Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you want your voice to be represented at the highest levels of the SFUO, voting for an effective faculty director is the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Politics
Reading Time: 3 minutesSince its original publication on Monday, Harper’s blog post—titled “Doge, cats, and liberal bias: mass hysteria”—went viral and caught the attention of top players in the Tory leadership race.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy it’s famous: Enemy of the State is an action thriller about a lawyer, played by Will Smith, who is framed for a murder of a congressman by a corrupt National Security Agency (NSA) agent, played by Jon Voight. The film, which was released in 1998, came out during Smith’s prime and was his first …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMauril Bélanger, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ottawa-Vanier region, which the University of Ottawa is located, has been diagnosed with the incurable amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Bélanger told the Citizen he plans to continue to serve as an MP.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe troupe, which is made up of Watson and three of her friends, sets all of their sketches in the 1950s. All of the women bring different education backgrounds to the table, putting interesting spins on their sketches.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNDP to encourage calm discussion on citizenship dilemma iPolitics (CUP)—NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is urging tolerance and a calmer discussion about religious needs to wear face coverings when applying for Canadian citizenship. In a speech on Sept. 23, he said he backs a requirement that women show their faces at some point in the citizenship …
Reading Time: 2 minutesiPolitics (CUP)—With a dismal voter turnout rate, young Canadians get stereotyped as being apathetic towards politics, but new research from Samara Canada busts that myth. The report, released Sept. 9, found Canadians aged 18 to 29 were on average 11 per cent more likely than those 30 and older to be engaged in 18 different …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“They have to vote if they care at all about the future,” he said. “What they do or do not do will reverberate through your entire lives.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happens when a politician orders a murder to slip by in a vote? Comedy! And if Healey was aiming for a comedy he certainly succeeded, with a cast of hilarious characters, rants against Canadian Tire, a quest to find Triscuits, a splendidly performed awkward post-sex scene, rants against twenty-somethings and excellent use of the word “fuckwit.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes If Canadian politicians want to inspire intelligent discussion and optimism, they would do well to drop the negativity from their campaigns.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 2011 federal election saw a record-breaking 76 women elected to Canadian Parliament, though it still represented only a quarter of the 308 total seats.
While the country braces for an October federal election, a variety of female politicians spoke at the University of Ottawa last week hoping to break another record.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow one underground school has a connection to the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCampus is plastered in posters and social media is buzzing with activity. It’s student election season at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn case you missed the Oct. 15 Rideau-Vanier debates, here is a tweet-by-tweet of what was said and done.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRemember when Natalie Portman shaved her head? This is the film. We take a look back at V for Vendetta.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow one of the most popular Netflix shows, House of Cards, can teach us about real life policy.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum chats with Researcher-reporter Nick Taylor-Vaisey on his time at U of O and what’s like to work at Maclean’s.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe one real hope I have for Emery’s proposed return to politics is that he at least draws more attention to the Conservative government’s ridiculous war on weed.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the University of Ottawa and across the province engage in discussion of various issues and in political party campaigns leading up to the Ontario provincial election on June 12, 2014.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA conversation with Public Enemy rapper Photo courtesy of JasonAlanLayne(CC) No one has ever been able to bridge the gap between politics and peace in hip hop the way Public Enemy has. This comes in part from the genius of lead rapper Chuck D, an artist who creates music that delivers political and social messages. The group …
Reading Time: 2 minutesNation’s liberal and democratic values should be defended Photo courtesy of Stephen Harper (CC) Canada’s dedication to Israel has come under criticism recently, but I believe we are in the right on this issue. Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East, and Canada should continue to defend its right to exist. Stephen Harper …
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust last month, Prime Minister Stevie Harper revealed he was duped by the comments of an attractive young journalist working for the Ottawa Denizen who described his helmet hair as “particularly fetching and stylish when seen next to Trudeau’s ridiculous curly locks.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIncreasingly, the realms of politics and debate are making room for the common person. No longer do we trust in the ability of the elites to govern. In fact, trust has turned to cynicism.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe advantages to using renewable energy generally outweigh the inconveniences, but what happens when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow strongly enough to offer baseload power?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Generally, I prefer to comment on the Canadian political system, but I couldn’t help take note of the US government shutdown because I was there.
