The same people who said my name sounded like a taco and made Islamophobic comments back in middle school are now posting infographics—how ironic.
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“The reason in question is that if all parties in a discussion have the freedom to speak their ideas without punishment, this prevents proponents of reprehensible ideas from becoming martyrs,” writes Quinn Sam, a second-year political science and economy student.
Although Justice Grant Huscroft clearly showed that the provincial government contravened the “University Acts” by infringing on universities’ autonomy with the SCI, is this really the final nail in the coffin for the policy, or will the government be stubborn and drag taxpayers in an even longer battle with Ontario’s university students?
“The current political system does not easily allow for homelessness to be an issue that gains much attention or commitment from elected officials. This is largely disheartening and reflects poorly upon voters and politicians but it also has the upside of partly keeping bad rhetoric out of the discourse,” writes Quinn Sam, a student entering his second year studying political science and economy at the University of Ottawa.
As I wrap up my undergraduate program at a large Canadian university, I would be hard-pressed to give you a coherent answer to an admittedly straightforward question.
What is university?
“As a soon-to-be graduating nursing student, I’ve come to realize that health sciences programs, although intensive, unquestionably fail to address humans’ interconnectedness with animals and nature, known as the One Health approach. Never once in my classes have we addressed how human health and well-being are intrinsically related to that of the environment,” writes fourth-year University of Ottawa nursing student, Maëla Séguin.
I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with during the pandemic.
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.
Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey exposed the Royal Family’s palace’s biggest flaws and has proven why it is finally time to abolish the monarchy once and for all.
If the U of O is truthful in its commitment to supporting and uplifting its most vulnerable students, the university must, at the very least, expand its financial support to better include part-time students.
The hit Canadian sitcom will conclude after producing five seasons of inclusive television.
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.
“We believe that the solution to systemic racism against Asian and other racialized communities must include solidarity across racial and ethnic lines,” write Tian Kun Chen, Tim Gulliver, Michelle Liu, Le Nguyen and Sam Yee
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.
“There’s no way for students to interact with any kind of facility in a face-to-face scenario. We as students have been educated in a system where you learn to be personable, where you learn how to interact in a public setting — how can you learn something like that through a screen?,” said fourth-year-student Elizabeth McDonald.
The Asian-American entertainment community experienced huge success in the most recent instalment of the Golden Globes. However, questions remain when it comes to determine what makes a movie ‘foreign.’
You are not part of a certain select group for liking a band — liking or not liking a band does not make you better than anyone else.
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.
While recent trends are encouraging, the portrayal of asexuality still trails behind other LGBTQ+ communities. It’s crucial that people of all genders and sexual identities see people to whom they can relate in the media.
In order for us to combat disinformation and the forces that wield it, we as a society need to educate ourselves on the subjects of media literacy. It is essential for every person to know how to recognize false information and to understand how it spreads.
The traditional wedding is an exercise in needless extravagance. The sheer cost of these events should scare away every love-struck couple and yet we are expected to embrace the glitz, the glam and the price tag, whether we want extravagance or not. To put it bluntly, weddings are a scam.
It seems as though the high-school focus is more on the “world culture” aspect … but at what cost should we sacrifice our understanding of our own Canadian culture and what is being produced here?
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.
It’s time that we start demanding the ability to recall politicians who threaten the health, safety and livelihoods of Canadians.
