Reading Time: 3 minutes The University of Ottawa says it is considering moving the rest of the semester online as early as next week, while also cancelling some events on campus and suspending university-related travel for students and staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. No confirmed cases of the virus have been reported in the school community.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa has introduced a new medical note policy amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, with two cases of the virus confirmed in Ottawa as of Thursday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ontario Ministry of Health confirmed Ottawa’s first case of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, a man in 40s who contracted the virus while travelling in Austria. He is currently in self-isolation and was not symptomatic during his return flight to Canada.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the recent resignation of their chief electoral officer, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s elections committee would need to fill the position at least a week before their scheduled town hall debate on March 23 in order for the process to run smoothly, according to the temporary chair of the elections committee.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe survey measured the prevalence rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking on campuses since the start of the 2017-18 academic year to the time the survey was conducted from February to April 2018. At the U of O, prevalence rates were below or in line with averages across Ontario universities.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa police have laid 12 additional charges of voyeurism and trespass at night against a 31-year-old Gatineau man, with alleged incidents in Sandy Hill spanning from November 2019 to last month.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLess than a week before the campaign period for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s general elections is set to begin, both the chief electoral officer and the bilingual elections officer have resigned, citing circulating concerns from board members and employees over their former work as co-founders of the union.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s executive committee has responded to the resignation of advocacy commissioner Sam Schroeder, who cited concerns over the committee’s appointment of a former Student Federation of the University of Ottawa manager as director of services in his departure letter on Saturday.
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a four-day span, two mental health demonstrations outside of Tabaret Hall were organized by University of Ottawa students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSam Schroeder has resigned from his role as the advocacy commissioner of the University of Ottawa Students’ Union, citing concerns over the executive committee’s appointment of a former Student Federation of the University of Ottawa manager as director of services.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa police have charged a 31-year-old Gatineau man with voyeurism after he allegedly looked into the window of a Sandy Hill apartment building early Friday morning.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Students’ Union hosted a town hall engagement panel on Feb. 27 at the University Centre’s Agora, where the executive committee provided updates on the various initiatives they’ve undertaken and answered questions from students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa said on Wednesday that it has launched an international travel registry, mandatory for students and non-academic staff, and suspended operations in Iran amid the spread of COVID-19. University operations in China were suspended back in January.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa was one of the many schools across Canada that hosted a student walk-out to show support for hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation on Wednesday. An information session was set up in the school’s University Centre, where Indigenous youth helped attendees make sense of the situation.
Reading Time: 8 minutes In its ninth annual report for the 2018-19 academic year, the University of Ottawa’s Office of the Ombudsperson offered a number of recommendations to improve how specific issues or concerns are resolved on campus, including clear communication for parties involved in sexual violence cases and creating a resource roadmap for all students.
Reading Time: 11 minutesStudents, professors and staff crowded into Tabaret Hall on Thursday night to discuss the mental health “crisis” University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont acknowledged earlier this month, with a number of recommendations for change proposed.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa has launched an online questionnaire where students, faculty, and staff can anonymously self-identify in terms of gender, Indigeneity, racialization, accommodation and disability, LGBTQIA2S+ preference, preferred language, and language proficiency.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrench school board trustee Lucille Collard has won the provincial byelection in Ottawa-Vanier, which includes both Sandy Hill and the University of Ottawa campus, taking the historically red riding for the Liberals.
Reading Time: 5 minutesStudent life commissioner Jason Seguya highlighted a number of experiences he described as racial discrimination that he and operations commissioner Rony Fotsing have faced from their colleagues while members of the executive committee.
Reading Time: 5 minutesFrom marginalized folks to studying at a different campus, graduate students address mental health concerns at the U of O at roundtable discussion.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe recently completed Indigenous Action Plan was revealed at a Board of Governors meeting on Monday. The framework, which was completed through consultations with Indigenous communities, is designed to Indigenize several aspects of the school by 2024.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a display of solidarity with Wet’suwet’en, hundreds rallied and marched through downtown Ottawa on Monday. The goal was to pressure MPs to meet with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, and several members of the group staged a sit-in outside of the Prime Minister’s Office following the march.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont has been reappointed for a second term, which means he’ll lead the school until July 2026. The decision was approved at a Board of Governors meeting on Monday evening.
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe U of O should collect race-based data on its student population, improve training for Protection Services officers, and continue making changes to policies governing security on campus, according to the findings of an independent investigation launched after a Black student was carded and handcuffed by campus security in June 2019.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGatineau police have ended the field search for University of Ottawa student Jonathan Blanchette, who has been missing since Feb. 6, but the investigation remains active.
