Reading Time: 2 minutes“Laurier’s Inclusive Excellence hiring initiative is an example of how the university is taking deliberate steps to enhance Indigenization, equity, diversity and inclusion in our teaching, learning and research,” Anthony Vannelli, Laurier provost and vice-president: academic said in an email statement.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors announced on Monday afternoon that it has cancelled plans to increase tuition by three per cent for out-of-province students. This follows a report on Sunday from the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) that the hike, which was first announced in the BOG’s embargoed documents sent to media and members on Friday, had been scrapped.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents in residence who cannot be vaccinated for medical or “other protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code” will be able to request accommodation from Western.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Membership has been focused on faculty members since the issues to be looked at have direct impacts on the work being conducted by our professors and researchers,” wrote U of O manager of media relations, Isabelle Mailloux-Pulkinghorn in an email to the Fulcrum.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“They’ve known about the virtual format since we first registered for graduation months ago. There’s no reason they couldn’t have let us know sooner what was going on,” said Rachel Van Lanen, an imminent graduate of the U of O’s theatre program.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We are still in the preliminary phases but clearly it raises many legal issues and legal challenges. It doesn’t look as if it is a dominant hypothesis right now, but the conversation is going on and the studies are being conducted,” said the U of O’s president.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Varsity — TORONTO: A former U of T student, Christian Roman is seeking $300,000 in damages for expenses related to stress caused by the university’s insufficient accommodations for physical and mental illnesses, which he says prevented him from completing coursework and amounted to discrimination on the basis of disability.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStéphane Jobin was named Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and permanent observer to the African Union on Feb. 16.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe course, which will be offered in the spring semester, will be named SCS 4100: Anti-racist Activism in University Settings. It will take place from May 3 to June 12, 2021, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe general election results included 17 candidates to the UOSU Board of Directors (BOD) and the six-person executive committee for the 2021-22 term.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The motion on pronouns seems like a small step relative to the action we can and will take, however it is an important step in setting a standard [for] safe and open spaces within the UOSU,” said UOSU president Babacar Faye.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an email to students on Tuesday, Frémont pointed to the court of public opinion as the reasoning behind the creation of the committee.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Student Union published its 2021 General Election results in the evening of March 27. Current advocacy commissioner, Tim Gulliver was elected the union’s second-ever president in an undisputed race.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt was with much anticipation that candidates and their teams of volunteers awaited the results of the 2021 University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) General Elections to drop on Saturday night. Sadly, that anticipation was not shared by the University of Ottawa undergraduate students.
Reading Time: 21 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of social science seats on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of engineering seat on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 8 minutes With the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of health science’s seats on the University of Ottawa Senate and on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 11 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 10 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 8 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidate running for the faculty of medicine seat on the University of Ottawa Senate.
Reading Time: 12 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of social science seat on the University of Ottawa Senate.
Reading Time: 4 minutesCampus Vibez for the U of O held their second Student Life Awards online. The 2020 SLA’s were cancelled due to the pandemic and 2021 marks the first live awards that recognize student and volunteer excellence.
