Reading Time: 2 minutesUnlike previous Pride festivals in Ottawa, which have have been smaller and had limitations, this year saw performances take stage on both weekend nights, the expansion of community engagement, and also a project to increase youth participation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to its inherently startling nature, dystopian fiction remains an effective way to captivate readers and warn them of the dire repercussions of their actions. However, in Sinclair Lewis’s book It Can’t Happen Here, it is the reader’s inaction that leads to a spiralling series of events.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe more time you spend in a place, the more that it feels like it’s a part of your identity and the harder it will be to break the connections and friendships that you’ve made.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat I hadn’t realized was that the Irish take the GAA championships as seriously as many Canadians take the NHL playoffs. This was the Stanley Cup game of hurling. So, I was wrong about the atmosphere. I was very, very wrong.
Reading Time: 2 minutesParadoxically, when I arrived home in Canada for the winter holidays, I began to miss Ireland again. Seeing family and friends is always great, but the possibilities of holidays spent across the English Channel and exploring the rest of Europe for cheap prices is a reality that’s hard to pass up.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe protest was considered timely, but not urgent. The government of Ireland has proposed that a referendum for repealing the 8th Amendment (which recognizes the right to life of an unborn child) will take place sometime in June or July of 2018.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems like a dream that instead of having assignments due every week and the threat of an early October midterm, professors go a little easy during the first month and encourage you to get involved in extracurriculars and the community after you have completed your day’s work.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo as you gear up with water bottles of liquor and handfuls of fast food for your big week, make us proud—don’t repeat our mistakes!!
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith finals season around the corner, ditch the drunken pub crawls and try Ottawa’s newest attraction—coffee shop crawls.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I wanted to show that there’s a lot of artists out there making dope art. I don’t see enough of it at school.”— Ashelita Shellard, fine arts student, host of Your Art is On Fire.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal Ottawa artists, Ontario bands showcase their talent at Black Squirrel Books.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O’s Intercultural Dialogue Institute holds Rumi-inspired concert in time for Valentine’s Day.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis unique experience, titled “24 Hour Theatre,” served as an opportunity for actors and writers alike to hone their performing abilities under intense pressure.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough The Campaign premiered just as the 57th American presidential election was getting underway, this satirical comedy is probably more relevant than ever in the year 2017.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring exam season, feel free to stay inside and revisit some of your favourite TV series and their most iconic holiday episodes.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thien’s novel beat out eleven other exceptional Canadian works on the longlist of submissions.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“(It’s) a mix between an escape room, a traditional haunted walk, maybe an urban scavenger hunt, and Pokémon GO.”—Glen Shackleton, CEO and founder of Haunted Walks Inc.
