Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is an important distinction between governance and politics. By governance, I mean the administration of the union, the fulfillment of its obligations. In terms of governance, the UOSU seems to be doing alright. By politics, I mean the human aspect, the making-people-care. In terms of politics, the UOSU seems to be doing much worse.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O men’s rugby team has qualified for the playoffs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn short, pseudoscience is presented like science, but lacks the same rigour that science undergoes. As a result, it makes the two extremely difficult to discern.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt has recently been brought to my attention that I’m a serial friendzoner — a phenomenon to which I was previously none the wiser.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversities are already riddled with institutional barriers given their entry price — textbooks only exacerbate this issue.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute released false data which was quickly picked up by vaccine hesitant groups to validate false beliefs that the COVID-19 vaccines are highly deadly.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs I wrap up my undergraduate program at a large Canadian university, I would be hard-pressed to give you a coherent answer to an admittedly straightforward question.
What is university?
Reading Time: 3 minutesMeghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey exposed the Royal Family’s palace’s biggest flaws and has proven why it is finally time to abolish the monarchy once and for all.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“There’s no way for students to interact with any kind of facility in a face-to-face scenario. We as students have been educated in a system where you learn to be personable, where you learn how to interact in a public setting — how can you learn something like that through a screen?,” said fourth-year-student Elizabeth McDonald.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWith the fall 2020 semester taking place online, transitioning courses to an online format has not been easy, and many students have had difficulties adjusting. To combat such difficulties, should a Pass/Fail grading system be implemented once again?
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter graduating high school, it doesn’t take long to realize that there wad a hefty list of things we didn’t cover throughout four years of classes. Taxes, paying off loans, and voting only scratch the surface.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith masks becoming a requirement, both name brands and local stores have tried to capitalize on what has become a new market. From nicely coloured cloth masks, to fancy sportsmasks, there are endless options when it comes to face coverings, and people are willing to pay the money for them.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Before you fling your righteousness across cyberspace, hoping for humble deference to your superior intellect, let us explore a crucial dimension to your online interaction,” writes Eric Dicaire a recent University of Ottawa graduate.
Reading Time: 5 minutesI find it commendable that students are taking the initiative to create new spaces to share experiences and demand action when it comes to mental health, but frankly it shouldn’t be their responsibility.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The Senate, one of the most powerful governing bodies in our institution, should have cancelled classes this Friday. They should be tasking themselves with assembling a campaign aimed at promoting further education, organization, and collaboration to address this problem,” writes U of O student Lorin Clive D’Arcy Van Dusen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe provincial and federal governments reached an “understanding” on establishing the institution, likely in southwestern Ontario. It’s expected to take eight years to build. Here’s why opening its doors is so important.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPedestrians have only 10 seconds to cross the busy intersection on the edge of campus, putting people with disabilities, seniors or those that just need some extra time to cross at risk and causing headaches for drivers.
Reading Time: 3 minutes The university’s main online portal and uoZone are both unattractive, unorganized and lacking the user-friendly tools that would draw new students in and reduce headaches in current ones.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrowing up in a single-parent household opened me up to some of the hardships I would have to endure later in life. But I didn’t fully realize just how independent I would have to be in university until my mother sat me down and told me she wouldn’t be able to financially support me at …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Candidates need to rethink how they communicate and prioritize community connection along with issues that really matter to the younger generations, especially climate change.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversity of Ottawa student Dolly Cepeda Montufar shares her experience seeking asylum as a refuge from Colombia
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe #trashtag challenge gets people off of their phones and into the filth.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe unassuming consortium won the bid to build the new line back in 2012 to an unspectacular public reaction. However, look behind the curtain, and the RTG’s past starts to catch up to it.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I’m not one for cliches, but being a summer camp counsellor is so much more than a job: for me, it was a key component of my growth as a person and an employee, regardless of the field of work.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe implant is perfect for young women who don’t want to have the responsibility of taking or changing birth control, who don’t have the financial ability to afford an IUD, who don’t want the estrogen that Depo-Provera has, and who want to be discreet about their birth control, like many university students.
