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.
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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.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I’m going to show how the [Elections Appeal Board] failed to do their job” Cameron told the Fulcrum, saying the Board “overstepped their jurisdiction.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesBlack student leaders say much of the work of sustaining Black community and culture on campus continues to fall on the students themselves — often with limited resources, little space, and inconsistent institutional backing.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Accurate language testing did not take place due to several technical errors, and thus the CEO is responsible to organize adequate bilingualism testing if it did not take place,” argued candidate Carly Huber in her appeal to the ElectionCommittee.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe WGA provides an opportunity for students to make their voices heard, better understand what UOSU is up to, and weigh in on possible motions.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The U of O said it could not provide a consolidated historical study permit approval rate for its international applicants.”
