CONSERVATIVE MEMBER OF Parliament (MP) Stephen Woodworth spoke at the University of Ottawa on Dec. 3 about the proposition he recently brought forward in the House of Commons.
Year: 2012
C-279 seeks to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code “to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination.”
From roommates to classmates to my own mother, the vast majority of people I told about my vegan aspirations reacted with nothing but negativity.
… it’s not just the words “thank you” that are needed, but the sentiment behind them. Any expression can be made empty and meaningless if there is no authenticity to go along with it.
Fleeing is an excellent way to deal with annoying colleagues. Let’s face it, one of the best (if not long-term) ways to deal with a problem is to run away from it.
Even though we may bemoan the price of our education, surprisingly enough, tuition isn’t the only issue that students deal with. Shocking, I know.
Pieter Hofstra researches both logic and category theory in an attempt to develop a categorical approach to computability theory.
Smith, who organized and spoke at the conference, talked about how he began his career with medical marijuana when he witnessed how marijuana helped people with AIDS in the mid-1990s.
If “Sam” wasn’t short for “Samantha” and she was a boy like the rest of her teammates, would the story be as huge? The stats are still impressive, but it is her gender that is really the kicker to the headline.
Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer (PBO) for the government of Canada, spoke to students at the University of Ottawa on Nov. 20. In a presentation organized by the Economics Student Association, an enthusiastic Page spoke about the role of the PBO and answered audience questions.
This technique lets me orgasm without ejaculating, saving my juices for my girlfriend. But I want to know, is it safe? Sometimes I do it pretty frequently, and I just want to make sure it’s okay.
Victoria, B.C.-based band Current Swell rocked the Jock-Turcot University Centre (UCU) with a surprise performance Nov. 23.
Local student-owned vinyl outlet The Record Shaap closed its doors for good on Nov. 25, not much more than two years after it opened in July 2010.
The Sparks Street Mall, SAFA, and VASA have put out a call to student artists to have their creations showcased downtown along Sparks Street.
This week, Fulcrum reviews give praise to Clous Atlas and Anna Karenina—and quite the opposite to the Twilight finale.
I personally am a superstitious person—I have a lot of little rituals before the games that I’ve always been doing for years. As a team, we always do the same exact stretch and play the same ball game before every game.
No longer just for the fictional world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Quidditch has been gaining ground as a legitimate sport in many North American universities—combining a love for Harry Potter with the competitive nature of sports.
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On Nov. 21, students at the University of Ottawa took part in a candlelight vigil, held on the steps of the university centre overlooking the Morisset Terrace. The vigil featured many speakers who discussed the violence that has taken place in Gaza in the past few weeks.
Uniting might seem like a good idea to many—in the last federal election the three left-wing parties amounted to 53.45 per cent of the voters, and together occupy 138 seats in the House—but is it really? The Wildrose Party started in order to oppose the PC and offer the people of Alberta a choice that is more right-wing than the centre-right PCs.
Exam season is upon us, my friends, and anyone who says they couldn’t use a little help from a holy text is just kidding themselves. Follow these 10 commandments and you’ll be sure to prosper this December.
The faculty of social sciences (FSS) at the U of O accidentally released the personal information of students in the faculty on Monday, Nov. 26, including the GPAs, number of credits completed, email addresses, and names of more than 1,000 third- and fourth-year students.
To add insult to injury, Simone was celebrated for her Afro-centric looks and penned songs about racism, and was a major player in the civil rights movement. So why does Hollywood feel the need to “whitewash” her character?
