Reading Time: 5 minutesThe hit Canadian sitcom will conclude after producing five seasons of inclusive television.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe “right to repair movement” is a movement that focuses on allowing consumers to have access to the equipment, manuals and replacement parts that are necessary to repair their own devices.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA quirky cast of characters in a Canadian small town: the surprising ingredients for 2020 Emmys champ Schitt’s Creek.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new CBC Ottawa podcasts is helping survivors of sexual abuse at Bell High School ‘speak in their own words’
Reading Time: 3 minutes“And, in fact, (Netflix is) providing a fair amount of Canadian content so that would suggest that there are many Canadians who want to see some Canadian content when they watch video and a streaming service would do well to ensure that it’s there.”—Michael Geist, U of O professor of common law and Canadian Research Chair in Internet and eCommerce Law
Reading Time: 2 minutesDonovan and Foucher were charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a student at Lakehead University in February of 2014.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGuillaume Donovan and David Foucher, two former University of Ottawa hockey players, are currently on trial in Thunder Bay for allegedly sexually assaulting a Lakehead University student in February 2014.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs of Jan. 1, the surrounding grounds of Ontario hospitals, which includes the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, have been made 100 per cent smoke free, under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA).
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrebek said that he will proudly display his Order of Canada medal along with other awards and trophies in his home. You can also find several of his awards on display in the Alex Trebek Alumni Hall at the U of O.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe main frustration among the students lies in the U of O’s response to the colleges strike.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA group of University of Ottawa law students are using photography to bring issues such as intersectional representation and the inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women to the forefront of the law.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt is unreasonable to expect every moment of a traumatic event to be remembered in perfect detail, because that simply isn’t how the mind works. Especially if you consider that these assaults allegedly occurred up to 12 years ago, and these women probably tried their best to forget them at that time.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLindberg’s novel centers around Bernice Meetoos, a young Cree woman from Northern Alberta, who leaves her community and travels to British Columbia on a physical, and internal, journey. Although the book is fictional and not based off of Lindberg, who is an As’in’i’wa’chi Ni’yaw Nation Rocky Mountain Cree woman herself hailing from the Kelly Lake Cree Nation community in Alberta, she says that she has drawn from her life for inspiration for it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the ice melts and the temperature slowly rises, students are finding all kinds of ways to prepare for the summer—although most of us aren’t outfitting a pirate ship.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWorld Radio Day, which takes place on Feb. 13 and began in 2012, was created by UNESCO to celebrate radio and its important place in our society. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO is teaming up with FRI to host BOOM BOX, a live webcast taking place on World Radio Day and broadcasting out of the McMillan Agency’s studio in Ottawa’s ByWard Market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanadian tech giant Shopify has a new Chief Operating Officer (COO)—and it’s a University of Ottawa grad. Harley Finkelstein graduated from the MBA-JD program at the U of O, entered the Dragon’s Den as a judge on the CBC’s Next Gen Den, and on Jan. 13, 2016, he moved into a new role as COO. …
Reading Time: 7 minutesGiven the CRTC’s lack of support for specialty channels and genre protection, is there any hope for the future of original Canadian television content?
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 …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I think I took a very different approach to academia and my education than most people do,” he said. “I didn’t go to law school to become a lawyer, and I didn’t do my MBA to go work in a consulting firm.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne U of O prof makes it on the list of CBC’s top 25 pianists.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile Ghomeshi’s firing from the CBC is unfortunate, especially since it will most likely result in the loss of the best arts and culture program we have in this country, it was absolutely necessary.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCBC listed CHUO’s “City Slang” as one of the best campus radio programs across Canada. The Fulcrum takes a further look as to why.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe need to rethink the way we understand and talk about the CBC. Its role isn’t to accrue profits. Its role is to provide a public service to Canadians, a role that in a democratic society is no less important than the upkeep of roads and rivers, the protection of our communities, and the provision of our healthcare.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum takes a further look into band promotion. If you know someone who’s in a band, or you’re in one yourself, you probably know how hard it is to get discovered.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf the CBC were an NHL team, the fans would be calling for heads to roll because they got cheated.
