Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the student federation election campaigns now underway, many of those involved in student politics believe continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students should be a focal point of discussion.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year’s cry to lower tuition fees caused a stir across Canada, but the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) opted not to organize a National Day of Action in 2013.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecycling bins seem to be everywhere at the University of Ottawa—you can sort and dispose of paper, metals, plastic, and glass on nearly every floor of every building. But what about compost bins?
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Las Vegas-based website acts as a platform for young men or women (sugar babies) to seek a relationship with older and wealthier men or women (sugar daddies and mommies).
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent initiative called the First Responder Networked Vehicle Test-Bed would allow for first responders in emergency services—police, paramedics, and firefighters—to communicate over long distances, crossing provincial borders as well as national borders between Canada and the United States.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe two-day summit will include a conference, benefit concert, documentary showing, and more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Elections Office of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) has released the names of those running for positions on the SFUO executive Board of Administrations (BOA), and Senate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe all know that obesity and type-2 diabetes are nearly epidemic in Canada and the United States but our ample aliments lead to an abundance of ailments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is definitely not what your guidance counsellors in high school told you would happen. So what the heck are you supposed to do?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 90 University kitchen has been closed to the public in an effort by the University of Ottawa’s Housing Service to provide residents of the complex with greater access to the facilities.
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn Jan. 8, the Fulcrum sat down with the president to get his take on the university’s accomplishments in 2012 and his plans for the future.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to the results of a survey by the Universitas Indonesia (UI), the U of O is currently the 14th most sustainable university in the world.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBut the proposed changes to the political system have been lost in the commotion of an unusually exciting political scene over the holidays, including developments in the F-35 program and the Idle No More movement.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the University of Ottawa are invited to come up with ideas to improve the school now that the annual Good Ideas contest is soon to be underway.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA student who sued the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa to have his incidental fees reimbursed because of had his case dismissed in court Wednesday.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe American presidential election this past November sent droves of students to the streets, campaigning for Republican candidate Mitt Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama. Joining the young Americans activists were University of Ottawa students Ian Brown, Nasha Brownridge, Brett Caven, and Andrea Sarkic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE FACULTY OF Social Sciences (FSS) accidentally released a document last week containing the personal information of 571 students in the faculty.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorking in conjunction with the Nashville Zoo, Trudeau developed a formula, which was originally used to breed frogs, to help with the breeding of the eastern hellbender, an extremely rare type of salamander found in the southern and eastern United States.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf I was on Justin Trudeau’s campaign team, I would be worried for my job.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCONSERVATIVE 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPieter Hofstra researches both logic and category theory in an attempt to develop a categorical approach to computability theory.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSmith, 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesKevin 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniting 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.
