Amira Benjamin

Jan 9, 2025 | thefulcrum.ca | Amira Benjamin

Reading Time: 8 minutesHow much do you know about the multi-faith centre (MFC)? The student-run service was established around 2010 by the now-defunct student union, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, but non-practicing religious students may not be familiar with it. The MFC was designed as a “space for faith-based groups to meet, celebrate and practice their beliefs” in an inclusive environment.

Nov 27, 2024 | thefulcrum.ca | Amira Benjamin

Reading Time: 2 minutesDear Internet,Now before we begin, I just want to say that I love you. Erm, well some of you. I like the parts of you that allow me to find new art and celebrate new interests with like-minded people. It’s also incredible how you help connect me to friends and family hundreds of miles away. And let’s not even get into the hours we’ve spent together since I was young (long live flash games!). You’ve done a lot of good for a lot of people, but also a lot of bad for many others.

Nov 5, 2024 | thefulcrum.ca | Amira Benjamin

Reading Time: 4 minutesMy university experience — such as the experiences of thousands of other students across the world — is quite strange. I began at the U of O in 2019, five years (and two program changes) ago, excited to become an independent young scholar. But right as I was looking forward to the next year in a new city, with new courses and new friends, all campus activities were shut down. To be frank, nothing has really been the same since then, including the way I view education.

Nov 3, 2024 | intermissionmagazine.ca | Amira Benjamin

int(111178) iPhoto caption: Snow in Midsummer production still by David Cooper. In an old, crumbling building in the middle of town, a young widow is selling palm weavings to make ends meet.

Oct 27, 2024 | thefulcrum.ca | Amira Benjamin

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Tomato has been publicly denied several attempts to interview the lead honesty officer at the university’s Investigation into Accountability Institute. The Tomato’s news team has been trying to secure a broadcast interview with Solomon Swear, the newly appointed lead honesty officer who began his term last May, but has been repeatedly shut down.