Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the world of business, not many careers hold the same prestige and possibilities as consulting. Once seen as a niche path reserved for business majors at top schools, consulting has become one of the most sought-after jobs for many students.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe coming years will test whether these investments truly reach young Canadians — and whether the co-ops, grants, and housing they depend on remain within reach.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “If someone needs a walk to be safe to get home from campus safe, there isn’t enough money in the world for that.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Fulcrum found Joel Loughin, 3rd year Environmental Sciences major, half asleep on the fifth floor of FSS. When the Fulcrum asked how he was adapting midterm season, he muttered to himself that he just needed to “lock in.”
Reading Time: 3 minutes It is tone deaf to imply that increased defence spending is more important to students than more aggressive investment into affordable housing strategies. Moreover, the expectation that students should be united in celebrating this “generational investment” into defence feels out of touch with students’ reality.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Gee-Gees setter Harper Schaefer preps for her last year, she talks leadership, life and her volleyball journey.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThirty years after Mathieu Kassovitz shocked the cinematic world with his unflinching portrayal of police brutality in French banlieues (suburbs), the 98-minute black-and-white epic returns to the screen at ByTowne Cinema and remains as relevant as ever. For two nights only, you can watch the classic film shed light on the vicious cycle of violence.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“It was just the finish line of all the work we had been putting in for the 80 minutes.”
Reading Time: 14 minutes “I have not done all of the work that I need to do in terms of understanding all the investments, but what I can say is, you know, I understand the need for transparency, and I think some transparency has been provided in response to some of the concerns.”
Reading Time: 5 minutesCityFolk day four held a lot of promise, with sets from Dropkick Murphys and The Pogues.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe vulnerability of the pieces on display at TBTN laid a foundation for meaningful advocacy and community mobilization by showing survivors of sexual violence that they are not alone. The evening highlighted local women by spotlighting business owners, independent performers, and collectives, such as Hysterica, that are redefining norms in favour of a more creative and inclusive world.
Reading Time: 6 minutesCityFolk night three was bound to be busy, the crowd even early on into the event seemed to only be swelling in numbers – an unfortunate thing if you hadn’t already bought your ticket!
Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery year, Fasken and TD stage gather an eclectic group of performances; this year showed that it pulled out all the stops for another riveting night.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year’s lineup brings together rising stars and household names for a five-day celebration of music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Ottawa, most students end up in one of three living situations: an on-campus residence with little to no breathing room, an overpriced student apartment with shiny marketing and paper-thin walls, or a rented room in an old house turned summer sauna.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHer friend group, which is mostly made up of other 14th floor residents of 90u, recently started an Instagram group chat called “the fourteenth floor gang.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe corporations funding Capital Pride engage in rainbow capitalism, performing their allyship through a marketing approach. However, their allyship may be subject to change under certain conditions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new program features several actors simulating scenarios such as professors losing a student’s exam and a student hosting a live-stream at the back of the lecture hall.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We can do all the land acknowledgment we want, but if you don’t do something about it, that demonstrates your intent,” said U of O special advisor to Indigenous Affairs Mike Diabo.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O’s concerns about prompt memorialization and renaming efforts on campus cite a need to “do this work ourselves before there are protests, given the history of the institution as a former Oblate owned and operated facility” as per the document.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe internet used to be a break from real
life. Now it’s tangled up in it. We don’t go online anymore. We live there.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTaking the time out of a busy, or slow and idyllic, summer, to stay invested in academics can reinvigorate the passion students have for their degree, allow them to find healthy study methods for them, and enrich relationships with others around them by intellectually engaging with one another.
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne protester involved in the encircled group stated that “two officers, an OPS and special constable, choked me along with two other individuals.” Reports of choking by officers were noted by other protesters who commented that “officers were pushing us by our throats in the crowd.” An additional protester stated that “an officer kept playing with the holster of his gun while facing me.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe motion marks an evolution in APUO’s calls to the university. Previous statements by the union highlighted incidents of academic infringements by the U of O related to pro-Palestinian protests on campus in December 2023. The union also published a statement on the right to protest on campus, calling for “transparency and for divestment from corporations complicit in human rights abuses.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the academic year comes to an end, we would like to present a recap of all the academic student publications we have met with. Speaking to all of them, it is clear that getting involved in academic publications at the undergraduate or graduate level is definitely worth your while!
