A little history on International Women’s Day
Men, get your wallets and compliments ready because March 8 is International Women’s Day (and we are expecting flowers).
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Sexually violent Facebook chat by University of Ottawa students published online
Adam Feibel The Fulcrum Trigger warning: graphic descriptions of sexual violence UPDATE, March 2: Pat Marquis and Alexandre Larochelle have resigned from their elected positions. See The Fulcrum for the latest news on this story. OTTAWA (CUP) — The sexually violent conversation about the University of Ottawa’s student federation president that took place between five men, including…
University of Ottawa student union leaders send emails suggesting sexual assault of SFUO president
Spencer Van Dyk The Fulcrum OTTAWA (CUP) — Two student federation board members were accused of participating in a conversation that included comments about the sexual assault of their president in a motion presented at the end of reading week.
Mental Beats: 15th Annual Mental Health Conference at George Brown College
This year marks the 15th Annual George Brown College Mental Health Conference. I will be attending this year, and am looking forward to hearing this year’s keynote speaker, Jonny Morris from the Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. division, who will also lead a panel of students who will share their experiences and perspectives. We are…
Ontario aims to improve student mobility with credit transfer database
Anqi Shen Canadian University Press HAMILTON (CUP) — The Ontario government has launched an online database providing centralized course-to-course information for post-secondary students looking to transfer credits.
Casa Loma students weigh in on Student Centre renovations
The Student Association (SA) wanted your ideas and now they have them. On Feb. 5 and 6, the SA held a “World Café” where students got to share their ideas for the Casa Loma Student Centre renovations.
Escaped slaves Lucie and Thornton Blackburn inspire campaign to name new George Brown College residence
The future at George Brown College (GBC) begins with the plan to have a fully functional student residence by 2016. The residence will be located at Front Street East and Cherry Street in the Pan Am Games Village. Once the building is successfully converted into student suites after the Pan Am Games, some students and community…
Minimum wage to go up to $11 for workers in Ontario
Come June 1, the minimum wage, frozen since 2010, will rise from $10.25 to $11 an hour in Ontario.
Event ignites indigenous and black student activists at George Brown College
The Community Action Centre at George Brown College (GBC) hosted Ignite: Empowering the next generation of black activists on Feb. 12, an event to celebrate black history and to raise awareness among students on issues surrounding different cultures.
Mental Beats: Concordia's 'The Link' dedicates issue to Mental Health
Today I was pleased to find out that Concordia University’s The Link has dedicated their latest issue to the topic of mental health.
Focus on youth and training in federal budget
CASA sees it as a step forward while CFS not impressed
Canadian media organizations call on Egypt to release Al Jazeera journalists
The Al Jazeera Media Network and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) held a press conference on Feb. 6 in Toronto to demand the immediate release of journalists detained in Egypt.