In an interview with the Fulcrum, history professor Jan Grabowski discussed his research of falsified Wikipedia editing, the phenomenon of Holocaust distortion, and entering his 30th year of teaching.
Features
I’ve never been one for picking favourites. It’s a bit ironic then, perhaps, that I would go ahead and write for a column that revolves around that — and about classes, no less!
The upshot of being a meandering undergraduate though is that you have the freedom to take a plethora of different elective courses. In the first semester of my first year I took an elective which seemed like it would align directly with my interests — Italian Cinema.
If it weren’t for a pandemic, who’s to say how much would the world have changed?
Four members of the fulcrum editorial board share a recipe that gets them through student life.
If you are lost on what to buy your roommates, friends, family and acquaintances this holiday season, the Fulcrum is here to help!
Many students can relate to the trials and tribulations of moving day and the common grievances of renting: the hunt for cardboard boxes, running to the store for more bubble wrap, squishing the contents of your closet into suitcases and losing your favourite hoodie in the chaos.
As large corporations continue to invest in this virtual reality, consumers will be faced with choices- whether to live in it or to not.
Need a tutor? Want a walk home? Get funding for your club! Find resources and community through your student union and its services!
The 2022 edition of the U of O freshman bucket list recommends 10 things to try in your first year of university.
Two months ago, the Fulcrum published a feature on the appalling conditions of the University’s LeBlanc residence. The University vowed to improve living conditions… but has it?
As another academic term wraps up, so does another publishing year for the Fulcrum. For some of us on the paper’s 82nd editorial board, this is a ‘see you later’, but for others, it’s a long ‘thank you’.
To celebrate the Fulcrum’s 80th anniversary, I’ve taken a dive into the archives to highlight some intriguing features over the publication’s history.
Walter Tarnopolsky, the HRREC’s first director, was Canada’s independent expert on the UN Human Rights Committee, and used his post at the University of Ottawa to “bring Canada’s Charter up to date.”
Following the stressful occupation of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ through the month of February, is it time to revisit the definition of a ‘protest’ and what it truly means?
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the University of Ottawa’s Ukrainian Students Club (USC) has been gathering resources for Ukrainian students while staying in touch with family about the situation.
International students pay twice the amount of tuition fees that domestic students pay, and yet, their identities are not represented in the classroom.
Micro-credentials are new educational offerings with province-backed funding. But what are they and are they beneficial at the U of O?
The hiring of two racialized counsellors marks a step in the right direction for the U of O’s provision of mental health care, but students maintain that there is much more work to be done.
Without the mandatory meal plan, the University of Ottawa charges students living in its LeBlanc residence between $7,093 and $8,464 for the year depending on their room’s size — a steep price to pay for the appallingly poor condition of the residence.
Nursing students, in a program and field in which on-site learning and application are necessary, are suffering from the lack of needed in-person training and placements due to the fluctuating public health mandates. The lack of consistency and the harsh exposure to the COVID-19 health crisis has caused a decrease in students’ faith and optimism in nursing and their futures within the field.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has seen an unprecedented spike ranging from dangerous home remedies to conspiracy theorists. How can we effectively handle misinformation, especially in academic circles?
Following the release of part one back in April 2021, there were many more professors that were commended and praised by students — this piece highlights their great work.
As the year comes to an end, we decided to look back on significant stories the Fulcrum published in 2021. Instead of simply republishing the stories, we thought we’d do something different and offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the year’s biggest stories came to be.
Many undergraduate students possess a voracious need to learn. They devour books, sit on the edge of our seats during interesting lectures — and have a need to channel this need into research. But how?
