Reading Time: 2 minutesFriday night’s Bluesfest performers were so wonderful — and when the sun set and the night took over, so did Jack Johnson.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom July 7-17, RBC Bluesfest will take over Lebreton Flats, hosting plenty of talented artists including headliners like Jack Johnson, Luke Combs, and Marshmello.
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: 7 minutesI’ve been at the Fulcrum for four years now, half of those as its editor-in-chief — it’s time for me to move on. However, before I do, I think it is worth reflecting on my five long years in student journalism. Apologies in advance, as this may get a little sappy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou never know when a friend could become a foe this April Fools’ Day.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCheck out our review of Marvelous and the Black Hole which was screened last week at the International Film Festival of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We are overjoyed to be back,” said Lisette Canton, the founder, artistic director, and conductor of the choir.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCritical understaffing and high risk are burning out frontline workers on every side. These are the people eclipsed by our new reality. Why do we actively choose to martyrize frontline workers rather than provide them true relief? We resign these people to their fates as if it’s out of our hands.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFollowing the stressful occupation of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ through the month of February, is it time to revisit the definition of a ‘protest’ and what it truly means?
Reading Time: 2 minutesResidents of the poles only get a few hours of daylight at certain points of the year — if my seasonal depression is bad in Ottawa, I can’t even imagine the bottles of prozac and zoloft they go through.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf there’s one constant at every University of Ottawa party, it’s that there’s always gonna be one Carleton student who really wants you to know that they don’t go to “OttawaU”.
Reading Time: 3 minutes What I considered attending class ranged from sitting at my desk with my camera on and participating extensively in class discussions, to opening my computer, logging on to my 8:30 a.m. class with my camera off, then going back to sleep.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa women’s hockey team was eliminated from contention in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) bronze medal playoffs by the Bishop’s University Gaiters
Reading Time: 4 minutes“If all of the smokers in the world stopped smoking, it would have the same effect as everywhere in the world having the same particulate concentration levels as we have here in Canada,” said U of O professor Rick Burnett.
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou shouldn’t need a specific day, or two in Ottawa’s case, to show your love.
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: < 1 minute“While we may have passed the peak of this latest wave, we still need to be vigilant,” reads University statement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSet to debut in 2020, the International Film Festival of Ottawa had major setbacks due to the pandemic. However, two years after it was originally set to be launched, the team behind the festival can finally screen movies for in-person audiences.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite overcoming a 15 point deficit, the Gee-Gees were unable to come out with the win in the Bytown Battle. The team falls to 10-2 after the 64-59 loss to Carleton.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow university students can stay stylish on a budget.
Reading Time: 5 minutesInternational students pay twice the amount of tuition fees that domestic students pay, and yet, their identities are not represented in the classroom.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents have been facing violence and harassment during the 20 day occupation of the Ottawa downtown core.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are our reviews of the first new albums released in 2022.
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou claim you’re ‘fighting for our freedoms’, and yet, you’re verbally attacking those who disagree with your opinions.
Reading Time: 7 minutesNursing students, in a program and field in which on-site learning and application are necessary, are suffering from the lack of needed in-person training and placements due to the fluctuating public health mandates. The lack of consistency and the harsh exposure to the COVID-19 health crisis has caused a decrease in students’ faith and optimism in nursing and their futures within the field.
