Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the University of Ottawa’s Ukrainian Students Club (USC) has been gathering resources for Ukrainian students while staying in touch with family about the situation.
Amira Benjamin
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Snow-Blowers, a U of O club with the goal of keeping sidewalks clean, ran into a rough patch following the failed tests of their sidewalk-clearing machine.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo not fear, the Tomato is here with the best romantic date spots for Valentine’s Day!
Reading Time: 5 minutesSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has seen an unprecedented spike ranging from dangerous home remedies to conspiracy theorists. How can we effectively handle misinformation, especially in academic circles?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMembers of the Rideau Neighbourhood Rat Association feel left behind in the province’s reopening plan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking for something to do with your time and skills? Want to make some money in a side gig? Look no further — we have a revitalized list of reasons to join the Fulcrum right here.
Reading Time: 5 minutesCarrie Bourassa, a University of Saskatchewan and research director, made headlines in October for pretending to be Indigenous. Though she is not the first, it begs the question — why do white people pretend to be other races?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union held its Fall General Assembly virtually on Monday night. The meeting adjourned just before midnight, giving the FGA a run time of under five hours, a noted improvement from last year’s seven hour meeting.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGallagher’s penalty conversions lift Gees over Victoria The women’s rugby team kicked their way into the USports women’s rugby national championship finals after a fierce game against the University of Victoria Vikings on Friday night with a score of 17-14. The game was tense right from the beginning with the Vikings playing a determined opposition, …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Women’s rugby team dominated their quarter-final match at the USports women’s rugby national championship against St. Francis Xavier with a 40-12 victory.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGee-Gees will play Queen’s in the semis The University of Ottawa’s football team avenged its season-opening loss to the University of Toronto Saturday, eliminating the Varsity Blues 37-17 in their first-round playoff matchup in the six. The Gees were able to get themselves on the board first with kicker Campbell Fair ending a seven-play drive …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJack O’Lanhturn felt a bit ghosted during Halloweekend A first-year in residence is disappointed by the lack of trick-or-treating initiative on campus when celebrating his first Halloween at university. Jack O’Lanhturn, a first-year environmental engineering student was eager to walk around campus with his friend all in costumes. However, much to his dismay, the campus …
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe fan-favourite Bluesfest made its return this fall with a lineup consisting of Lauryn MacFarlane, Aysanabee, Tokyo Police Club, and Half Moon Run.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe general election results included 17 candidates to the UOSU Board of Directors (BOD) and the six-person executive committee for the 2021-22 term.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with during the pandemic.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSquat the Raccoon and Blueberry the Goose have been elected as co-commissioners for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s position of nature and sustainability commissioner.
Reading Time: 13 minutesA look at the races for the Senate and UOSU Board of Directors in the faculty of science
Reading Time: 5 minutesAt the faculty of engineering, out of 132 professors there are only 31 women — a mere 23.5 per cent of the faculty’s professors. The Fulcrum reached out to all of them to speak about their experience in one of the most male-dominated fields at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA lot of people like to get busy. But with a lack of proper education and new opportunities, less experienced and LGBTQ+ students can feel left out in the cold.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA newlywed couple had technical difficulties when it came to finding a way to involve their family and friends in their wedding — until Yubo came to the rescue.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA majority of the University of Ottawa’s beloved student newspaper has disappeared following a friendly personality quiz.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBuzzfeed has rolled out a series of quizzes that brutally insult your life’s problems and then suggest appropriate resources to fix them, all based on your movie taste.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFor-profit organization Taking Shots has come under fire for strange requirements to get first priority for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn what many describe ‘the second pandemic,’ victims and survivors of abuse are fighting for their lives while in lockdown.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCaptain Federicks has gone missing at sea after failing to properly address several issues on the S.S. Gee-Gee.
