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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa hosted its first annual panel on Black mental health last Thursday, centred around how social environments such as school and the workplace impact the mental health of Black people through racism, stereotypes, and prejudices.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa once had the third most student members in Canada on Seeking Arrangement, a popular sugar dating website. Now the U of O has dropped to ninth place. But how do other Canadian universities stack up?
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union says it is developing a strategic plan, outlined in an upcoming report by the advocacy commissioner, for addressing the “mental health crisis” the school is facing in the wake of the fifth student death in the past 10 months.
Reading Time: 7 minutesEighteen recognized student governments at the University of Ottawa, eight student union board members, and four co-founders of the uOCollective 4 Mental Health have released an open letter to president Jacques Frémont, calling on the administration to take a collaborative approach to address the ‘mental health crisis’ the school is facing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Office of the Ombudsperson is looking to increase its student levy in the upcoming University of Ottawa Students’ Union general elections through a referendum. If passed, semesterly fees for the ombudsperson would increase from $1.06 to $1.50 for both full-time and part-time undergraduate students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe group blocked off the intersection of Lyon Street and Wellington Street for at least half an hour, where many joined hands to form a circle around a handful of drum song performers.
Reading Time: 6 minutesSeveral University of Ottawa students pushed for immediate action on improving the school’s mental health system at a town hall discussion for the faculty of arts on Wednesday, with many asking president Jacques Frémont for concrete next steps on how he plans to address the situation.
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent representatives on the Board of Governors of both the University of Ottawa and Carleton University are seeking a $1 million investment to improve their school’s mental health systems in the wake of the fifth student death in the past 10 months at the U of O.
Reading Time: 6 minutesProtesters sat outside of University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont’s office for hours on Wednesday to demand change and better access to mental health services. The protest was organized after the death of the fifth student in 10 months was announced on Monday.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont acknowledged on Tuesday that the school is facing a mental health ‘crisis’ while responding to the death of a student over the weekend, the fifth in the past 10 months.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis past Sunday marked two years since Gerald Stanley was acquitted of the murder of Colten Boushie, and nearly 100 people in Ottawa braved freezing temperatures that night for a vigil ceremony and demonstration that both honoured Boushie’s life and called for his justice.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGatineau police are searching for a University of Ottawa student who has been missing since last week, the school confirmed on Tuesday.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“On behalf of the University of Ottawa, I offer my deepest condolences to the student’s family, friends and loved ones,” wrote U of O president Jacques Frémont in a media statement.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“DIN–DIN–DIN–DING!” said the Confederation Line.
