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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe platforms show that while each candidate has their own concerns, certain issues traverse faculties.Transparency is a large focus in many of the candidates’ platforms—this comes after concerns were raised about transparency and democracy in the student federation at the first two BOA meetings of the academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe rally began with noise disruptions from protesters and ended with the presence of multiple police cruisers. The police arrived to monitor the possibility of conflict between the rally’s attendees and those protesting the event.
Reading Time: 2 minutesVice president of Concordia Animal Rights Association Katherine Millington said although an outright breed ban is “an inappropriate, emotional, unscientific response,” she does not completely disagree with the imposed laws.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Oct. 16, the Board of Administration (BOA) of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) met to discuss the student federation’s audit, executive spending, and issues with the Student Association of the Faculty of Arts (SAFA), among other topics.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month, the University of Ottawa released a strategy to cut costs by reducing spending on subscriptions to thousands of online and print journals and databases to meet the balance of $1.527 million by Dec. 2016.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA report by La Rotonde was released on Oct. 17 detailing incidents of a highly sexual nature as part of a bar crawl event called Vet’s Tour, hosted by the Science Students’ Association at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Thursday, Oct. 13, a town hall panel was held at Carleton University as part of the Canadian Federation of Students’ (CFS) Fight the Fees campaign.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmong her many accomplishments, Roya Shams, an Afghani refugee and University of Ottawa student, is starting her own charity to help underprivileged children in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSyrian refugees at local elementary school receive $12,000 donation Carson Grove Elementary School in Ottawa recently received a donation of $12,000 from a group of mosques and other Muslim groups in the city. The school, which began accepting refugees in February 2016, currently houses 110 refugees who make up over one-third of the school’s student …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has recently formed a three-year partnership with the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to implement a new entrepreneurship-based co-operative education program for students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA University of Ottawa staff member in his 18th season with the Gee-Gees has been suspended from his position after his arrest due to charges of human trafficking and child luring.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 30, Łukasz Weremiuk, chargé d’affaires of the Polish Embassy in Ottawa, submitted an article to Maclean’s to refute a separate item written by Jan Grabowski, a history professor at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMoody’s Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and risk analyses to organizations around the world, released a report on Sept. 29 that characterizes the University of Ottawa’s recent debt issuance as “stable.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesA post on a University of Ottawa Facebook page was recently taken down following a series of critical comments by students at the university.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNathalie Des Rosiers, the current dean of the Faculty of Law’s common law section, and former general counsel at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, has announced that she intends to run for the Ontario Liberal Party nomination in the Ottawa-Vanier riding.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers of the press were asked not to pry about Hoodfar’s time in prison, but she said the scariest part was her initial detainment in June. She explained she was unable to communicate with anyone, including her lawyer, and didn’t know what would happen next.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA project by Stewart Elgie, professor of law and economics at the University of Ottawa, was recently selected as one of the Clean50 Top15 projects of 2017 for the Smart Prosperity Initiative.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe province’s annual wage increase came into effect on Oct. 1, bringing the current $11.25 per hour rate to $11.40 per hour for adult employees.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom Oct. 14 to 15, the semi-annual deCODE: Hackathon will be returning to the University of Ottawa, this time with a few changes—namely, a smaller group of participants to boost competition.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Oct. 3, as part of Brain Health Awareness Week on campus, a new initiative was launched at the University of Ottawa to help students familiarize themselves with the relationship between mental health and mindfulness—the state of consciousness or awareness.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 28, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) released its first mobile app for students at the University of Ottawa, with the purpose of connecting individual students to the larger U of O community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNaqvi began the lecture by sharing his experiences as a U of O law student in 1996, and how his professors influenced him to pursue a legal career.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis November, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the oldest scholarly group in the country, will be welcoming University of Ottawa history professor Dr. Chad Gaffield into their midst as their new president.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Club du droit de la Terre (Environmental Law Club) has been making active changes on campus as of late. They recently started a faculty campaign to ban the use of throwaway cutlery and plates, and instead opt for reusable, biodegradable replacements.
