I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with during the pandemic.
Editorial
For the 2021 student election period, the University of Ottawa observed four simultaneous contests for various student political positions — that was way too many at one time.
The Fulcrum fully endorses the will of all the candidates who wish to serve their fellow students and represent their interests within student government on a voluntary basis.
Torstar Corporation – which owns newspapers such as the Toronto Star and Hamilton Spectator – has embraced gambling, of all things, as a way to fund their operations. This development offers a sobering look at the realities of modern journalism and the shaky potential for the survival of print news.
This policy is something that does not benefit students, as we saw in 2019. It leaves student services across campus anxious and creates more uncertainty leading up to the fall 2021 semester after the hell that was the 2020-21 academic year.
We need to stop painting each other as militants, instead, we need to work together to ensure that we can create a better learning environment to prevent an incident like this from happening again.
It takes courage to get involved in student politics as election campaigns are stressful for all those involved … as U of O students, we owe it to each other to not partake in such repulsive behaviour.
Without the archived minutes and streams publicly available online, those who are unable to attend are left unaware of what occurs during the meeting.
Students have other bills to pay.
“I realized I needed to write a piece representing the voices of my present, and to the best of my ability, former colleagues who have dedicated much time and energy to covering the mental health crisis on campus — often at the detriment of their own mental health.”
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