Reading Time: 7 minutesWith speakers called out for unparliamentary language, an unexpected debate around an Indigenous student’s identity, a 12-minute speech, and a 2-hour delay, the 9-hour Fall GA was certainly eventful.
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Reading Time: 13 minutesWhen Dayalini leapt across the “city,” it felt like she actually set the stage on fire.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEUROPE FEARS NATURE TAKING ITS COURSE Editor’s note: Certain opinions expressed in this piece are satirical and not meant to endorse theft. By now, we’ve all heard of the jewels that were stolen from the Louvre on Oct. 19. While many on the internet lament the loss of these jewels and the cultural significance they …
Reading Time: 14 minutesThe scene is the same: a little girl sits in a chair, one aunty putting bobby pins in her hair, another aunty kneeling to put red sharpie on her feet, and yet another aunty coaxing a brownie into her mouth because “You have to eat something or you’ll faint on stage.”
Reading Time: 14 minutes “I have not done all of the work that I need to do in terms of understanding all the investments, but what I can say is, you know, I understand the need for transparency, and I think some transparency has been provided in response to some of the concerns.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Ottawa, most students end up in one of three living situations: an on-campus residence with little to no breathing room, an overpriced student apartment with shiny marketing and paper-thin walls, or a rented room in an old house turned summer sauna.
Reading Time: 7 minutesStudents steeled themselves with hot drinks and muffins in-hand to prepare for the indeterminately long day of executive updates, question period, approval of the general election results, constitutional amendments, and three student-submitted motions.
Reading Time: 12 minutesUOSU hosted their Autumn General Assembly on Sunday. Here are the highlights from each contentious debate.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a groundbreaking study spanning over two decades, a research team led by U of O faculty has reconstructed the history of the Thule people — the ancestors of modern-day Inuit people — and revised the timeline of human occupation of the Arctic.
Reading Time: 4 minutesShortly after midnight on July 10, over 2 months since its establishment, the student encampment at the University of Ottawa has begun to come to a conclusion.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAt around 4 p.m. on July 7, student protesters on Tabaret lawn erected spray-painted plywood barricades, blocking the walkway in front of Tabaret Hall. Sources tell the Fulcrum that the tents inside the barricades were moved yesterday.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn May 27th, the 29th day of the student protest for Palestine on Tabaret Lawn, the University of Ottawa administration submitted their first proposal to organizers. In a conversation with the Fulcrum, INSAF president Sumayya Kheireddine said that the proposal is “not satisfactory.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesINSAF president Sumayya Kheireddine noted the university offered a follow-up meeting tomorrow to speak more on the protesters’ main demand: divestment from “any and all corporations involved in the surveillance, occupation, and murder of Palestinians both in Gaza and the West Bank.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesProtesters add more tent shelters to Tabaret Lawn and more chalk drawings to Tabaret Hall sidewalk during the 11th day of pro-Palestinian protests at the U of O.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDay 10 of the U of O student protest for Palestine was marked by speeches from Filipino allies and Dr. Yipeng Ge, as well as de-escalation training and internal organization meetings.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOrganizers meet with administration, reject university’s demand to reduce size of encampment; Faculty 4 Palestine Ottawa releases statement in solidarity with protest.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOriginally beginning as a sit-in on Monday, April 29, INSAF, the PSA and protesting community members have been present on Tabaret Lawn for nearly a week.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the evening of April 28, the night before a planned student-organized sit-in on Tabaret Lawn, associate vice-president of student affairs published a statement on Instagram.
Reading Time: < 1 minute On April 27, 2024, University of Ottawa clubs Integrity Not Spite Against Falastin (INSAF) and the Palestinian Student Association (PSA) announced plans for a sit-in protest on Tabaret Lawn starting Monday, April 29 from 12-9 p.m.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University is refusing to relocate the Garderie Bernadette child care center, which will make U of O the only U15 university without an on-campus daycare center.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Oct. 18, the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, the first and only woman to serve as Prime Minister of Canada, commemorated Persons Day with a speech at the University of Ottawa’s Demarais building to a crowd of politicians and former public servants.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTen referendum questions will be voted on by the new University of Ottawa Student Union (UOSU) members, decided in a by-election that will conclude on Oct. 13. All ten questions affect next year’s mandatory student fees.
Reading Time: 3 minutesKim recalls Nurse Practitioner Marie-Noëlle Bisson refusing to refill her prescription and asking about her genitals and surgery status.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDebates for UOSU Communications Commissioner and President will be held bilingually, moderated by the staff of the Fulcrum and La Rotonde.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe coalition alleges that the OPSB repeatedly silenced presenters by outright restricting them from speaking during meetings and by creating limits on delegations.
