Reading Time: 2 minutes“The University is still planning for an increased level of activities on campus coming January 2022, including a return of the vast majority of administrative and support staff,” says the University of Ottawa.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“The mayor’s office has reached out to say that they are planning to reimburse Carleton students and uOttawa students the cost of the December portion of the U-Pass cost,” said Tim Gulliver, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union president.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA first step in an extensive process of bilingual revitalization, francophone affairs commissioner Lia Bosquet believes that outlining language rights in the syllabus will increase accessibility to all classes on campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa joins more than 40 other post-secondary institutions in Canada in the signing of the Scarborough Charter, a nationwide initiative to promote inclusivity in higher learning institutions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlans to pave local park to create parking spaces have been withdrawn.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Food Services has announced it will be ending the dining hall’s takeout program on Dec. 8.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat happened at FNS on Nov. 10, and why karaoke nights have been cancelled until 2022.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEmail to U of O community from the office of the registrar says the university is “on track to meet the goal, expressed by many, of returning to a campus.”
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe ICUO met to discuss issues with bimodal learning and pitch changes and accommodations that might alleviate issues.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O required the plaintiffs’ counsel to withdraw their request to have notification posted on the University webpage and amend several common issues as conditions for their consent to the certification of the lawsuit.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union held its Fall General Assembly virtually on Monday night. The meeting adjourned just before midnight, giving the FGA a run time of under five hours, a noted improvement from last year’s seven hour meeting.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFive U of O students teamed up to bring eco-friendly and accessible menstrual products to campus — and this is just the beginning.
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Of all parties to this report, academics should be fully aware of the fact that words matter. There is absolutely no need to use racial slurs in an academic setting. It is possible to have conversations about discrimination without using discriminatory language,” said Tim Gulliver, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s president.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCommentary: In the wake of the University of Toronto’s divestment announcement, a precedent has been set in this province by its biggest university. Will the U of O finally follow suit?
Reading Time: 3 minutes “At the Centre, we do not want to work for the Black community, we want to work with the Black community,” says Dr. Jude Mary Cénat.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents can now receive their flu shots at Minto Sports Complex from November through December.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe co-presidents of HanVoice’s University of Ottawa chapter, Jinee Lee and Matthew Min, sat down with the Fulcrum to discuss how the pilot project will steer the club’s work in the coming months.
Reading Time: 6 minutes“The Committee is therefore against the exclusion of words, works or ideas in the context of respectful academic presentations and discussions whose educational goal is to promote the dissemination of knowledge,” wrote the Committee on Academic Freedom in its report.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The salary adjustment would bring the executive salary from around $31,000 to about $34,000 on the condition executives complete several accountability goals throughout the year, like monthly reports and timesheets. This is not a drastic increase,” said the student union’s president Tim Gulliver.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe challenges and opportunities presented by the task of converting commercial spaces to residential ones.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe clinic came to be when PBSC uOttawa reached out to Kind Space to create placements for students to volunteer, says Carling Miller, the executive director of Kind Space. Miller shared with the Fulcrum that the idea for the collaborative clinic “was great because we [Kind Space] didn’t have the capacity before to try and organize putting one together on our own.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf your fear of needles and injections has stopped you from getting vaccinated, this might be the event for you.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“You are at the heart of student life” — El Himri reflects on her role as clubs and services commissioner of UOSU and speaks to what her predecessor should know.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is an important distinction between governance and politics. By governance, I mean the administration of the union, the fulfillment of its obligations. In terms of governance, the UOSU seems to be doing alright. By politics, I mean the human aspect, the making-people-care. In terms of politics, the UOSU seems to be doing much worse.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite efforts, turnout remained low for this by-election, with Sana Almansour receiving just 1,278 votes out of a possible 36,855 voting members. Chloe Bergeron and Harneet Cheema were each only eligible to be voted in by members of the faculty they were vying to represent.
