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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is planning to start renovations on the five buildings on the Lees campus by this September, modernizing space for the faculty of health sciences and building a pedestrian link to the nearby OC Transpo Confederation Line.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAround 200 people rallied and marched through downtown Ottawa on Friday to show support for members of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation who were arrested this past week for protesting the construction of a natural gas pipeline on their ancestral land in British Columbia.
Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice are still searching for the suspect in a voyeurism investigation in Sandy Hill, where the University of Ottawa is located, with another incident reported this week.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile highlighting a number of different initiatives done on campus that support mental health and wellness, the recently published “Roadmap to Wellness at uOttawa” report states that the university’s direction towards a culture of wellness is unclear to the rest of the community.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union has announced the details of its upcoming general elections, setting the voting period for March 25-27. Seven executive positions (up from five last election) and 22 seats on the union’s Board of Directors are up for grabs.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring the second town hall on anti-Black racism to take place this academic year, several Black graduate students spoke of the discrimination that they have faced on campus. Similar to the first town hall, many students called on the school to hire more professors of colour.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Green Party candidate Benjamin Koczwarski thinks he deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why NDP candidate Myriam Djilane thinks she deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Liberal Party candidate Lucille Collard thinks she deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re interviewing candidates for the upcoming provincial byelection in the Ottawa-Vanier riding on Feb. 27. Here’s why Progress Conservative candidate Patrick Mayangi thinks he deserves your vote.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeasonal affective disorder is a form of depression that typically peaks in the winter months, impacting up to 15 per cent of Canadians during their lifetime. We spoke with Ottawa psychologist Dr. Marna Zinatelli on what the illness is and how it can be treated and managed.
Reading Time: 12 minutesPresident Jacques Frémont responded to thousands of petitioners demanding the school improve its mental health services after four student deaths last year, and also gave an update on the school’s anti-racism campaigns after two Black students were carded on campus last year.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa announced on Friday that they will suspend all operations in China after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe president of the University of Ottawa said a Scientology linked anti-psychiatry exhibit on campus that has been widely condemned and protested by students is “outrageous” and “hurtful to many members of the community,” but ruled the school will not be removing the display.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDozens of University of Ottawa students spent hours on Wednesday protesting outside of the Scientology linked anti-psychiatry exhibit that is being showcased all week in the University Centre, with many expressing their frustration with the school and its passive approach to the display.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCity council voted unanimously on Wednesday to declare an affordable housing and homelessness emergency, making Ottawa the first Canadian city to do so. The motion was brought by Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney, who is council’s liaison for housing and homelessness.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe provincial government has called a byelection in Ottawa-Vanier, which includes Sandy Hill and the University of Ottawa, for Feb. 27.
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudents are calling on the University of Ottawa to remove an anti-psychiatry exhibit on campus that was set up just days after the university finished celebrating their annual wellness week.
