Reading Time: 4 minutes“I’d like to be confident that anything offered on campus is not going to be sustaining the climate crisis.” — Sophia Arellano, Sustainability Centre Coordinator
Ottawa
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe city is taking steps towards increasing civic engagement, offering a special advance voting period from Oct. 1-4, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOttawa’s leading mayoral candidates clashed over the environmental consequences of the city’s growth at a Sept. 17 debate, with artificial intelligence, data centres, and urban intensification becoming points of contention.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite a commanding performance from the Gee-Gees, Ravens’ goaltender Tyler Dukart put up an outstanding performance to gift Carleton a tie.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“You could see one of these shows at the NAC, and you could see one at Chamberfest, and you could see another one at Pride, but it’s all happening at Pique,” says director Rachel Weldon.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gees came out of the half swinging, turning a close game into a dominant 26-13 victory over Bishops.
Reading Time: 7 minutes From rent and transit fares to nightlife and downtown safety, three mayoral candidates addressed questions about the issues facing students in Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter fighting for better working conditions all summer, the ATPUO’s negotiations with the U of O have hit an impasse, forcing their hand in taking up “a strategic tool designed to compel the employer to return to the bargaining table”: job action.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom start to finish, the Gee-Gees overwhelmed the Voyageurs with relentless pressure across the pitch, tying their record for goals scored in a regular-season game.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe WGA provides an opportunity for students to make their voices heard, better understand what UOSU is up to, and weigh in on possible motions.
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.
