Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’re under the impression that Canada is a perfectly safe haven for Muslim people, it’s time to take a step back, recognize your privilege, and listen to the Muslim community around you.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is extensive evidence connecting unhealthy food and beverage advertisements to an increased consumption of these products which causes obesity and an increased risk of diabetes and cancer.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want to be informed and explore this sultry subject matter without leaving a digital footprint, then you can always mix a hot toddy and curl up with one of these revealing reads.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I always say I learned way more off campus than what I did on. It’s about figuring out who you are, because self-awareness is the number one thing in my opinion.”—Sue McGarvie.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith the debate over electoral reform still raging, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—henceforth retitled “Glorious and Eternal Leader of Canada”—quietly passed legislation on Monday, ending all subsequent elections.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTaking part in General Assemblies, BOA meetings, and elections will take up a relatively small amount of your time, and are an easy way to start fixing these problems.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn response to the travel ban issued by the United States government against seven Muslim-majority countries, the University of Ottawa has announced that it will be taking measures to assist students affected by this executive order.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn nominating Casey Affleck, the Academy is blatantly choosing to ignore the mistreatment of women. In fact they are choosing to represent him and the many other men whose careers come before basic human rights.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing the Jan. 29 shooting of six Muslim men at a mosque in Québec City, staff, faculty members, and students at the University of Ottawa gathered in solidarity and to pay their respects.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This is way cooler than what I learned in high school. I loved the part where Sir John A. MacDonald fought off four dragons using only a rusty blunderbuss and a 60-year-old bottle of scotch.”—Sheryl Watts, a first-year alternative Canadian history major.
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, the number of Bridgehead coffee cups littering the Parliament Hill bus stop is higher than at any time in the last 150 years.”—@RogueLivingWall.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe 2017 Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) general election has 10 candidates vying for the six positions at the highest level of student governance at the U of O.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to Jean-Philippe Dubé, a fourth-year computer science student at the U of O, the shift to the new D2L platform was a collective decision made by the administration and members of the university Senate.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this issue of “On the Hill” Raghad Khalil will take you behind the scenes in the lives of three U of O student political staffers, two current and one former.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe committee, which is comprised of students, faculty members, and other staff at the U of O, are working to identify what kinds of “barriers to inclusion” exist on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Luckily, the SFUO seems to be prepared for this. Their website is so dense and impenetrable that no hacker will be able to get access to any sensitive information.”—Michel Ghost, U of O cybersecurity expert.
Reading Time: 3 minutesJasmine van Schouwen is a law student at the University of Ottawa who first applied to participate in the conference last year and will be representing the Kanata-Carleton riding.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday, Jan. 21, women in Ottawa will join in solidarity with women in Washington, D.C., and around the world, for a nation-wide march.
Reading Time: 4 minutesReport highlights executives’ questionable credit card use, absence from office.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to a memo sent to U of O staff from president Jacques Frémont, the university is facing a $15-million deficit this fiscal year and has been consulting with the heads of faculties and services to see how they can soften the blow.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese holiday-themed concoctions will definitely put you in the mood for singing carols, putting up decorations, and wrapping presents.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis student-run organization was founded in 2012, and specializes in playing a wider variety of music than your typical classical music program.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow do you celebrate the holiday season? U of O students tell us about their personal family traditions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe poem “I’ll (Not) Be Home For Christmas” is a direct juxtaposition of Indigenous and settler children’s lives.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFinalists of our 2016 Ugly Christmas Sweater contest.
