Reading Time: 2 minutesRemembrance Day in Canada looked a little different this year. We took a look at the specifics of the holiday’s digital migration.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThis week saw the release of System of a Down’s “Protect the Land,” their first release in 15 years.
Reading Time: 3 minutesItching to write that story you’ve had sitting in your drawer for all of quarantine? NaNoWriMo might be just the project for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHere’s the low-down on the U of O’s office of the Vice President, Research’s annual greeting card contest.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMissing Café Alt? The Faculty of Arts has a new digital hotspot for questions, concerns, and peer interaction.
Reading Time: 3 minutesChelsey Fawcett and Victoria Luloff share their experiences making theatre in Ottawa both before and during the pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCanadian musician to open new collaborative space for young Black artists
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 minutesWhile most of Canada was stuck inside due to COVID-19, everyone still listened to lots of new music in their newfound free time!
Reading Time: 6 minutesStudents say the university’s mental health resources are lacking all around, but incompetent care affects the safety and well-being of its LGBTQ2+ community a little differently.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O lacrosse club faced off against the Nipissing Lakers this weekend at Lees campus, but the Gee-Gees fell short in double overtime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGraham wishes he hadn’t waited until the last minute to check up on this stuff, and regrets not paying more attention to prerequisites during his (admittedly wilder and more carefree) freshman years on campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWitnesses told the Fulcrum on the scene the car was a beige Chrysler caravan with a black stripe.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery big decision we make should be influenced by those choices and priorities that we’ve set out as an institution” —David Graham, University Provost and vice-president academic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThey were declared the official winner of the referendum on Feb.11 and will now begin the process of taking over as the University of Ottawa’s exclusive student union.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe debate was the final event planned before the vote for a new student union at the U of O on Feb. 8. Tensions were high as both unions answered questions from students and moderators about the future of student services on campus.
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: 3 minutesParpart’s lecture, presented by Centre for International Policy Study and the International Theory Network (ITN)’s speaker series, sought to bring nuance to the topics of silence, voice, and how women handle dangerous and gendered situations.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“When we look at the cases when we see that people are killed at work—there’s evidence to suggest that many of them involve some kind of criminal negligence,”—Steven Bittle, study author and U of O professor of criminology.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith 493 signatures, the petition called for a compromise from the U of O to meet the needs of its music students, stating that the two-week building closure was, “an unacceptable amount of time given our near complete reliance on this space for practice studios and access to instruments.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “The benefit is that we are helping to train physicians who are able to practice culturally safe care in serving Indigenous populations.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe damage occurred over the winter break on the fourth floor of conference room 464. Access to the main stairwell and the room is now restricted for safety, but additional facilities and classes are fully operational.
U of O Facilities says it acted immediately to clean the small pieces of glass that shattered along the floors and stairwell.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The federation continues to oppose the university’s actions and demands they sign a new agreement with the SFUO, recognizing that change has to come democratically from members, including student union employees unionized with CUPE 4943 whose jobs are under threat,” the CFS statement reads.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA study conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa has found stark differences in concussion recovery times between adolescent male and female patients.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“It isn’t enough to have one or two classes about consent in high school. We need to be constantly encouraged to challenge the messages around us that teach folks—particularly women and gender non-conforming folks—that it’s on them to protect themselves.”
