Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s been more than a week now since the University of Ottawa’s support staff (PSUO-SSUO) went on strike following the breakdown of mediated talks with the University of Ottawa on Oct.15. The Fulcrum believes it’s time for the University to get back to the bargaining table and strike a fair deal with PSUO-SSUO members that does not involve significant cuts to members healthcare coverage.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome of us bake bread, or learn to paint, and others take-up running. And some of us (like me) plan international trips so that I can hop on an airplane as soon as the pandemic is over. The things you can learn about solo travellers in films can also apply to life in isolation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe compiled a list of some of our favourite new releases, ranging from Bieber to more indie artists and everything in between.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Fulcrum’s resident American put together a list of 10 things she would have rather watched Thursday night than the presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom Calgary to Halifax to St. John’s, student publications from all over Canada spoke of how they are navigating the new waters of an online world while also upholding journalistic standards.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLéo speaks to a new generation of stifled youth learning how to navigate a tumultuous reality.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “To the young people who have found such glee in attacking their professors; your self-righteous instrumentalization of identity politics, it must be said, is hyperbolic and misdirected,” writes Ryan Lux a doctoral candidate at the U of O’s school of sociological and anthropological studies.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“The disciplining of professors based on ‘micro-aggressions,’ however, sets an unfortunate precedent and represents a slippery slope. No conscientious professor would willingly hurt their students’ feelings,” writes Thomas Boogaart, a professor of contemporary global history at the University of Ottawa since 2004 and a member of the APTPUO’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe announcement that Ottawa was heading back into Stage 2 was awful news. Mostly because it means that my partner and I can’t go out and do all the things we were planning this fall. We’re both pretty new to campus and the city, and don’t know much about what Ottawa has to offer. What are some fun, romantic things that we can do together safely?
Reading Time: 8 minutes“It was very emotional for me as I had never before heard so much appreciation for non-Indigenous presence,” said Polish retiree Feliks Welfeld.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“As student representatives to the Board of Governors of the University of Ottawa, we want to express our disappointment with the response of the University and many members of our community to the recent racist events occurring on campus,” write Jamie Ghossein & Saada Hussen the undergraduate student representatives on the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSteve Johnson on winning the OUA title in 2014: “It truly was a team effort,” he said. “We are more of a team this year than perhaps other years. Other years we may have had more individual talent, but collectively this team has really performed well all season.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This is our way to fish and hunt and no way should Fisheries and Ocean Canada (DFO) get a chance to tell us what our modern livelihood is. It’s not even a ‘modern livelihood’, it’s our inherent right,” said Janelle Niles, one of the organizers of the protest.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont has released a second statement to the U of O community asking for “calm and reflection” around the recent controversy surrounding a professor’s use of the ‘N-word.’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA “Hateful/bias graffiti” was found on the University of Ottawa’s campus on the afternoon of Oct. 18. The student body was alerted with a tweet and statement from the University.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s president and vice-chancellor Jacques Frémont responded early this morning to the recent incident of a professor uttering the ‘N-word’ in an online lecture. The professor had been suspended since early October, and a group of professors had written a letter denouncing her treatment at the hands of the U of O administration.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA group of 34 current and retired University of Ottawa professors have signed a letter to express their disagreement with the University’s treatment of professor Verushka Lieutenant-Duval.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter being brave enough to remove the charger and earphones from the package the iPhone 12 comes in for environmental reasons, Apple has decided to take it a step further, announcing that the next iPhone, named the iPhone Air, will come without the phone.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAfter his parents lost their jobs, international student Ashwath Param was left on his own to pay his high tuition and rent fees. With little job experience, he struggled to make any sufficient income and for two months straight, the only meals he could afford were instant ramen noodles, which he could only eat once every other day.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe “right to repair movement” is a movement that focuses on allowing consumers to have access to the equipment, manuals and replacement parts that are necessary to repair their own devices.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWithout a bubble system, and without consistently enforcing their own COVID-19 protocols, there have been plenty of positive cases throughout the NFL. Does the league really care about their player and personnel safety?
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s the low-down on the U of O’s office of the Vice President, Research’s annual greeting card contest.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCHEO and U of O have partnered with the City of Ottawa to work on a “shitty” research project dealing with local sewage.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDue to COVID-19 related cancellations no varsity athlete will step on the field, court or ice for most of the 2020-21 season. So why are they allowed to train? Why are they the exception?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the age of online learning, an area of concern facing students living in rural areas and remote communities is the lack of high speed internet to attend lectures and conduct any form of evaluations.
