Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents who choose to submit their candidacy will run for one of four bodies of governance: the UOSU Executive Committee, the UOSU Board of Directors, the University of Ottawa Senate, or the University of Ottawa Board of Governors.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIssues such as on-campus and in-class safety, course selection, and hybrid classes remain obstacles for students with chronic illnesses.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University is abiding by the definition of fully vaccinated as provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWith the easing of Ontario’s COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 31, some teams have been able to resume practice and competition, and gyms and recreational facilities are reopening at 50 per cent capacity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTristan Bérubé won his first East Coast Hockey League game with the Trois-Rivières Lions against the Worcester Railers on Jan. 21.
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.
Reading Time: 7 minutesA new integrated health care centre and the hiring of two additional counsellors are examples of the initiatives that have been taken since the President’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness published its report in 2020.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“For health and safety, I still have some misgivings. I am still a bit concerned,” said U of O associate professor Veldon Coburn on the return to campus plan.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa has welcomed incoming international exchange students despite the cancellation of outgoing exchanges. Arriving in Ottawa in early January, these students have not had the ordinary exchange experience.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The club has allowed me to make new and lasting friendships,” said Hannah Vigneux, a first-year English student at the U of O.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“In this period of constant change, I greatly appreciated the generosity of those who took the time to share with us their problems and their experiences at the University,” wrote the U of O’s Ombudsperson in the office’s 11th annual report.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhether your roommates are your friends, strangers, or even family members, living with another person is always going to result in compromise and (hopefully) mutual respect… or is it?
Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting her on ice career in the small Ontario town of Ayr, Katherine Birkby is now playing her third season in the garnet and gray.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA full return to campus life has been delayed until Jan. 31. It is possible it could be further delayed.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs the year comes to an end, we decided to look back on significant stories the Fulcrum published in 2021. Instead of simply republishing the stories, we thought we’d do something different and offer readers a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the year’s biggest stories came to be.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Scholars must remain vigilant whenever academic freedom collides with diversity. The former can be compromised by EDI activists, who in turn will only be pacified once their demands to censor ‘offensive’ remarks or ‘dangerous’ ideas are met by university administrators,” writes University of Ottawa school of sociological and anthropological studies professor Stuart Chambers.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMany undergraduate students possess a voracious need to learn. They devour books, sit on the edge of our seats during interesting lectures — and have a need to channel this need into research. But how?
Reading Time: 5 minutesGraduation marks the end of a chapter in a person’s life. With this chapter over, many graduates are eagerly anticipating the next one, because, unlike textbooks, we cannot flip through the pages of life to see how long the next one will be.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happened at FNS on Nov. 10, and why karaoke nights have been cancelled until 2022.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O’s women’s volleyball team dropped their season opener against the Université de Montreal Carabins on Friday Oct. 22. They were also defeated by the University of Sherbrooke Green and Gold on Sunday.
Reading Time: 9 minutesTwo monuments — one on campus and one just outside — commemorate the contributions of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious group instrumental in both the foundation of the U of O and of the residential school system.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe clinic came to be when PBSC uOttawa reached out to Kind Space to create placements for students to volunteer, says Carling Miller, the executive director of Kind Space. Miller shared with the Fulcrum that the idea for the collaborative clinic “was great because we [Kind Space] didn’t have the capacity before to try and organize putting one together on our own.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the score at 13-12 in the third quarter, the Golden Gaels offense was able to capitalize on two fumbles and an interception deep in Gee-Gees territory to run away with the game.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O men’s rugby team has qualified for the playoffs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite efforts, turnout remained low for this by-election, with Sana Almansour receiving just 1,278 votes out of a possible 36,855 voting members. Chloe Bergeron and Harneet Cheema were each only eligible to be voted in by members of the faculty they were vying to represent.
