Reading Time: 9 minutesIn a group interview with the Fulcrum, Albadry, Bilcar and Burns reflected on navigating their respective male-dominated fields, the challenges and triumphs that have shaped their journeys, and their determination to make space for other women to thrive alongside them.
Reading Time: 9 minutesWith little to use, it’s what the U of O could have gained that matters. Every day a house remains empty, another student struggles to find housing near campus.
Reading Time: 5 minutesPointing to public outcry against “no-knock raid” practices in 2020, Hersh says “if [delegating] wasn’t effective then [the board] wouldn’t be pushing back on us, and limiting our speech.”
Reading Time: 9 minutesA CONVENIENCE TO MOST, BUT A NECESSITY FOR OTHERS, ELEVATORS CAN MAKE OR BREAK EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE. Like a magic portal, when these beautiful displays of human intellect and imagination shut their doors, they present a new setting to explore upon exit. If you find that the only elevator is out …
Reading Time: 4 minutesUOSU’s Meredith Kerr says she “lives and works in almost isolation from [her] peers.” “You live in a big silo here sometimes. When things go really wrong and sad, or if things are hard, you’re on your own, because some of the elected students are experiencing this for the first time.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent leaders across Canada discuss the hidden side of student politics.
Reading Time: 6 minutesStudents rally to save a contested homeless service in Sandy Hill.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe University acknowledges that the co-op program is facing difficulty, something students reported first hands
Reading Time: 8 minutesIncorporating 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?
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe 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?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIPV 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.
Reading Time: 14 minutesThis 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.
Reading Time: 10 minutesAs 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?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe benefits of co-op are not overstated, however, students need to be fully informed about the challenges that accompany participating in the program.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesCafé 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStill feeling distraught over the election? Try managing your feelings with some helpful strategies.
Reading Time: 6 minutesGive 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFeminist Resource Centre chronicles its history and evolution as it reflects on 50 years of operation on campus.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMany 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.
Reading Time: 9 minutesLast 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesOver 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?
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe 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”.
