Reading Time: 5 minutes“We are very concerned that the University is being governed by bankers and consulting firms, and that the decisions being made threaten the very conditions that [teaching professors] need to do our job,” said Émilie Bernier.
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Reading Time: 5 minutesAs Sutcliffe works toward re-election and a new term of council, civil society organizations addressing gender-based violence across the city say the incumbent must change his approach.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Alliance to End Homelessness organized a themed mayoral debate on Oct. 19 to showcase how candidates on your ballot plan to address the housing and homelessness crisis.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUndergraduate students have until Oct. 17 to cast their ballot via email and dictate the future of their union. The University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s (UOSU) fall by-election is almost over, with paid positions on the executive and volunteer roles on the Board of Directors (BOD) and U of O Senate available. Elected candidates begin …
Reading Time: 4 minutes“I’d like to be confident that anything offered on campus is not going to be sustaining the climate crisis.” — Sophia Arellano, Sustainability Centre Coordinator
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe city is taking steps towards increasing civic engagement, offering a special advance voting period from Oct. 1-4, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOttawa’s leading mayoral candidates clashed over the environmental consequences of the city’s growth at a Sept. 17 debate, with artificial intelligence, data centres, and urban intensification becoming points of contention.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“The ombudsperson should be reviewing systemic issues within the organization, and for the two years we had that ombudsperson, that’s not what was happening at all,” Lebel said.
Reading Time: 7 minutes From rent and transit fares to nightlife and downtown safety, three mayoral candidates addressed questions about the issues facing students in Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter fighting for better working conditions all summer, the ATPUO’s negotiations with the U of O have hit an impasse, forcing their hand in taking up “a strategic tool designed to compel the employer to return to the bargaining table”: job action.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I find Mr. Henschel is not a racist…He spent 20 years in the military to protect democracy,” says the judge.
Reading Time: 4 minutesKey protections were not included: no mandatory compensation beyond existing provincial minimums, moving expense coverage, alternative accommodation requirement, or report confirming that vacant possession is actually necessary.
Reading Time: 8 minutes In light of last year’s protest when “officers were pushing [people] by [their] throats, ” the saftey of protestors seemed to be top of mind for organizers.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The problem is not a lack of resources… a lot of times those resources don’t arrive at the intended target at the time that they need it.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesU of O, according to full-time Professor Geoffrey Greatrex, has harmed its image, establishing itself “as one of [those] institutions that’s willing to take the axe to fundamental arts disciplines.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Psychology students, self-named the “snow Barbies” won the day with their towering Barbie’s house, inlaid with chiseled bricks and complete with an ice slide.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe planned demolition of the Brooks Residence Complex leaves La Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre with nowhere to go, and the University makes no promises for on-campus childcare
Reading Time: 3 minutesA notice of intent to withdraw accreditation is serious, serving as a final warning before a program loses its right to train residents.
Reading Time: 8 minutesFollowing electoral troubles, the operations and student life commissioner roles have officially been filled. The externalization of election results is not standard practice for GAs and raises concerns about the new normal in student governance.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Our policy at the University of Ottawa is to maintain our relationships with universities regardless of the policies of their governments,” said President Marie-Eve Sylvestre.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“What this is about is ensuring that when our customers come, that they are able to have the full experience.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor now, students are being told to continue applying — but to be prepared for a changing landscape in Ottawa’s public-service job market.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Finding answers early on can prevent last-minute complications and ensure everyone can focus on celebrating their accomplishments.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The University of Ottawa is one of the few universities in Canada offering a formal graduate degree dedicated specifically to psychedelic science — and one of the only programs attempting to do so in both official languages.”
Reading Time: 4 minutes“As AI becomes more embedded in university classrooms, the gap between these two approaches is only getting wider.”
