Reading Time: 10 minutesSeven students now make over 6,000 fellow students laugh on a daily basis with their Instagram page @uottawa.memes. In an exclusive interview, the Fulcrum had the chance to discuss some crunchy topics with them.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Australian wildfires, the Iran plane crash, climate change, Kobe’s death — it seems impossible to escape bad news. Media saturation can impact our socialization, mood, mental health and ability to interact, for better and for worse.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAround 200 people rallied and marched through downtown Ottawa on Friday to show support for members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation who were arrested this past week for protesting the construction of a natural gas pipeline on their ancestral land in British Columbia.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year on Tabaret Lawn, students had the chance to get decked out in plaid, go “fishing” in a fishing shack, enjoy a sugar shack lunch, try their hand at the Indigenous game of snakes and sticks, and, of course, get free Beavertails and hot chocolate.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Gee-Gees men’s basketball team pulled a major upset on Friday, night edging out the nationally No. 1 ranked Carleton Ravens 68-67 in a Capital Hoops game for the ages at TD Place Arena.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa women’s basketball team pulled an impressive fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Carleton Ravens 76-75 in the 14th annual Capital Hoops classic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Elixir, Pacheco leans fully into the acoustic singer-songwriter sounds he honed at open mics. The album has an overarching theme of growth and life changes, which came out of Pacheco graduating and thinking about his life post-school.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees swim team was at the RSEQ Championships this weekend in Sherbrooke, Que., with athletes hoping to qualify for the USports Championships taking place in two weeks in Victoria, B.C.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting ghosted and ghosting people has the potential to be pretty hurtful. Di dishes on how to ghost *tastefully.*
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe undercurrents theatre festival bills itself as “theatre below the mainstream.” It’s a festival of boundary-pushing theatre by both emerging and established creators that gives creators a chance to stage their new works.
Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice are still searching for the suspect in a voyeurism investigation in Sandy Hill, where the University of Ottawa is located, with another incident reported this week.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile highlighting a number of different initiatives done on campus that support mental health and wellness, the recently published “Roadmap to Wellness at uOttawa” report states that the university’s direction towards a culture of wellness is unclear to the rest of the community.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union has announced the details of its upcoming general elections, setting the voting period for March 25-27. Seven executive positions (up from five last election) and 22 seats on the union’s Board of Directors are up for grabs.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring the second town hall on anti-Black racism to take place this academic year, several Black graduate students spoke of the discrimination that they have faced on campus. Similar to the first town hall, many students called on the school to hire more professors of colour.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Green Party candidate Benjamin Koczwarski thinks he deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why NDP candidate Myriam Djilane thinks she deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Liberal Party candidate Lucille Collard thinks she deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Progress Conservative candidate Patrick Mayangi thinks he deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 5 minutesGee-Gees defenceman Jean-Robin Mantha was back on the ice for the first time since the 2017-18 season on Sunday night. Mantha, who’s been fighting testicular cancer for the last year and a half, looked to bring the Gee-Gees a win against the RMC Paladins.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeasonal affective disorder is a form of depression that typically peaks in the winter months, impacting up to 15 per cent of Canadians during their lifetime. We spoke with Ottawa psychologist Dr. Marna Zinatelli on what the illness is and how it can be treated and managed.
Reading Time: 12 minutesPresident Jacques Frémont responded to thousands of petitioners demanding the school improve its mental health services after four student deaths last year, and also gave an update on the school’s anti-racism campaigns after two Black students were carded on campus last year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Minto Sports Complex was filled with fans, friends, and family for a matchup between the Gee-Gees and Ravens on Friday night. The focus was on more than just hockey, as Melisa Kingsley, a member of the Gee-Gees team who passed away in 2018, was honoured.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2020 Capital Hoops Classic is right around the corner. Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know about the Carleton Ravens and Gee-Gees basketball teams before tip off on Friday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBudding musicians are spoiled for choice in Ottawa, with plenty of major venues hosting popular open mic nights. University of Ottawa students don’t even have to leave campus, with Café Nostalgica hosting its own open mic every Thursday night.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe love triangle of Shakespearean and Twilight fame is not quite as glamorous as it looks. In one and looking for a way out? Here’s your options.
