Jeremy Dias, a psychology and political science graduate from the University of Ottawa, discusses the nuts and bolts of his growing organization Jer’s Vision, and offers invaluable advice to help communities move forward with inclusivity and indiscrimination.
Arts
An exhibit titled A Child’s View from Gaza is currently on display at the University of Ottawa’s Café Alt and features artwork by child survivors of the 22-day assault on Gaza by the Israeli military in the winter of 2008-09.
Here’s the lowdown on what happened this week in campus arts and culture.
What did our reviewers think of the Red Dawn remake? How about new Deftones and Crystal Castles?
New York City comedians Steve Hofstetter and Danny Jolles brought the laughs to Alumni Hall on Nov. 8 for a stand-up comedy show entitled “Comedy Without Apology.”
The University of Ottawa’s Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) group held the first conference of its Inspiring Women Series on Nov. 7, hosted by U of O graduate and current Environment Canada senior program engineer Mia Batchelor.
This week’s reviews include new efforts from Converge and Flyleaf and the solo debut from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard.
In the hopes of recruiting more talent, the Salamander Theatre for Young Audiences is looking forward to auditioning actors and actresses from the University of Ottawa for their upcoming season.
This week’s music reviews include the triumphant return of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the new breakup guide from Taylor Swift.
Students who stopped by Café Alt for a quick cup of coffee or a comfortable place to study on Oct. 31 were surprised to find Juno-nominated folk artist Craig Cardiff performing live.
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa hosted a charity shave-off event Nov. 1 to prepare Movember participants to grow their moustaches in support of men’s health issues.
The University of Ottawa’s drama guild performed Erin Shields’ Governor General’s Award-winning play “If We Were Birds” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3 at Academic Hall.
Brad Sucks’ fusion of pop, electronic, and ’90s alt-rock is hard to compare to anything else.
Despite poor weather conditions, the fifth annual Ottawa Zombie Walk went off without a hitch as more than 2,000 dedicated participants took to the downtown streets on Oct. 27.
The uOttawa Poetry Slam Club hosts monthly bilingual open mic nights that encourage poets new and old to come out and share their poetry in a comfortable and accessible environment.
Students and pug lovers gathered at Morisset Terrace on Oct. 17 to participate in Hugs for Pugs, a charity event hosted by the University of Ottawa’s Lambda Theta chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity.
Holy hit films! Check out this week’s rave reviews of The Master and Seven Psychopaths.
This week’s film reviews are The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Celeste and Jesse Forever.
The University of Ottawa hosted a variety of literary stars and international scholars at this year’s Children’s Literature Conference from Oct. 12–13.
This year, the university’s writer-in-residence is André Alexis, a short-story writer, playwright, and novelist originally from Port of Spain in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
University of Ottawa physics PhD student Christopher Smeenk demonstrated his pet project, the Laser Musicbox, at the 2012 Electric Fields festival on Oct. 12.
The University of Ottawa chapter of Building Walls of Wisdom (BuildWoW) competed in Smoke’s Poutinerie’s campus edition of the world poutine-eating competition Oct. 13. The reward is a $2,500 sponsorship from the poutine restaurant that the chapter would donate to help fund the building of a school in Nicaragua.
Harlan Cohen, author of the bestselling book The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College, took a few minutes before his guest lecture at the University of Ottawa’s Alumni Auditorium to talk about what makes the university and college experience different from any other.
The pair spoke to the Fulcrum about their innovative art form and how students can follow their passions to create something new of their own.
Local comics talk about the launch of the All Things Comedy network and how the do-it-yourself distribution method is reshaping the comedy business.
