Reading Time: 3 minutesThis week saw the release of System of a Down’s “Protect the Land,” their first release in 15 years.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesStéphie Mazunya’s monodrama will be the only French selection in the upcoming 21 Black Futures season at Obsidian Theatre in Toronto.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMy first job as a newcomer to Canada was a strange way to stay connected to the political scene back home. This is that story.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, the University of Ottawa hosted its 14th annual Peace Week. This year, festivities featured virtual events focusing on the wellbeing of stressed-out students. However, the name seemed to confuse many about the week’s actual purpose and goal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGrieving brother Joshua Robinson brings to YouTube his heart-wrenching documentary, my brother jordan.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSocial media is manipulating every part of our lives, and this film is here to show you how.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOIAF 2020 features a new Netflix-sponsored Student Pass and films from around the world
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre has been soliciting political cartoons about the impact and discourse sparked by COVID-19, in a campaign aptly named #COVICATURE
Reading Time: 3 minutesMasks, fanny packs, and mom jeans: the fashion trends we found on campus during the 2020 first-year move-in
Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont has been reappointed for a second term, which means he’ll lead the school until July 2026. The decision was approved at a Board of Governors meeting on Monday evening.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa hosted its first annual panel on Black mental health last Thursday, centred around how social environments such as school and the workplace impact the mental health of Black people through racism, stereotypes, and prejudices.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe hit the streets of the U of O campus to ask students what key issues they’re focusing on ahead of the federal vote on Oct. 21. Some common topics included the climate crisis, affordable education, and boosting the Canadian economy.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“When you finish your career and look back on it, you don’t say ‘I had the game of my life in this game.’ It’s more for me about the team experiences and the life experiences I got to have with my team.” — Sarah Besselink, Gee-Gees guard.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents need a fair shot at getting tickets back home, Carleton students being given a two-week advantage isn’t right. The U of O and Carleton should come together and coordinate when they’ll be posting exam schedules, for the good of the students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring my first year at university, the administration and one of my professors severely let me down, and I know I’m not alone. Currently, professors at the university are offered mental health training optionally alongside other members of the community. Professors at the U of O need to be given mandatory mental health sensitivity training.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn February, McGill University announced a major investment into the university’s mental health services in the way of a mental health hub. Construction of the $14-million Rossy Student Wellness Hub is expected to be completed May 2019.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAccess to mental health services in Ottawa needs to be far less difficult and way more consistent than it is now. Going to see a counsellor in the first place takes a lot of strength, actually accessing help shouldn’t be the most difficult process.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCurrently, the SFUO is crashing on different friends’ couches and futons throughout the city until she can “get back on her feet.” According to one friend who wishes to remain anonymous, the SFUO is not a great roommate.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s going to suck not being woken up to the sound of heavy machinery right outside my window,” claims Roberta Pebble, a second-floor resident of 90 University. “There’s really nothing like the sound of tons of gravel being poured on LRT track. I’ve grown to like it, I guess I’ll have to buy an alarm clock now.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I don’t want to go back to Ottawa, it’s cold, the dining hall food sucks, and I would have to get on a train for five hours. Back here, the fridge is fully stocked with stuff from Costco, my laundry gets folded and put away, and nothing has to ever change.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent study led by University of Ottawa researcher Dr. Jarius Cross led to a shocking discovery. There was, collectively, zero reading done by U of O students during the winter semester reading week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O needs a secondary walk-in clinic on campus. As the student population grows, so will wait times. There’s a plethora of walk-in clinics on Rideau, but who wants to venture out that far when they’re coughing up a lung?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere was no mistaking it for Betty DeGrudge when, on a blustery, snow-covered Thursday morning, she finished her long drive in from the outskirts of the city, crossing over the Laurier Avenue bridge and into University of Ottawa territory: students are such a pain-in-the-ass.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors met on Jan. 28 to discuss the school’s response to the Ford government’s cuts, the expansion of Francophone services, and the ongoing issues facing the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith the February referendum fast approaching, students voice what they expect out of their next student union—regardless of who wins.
