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Reading Time: 3 minutesJer’s Vision, an Ottawa-based non-profit organization that advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, has renamed itself as the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD), recognizing its national outreach.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the first time in history, the Gee-Gees equestrian team won the Ontario University Equestrian Association (OUEA) championship in the East zone, as well as in Ontario.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s time to admit that general assemblies at the University of Ottawa have been a failed experiment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new City of Ottawa program that looks to identify the worst potholes in the city is facing opposition from a cultural conservation group that wants to preserve these potholes as historical landmarks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI don’t have anything against writing a final exam—obviously I need to prove that I learned something over the course of four months—but I have a huge problem with the way people act at the end of the semester.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite tuberculosis (TB) rates being 50 times higher than the rest of Canada, patients in Nunavut wait anywhere from a week to a month to receive their TB diagnostic test results.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new organization and clothing line brings style and ethical practices together for a great cause.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhy the potential benefits of commercial and recreational drones are flying over our heads Illustration by Adam Gibbard Dippin’ Dots. Microwaves. Menstrual pads. The Internet. GPS. Cargo pants. Some of the wonders of modern life—and an unflattering fashion trend of the late ‘90s—all started as military innovation and were later adapted for commercial and …
Reading Time: 3 minutesYet another year is in the books—with several entries into the history books—for Gee-Gees varsity athletics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLaverne Cox stops by Ottawa to talk about racism and transgender issues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat seemed to be a relatively peaceful protest ended abruptly when riot police engaged students at anti-austerity protests in Montreal.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThose who default on their student loans could lose their driver’s license if new legislation proposed by British Columbia’s finance ministry passes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 26-year-old Florida woman has been charged with a hit-of-run in Miami that has left former University of Ottawa student, Alexander Sanghwan in critical condition.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe strikes at the University of Toronto and York University have brought widespread attention to an issue that has been bubbling just beneath the surface of Canada’s post-secondary institutions for quite some time. On Monday, Mar. 9, York teaching assistants voted not to accept the university’s proposed deal, having been on strike since Mar. 3. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesNo one likes to talk about periods, and it’s costing us millions. According to Jill Piebak, leader of the No Tax on Tampons campaign, in 2014 the government collected more than $36 million from the taxation of menstrual hygiene products. She’s leading a petition on Change.org and trying to table a private member’s bill to …
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week, the University of Ottawa unveiled ambitious plans for the future of our campus, and they were astonishing. However, a comprehensive reimagining of the U of O’s grounds is all too familiar when looking back into the history of this school. Since the university moved to Sandy Hill in 1856, the campus has been …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe article repeats a common misconception that I would like to point out. The second last paragraph states: ” the other function of a university is teaching its students.” It must be stressed that teaching is the prime function of a university. Research is secondary, and is only conducted as a way of keeping the …
Reading Time: 3 minutesDear Di, I love anal penetration. It’s at the point where unless I have some serious butt lovin’, I won’t orgasm. It can be really hard when not all my partners are happy to play the back hole. Is there any way to get it going on more frontally to keep everyone happy? —Back-End Benefits …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudent-athletes who are optimists tend to be better at managing stress, according to a study led by University of Ottawa psychology professor Patrick Gaudreau.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJoseph Rabbat and Max Savage had a strange start to their musical partnership.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne opera singer’s journey from Ottawa to the MET shows dedication and hard work pays off.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne University of Ottawa professor is giving students the option to engage in a hand- to-hand fight to the death rather than write an extensive exam.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough this is a horrible practice, the act of trying to repress or alter information is useless, since it usually produces the opposite of its desired effect.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt took two referendums to instate general assemblies as the highest decision-making body of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
After two attempts, the GAs themselves still have yet to meet quorum.
