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Indigenous Languages in the House of Commons: Moving From Exceptions to Practice
Ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Buscar en la ayuda Indigenous Languages in the House of Commons: Moving From Exceptions to Practice Autores: Keelan Buck Localización: Canadian parliamentary review, ISSN 0229-2548, Vol. 48, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 44-47 Idioma: inglés Enlaces Texto Completo Ejemplar Resumen From Confederation to the present day, Indigenous cultures – including languages, but also governance practices and other traditions – have been underrepresented across Canadian public institutions.
Letter to the Editor: Four ways we can, and should, fix how we portray the university experience
Many conflicts arise out of misunderstandings over what exactly is university Dear Editor, As I wrap up my undergraduate program at a large Canadian university, I would be hard-pressed to give you a coherent answer to an admittedly straightforward question. What is university?
U of O corrects optional fees mix-up, student association still concerned
One of the university’s largest student associations was forced to seek out missing funds With the start of fall classes right around the corner, many students will be paying tuition and, in doing so, becoming acquainted with the newest step in the process: choosing whether to opt-out of non-essential fees. But for one group of students, this new step brought them face-to-face with what they say is a serious problem after they were missing an optional student association fee when paying tuition.
New CBC Ottawa podcast helps survivors of abuse ‘speak in their own words’
The podcast was launched on May 30. Illustration: Rame Abdulkader. Basking in the light of their arguable heyday, podcasts have the potential to bundle storytelling, investigation, and public awareness into one engaging and accessible media form. A senior reporter and her team at CBC Ottawa are carrying that potential to new heights. Hosted by Julie Ireton, The Band Played On is the latest chapter in an ongoing investigative project on historical sexual abuse at an Ottawa high school.
Review: The Band Played On
The podcast was launched on May 30. Illustration: Rame Abdulkader. New CBC Ottawa podcast helps survivors of abuse ‘speak in their own words’ Basking in the light of their arguable heyday, podcasts have the potential to bundle storytelling, investigation, and public awareness into one engaging and accessible media form. A senior reporter and her team at CBC Ottawa are carrying that potential to new heights.
Shining the light on abuse
High schoolers use theatre to keep the stories of Bell HS alive When I walked into the small, dark theatre in the belly of the Ottawa Art Gallery, there was band music playing overhead. The imperfect crackling and squeaking of woodwinds and audible applause between scores were the telltale signs of an amateur recital. I would later confirm what I then suspected—that I was listening to a recording of a band from Bell High School.
Health in the halls of power
Young political workers and the dynamics of mental wellness It might just be the biggest narrative trope of any government town. The young and driven from small-town X make their way to the big city, where the sky’s the limit. A group of wannabe political hacks, aspiring public servants, lawyers, and diplomats, they soon learn the ropes of studying, working, networking, debating, socializing, balancing … and repeating.
“Snowflake” protest by U of O students
A snowflake protest, indeed. Photo: Public Domain Pictures. Students take to the streets because they have no other option There was no mistaking it for Betty DeGrudge when, on a blustery, snow-covered Thursday morning, she finished her long drive in from the outskirts of the city, crossing over the Laurier Avenue bridge and into University of Ottawa territory: students are such a pain-in-the-ass.
Fiction Issue: The Way Down
Illustration: Rame Abdulkader. The smell of halftimeoranges, soccer daysover 30 years gone atsunrise this morning.Sliced pink with age,membranes still threadsections, the afghan mygrandmother carefullycrocheted for her firstgrandchild. Girl.
Fiction Issue: Trash
Illustration: Rame Abdulkader. A hundred coins clink down the rows of slot machines as I slide my card into the punch clock. At 19:02 I’m on the job and the fat lady at Number Four wins $65. I’ve got to pick up my cart from the supply closet but first I like to step onto the floor—just to look around for a few seconds, you know. Every shift I wonder if I’ll see somebody I recognize, even though I very much don’t want that to happen.
Fall from grace at Bell High School
The extended community of an Ottawa high school has been brought together in a way that few imagined possible, and fewer still will ever understand. On Nov. 18 2018, the CBC published an investigative story detailing dozens of allegations of sexual abuse of multiple students at Bell High School. The allegations state three teachers at the west-end school preyed on and exploited students under their care, acting behind closed doors and with no repercussion for the better part of 30 years.
‘Just keep on going’: Meet one of the U of O’s oldest students
Retired professor, continuing student shares insights on life and learning On the surface, the vast majority of the 40,000-plus students enrolled at the U of O—like any university or college—are new learners, teenagers, young adults. They come from high schools and part-time jobs; they move into campus residences and five-room apartments; they are students living a student’s life. But diversity on campus runs deeper than you may think. Meet Raina.
Recused SFUO president Richie Lachic calls Tomato fake news
Once again the SFUO has levelled accusations of Fake News against the Tomato. Photo: CC, pixaby.
Point-Counterpoint: Should universities’ free speech policies be universal or individual? - The Fulcrum
In August of this year, the Ford administration announced that Ontario universities and colleges will have four months to implement policies that defend free speech on campus, or else they will face funding cuts. As this deadline quickly approaches, many are left wondering what variations will be seen across the board, or if there should be variations at all.
ByWard Bear’s family vacation ends in brutal tranquilization - The Fulcrum
In the wake of a recent incident involving a bear wandering freely through the streets of the Byward Market, the Tomato has uncovered startling new information that has Ottawa pawsing to reflect. It has been revealed that this furry visitor was not simply wandering, after all: waiting for him in a nearby breakfast joint were a Mama Bear and two cubs, whose family trip to the Nation’s Capital has now been brought to a catastrophic end.
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