Reading Time: 4 minutesMore than 80 schools across the country sent representatives to Gatineau for the Canadian Federation of Students’ national general meeting Nov. 21–24 to vote on policy and future campaigns.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesBraving the winter cold, more than 50 student protesters assembled outside the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Annual General Meeting on Nov. 23.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanadians should be outraged with this purchase. It signifies the end of competitive hockey programming in this country, furthers the monopolization of the entire Canadian sports and television industries, and effectively ends the relationship millions of Canadians have developed with HNIC since it began on the radio in 1931.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O student speaks about supporting those facing adversity at TEDx Photo by Marta Kierkus Paul Leduc has overcome barriers and succeeded in starting his own organization. Through the Canadian Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse, he can now help support others as they face their own challenges. On Nov. 23 at 1 …
Reading Time: 3 minutesMembers of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) Board of Administration (BOA) expressed frustration following a nearly seven-hour meeting Nov. 17 that included a budget review, four motions, and votes on the creation of two ad-hoc special committees.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O Opera Company performs a comic modern melodrama Nov. 23–24 Photo by Annie Thomas “We haven’t exactly figured out how drunk I’m going to sound yet,” says Phillippe Etienne Blais. He plays free-spirited vagabond Bob in the University of Ottawa Opera Company’s production of The Old Maid and the Thief on Nov. 23 …
Reading Time: 2 minutesA guide to staying well-rested and well-read as you work your way through finals Photos by Jennifer Vo The recommended daily sleep for a student is six to eight hours. But who has time for that when there are midterms to study for, papers to write, and episodes of Duck Dynasty to catch up on? …
Reading Time: 2 minutesCutting out Starbucks or drinks at the bar will do little to ease financial stress so long as the necessities remain expensive.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI fear that somewhere within these outreach endeavours is an attempt to make other cultures similar to our own—that maybe we mask our neo-colonial endeavors by calling them community engagement or outreach programs to suggest they are selfless acts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from the University of Ottawa who have complained about the website may want to give it another look.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSince Derouin started the Gees have moved up from a .500 regular season record to winning the bronze medal last year at the national championship.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) will present a motion at the 33rd Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) general meeting to seek approval to produce a documentary on commercialization in Canadian universities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhere to find it: La Maison Drinking Granville Island Brewery’s seasonal beer is like sitting down for a meal of pancakes. After one sip you’re ecstatic, marvelling why you haven’t done this more often. After a few more you never want to see it again until the day you die. A dark beer with hints of sweet toffee, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll Justin was saying is that Canadians would be much better off if we could just let go of our materialistic desires and accept some mild censorship, corruption, and unlawful persecution for the greater good.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week’s highlight reel includes men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and women’s volleyball.
Reading Time: 4 minutesCrusades Perhaps You Deliver This Judgment With Greater Fear Than I Receive It | No Idea It was heartbreaking when two of Ottawa’s best local bands, sludge metal titans Buried Inside and poppy punk rockers Year Zero, bit the dust. While the city’s punk scene has moved on, so have Buried Inside guitarist and CHUO program director Emmanuel Sayer and Year Zero singer and guitarist Dave Williams, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesHolocaust survivors share their stories at dinner with Ottawa students Photo by Scott Goldstein To fully understand how horrific the Holocaust was, Hillel Ottawa connected local students with survivors at a dinner on Nov. 7. Ten Holocaust survivors sat down with over 150 people, including 130 students from both the University of Ottawa and Carleton …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFull involvement in higher education gives us more than ample opportunity to establish our identity, independent from our relationship status. We need to use university life to our full advantage before tackling the inevitable turbulence of married life.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Well, we’re paid to make good policy, and I’m happy to say we’re finally earning our salaries,” said Flipflop. “We did the math and realized that the average debt for a student with public and private loans has increased 460 per cent over the past 15 years. We asked ourselves, who is going to pay for boomers’ health care in 15 years?”
Reading Time: 2 minutesRead the Fulcrum’s very own host of “Moose on the Loose,” Moussa Sangaré-Ponce’s thoughts on a few variety athletes and what it means to a Gee-Gees fan.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA professor at the University of Ottawa has made a presence in the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the interests of Francophone and Acadian communities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has disappointed its student union by appointing a representative to the Senate Appeals Committee (SAC) without their consultation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees spurred their hooves against Queen’s, Guelph, Waterloo, and Western on Nov. 16–17 in the Stratten divisional championship in Guelph. Although they only ranked third overall, their performance was exceptionally strong.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s too cold. I don’t have time. I can’t afford that. We’ve heard just about every excuse in the book for why health and fitness is the first to-do item on the list to fall by the wayside in university (that is, if it even makes it to the to-do list).
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week, the Fulcrum met up with Carling Nigul-Chown to find out more about the third-year social science student and power forward for the women’s hockey team. The British Columbia native stands at 5’10 with a presence that cannot be missed on the ice, regardless of which team you’re on.
