Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are our reviews of the first new albums released in 2022.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesFinding work for the summer is usually a cause of stress for university students of all programs. However, international students at U of O (and other Canadian universities) have it even harder.
Reading Time: 10 minutesWithout the mandatory meal plan, the University of Ottawa charges students living in its LeBlanc residence between $7,093 and $8,464 for the year depending on their room’s size — a steep price to pay for the appallingly poor condition of the residence.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEver wonder what teams Gee-Gees athletes grew up watching? What about the players that inspired them?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter an extended break, the U of O basketball teams are getting back on the court to continue the 2021-22 season with games against Queen’s. Here’s everything you need to know if you missed the first half of the Gee-Gees 6-0 season.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“If we do not straighten out out priorities soon, there may be nothing left on our planet to protect,” said David Suzuki.
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: 4 minutesThis finding disrupts any preconceived notions that Pleistocene wolves were located at bottom of the carnivore levels.
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: 3 minutes“There’s already so much research on bees and butterflies, which is a good thing but I think it’s also a good thing to study under underrepresented groups,” said U of O PhD candidate Catherine Sirois-Delisle.
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?
