Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter six years of construction and four major delays, Ottawa’s largest transportation project since the Rideau Canal is finally complete. We rode the rails on opening day and heard early evaluations of the new system.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa Centre MPP Joel Harden released an open letter to Jacques Frémont, along with the presidents of all other post-secondaries in Ottawa, calling on them to cut classes on Sept. 27 so students, faculty and support staff can attend the protest.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe union also set the date for fall General Assembly and supported promoting a climate crisis protest-strike to be held later this month, but less than five students were in attendance.
Reading Time: 10 minutesJason Seguya sat down the Fulcrum to reflect on the union’s first 101 Week, the impacts of the Student Choice Initiative on campus atmosphere, and the future of UOSU services and businesses.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“When the Titanic sank, they were actually the last people who got out, so we dye ourselves purple to honour and remember them,” says Sam Garcia, vice-president external for the Engineering Student Society.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Today’s THE rankings clearly demonstrate that our efforts have paid off. Credit goes to our talented researchers, who constantly push the boundaries of knowledge, make breakthrough discoveries and bring forth innovative ideas. ”says president Jacques Frémont.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Fulcrum sat down with Natasha Roy, UOSU francophone affairs commissioner, who discussed promoting language inclusion, her goals for the year and the challenges she has already encountered since starting her mandate.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“For essentially the cost of a cup of coffee ($3.38 per semester), if you do face a problem you’re going to get some assistance and some help in dealing with the issue which can be very stressful,” says clinic director Louise Toone.
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
