Reading Time: 4 minutes“I’d like to be confident that anything offered on campus is not going to be sustaining the climate crisis.” — Sophia Arellano, Sustainability Centre Coordinator
University of Ottawa
Reading Time: 5 minutes In an era dominated by screens and video calls, sending a physical board game across oceans offered something a phone call couldn’t: a shared experience.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal landlord Brad Henderson, who spent Friday afternoon fortifying his Nelson Street rental property with ballistic hurricane fabric, admitted his precautions were utterly useless against the neighbourhood fallout.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteClear your throat, look them dead in the eye, and say, “Excuse me, some of us have places to be.” Now it’s awkward for everyone, not just you.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversities and colleges often show diverse friend groups in advertisements and make it seem like an organic part of college life. However, quality cross-cultural friendships are built through intentionality, mutual respect, and trust.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The greatest musical decade ever,” claims one attendee when referring to the 1970’s era of rock, during Ottawa’s CityFolk final festival night. This past Sunday, I was most fortunate to attend my first concert featuring some of the founding members of punk rock.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmong the hustle and bustle of the Ottawa CityFolk Festival last week, the Busker Series brought the real essence of street performances to the forefront: fully acoustic and fully real.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMembers include Max Trepanier (lead singer), Jack Gunn (bassist), Christian Lascelles (drummer), Aidan Morris (guitarist), Phil Hulan (guitarist), and Phil’s yellow socks (socks).
Reading Time: 3 minutesRest assured, price and distance did not deter many. Students showed up for CityFolk as they always have, including on my bus which resembled a mosh pit more than an easy-listening lounge. I did have the pleasure of being able to eavesdrop on a heated conversation about “challenging your sensei.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesQueue up Nicolas Pellerin & Les Grands Hurleurs at your next family gathering and I guarantee you’ll catch your aunties getting down.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDear Di, over the summer my entire life seemed to go wrong. My friend group split up, I got phished by an email scam, and I think I don’t like the program I’m in now. Is university life supposed to feel like I was thrown off a cliff and expected to fly, or go SPLAT!!?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter fighting for better working conditions all summer, the ATPUO’s negotiations with the U of O have hit an impasse, forcing their hand in taking up “a strategic tool designed to compel the employer to return to the bargaining table”: job action.
Reading Time: 9 minutesA CONVENIENCE TO MOST, BUT A NECESSITY FOR OTHERS, ELEVATORS CAN MAKE OR BREAK EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT’S ON THE OTHER SIDE. Like a magic portal, when these beautiful displays of human intellect and imagination shut their doors, they present a new setting to explore upon exit. If you find that the only elevator is out …
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent leaders across Canada discuss the hidden side of student politics.
Reading Time: 3 minutesU of O, according to full-time Professor Geoffrey Greatrex, has harmed its image, establishing itself “as one of [those] institutions that’s willing to take the axe to fundamental arts disciplines.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile his lyricism is powerful, it doesn’t take centre stage in Revelation. His use of interplaying piano, guitar, strings and drums is a hypnotic journey which showcases the full breadth of Vollebeck’s multi-instrumentalist talent.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRhiannon has taken almost every single infamous University of Ottawa elective course an undergraduate student can enroll in. She thinks its something every student should try.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Psychology students, self-named the “snow Barbies” won the day with their towering Barbie’s house, inlaid with chiseled bricks and complete with an ice slide.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe planned demolition of the Brooks Residence Complex leaves La Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre with nowhere to go, and the University makes no promises for on-campus childcare
Reading Time: 3 minutesA notice of intent to withdraw accreditation is serious, serving as a final warning before a program loses its right to train residents.
Reading Time: 8 minutesFollowing electoral troubles, the operations and student life commissioner roles have officially been filled. The externalization of election results is not standard practice for GAs and raises concerns about the new normal in student governance.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Our policy at the University of Ottawa is to maintain our relationships with universities regardless of the policies of their governments,” said President Marie-Eve Sylvestre.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“What this is about is ensuring that when our customers come, that they are able to have the full experience.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor now, students are being told to continue applying — but to be prepared for a changing landscape in Ottawa’s public-service job market.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Finding answers early on can prevent last-minute complications and ensure everyone can focus on celebrating their accomplishments.
