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Students – Participate in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup!

In celebration of International Coastal Cleanup Day, Ocean Wise and WWF-Canada are leading four cleanups from coast to coast. Make an impact in your community by participating in the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup at Petrie Island on September 15! Volunteers will meet at the College and transportation will be provided to Petrie Island.

The Great Canadian Shoreline clean up

This cleanup is organized as a part of Living Planet @ Campus, a national program from World Wildlife Fund Canada that was piloted at Algonquin College, and is expanding to college and university campuses across the country. Continue reading →

Brightspace Ambassadors are here to help!

A team of Brightspace Ambassadors is fanning out across Algonquin College this month to help students become familiar with Brightspace, the College’s Learning Management System (LMS).

All students can readily acquaint themselves with the LMS using the digital training course, the Brightspace Essentials (Student) course, inside their Brightspace accounts. This course provides students with tutorials and video content to help them learn every function of Brightspace. Continue reading →

Hoop Dreams: Dan Stoddard shoots for diploma – and baskets, of course

When Dan Stoddard became Algonquin College’s most famous student last fall, he wasn’t prepared for the attention.

The local media arrived first, then the Globe and Mail. Soon he was getting inquiries from Sports Illustrated and the Washington Post, as well as from newspapers in Europe and India.

Okay, Stoddard thought, I’m a 38-year-old first year business administration student and I made the Algonquin Thunder basketball team. Cute story, but why so much fuss? Continue reading →