Reading Time: < 1 minuteClear your throat, look them dead in the eye, and say, “Excuse me, some of us have places to be.” Now it’s awkward for everyone, not just you.
Fejiro Mejire
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the academic year comes to an end, we would like to present a recap of all the academic student publications we have met with. Speaking to all of them, it is clear that getting involved in academic publications at the undergraduate or graduate level is definitely worth your while!
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe bilingual journal started in 2009 and expanded to include a podcast and a blogging platform. After scaling back production during the pandemic, the journal is currently trying to work its way back to its pre-COVID peak.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThrough reading literature like Invisible Boy and The Blue Clerk or exploring scenes like Caribana and Afrofest you will come to discover that while Black culture may not be as loud as it is with our neighbours down south, it is certainly not any less vibrant.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOverall, skywatching is an awesome experience that can be a one-off activity or a relaxing pastime. 2025 is bringing several celestial events with it. Meteor showers, comets, planetary alignments and more are visible both within and outside the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Policy and Society (UJPPS) at the faculty of social science, takes the form of a course. The course code for UJPPS, FSS 4100, is taught by Professor Daniel Stockemer.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe benefits of co-op are not overstated, however, students need to be fully informed about the challenges that accompany participating in the program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Telfer Business Journal is an official club that is affiliated with but independent from the Telfer School of Management. It receives club funding from the university and uses that funding to host events like study sessions, writing workshops and guest speaker events.
Reading Time: 4 minutesA year ago, Mesri wanted to surprise her mom with an appointment with a Canadian henna artist but found the prices too steep. In that moment, she decided to start her own henna business. She had two goals: to be more affordable for people and to be an ethical business owner.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen people think of starting a business, they usually think of it as something you need skills to do. Andy Lian thinks otherwise. For him, starting his business, CaptureOttawa, was an opportunity to learn skills he felt would be useful to him later in life.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIt is important to remember that business doesn’t necessarily have to be a full time thing and you don’t have to drop out of university to become the next Apple. Business is as much a mindset as it is running an actual company.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOSURJ is a science journal that prides itself on its ability to serve as a support system for students that are working to get publications under their belt.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo opposing celebrations: Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day are happening on the same day. This juxtaposition of the biggest event celebrating consumption and the biggest event critiquing overconsumption is coming to the University of Ottawa on Nov. 29.
Reading Time: 5 minutes “Right now, Ignio is just an undergraduate student journal. However, our long term goal remains the same as the people who started this initiative: building a community for people to talk about international development issues.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesBalancing school and work has not always been easy. Despite the pressure, Pham encourages anyone interested in pursuing a career in the music industry or any passion to just go for it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThrough Clio, undergraduate students at the Faculty of Arts have the opportunity to publish papers in a peer-reviewed journal and present it before a crowd.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“My program talked a lot about other aspects of development but I felt it never quite touched on disability studies. That was the intersection between my program and my life/passion.”
Reading Time: 5 minutesMany people are aware of the retirement of four student services that occurred after the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) responded to a reduction in membership … What is less common knowledge is the mass layoffs of staff that occurred alongside these service cuts.
Reading Time: 9 minutes23-year-old CEO and U of O student Drayton Mulindabigwi describes his journey — and the journey of his innovation firm, The Novas Group — to Fulcrum staff writer Fejiro Mejire.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The editors on the team really are focused on making sure the students are equal partners in the process … The process creates an environment of growth outside the classroom.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe philosophy behind Common House is a place where all writers can belong. As a magazine, it’s a publication that represents diversity in voice, with emphasis on sincerity and story.
