Incorporating harm reduction strategies across campus is not just a matter of maintaining well-being, but protecting the health and safety of everyone in the university community. How is the U of O community stepping forward?
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The passionate fans in the front row of Gee-Gees games have become a fixture at Montpetit Hall — creating an atmosphere so intimidating for opposing teams that they forced the OUA to create a rule moving their chairs back from the sidelines. Who’s sitting courtside, and what are their plans for the biggest game of the year?
IPV thrives in silence. By raising awareness, supporting survivors, and advocating for systemic change, we can work toward a future where intimate partner violence is no longer a pervasive crisis.
This past UOSU election season, U of O-based club, Hack the Hill, proposed a referendum question by asking engineering students to fund their activities. Students voted overwhelmingly against the proposal — and previous grievances with the club were brought to light.
As the student population booms at the University of Ottawa, finding housing is just as difficult as passing exams. Although the university has several on-campus residence options, how does a residence even get built? And are there more resources for students amid Ottawa’s housing crisis?
The benefits of co-op are not overstated, however, students need to be fully informed about the challenges that accompany participating in the program.
The encampment of summer 2024 was not the start or end of student activism. Here is what we can learn from the history of student actions on campus.
The multi-faith centre shuttered in the 2024 fall term with a whimper, yet some student unions still wished to support students of different faiths on-campus. However, some student clubs still don’t feel that their needs are being adequately acknowledged by the university.
Café Nostalgica closed in March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost five years later, its doors have remained closed — but management has big plans for the space.
Dr. Rachel Toles, a prominent clinical and forensic psychologist, invited us into the psychology of those who commit heinous acts, explaining what might drive ordinary individuals toward extraordinary darkness.
Still feeling distraught over the election? Try managing your feelings with some helpful strategies.
Give Me Shelter uncovers issues, solutions and more, presenting highly political issues through an artistic lens. This triennial exhibit is not only very relevant to our current situation in Ottawa, but also a real lesson in community mobilization and social activism.
Feminist Resource Centre chronicles its history and evolution as it reflects on 50 years of operation on campus.
Many people are aware of the retirement of four student services that occurred after the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) responded to a reduction in membership … What is less common knowledge is the mass layoffs of staff that occurred alongside these service cuts.
Last July, Arai and the staff of C’est Japon A Suisha, formerly Suisha Gardens, were forced to permanently close their doors after 49 years of serving the Ottawa community.
Over the 2023-2024 year, many clubs experienced significant delays and miscommunication with their expected funding from the UOSU. With a new team tackling a new year, have the issues been properly addressed?
The Fulcrum sat down with the country’s pre-eminent Canadian history podcaster and social media creator during his recent trip to Ottawa to talk about how he became “Canadian History Ehx”.
Run by the Ottawa Socialist Literature Group, the library sees new book donations on a near daily basis. Volunteers from the OSLG lead reading groups, help people check out books and aim to make the space as welcoming as possible.
Caitlin Clark breaks the all-time NCAA scoring record in front of massive audiences; the PWHL launches; but most importantly, the media ecosystem has begun to tap-in to the massive potential of women’s sports.
Aaron’s loss is the result of horrific choices he felt forced to make. He used his final moments to tell you his intent, show you his state of mind, and to face death by accelerated fire, certain that it was “not extreme at all” when understood in the context of life in Gaza in the last 142 days.
The Fulcrum sat down with third-year Gee-Gee Emma Archibald after she returned from a Para Nordic World Cup event in Italy.
The Fulcrum sat down with 2022 U SPORTS Player of the Year and Gee-Gees women’s soccer program goal-scoring record holder to talk about last season and her career in general.
2023 was an eventful year for the U of O. From January to December, the news from our campus has been reflective of larger provincial, national, and global events. University campuses are deeply political spaces where we consciously convene to learn, debate, and protest.
Dissecting the origins of the Western Zionist project to violently colonize the Palestinian people (1897-1920).
There is a tunnel system under campus that connects everything from Colonel By to Tabaret Hall.
