Reading Time: 3 minutesCOVID-19 was not left in 2020. In fact, cases across the country have been steadily increasing. But with hard-to-find information, how do you protect yourself and others?
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Reading Time: 3 minutesA pandemic-era solution has inadvertently presented the University with a golden opportunity to reduce food waste from its dining hall
Reading Time: 4 minutesLove, of all kinds, is truly one of the most important things for humanity to hold on to, now more than ever.
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: 4 minutesSo many Canadians simply have to decide between a paycheck and taking time to recuperate when they are sick.
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: 5 minutesSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation has seen an unprecedented spike ranging from dangerous home remedies to conspiracy theorists. How can we effectively handle misinformation, especially in academic circles?
Reading Time: 4 minutesDid Katy Perry ever have a toxic ex, or was the Ontario government the one who was “hot and cold,” “yes and no,” and “up and down” all along?
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt is clear that the term ‘public’ space is followed by an invisible asterisk.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother virus spreading in our neighbourhoods: ignorance and unchecked privilege.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Vote on Campus initiative served to expand accessible voting for young voters. This was especially beneficial for students voting for their home riding rather than the riding of their university. In the absence of this program, many are confused about how to vote — where does one register, and how does one navigate voting from afar?
Reading Time: 2 minutes“As a soon-to-be graduating nursing student, I’ve come to realize that health sciences programs, although intensive, unquestionably fail to address humans’ interconnectedness with animals and nature, known as the One Health approach. Never once in my classes have we addressed how human health and well-being are intrinsically related to that of the environment,” writes fourth-year University of Ottawa nursing student, Maëla Séguin.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is here I thank you for making my first job in arts journalism one I must so bittersweetly bid goodbye, at least for the year, at least for now.
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: 4 minutes“We rescued 80 per cent of the animals that we look after,” and even with the zoo’s financial setbacks, “we continue to take-in animals,” said Lee Parker from Little Ray’s Nature Centres.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFollowing Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese through a series of interviews done weekly pre-COVID, the seven-episode series brings together footage covering sports, culture, money and life in New York City.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“This is a great way for people to deal with the mental aspect … we think of a lot of young people aren’t having as much socialization as they once had because there’s no school, there’s no university,” said Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a long list of negatives that have come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, but let’s take a moment to focus on the positives.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is no revelation that this school year has been difficult for all due to COVID-19. The pandemic for most, if not all, has brought on deeply entrenched senses of stress, anxiety and loneliness.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith many months of online school ahead of us at the University of Ottawa, try to make your experience a little bit more comfortable by considering these studying from home office tips.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf the pandemic has made us realize anything as young adults is that our youth is precious and this virus is robbing us of valuable time we will never get back. The cancellation of the Panda Game, although a microcosm of the pandemic, helps us realize that good times are invaluable and should be cherished.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a report conducted by the Canadian Institute for Health Information in 2010, 44 per cent of the sampled seniors who lived in long-term care had a diagnosis or reported symptoms of depression.
Reading Time: 4 minutesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $9 billion in financial support for post-secondary students and recent graduates on Wednesday after thousands across the country said gaps in existing COVID-19 emergency measures meant they were slipping through the cracks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Heart Institute is among the 19 hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes across the city that are reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, according to Ottawa Public Health. As of Monday, two patients at the heart institute had tested positive for the virus and one patient had died.
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has temporarily expanded the Canada Summer Jobs Program to employ up to 70,000 more people, but some post-secondary students say that the measure doesn’t go far enough and are continuing to call on the federal government to better support them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
