Incoming first-year University of Ottawa students have created two Instagram account for students to share and expose campus discrimination. They’ve called these accounts @UntolduOttawa and @BlackatuOttawa.
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The University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) held an emergency meeting on the night of Sept.1 to approve a two per cent hike in its membership fee.
A picture published on the University of Ottawa’s official Instagram page featuring a Protection Services officer sporting a thin blue line flag patch on Aug.25 has sparked outrage in the U of O community. After being lambasted by students the publication was taken down hours after it was published.
The University of Ottawa announced late on Thursday afternoon that it will open its own COVID-19 assessment centre at Lees campus. The assessment centre is projected to open in September and will for the time being only serve students, staff, and faculty members on campus.
The Inter-Union Coalition of the University of Ottawa (ICUO) has written a letter to U of O président Jacques Frémont expressing their concerns with the University of Ottawa’s plan for the fall 2020 semester.
The University of Ottawa will match every donation up to $25,000 made to the University of Ottawa Students’ Union and Black Student Leaders Association Black Expression :Listen. Speak. Amplify broadcast. The broadcast aims to celebrate Black artists as well as Black excellence and talent.
The University of Ottawa has released a new set of guidelines for students planning to live in residence this fall. The new guidelines aim to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in residence, however, the new guidelines are confusing incoming residents and have raised concerns among them.
Local restaurants have been forced to adapt to a number of stringent regulations to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as they reopen in stage two of Ontario’s reopening plan. For some though, these regulations seem exaggerated and restrictive as restaurants aren’t allowed to open their inside dining area and are thus dependent on the weather and cannot guarantee shifts to a number of their employees notably servers.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union has created the COVID-19 Hardship Fund (CHF) to help students who “demonstrate urgent financial need.” The fund aims to especially alleviate the financial strain on international students who are ineligible for either the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) or the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB).
The security guard who carded Black University of Ottawa student Wiliston Mason in September 2019 will no longer be permitted on campus in a security role, according to a letter obtained by the Fulcrum. The security will be permitted to return to campus in other capacities.
Members of the Support Staff of the University of Ottawa union are set to vote in a forced final offer vote next week to accept or reject a “final offer” made by the University of Ottawa. According to the PSUO-SSUO’s vice president, the offer fails to address issues such as unfulfilled vacancies, the hiring of more academic advisors and mental health workers.
The University of Ottawa’s administration will email 615 ballots to undergraduate students who previously did not receive a ballot to vote in the BOG undergraduate student representative election and partial U of O Senate elections that took place on June 2 to 4.
The University of Ottawa is predicting significantly large deficits that will impact students and staff alike in its updated 2020-21 projected budget. The budget takes into account the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on enrolment and how it will lead to huge financial losses for the U of O in the 2020-21 academic year.
“This march is not a social media moment, this is not another hashtag. We call upon the government to take concrete actions for black voices that demand an end to anti-black racism in Canada, because we matter.” – Sameha Ahmed, organizer, No Justice Until Peace.
The results are in here are the winners and losers of the BOG election and partial U of O Senate elections.
The University of Ottawa has advised all students and faculty members to restrain from drinking water on campus after it found “elevated levels of bacteria in potable water” at a number of locations on the main U of O campus.
The University of Ottawa’s senatorial election will take place from June 2 to June 4 via online ballots. Here’s a look at the races for the different faculties of the University of Ottawa.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ election for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why Ethan Camarena believes he deserves your vote.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ election for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why Quinn Heffron believes he deserves your vote.
Ali Mubiru, a Black third-year student at the University of Ottawa, says he and his friend, who is a person of colour, were carded by Protection Services while waiting inside his parked car outside the U of O’s 90U residence in spring 2019.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ election for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why Showmia Chandru believes she deserves your vote.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ elections for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why incumbent Saada Hussen believes she deserves your vote.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ election for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why Keith de Silvia-Legault thinks he deserves your vote.
We’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming University of Ottawa Board of Governors’ election for undergraduate student representative which will take place from June 2-4. Here’s why Adam Walji believes he deserves your vote.
The University of Ottawa will hold its 2020 spring convocation online announced the University on Tuesday in an email sent to students who are set to graduate in June. The ceremonies will start on June 15 and will last for a week with students from all 10 U of O faculties set to graduate.
