With the pandemic exacerbating the stress and difficulties of university life, University of Ottawa students have created a discord to connect with fellow classmates.
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Foot Patrol, a University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) offered service, has moved their operations to telephone-only due to current COVID-19 restrictions.
Despite COVID-19, the Rideau Canal Skateway will be open this year, offering the skaters the chance to partake in winter exercise.
The U of O’s seventh annual wellness week concluded on Jan. 22 and featured workshops and activities for students, staff and faculty at the university, as well as several contests.
The U of O administration did not directly communicate to students that the release date for final marks had been moved back from Jan. 19 to Feb. 1.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams said on Jan. 16 that people who have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine will now have to wait between 21 and 42 days for their second dose.
Three individuals living in the Seager Wheeler Residence Hall at the University of Saskatchewan tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, reported the Sheaf.
Students from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa have asked the provincial government to open up university and college campuses in order to improve students’ mental health and academic performance.
Equifax guaranteed that “Francophone students [will] be served in French.” Equifax was heavily criticized for lacklustre french services when it was hired by Desjardins to protect its members following its massive 2019 information breach.
Nickolas Eburne, director for the faculty of civil law proposed the implementation of the new committee.
The University of Ottawa changed their rules on residence contracts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students were slated to move in during the winter term, however many students decided not to move in at all.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) president and vice-chancellor, Santa Ono, as well as the director of the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH), Peter Berman have come under fire for travelling out of the country in recent weeks.
On Dec. 9, the University of New Brunswick announced its move to become a smoke free campus for September 2022.
Ontario universities have started their winter 2021 semesters under a province-wide stay at home order. But while this is not the first semester impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown measures are complicating an already difficult situation for students.
Recommendations include singing Okanagan Charter, creating physical mental health and wellness centre on campus and creating a research cluster.
“We take our responsibility to protect our members’ personal information seriously, and we sincerely regret that this incident occurred,” wrote the University of Ottawa Students’ Union in an incident notice.
A total number of 111 students were listed on the document along with their personal student numbers and emails.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union deems the decision as “a huge win for student advocacy.”
“While the university does not care about our safety, we cannot risk the safety of those here,” said Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce.
The sit-in to demand a meeting with president Jacques Frémont has now lasted over 65 hours inside of Tabaret Hall as of the publication of this article.
The Right Wing Politics Club at the University of Ottawa lost their club status with Campus Vibez (CVUO) as of Dec. 6 after attempting to book Tyler L. Russell for an event.
One day after posters appeared on campus, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU), along with 34 undersign university affiliated organizations, released a statement reaffirming their commitment to racial equity and inclusion.
COVID-19 has created a time of global uncertainty that has affected access to reproductive rights and to services in Ottawa; making it more difficult to access abortion services.
On Nov. 12, a clear majority of those in attendance for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union Fall General Assembly voted to give the Indigenous Law Student’s Association the right to become a recognized student government.
The University of Ottawa announced on Thursday evening that it had appointed professor Boulou Ebanda de B’béri as the university’s first special advisor on anti-racism and inclusion.
