Reading Time: 9 minutesSam Schroeder sat down with the Fulcrum to discuss the challenges in establishing the new union, working to reduce student apathy, filling the role of equity commissioner, and whether the UOSU will join the Canadian Federation of Students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe new union will offer the same services as the SFUO except for UOSERT, which is now operated by Protection Services. The Women’s Resource Centre and Pride Centre will also be merged.
Reading Time: 13 minutesFrémont discusses the university’s response to allegations of racism and racial profiling levelled at Protection Services, the impacts of the Student Choice Initiative and what’s being done after a string of student deaths in residence last year.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“The people who are here are missing class to stand up for those who can’t come to class at all this semester,” said organizer and student Tim Gulliver.
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudents call for more inclusion in the process of developing these measures, widespread unconscious bias training and scrapping of the carding policy altogether.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe university says some of its employees from Information Technology Services, Teaching and Learning Support Service and Protection Services who worked in the ceiling space at Simard Hall and the Power Plant may have been exposed to asbestos.
Reading Time: 3 minutesPresident announces new limits on the authority of security when requesting proof of identity, an updated complaint system and unconscious bias training among officers.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe IPPSSA was forced to seek out missing funds after public administration students were missing the student association fee option when paying tuition.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOrganizers expected more than 65,000 attendees on the eve of the parade.
Reading Time: 2 minutesO-Train Confederation Line has 13 stations, including one stop on the University of Ottawa campus and another at the Rideau Centre.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudy suggests consuming probiotics, live bacteria found in yogurt and fermented milk, during puberty may help build resilience to mental illness later in the lifespan through the gut microbiome.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCampus Vibez uOttawa will now oversee club registration, room reservations, the clubs and event lists and the clubs fair.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStephanie Mercier is a U of O common law student and former athlete on the Gee-Gees women’s hockey and rugby teams.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSixteen student groups on campus signed the open letter to university president Jacques Frémont calling for change
Reading Time: 3 minutesTuition for international students at the University of Ottawa will rise by 12 per cent in the fall semester, meaning students could pay anywhere from $3,305 to $5,925 more a year
Reading Time: 4 minutesAuthors point to introduction of iPhone, anti-stigma campaigns as possible explanations for rise
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity announces review of Policy 33, cultural sensitivity training for campus security, formal complaint mechanism and president’s committee for discrimination-free campus
Reading Time: 4 minutesProf. Amir Attaran and PhD student Brieanne Olibris were carded by a campus security officer in September 2017
Reading Time: 2 minutesBOG looks to approve Transformation 2030, the university’s strategic plan for the next decade
Reading Time: 2 minutesEsi Codjoe, former vice chair of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, will lead the investigation
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe UOSU and professors are calling for policy changes after a Black U of O student was carded and handcuffed by security for over two hours last week
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Black student says he was carded and then handcuffed by campus security on a busy street for over two hours for not having identification, spurring widespread accusations of racism, racial profiling and harassment
Reading Time: 5 minutesTwo new programs are on the horizon, while the senate will discuss a student satisfaction survey
Reading Time: 3 minutesA computer science student won an Apple scholarship to attend the company’s annual keynote conference expense free (save his flights)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe agreement will now be presented to group of OLBI part-time professors for ratification
