Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Symbolic’ motion presented at emergency council meeting called to address status of new employee position Photo by Tina Wallace In an emergency meeting on April 30 called to take action on a one-year employee trial position with the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD), the association’s council also faced motions to remove two of its executive members …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from across the city gathered in Tabaret Hall to take part in the University of Ottawa Public Relations Association’s first-ever Let’s Grow Together conference.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBraving the winter cold, more than 50 student protesters assembled outside the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Annual General Meeting on Nov. 23.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ugly economic truth of youth employment THE PERIOD OF applying for jobs for next summer has already begun, and summer jobs are few and competitive. Those who waited until April to begin their quest for employment found nothing, or got stuck with low-paying and non-resume-building jobs. Economists and Statistics Canada have confirmed this. A …
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo University of Ottawa students won $20,000 to further invest in their new company in a pitch competition for student entrepreneurs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE ROYAL CANADIAN Mounted Police (RCMP) have laid charges in connection with the death of Emerson Curran.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa students protesting a proposed tuition hike forced the school’s Board of Governors to shut down its meeting on May 27
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the University of Ottawa are invited to come up with ideas to improve the school now that the annual Good Ideas contest is soon to be underway.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA student who sued the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa to have his incidental fees reimbursed because of had his case dismissed in court Wednesday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCanadians should be happy with this result. According to a well-sampled National Post poll, Obama would have received 78 per cent of the Canadian vote.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents from Dalhousie, King’s, Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design (NSCAD), Mount Saint Vincent and Saint Mary’s were draped in ripped clothing, smeared with fake blood, and carrying protest signs for the zombie-themed rally entitled “Night of the Living Debt.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis move by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to create a non-partisan advisory committee resonates with the opinions of a younger Mr. Harper, Member of Parliament.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe positions up for grabs were first year representative, vp public administration, and vp social (francophone), with Patrick Morris, Erik Koskela, and Caroline Brouilette, winning the spots, respectively.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite the Prime Minister’s strategy, northern citizens are ignored, and because people have the greatest sway in enforcing sovereignty, they should be the government’s focus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany students in Canada were trying to make enough money to sustain themselves throughout an eight-month period of studies, but, for the most part, the jobs were not there.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn recent years, the University of Ottawa has expanded its online presence to include Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Pinterest, with an aim to be more in touch with the student body.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI share an office with a proud Muslim woman, and when I asked her what she thought of depicting Muhammed in any way, shape, or form, her answer was incredibly simple: You don’t do it.
