Reading Time: 3 minutesBird-Safe Campus at uOttawa paired up with local artist Maria Gomez Umaña to install a brand new mural on campus. Students and staff can find the window-fixed art in the walkway between SITE and Colonel By Hall.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesClaudette Commanda, an Algonquin Anishinabe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec, has been appointed chancellor of the University of Ottawa. She will succeed Calin Rovinescu following the end of his second mandate later this fall.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We want to make sure that the university knows that decisions impact real life people, and, you know, that’s potentially gonna have really big negative impacts on the lives of these students,” said Armaan Singh, president of UOSU.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Increasing tuition would plunge students into debt and out of universities. It would make our education non-accessible,” warned UOSU’s president Armaan Singh Kheppar.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew centre offers both mental health and walk-in services exclusively to students of the University of Ottawa and Saint Paul University.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis pandemic has created opportunities to engage with students differently […] we tapped into a more private sphere of our students’ lives,” said a spokesperson for the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWas Future wrong when he said “Mask Off”? Students at the U of O evaluate the University and Ontario’s decisions to lift mask mandates.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I’m not going to celebrate quite yet, until I see it starting to reflect in the community,” said UOSU Francophone affairs commissioner, Lia Bosquet.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I want to make sure that we’re continuing the work of the Communications and Engagement Committee that the union setup,” said the incoming UOSU president on his plans to improve student engagement.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“It kind of just made sense, because we have different skill sets and different experiences at the Fulcrum, it was a good match for us to run together,” said incoming Editor-in-Chief Jasmine McKnight about her and Hailey Otten’s election.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA greater police presence is one of the measures which is being practiced in an effort to avoid a repeat of the criminal incidents of the Panda Game street party this past fall.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe referendum questions are all concerning proposed fees designed to support new student services regarding advocacy, health, and legal representation.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the second of four nights of election coverage, Fulcrum editor-in-chief Charley Dutil and news editor Zoë Mason sat down with equity commissioner candidates Sana Almansour and Daphnée Veilleux-Michaud.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents have been facing violence and harassment during the 20 day occupation of the Ottawa downtown core.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We owe it to future generations to do everything we can today to mitigate the effects of climate change while we can still have an impact,” said U of O president Jacques Frémont in a press release.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFunds for the program will be split into many bursaries and scholarships, open to all undergraduate students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents who choose to submit their candidacy will run for one of four bodies of governance: the UOSU Executive Committee, the UOSU Board of Directors, the University of Ottawa Senate, or the University of Ottawa Board of Governors.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIssues such as on-campus and in-class safety, course selection, and hybrid classes remain obstacles for students with chronic illnesses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University is abiding by the definition of fully vaccinated as provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
Reading Time: 7 minutesA new integrated health care centre and the hiring of two additional counsellors are examples of the initiatives that have been taken since the President’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness published its report in 2020.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“For health and safety, I still have some misgivings. I am still a bit concerned,” said U of O associate professor Veldon Coburn on the return to campus plan.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa has welcomed incoming international exchange students despite the cancellation of outgoing exchanges. Arriving in Ottawa in early January, these students have not had the ordinary exchange experience.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs the year comes to an end, we decided to look back on significant stories the Fulcrum published in 2021. Instead of simply republishing the stories, we thought we’d do something different and offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the year’s biggest stories came to be.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Food Services has announced it will be ending the dining hall’s takeout program on Dec. 8.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFive U of O students teamed up to bring eco-friendly and accessible menstrual products to campus — and this is just the beginning.
