Reading Time: 2 minutesA study published in the scientific journal, PLOS ONE, this past week by a team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has found high levels of arsenic and methyl mercury, a toxic type of mercury that can accumulate in food chains, in lakes near The Giant Mine, located just outside of Yellowknife.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) held its final Board of Administration (BOA) meeting of the year on April 10, and its first since a statement was released to the public on March 31 announcing staff and services cuts effective this summer.
Reading Time: 2 minutes$200k donation from university will fund both grad and undergrads The referendum question to bring a third refugee student to the University of Ottawa was passed during the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections, but uncertainty as to whether this would actually happen arose at the most recent Board of Administration (BOA) …
Reading Time: 2 minutesEconomist Joseph Stiglitz visits to talk about pending trade agreement The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement between 12 pacific rim countries that was signed by Canada on Feb. 4, is the focus of a growing discussion on how the TPP will affect factors from job creation to patents on generic medicines. While the agreement …
Reading Time: 3 minutesRovinescu and Johnston both focused on the importance of disruption in the face of the changing working world, and Rovinescu identified the catalyst for the debate question itself—employers believe graduates are not ready for entry level positions, while educational institutions do.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“On the post-secondary side there’s money for research, there’s money for infrastructure, and there’s a commitment, which I think could be really important to try and set up the 2017 budget on an innovation agenda,” he said. “You cannot build an innovation agenda without being connected to places of higher learning like the University of Ottawa,” he said.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDorimain said the march had two goals, to raise money for BLM Toronto and to get politicians to say they support the movement. “We were asking our mayor and councillors to support what’s going on over there because it also happens here in Ottawa,” she said.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) has announced that it will be making significant cuts to its services and staff over the summer to avoid bankruptcy. The announcement, which was posted to the SFUO website on March 31, stated that “due to a significant cash flow shortage, this service provision will be reduced throughout the summer months.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesApril will be an important month for the University of Ottawa’s environmental policies. Luckily, the conference opened the floor for some serious discussion before any decision regarding divestment is made.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) recent Board of Administration (BOA) meeting offered some insight into the SFUO’s response to a report by the disciplinary committee into reports of harassment among the executive.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa is one of 21 post-secondary institutes in Ontario that belong to the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS), which stipulates in its bylaws that graduate students must not work more than 10 hours per week.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe meeting’s chair was constantly keeping an eye on the time, as the Board of Administration (BOA) had 17 motions to deal with at the March 23 meeting.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ontario provincial government has increased its minimum wage from $11.25 to $11.40, announced on March 18. However the new minimum wage won’t come into effect until Oct. 1.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to the CSA, this U of O study provides the first complete view of surface ice velocity across the St. Elias Mountains. This is important because it also shows the effectiveness of observing glacier patterns from space.
Reading Time: 2 minutesKelsey Schmitz, an education content specialist at Montreal educational game company Learning Bird who has a PhD in Education from the U of O, researches how people who play games, particularly video games, develop a “learning culture and digital identity.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“There’s a big problem in terms of career development,” Hatai said. “Many graduate programs for example they don’t have the co-op program, so taking the perspective from an international student and he comes or she comes here—in Canada they lack what they call the Canadian job experience.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“This is also one of the challenges of organizing graduate students on a campus because so much of the work that they end up doing—people work often exclusively in their labs and with a professor,” said Hunsdale. “The notion of student life isn’t quite the same.”
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) will hold its elections from March 22-24. It will feature candidates for the seven GSAÉD executive positions, as well as candidates for seats on GSAÉD’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe motion cited concerns that details about the position are “inaccessible to students, being absent from the SFUO constitution,” and that the holder of the position is not required to be a student.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe GA did finish the night with 141 in attendance, roughly three times the number of students in attendance at the previous GA, where no motions were filed. As quorum was not reached, the meeting featured an update from the executive, a presentation on the budget, and a 20-minute question period.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa hosted its fourth General Assembly on Tuesday night, but once again, it failed to meet quorum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the ice melts and the temperature slowly rises, students are finding all kinds of ways to prepare for the summer—although most of us aren’t outfitting a pirate ship.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThink tank offers practical learning in public finance, set to open this year The University of Ottawa is set to be the first university in Canada to open an Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) after it was announced on Feb. 25 that it would receive funding from the Ontario government. The institute’s emphasis …
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearch by U of O prof to produce new detection algorithms Social media could soon be put to good use when it comes to detecting possible mental illness, according to research by University of Ottawa Engineering and Computer Science professor Diana Inkpen and her team. The project will use data collected from social media websites …
Reading Time: 3 minutesSecond GA of academic year to be held on campus, feature six motions The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) will be holding a General Assembly (GA) in Marion Auditorium on Tuesday, March 15 at 6 p.m. where students will have the opportunity to vote on motions around accommodating students, decertificaiton of misogynist …
