Reading Time: 3 minutesRhiannon has taken almost every single infamous University of Ottawa elective course an undergraduate student can enroll in. She thinks its something every student should try.
Op-Ed
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Understanding the position of the other side helps open dialogue that can lead to peace. After all, communication is the most important quality of any relationship.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile other newspapers downsize, reduce scope, and die, student newspapers have remained standing offering a model for a new independent form of journalism, journalism through partnerships with communities, creating papers with editorial independence, consistent levy-based funding, and a mandate to cover issues affecting that community
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe police station in the Rideau Centre does not solve any of the issues facing downtown citizens, argues Isabella Fiore.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot only do they teach us what words to say, but also how to say them. They have the power to twist our words and in this case, make us doubt what we heard.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFood insecurity is on the rise and what is the administration doing about it? Not much!
Reading Time: 3 minutes“As we are now two weeks into the fourth pandemic-era semester, it is worth asking why the U of O left students in the summer semester behind … if the university truly values the wellbeing of their student body, then the S/NS option must be made available for every semester to mitigate the stresses of the pandemic.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an overwhelmed healthcare system and at a time of intense pressure in the academic year, our campus mental health services should have an expanded availability to correspond to the potential increase in students experiencing a crisis.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf this fight against straws is representative of the amount work we are willing to do, we should be embarrassed.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf the most they were hoping for in creating these shows was a good story, then the creators of 13 Reasons Why and Insatiable should not feel a need to make them something they’re not: TV trailblazers that facilitate important conversation around mental health.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCompanies consistently take advantage of what’s “in,” whether its body positivity, mental health, or gay rights, and at the end of the day, they are the only ones who profit. The LGBTQ+ community, as with other minority groups, deserve more than a weekend to celebrate their right to exist in the world.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O spends a lot of time claiming that they care about the mental health and happiness of their students. Extending the length of leases on residence rooms is a simple way for the administration to put those beliefs into action.
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday as I was walking down the street, a man walked past me and just burped. This is my home for the summer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a good thing that the SFUO has started live-streaming its meetings this year, but it needs a better system to make sure important meetings, like the one on March 25, don’t fall through the cracks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of scrapping the curriculum, maybe it’s time for Doug Ford to educate himself on queer identities, and the issues facing LGBTQ+ youth. Being against this curriculum, it’s pretty obvious he needs it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe trade in illegal animal products is huge; it’s the fourth-largest category of illegal activity in terms of money generated. This trade is vast and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStory downplays Winter’s graphic images, negative impact on civilians Last weekend, the Ottawa Citizen ran a story about a man who spent much of his time protesting outside the Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street. The piece is somewhat framed as an obituary for the man who recently died of cardiac arrest, and shows far too …
Reading Time: 2 minutesA journalist was recently arrested for being a journalist. Is that a hyperbolic oversimplification of a nuanced and complicated Radio-Canada case? Yes and no.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs conversations around sexual assault become more common, having these workshops can serve as a way to further educate and hopefully reduce cases of sexual assault.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is more than a little funny to imagine a grandmother shaking her fists at a bunch of kids, but this is more than just that.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe only way forward is to make zero waste be the universal standard. Make every business be like Nu Grocery. Make every business sustainable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYondr requires concert goers to put their phone in a locked pouch. If at any point during the show you need to access your phone, you can take it back to the venue lobby to have the pouch unlocked.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn April of 2017, I was in a pretty bad place. It was Brantford, Ontario, where old white people go to retire. My parents had moved there earlier that year, and I was home for a weekend in between final exams. That’s where I tried to take my life.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis isn’t just a story about why it’s important that Brown stay out of the race this time, but about some of the strange and problematic things that came out of his decision to run.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving two official languages, and using them daily, is a skill, a resource that I believe makes our country and institutions stronger by being more open and accessible to all.
