Reading Time: 5 minutes“As the university advisor on mental health, I felt compelled to write to address some of your concerns,” writes Elizabeth Kristjansson, the University of Ottawa’s advisor on mental health.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Equifax guaranteed that “Francophone students [will] be served in French.” Equifax was heavily criticized for lacklustre french services when it was hired by Desjardins to protect its members following its massive 2019 information breach.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSocial media platforms should have banned him years ago.
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Reading Time: 7 minutes “I realized I needed to write a piece representing the voices of my present, and to the best of my ability, former colleagues who have dedicated much time and energy to covering the mental health crisis on campus — often at the detriment of their own mental health.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesNickolas Eburne, director for the faculty of civil law proposed the implementation of the new committee.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesExplorative research by Michael Murack finds that chronic sleep disruption causes depression in adolescents.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Music gives us a feeling of comfort — of feeling less alone,” said Decarle. “I hope that I’m a representation of me being who I am and what I identify as for a younger generation — that younger folks see what I’m doing and think ‘hey, I can do that, too.’ ”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Buying guitar strings is an expression of love for humanity,” says Pegg of the music he makes promoting truth over denialism.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa changed their rules on residence contracts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students were slated to move in during the winter term, however many students decided not to move in at all.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of British Columbia (UBC) president and vice-chancellor, Santa Ono, as well as the director of the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), Peter Berman have come under fire for travelling out of the country in recent weeks.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Dec. 9, the University of New Brunswick announced its move to become a smoke free campus for September 2022.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA homemade ski hill was forcibly removed following complaints from the neighbourhood watch group, Sandy Hill Safety Collective.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOntario universities have started their winter 2021 semesters under a province-wide stay at home order. But while this is not the first semester impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown measures are complicating an already difficult situation for students.
Reading Time: 8 minutesRecommendations include singing Okanagan Charter, creating physical mental health and wellness centre on campus and creating a research cluster.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt can be hard to become second fiddle to your partner’s Xbox.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever wondered why the Fulcrum is independent from the University of Ottawa Students’ Union? If so, the answer lies in this week’s Live from the Archives.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We take our responsibility to protect our members’ personal information seriously, and we sincerely regret that this incident occurred,” wrote the University of Ottawa Students’ Union in an incident notice.
