Reading Time: 4 minutesJoking that this would never slide with today’s HR departments, Peter Mansbridge took the audience back a couple of decades to a time when charisma— not a packed resume or exhaustive list of degrees— set off his career at the CBC.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa Police Service will have the help of Ontario Provincial Police to bolster numbers of officers deployed
Reading Time: 5 minutes“This isn’t about politics, this is about people’s well being,” said CUSA councillor Emily Sowa
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa have asked the provincial government to open up university and college campuses in order to improve students’ mental health and academic performance.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The university is aware of the petition and is looking into the matter,” says U of O manager of media relations, Isabelle Mailloux-Pulkinghorn.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNot all students start on an equal playing field even with the option of universal, pass or fail grading. For many students, especially international students, online learning has brought challenges that other students don’t have to face.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We don’t know much about the mental health of our workforce in this country. The more this crisis goes on, the more these issues will be compounded,” said Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, a U of O professor and holder of the University’s research chair in gender, diversity and the professions.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“There’s increased stress and anxiety among students because of the disruption and uncertainty caused by COVID-19,” said Rita Notarandrea, ceo of CCSA.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“While I have no doubts that the creators of the petition mean well, this particular issue reminds me of a similar call to action for mandatory Indigenous content courses in universities. Many of the issues raised in this regard also apply to these suggested mandatory anti-racism courses. Primarily, these mandatory courses could actually foster the toxic spaces they are meant to mitigate,” writes Sam Yee a third-year biomedical sciences and Indigenous studies student at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter two false alarms, Kevin Geenen examines the different safety measures that are in place at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University in the event of an active shooter on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarleton University started the Dr. Marc Andrew Hewson Memorial Scholarship this month with a literature panel and award for the first recipient of the prize, named in honour of an English professor who taught at Carleton and the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter selling out in less than three days, Panda Game tickets are now being resold for exorbitant amounts online.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“You never know, maybe eventually we could get on the same level as (the University Bouldering Series).” — Luka Vukovic, executive with the UOttawa Rock Climbing Club.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents need a fair shot at getting tickets back home, Carleton students being given a two-week advantage isn’t right. The U of O and Carleton should come together and coordinate when they’ll be posting exam schedules, for the good of the students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a shame that this still needs to be said.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSo while some might pass campus politics off as trivial, it is important to keep an eye on student executives. You never know—they might one day take up other public office.
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe Fulcrum teamed up with the Ubyssey, the Gauntlet and the Charlatan to investigate how Canadian universities are dealing with the legalization of cannabis on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGibson fears that her situation will deter other students from seeking help, although she hopes this won’t be the case.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe more I delved into this case, the more I realized that, in truth, anyone could be the next Hassan Diab. Under Canada’s current extradition system, it really is that easy for our government to send you to a foreign country to face charges for which the country has little to no reliable evidence.
Reading Time: 7 minutesStudents are directly affected by conditions facing part-time professors—and here’s why When news broke that the Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa (APTPUO) voted for a strike mandate, and would be in a legal position to strike if no agreement was reached by Oct. 30, much of the same messages were littered …
Reading Time: 8 minutesOn average, there are five advisors taking appointments at a time, two advisors at the front desk, and two advisors taking phone calls. For an undergraduate body of over 9,000 students, it is not humanly possible for two operators to field incoming calls from every student. This system is made to fail.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Thursday, Oct. 13, a town hall panel was held at Carleton University as part of the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Fight the Fees campaign.
Reading Time: 2 minutesProfessor Jeremy Kerr of the University of Ottawa’s Department of Biology joined a group of Carleton University students in a study of the conservation and protection of different endangered species, and found that research on invertebrates is lacking.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFROST 2016, a concert headlined by ILoveMakonnen and DJ Mustard that took place on Jan. 16, was hosted by the SFUO in collaboration with AVX Live, JUMP! 106.9, Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa, and Carleton University’s Rideau River Residence Association (RRRA).
Reading Time: 2 minutesCBC shuts down comments on stories related to Indigenous people, cites uncivil dialogue The CBC has temporarily disabled comments on their online stories pertaining to Canada’s Indigenous people. The decision was made on Nov. 30. A blog post by the office of the general manager and editor-in-chief of the CBC said that posts related to …
