THE END OF the school year is a monumental time for everyone. Students finish off exams, professors finally get a break, and those of us who had a year-long contract with our workplace hand in transition reports. I’d like to dedicate this column to writing a short transition report for the new Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) [...]
ON APRIL 5, in a vote conducted by email, the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors (BOG) voted to increase tuition fees by an average of five per cent for the 2012–13 school year, the maximum increase permitted by the province. Twenty-six members voted in favour, two against, and one abstained. Fees for incoming students will increase by 4.5 per [...]
As the 2011–12 school year comes to a close, so does the mandate of the current Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) executive. The Fulcrum talked to the six members to find out what they achieved and where they could have improved. Amalia Savva, president The Fulcrum: What was your biggest achievement this year? Savva: I think this year as an executive we’ve had many achievements, but I think personally one of my big achievements is around the advertising policies on campus, especially in the University Centre. So, looking at how advertisements are done in the University Centre and ways we can [...]
MUGGY MONDAYS, THE Free Store, and Recyclemania are just some of the projects Katimavik program volunteers took on at the University of Ottawa this year. Katimavik is a country-wide Heritage Canada program that sends volunteers to non-profit organizations, including the University of Ottawa’s Office of Campus Sustainability. If the Conservative’s federal budget passes, the $15-million program will be eliminated. “I [...]
ON MARCH 29, it was announced the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute (UOHI) has been ranked in the top two per cent in the world. The grading, conducted by SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR), rated UOHI number 57 of 3,092 world research centres. “These results are remarkable, but they are just the tip of the iceberg as our researchers take part in cutting-edge, world-renowned research on a daily basis, here in Ottawa, that impacts on the lives of patients worldwide,” said Dr. Robert Roberts, president and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, in a press release about the centre’s latest [...]
THE GOVERNMENT OF Canada, unlike students, will not complete exams in April or receive grades in May. Instead, the government released their budget last month—an indicator of their policies and strategies going forward over the next three years. They may not be getting an F on a paper, but backlash from media and Canadian citizens demonstrates how they’re doing. The Fulcrum asked leaders of each political party in the House of Commons to pick the area in which they believed Canada is failing and what needs to be done to fix that. Each leader also had the opportunity to explain where they think Canada excels domestically and one where the country leads internationally. Dean Del Mastro Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Born and raised in Peterborough, Ont., Del Mastro has represented the riding as a member of Parliament with the Conservative Party of Canada since 2006. He attended the University of Windsor, receiving an honours bachelor in commerce and continues to reside in Peterborough with his wife, Kelly. Del Mastro sat on a number of standing committees [...]
STUDENTS INVADED THE University of Ottawa President Allan Rock’s office on April 12 in a protest against the recent tuition fee hike. The university’s Board of Governors (BOG) voted in favour of the 5 per cent increase via email proxy on April 6. At first, two girls entered the secure portion of Tabaret Hall, where President Rock’s office is located. [...]
ERICA VAN WYNGAARDEN, master’s student in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the U of O, advised members of Parliament (MPs) from the Liberal Party of Canada, on March 27, on how they could improve Canada’s fuel trade relationship with Europe. Van Wyngaarden and three other U of O master’s students in public and international affairs sat [...]
Over 300 graduate students took to the polls March 19–21 to vote on the 2012–13 Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) executives, whether to continue the U-Pass program, and University Senate representatives for humanities and sciences. The science senate results were contested and a byelection will take place April 10–12. Joseph Hickey, a master’s student in physics, lost the election, to Matt [...]
THE FULCRUM AND La Rotonde hosted SANS, a journalism conference, last weekend. We had industry professionals impart their wisdom and we soaked it up like information-hungry sponges—I don’t pay this much attention in class. While I improved my writing and researching skills, there’s one thing anyone could have taken away from the conference: Get yourself out there. For journalists, that [...]
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