Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Asian-American entertainment community experienced huge success in the most recent instalment of the Golden Globes. However, questions remain when it comes to determine what makes a movie ‘foreign.’
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“Imagine visiting a store virtually to touch fabric or […] imagine smelling a perfume before you buy it online,” said Dr. Melike Erol-Kantarci to explain the concept of extended realities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCharley Dutil, who has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Fulcrum since May 2020, won the election after running unopposed. His victory will see him retain the reins of the paper throughout the 2021-22 academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis policy is something that does not benefit students, as we saw in 2019. It leaves student services across campus anxious and creates more uncertainty leading up to the fall 2021 semester after the hell that was the 2020-21 academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I cannot emphasize strongly enough that there has been little change as far as ethno-racial diversity in higher education systems in Canada.” said Sanni Yaya, vice-president, international and francophonie at the U of O.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The diversity that we’re given by the global Francophone community is integral and I think that we’re jeopardizing that by putting up more barriers to international students.” said Tim Gulliver, the UOSU’s advocacy commissioner.
Reading Time: 3 minutesModerna is difficult to ship to remote communities — but Pfizer shipments are nearly impossible.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The basic goal of the Designathon’ is to get students to apply the skills they learned in class,” said U of O Designathon co-creator Zachary Flahaut.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa has announced that it will continue to mainly host virtual courses for the Spring/Summer term in an email to students on Friday afternoon.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this new role, Derouin will “provide leadership not only to the BlackJacks coaching staff, but also to the front office” by using his knowledge in basketball analytics.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“What you read in the newspaper and the reality is outrageously different. I can’t believe the Globe and Mail would go forward with this [article],” said Frémont.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOVID-19 lockdowns have severely impacted the food industry. So JAMZ Delivery wants to help leverage the cost of food delivery for rural restaurants by using drones.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAccording to communications professor Marcel Chartrand, “with social media, [Trump] assembled fringe groups under a single ideology” which is characterized by the acceptance of all forms of hatred.
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I was surprised at the significant changes in these womens’ brains after only eight weeks of [mindfulness] practice,” said Dr. Andra Smith.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents have other bills to pay.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O administration did not directly communicate to students that the release date for final marks had been moved back from Jan. 19 to Feb. 1.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“As we are now two weeks into the fourth pandemic-era semester, it is worth asking why the U of O left students in the summer semester behind … if the university truly values the wellbeing of their student body, then the S/NS option must be made available for every semester to mitigate the stresses of the pandemic.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers assemble to discuss how to best manage the pandemic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDevelopers release an app that formats and cites essays to allow students to focus solely on the content.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa have asked the provincial government to open up university and college campuses in order to improve students’ mental health and academic performance.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“To say personal information was leaked would be reductive of the mixture of shock, shame, and humiliation myself and the other 110 individuals have felt as a result of the negligent actions of the UOSU. For me, being made aware of the public access to my past … was a nagging reminder of a lonely, vulnerable period in my life, of which I would rather not repeat.”
Reading Time: 7 minutes “I realized I needed to write a piece representing the voices of my present, and to the best of my ability, former colleagues who have dedicated much time and energy to covering the mental health crisis on campus — often at the detriment of their own mental health.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesComputer Science Club Wins CPTC Regionals and is Invited to Global Competition. “I looked at the roster of schools who were invited to [the regional] [competition], [and] I wasn’t really expecting to win,” said Logan Rodie.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDr. Abd-Elrahman says, “we need to further identify the differences between males and females to come up with an effective Alzheimer’s Disease treatment.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesExplorative research by Michael Murack finds that chronic sleep disruption causes depression in adolescents.
