Reading Time: 2 minutesIf change is to take place on campus, the SFUO cannot do it alone—it has to be in collaboration between federated bodies, clubs, and all facets of our campus, including students at large.
Opinions
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs technology advances and the world becomes more integrated, companies and organizations will become less insular, and will require a greater diversity of creative talent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf nothing else, reading the budget will give you a sense of the scope of the SFUO finances. They may be a student federation, but they are dealing with very significant sums of money.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is needed is a widespread review and overhaul of the drug approval process. There are currently too many barriers to developing a new drug and being able to sell it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the overwhelming evidence in favour of vaccination, refusal to vaccinate does constitute neglect, on the same spectrum as trying to treat meningitis with garlic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot your typical dating website, Canadian Inmates Connect provides the golden opportunity for prisoners to find that special someone—or even just a pen pal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf a judge allows police to search the phone of someone indirectly involved in a crime they may end up finding evidence of a completely different offence, even if that person was never arrested or even a suspect in that first crime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, and for the first time ever, I truly felt that the SFUO Does Not Represent Me.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe BOA has the right to create ad hoc or standing committees, and they should use this authority to create a committee to present a report to the public on the BOA’s in-camera sessions.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMaintaining your perfect summer bod can be a daunting task, but the Tomato is here to help. Working out can be fun if you do it right, and with this list we guarantee that by the end of the summer you’ll be ready for your next Friends marathon.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA safe, introductory health-care service, where users have the freedom to explore their options without fear of being charged, is desperately needed in Ottawa. By allowing addicts to use drugs in a space where they are surrounded by health-care professionals and treatment pamphlets, seeking addiction treatment becomes a step that’s much less dramatic and scary.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe term culture is in no way controversial; it is just a word that denotes customs, traditions, and beliefs held by a sub-population. However, when someone specifies “rape culture,” many become defensive or simply incredulous, even to the point of denying its existence.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 2015-16 year has been tough for the Student Federation University of Ottawa (SFUO) which ended the year heavily reducing summer staff to avoid bankruptcy. Here’s the SFUO’s report card for the last year in four important areas: event promotion, communication, staffing and student engagement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAnti-poverty group is right to push for cheap, basic plans We live in a digital world. For most people the Internet, whether for recreation or for work, is an essential part of life. Anti-poverty group ACORN and advocacy group Open Media, among others, are currently lobbying the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to force Internet …
Reading Time: 2 minutesHair might be meaningless to some, but it’s important to acknowledge the significance it can bear to the one it belongs to. For people of African descent, afro-textured hair is intrinsically linked to our identity and continued effort to accept ourselves as we are. That is why efforts like #SupportThePuff are more than just hoopla over hair.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany professional athletes also feel that the femininity and therefore the validity of a woman is questioned the minute she enters sports. As former Olympic gold medallist in downhill skiing Kerrin Lee-Gartner identifies, the competitiveness needed to compete is celebrated among young boys, but frowned upon for young girls.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs any student knows, the last thing we need is to lose money. I’m not talking about tuition, student loans, fees, the cost of books, and everything else; but keep that in mind when you find out that some students will lose $3,000 on top of all this.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAcademics, professionals and even Health Canada have found no evidence that compensating blood donors produces negative effects. With so much at stake, perhaps it is time to revisit this debate to create a long-term sustainable blood supply for Canadians from Canadians.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRegardless of how you feel about Rob Ford, it can’t be denied that these one-dimensional views spread across news outlets are dehumanizing, as they fail to recognize anything valuable Ford has done professionally or personally. Would that really increase their readership, in comparison to repeatedly alleging the mayor is incompetent?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn neither Canada nor the United States do reporters have any absolute right to keep their sources or source material confidential. This does not fall under the constitutional right of free expression or free press.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaking downtown easier to manage for cyclists and others who don’t commute by car makes it easier for more people to come into and enjoy downtown. This means more money being spent by Ottawa consumers, which allows businesses to grow and become better, in turn providing more incentives for people to come downtown.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of working slowly and piecemeal towards the end goal of free higher education, let’s just skip right to it and give more Canadians the chance to sharpen their minds. In the end, it will be more than worth it for our nation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the upcoming induction of Jacques Frémont as the University of Ottawa’s new president in July, we take a look at some on-campus changes that Fulcrum contributors believe should come with this transition.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLimiting grad students’ right to work hampers the ability of many to pursue graduate degrees as a whole. The policy may be intended to ensure that students focus on their academics, but it also nearly guarantees that more students take on higher levels of student debt, as they are hamstrung in their ability to fund their own education.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore should be done to integrate a hands-on research experience with theory in classes. With this type of approach, it’s not necessary to choose between two inherently connected aspects of university.
