Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing the stressful occupation of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ through the month of February, is it time to revisit the definition of a ‘protest’ and what it truly means?
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Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the University of Ottawa’s Ukrainian Students Club (USC) has been gathering resources for Ukrainian students while staying in touch with family about the situation.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMicro-credentials are new educational offerings with province-backed funding. But what are they and are they beneficial at the U of O?
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe hiring of two racialized counsellors marks a step in the right direction for the U of O’s provision of mental health care, but students maintain that there is much more work to be done.
Reading Time: 7 minutesNursing students, in a program and field in which on-site learning and application are necessary, are suffering from the lack of needed in-person training and placements due to the fluctuating public health mandates. The lack of consistency and the harsh exposure to the COVID-19 health crisis has caused a decrease in students’ faith and optimism in nursing and their futures within the field.
Reading Time: 5 minutesSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has seen an unprecedented spike ranging from dangerous home remedies to conspiracy theorists. How can we effectively handle misinformation, especially in academic circles?
Reading Time: 6 minutesMost assaults are perpetrated not by some lurking stranger, but by someone the victim already knows Content warning: sexual assault and rape Her name is Jacinta*. She is a first-year student, not so different from the ones you know: adjusting to her new major, working part-time, hanging out with friends on the weekends. Last month …
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn light of a recent string of cat deaths, the Ottawa Humane Society has called for a 24-hour ‘cat curfew’. Here’s a look at what this means and why it is an idea to be taken seriously given the impact domestic felines have on the urban ecosystem.
Reading Time: 7 minutesOver the last thirty years, the Fulcrum has reviewed a number of albums that eventually became career-defining and altering records for artists. This feature is the first part of a series that will look back on Fulcrum reviews of albums that changed the music industry and helped define an entire era
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd’s death have made it clear change is inevitable. But that change needs to also benefit and include Black womxn.
Reading Time: 7 minutes“The idea that is being broadcast to millennials is that they can and should have it all — the only thing standing between them and unimaginable success is laziness.”
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe complex dynamics of the Canada-U.S. bilateral relationship In 1969, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau described the relationship between Canada and the United States in a memorable analogy. “Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it …
Reading Time: 4 minutesCanada is a country rich in demographics — and a diverse age-range of voters is just one example of that. However, some age groups seem to be less represented in the democratic process than others — namely, the voting-age youth.
Reading Time: 10 minutesArt is being used as a therapeutic tool more and more often — but artists are faced with a higher probability of mental illness than the general population.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA student’s guide to creative part-time work Photo by Tina Wallace For most students, part-time work can be hard to find and difficult to maintain while juggling lectures, study sessions, and extracurricular activities. With the thousands of work-hungry students in Ottawa, the idea of job-hunting seems more scary than graduating. Check out these side-job ideas …
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe hear all about the SFUO, but do we really know where our money goes? Infographic by Tina Wallace Dave Eaton, an international development student in the last year of his studies at the U of O, carries a heavier load of responsibility than the average 24-year-old. He’s the overseer of a multi-million dollar government …
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn the documentary, Kilbourne says ads don’t only sell products. “They sell images, they sell concepts of love and sexuality, of success, and perhaps most important, of normalcy,” she says. “To a great extent they tell us who we are, and who we should be.”
Reading Time: 9 minutesToday, individuals follow special diets for as many reasons as there are types of cuisine; religious practices, ideological beliefs, and allergies can call play a part. Four foodies share their experiences living on different diets and offer students a spoonful of advice.
Reading Time: 8 minutesAT ONE POINT or another, most of us dream about making it big. Thanks to the Internet, becoming famous no longer requires theatrical or musical talent—all you need is a laptop, your winning personality, and a knowledge of all things social media. The Fulcrum gives you the low-down on using YouTube, Twitter, and blogging to …
