebrating the students...