Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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).
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesMembers 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutes “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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe results are in here are the winners and losers of the BOG election and partial U of O Senate elections.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 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.
Reading Time: 13 minutes 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAli 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesAn independent report commissioned by the University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Office obtained by the Fulcrum reports that a Black student was allegedly subject to racial discrimination when he was carded by a GardaWorld security guard at the entry of his residence last year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont responded today to a joint letter from 18 U of O recognized student governments calling to lower or waive tuition fees for the 2020 spring/summer term. The response states ‘‘the University will not be lowering or waiving tuition fees for the spring/summer 2020 semester.’’
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Wednesday morning that applications will open on Friday at 6 a.m. for the Canadian Emergency Student Benefit. Students who are eligible for the CESB will be able to apply through the CRA website and receive $1,250 every four weeks from May to August.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa has announced that it will offer courses online in the fall for international and Canadian students who are unable to make it to campus in the fall. There will be, however, some exceptions for courses that require students to be physically present in class to complete the course’s academic requirements.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA group of Ontario university students from Ottawa has created an initiative called Frontline First to help deliver personal protective equipment to frontline workers at multiple Ottawa hospitals. As of Sunday, Frontline First has raised $5,450, a little over halfway to its goal of $10,000, and is asking the U of O community’s help to reach its goal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has decided to ban all international university-related travel for the rest of 2020 cancelling all exchange student programs for the fall semester. Students who were set to participate in exchanges in the fall will be offered a number of different alternative options.
Reading Time: 2 minutes The University of Ottawa Students’ Union announced they will be collecting ancillary fees for the 2020 spring/summer semester. A portion of the fees will be used to create a hardship fund for students affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWork on 10 maintenance projects at the University of Ottawa is set to resume next week. This follows Friday’s announcement from the Government of Ontario that essential construction and maintenance projects on the province’s post-secondary campuses will be permitted to resume their activities starting Monday
