Reading Time: 3 minutesPeople fail to realize that, although there are no CO2 emissions being produced by electric cars while driving, they produce plenty in other stages of their lifecycle.
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Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter helping the program grow from the Scholars League to a competitive RSEQ team, seniors reminisce on the program’s impact on them and what they are leaving behind
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe recent Twitch leak revealed the payouts of popular streamers on the platform. No surprise, some of these people are making millions of dollars, and people aren’t all too happy about it.
Reading Time: 5 minutesEmployees at the Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre on campus have decided to begin unionization efforts after the centre’s Board of Directors failed to properly address their issues and concerns.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCafe Nostalgica, the boo-loved student pub, known for its charming atmosphere and open mic nights, has been converted into a Spirit Halloween for the upcoming holiday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere I was, sitting in a dark basement in a fold-up chair, gazing into a webcam placed at an angle so low that, if it actually boasted of good camera quality, would be able to serve as a scope of my nostrils.
Reading Time: 8 minutesRising tuition fees, donor interference, administrative bloat — welcome to the neoliberalization of higher education.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than 100 people were affected For the 2021-22 academic year, the Fulcrum has revived the Canadian University Press (CUP) Wire to better inform University of Ottawa students on what is making headlines in the Canadian post-secondary world. The Quill — Brandon, Man On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, a fire broke out at 1400 Pacific …
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We found this day to be representative for us. We are not going to celebrate the coming of the Europeans, because that was taught to us during our school years. I remember when I was a kid, I used to sing these anthems … congratulating the invaders for having come and discovered us and civilize[d] us,” said U of O professor Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve been dating a guy for a couple months and it’s been going really well… until he found my ‘hit list’. I know it’s kind of weird, but I keep a list of all the guys I’ve had sex with. Their names, dates, ranking, that kind of stuff. He found it.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Ottawa Heritage Building is lighting up red this week in honour of Dyslexia Awareness Month, bringing attention to the learning difficulty that impacts an estimated one in ten children in Canada.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis week in Fulc Music, we reiterate the Fulcrum’s official position that both Coldplay and BTS suck and take a look at Lil Nas X and Liz Phair.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZoom, Adobe Connect, MS Teams, Skype — there are too many to count!
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month, the University of Ottawa made it mandatory for incoming students, faculty, and staff members to certify their vaccination status using the COVID-19 Vaccination Declaration online tool, whether they intend to come to campus or not.
Reading Time: 5 minutesDenouncing a pumpkin spice latté as “basic” is an evolved form of not liking the colour pink, saying that hanging out with boys is less drama, and feeling a little bit guilty for loving romantic comedies.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The University of Ottawa’s women’s soccer team could not complete the two-game sweep of their crosstown rivals on Monday, winning the home leg of the Turkey Series 3-0 on Saturday but then tying the second leg 1-1 at Raven’s Field.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Our team is much faster, and we have more depth in terms of multiple swimmers able to score points at multiple events,” said swimmer Allen Zheng.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA lack of candidates means that the three candidates running in the UOSU by-election will seek a vote of approval from their peers… Harneet Cheema, Chloe Bergeron and Sana Almansour are running for University Senate, UOSU BOD and UOSU equity commissioner respectively.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe FGA is UOSU members’ (all undergraduate students) opportunity to have their say in the stances on policies that the union adopts. The event will be held over zoom, as was the case for last year’s FGA which lasted for 7 hours, adjourning at 2 a.m.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe school in Kitigan Zibi has been in operation since 1980 and awarding high school diplomas since 1985.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents have not been able to access any public documents pertaining to the UOSU’s 2021-22 Board of Directors (BOD). This includes meeting minutes, subcommittee minutes and Executive Committee members’ reports which were public in the Union’s first two years of existence on its Google Drive. Why?
Reading Time: 3 minutes“What I actually found on Russell Ave was closer to a small riot,” said first-year student Greg Coleman.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA century ago, Agnes MacPhail became the first female member of Parliament in Canada. Following this year’s election, only 30 per cent of elected MPs are women. It’s a step, but is it enough?
Reading Time: 3 minutesScientists are getting up on their soapboxes, but this time it’s to promote the amazing work being done by women in STEM
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I think most engineering students who graduate from school realize that it doesn’t give you any sort of practical experience. It doesn’t set you up well for any design experience at all, which is why internships and clubs like this exist.”
