Zachary Fouchard says goodbye U of O!

On May 27, 2010 Student Appeal Officer with the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, graduate student in ethics at St-Pauls University and Ombudsperson Selection Committee member Zachary Fouchard joined his co-worker (and Five O'Clock Train co-host) Mireille Gervais to tell the University of Ottawa and the SFUO (student union) why he's saying "I'm done!"

From a disorganized student union to brutal meetings with the university administration, Zachary describes why he's just had it with this bullshit.

Shorty after the show Zachary left his position at the Student Appeal Centre and as member of the Omudsperson Selection Committee. He will be greatly missed by the hundreds of students who had benefited from of his kind support and advice in dealing with the hardships they faced when confronted to the U of O administration.

War, Support our Troops, Campus Democracy, Racism and Student Oppression!

This week's show begins with undergraduate students Jeremy Robbins and Dylan Gowans joining us in studio to share their opinions of the Red Fridays Campaign voted down at a recent SFUO Campaigns Committee meeting. Dylan and Jeremy had expressed their views in a Fulcrum issue where they criticized those who pretend that support for our troops can be an apolitical act...

During the second half of the show co-host Mireille Gervais conversed with her colleague Zachary Fouchard about their experience working as Student Appeal Officers with the Student Appeal Centre. The SAC's advice concerning unfair grades was recently featured in Maclean's university rankings issue. Racism, asymmetry of power between students and administrators and how to deal with doing emotionally charged work and many other themes were discussed.