Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe WGA provides an opportunity for students to make their voices heard, better understand what UOSU is up to, and weigh in on possible motions.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Winterlude 2026 is packed with something for anyone who’s trying to beat cabin fever. Grab your friends, and don’t miss out on the winter fun!
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Patients have to worry about how to follow up on the care they were given, assuming they find someone to see them in the first place.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesCanada’s broader diplomatic engagement with China, including recent visits by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has reinforced the importance of academic collaboration in the “new world order”
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Activism on this campus is the strongest it’s ever been… this world runs on money… and students should have the right to choose where the money goes and where it doesn’t go,” Stratas told the Fulcrum.
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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesVilleneuve, a senior manager at Regionex, told the Fulcrum that it would be considered “normal for a place [like the university] to have a case of bed bugs every month” — with the University of Ottawa confirming three infestations occurred in September.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the participants, the ironic performance of the ‘Performative Male’ may seem exclusively independent from their genuine behaviours and expectations. However, from the nature of the definition of ‘performativity,’ performance not only describes our behaviours and expectations in society, but it shapes them as well.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“They are suppressing the truth, and they are aiding and abetting the continuation of the violations of international law.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year, the union ended with a $15 million cash balance and $276,000 deficit. The audit revealed discrepancies in financial management that led to the deficits, including overspending on 101 Week in 2024 and unrecognized restricted levies.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“The potential losses of these funding streams may seem like a small administrative change, but is in fact a direct attack on services students rely on every day,” per UOSU president Jack Coen.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile many Pique regulars found this year’s fall edition to be underwhelming compared to prior seasons, they remained enthusiastic for the upcoming winter edition on Dec. 13, affirming how Pique has come to be a staple of the Ottawa art scene.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“If we use sluts as a derogatory term, then it is. If we celebrate being sluts, if we celebrate being slutty, then it’s not a derogatory term, it’s our term”
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Students searching for fair, inexpensive housing should keep an eye on this policy.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesMario Quinn went home to the Sault. Erik Pinto is spending half the week in Montreal. No one knows where Youssef Tangri went. Matt Rolfe enjoyed a sunny vacation at his mother’s in Stittsville. But how did “Lamoureux” the apartment tabby spend his break week?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is tone deaf to imply that increased defence spending is more important to students than more aggressive investment into affordable housing strategies. Moreover, the expectation that students should be united in celebrating this “generational investment” into defence feels out of touch with students’ reality.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOttawa International Animation Festival’s love for independent film was on full display this year, not shying away from its taboo themes. The annual Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) welcomed industry and independent artists, as well as eager fans, for five-days of screenings, workshops and festivities. From artist talks with Malcon Pierce, an animator and artistic …
Reading Time: 5 minutesOttawa’s annual CityFolk festival came to a satisfying close, as the crowd’s spirits were lifted, ready to tackle the work week ahead of them.
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: 5 minutesEvery year, Fasken and TD stage gather an eclectic group of performances; this year showed that it pulled out all the stops for another riveting night.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year’s lineup brings together rising stars and household names for a five-day celebration of music.
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: 3 minutes“We can do all the land acknowledgment we want, but if you don’t do something about it, that demonstrates your intent,” said U of O special advisor to Indigenous Affairs Mike Diabo.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O’s concerns about prompt memorialization and renaming efforts on campus cite a need to “do this work ourselves before there are protests, given the history of the institution as a former Oblate owned and operated facility” as per the document.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTenants of Sandy Hill, a new tenant union in the neighbourhood, had an inaugural launch event on March 22
