Posted on Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Food Services 
The Marketplace Food Court, 35th Street Market Café and The Fix Eatery will be open at the Ottawa Campus for the Winter 2022 Term. Hours of operation are available on the Food Services website.
The Campus Store/Course Materials
Winter Term Booklists for registered students at the Ottawa, Perth and Pembroke campuses are now available online. AC Network credentials are required to access Booklists. AC Online students can find their textbooks by using the Textbook Search by Course.
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Posted on Friday, December 10th, 2021
Algonquin College grad Ronald Ekambi and his partner Genna Peters have created an online app that helps connect Black Canadians with
qualified hair stylists.
Ekambi said Peters came up with the idea to develop an Uber-style app after becoming frustrated with how difficult it was to find a qualified stylist.
“She’s always had problems finding a hairstylist for her,” explains Exambi. It takes a long time to find one, and if they move or are busy, you are stranded again,” he says.
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Posted on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
Got plants? Then chances are there’s a fern or an African violet you’ve been neglecting in a back bedroom that will expire soon if it doesn’t get water.
You’re a busy person. You don’t always remember these things in the face of all your other work and home tasks. You need Sprouty.
Sprouty is a web-based application Cameron Carley and his team of fellow Algonquin College students will debut Friday at the virtual RE/ACTION Showcase. RE/ACTION draws together students, educators and local professionals in a forum devoted to new research and innovative projects.
Carley describes the Sprouty prototype as his final “passion project” before he graduates in January from the Computer Engineering Technology – Computer Science program.
“I feel very lucky to have the chance to pursue it,” he says. “I love plants, my mom was an avid gardener. I recently bought a house and I need plants in it to make it feel like home. But I have so much going on in my life right now and I have a limited attention span for certain real-world applications like watering.”
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