The University of Ottawa Student Emergency Response Team (UOSERT) officially became the 12th service of the SFUO in a referendum.
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A group of six University of Ottawa engineering students have returned from a prize-winning bout at the Valeo Innovation Challenge in Paris, where they showed off their designs for a hybrid vehicle.
The UNB student union website is back online after it was overtaken by an organization supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for a short time Oct. 13.
At least 18 faculty members are calling on Ryerson University to stop sourcing Ryerson-branded clothing from American Apparel because of what they call the company’s sexist advertising.
Hong Kong has undergone the most turbulent period of mass protests since 1967 as students have played a decisive role in a fight for real democracy.
Groups on campus hope an upcoming lecture by jes sachse, a Toronto-based disability artist and activist, will bring about a push for greater accessibility at the University of Ottawa.
“When I told people to please follow lockdown procedures, I don’t know if it’s just because they didn’t take me seriously because I was technically a student, but none of them even seemed to know what exactly that meant,” he said.
An initiative by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) to carry out workshops that will address the way we talk about sexual violence has thrown speed bumps in front of the federated bodies required to host them.
University of Ottawa student Abenezer Abebe says he was turned away from the Second Cup on campus because of his race. The owner says that had “nothing to do” with it.
In a week when national security and terrorism were already at the top of the national political agenda, Parliament Hill itself today was besieged by a gunman who shot and killed a soldier at the National War Memorial before bursting into the Centre Block, apparently bent on a rampage, before being shot and killed himself in a shootout with Hill security officials.
High school students and their parents who checked out our campus on Oct. 17 were handed a flyer that listed the “top five” reasons not to attend the University of Ottawa.
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) first general assembly (GA) is slated for Nov. 17, after a year of campaigning.
The University of Ottawa completed the 2013–14 fiscal year with a $15.3-million surplus, according to a late-September report from the fi- nance and treasury committee to the Board of Governors.
After three years as a member of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) executive, president Anne-Marie Roy will be moving on next year to work for the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS).
A University of Ottawa grad has developed a new app that gives more options to users of today’s hottest matchmaker.
The student-run emergency response team at the University of Ottawa has called for a referendum in hopes of becoming the next official service of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
SFUO president Anne-Marie Roy had a Twitter conversation with Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, who is running for re-election in the upcoming Oct. 27 mayoral elections. Roy expressed her disappointment that student issues were not adequately discussed at mayoral debates, to which Watson responded by saying it was not his fault the SFUO did not organize a debate on campus, but that he did debate at Carleton University.
In case you missed the Oct. 15 Rideau-Vanier debates, here is a tweet-by-tweet of what was said and done.
Green Party of New Brunswick leader David Coon said his monumental election win in Fredericton South was thanks in large part to student votes and involvement on campus.
The University of Ottawa will partner with Shanghai Jiao Tong University for a joint medical program to begin next fall, our Board of Governors decided at its latest meeting.
The University of Ottawa has named one of its arts buildings to honour the memory of an influential Algonquin spiritual leader, and to acknowledge the university’s gratitude to First Nations peoples.
The Government of Ontario will make a $2 million investment in Ottawa’s post-secondary schools in order to support student entrepreneurship programs, Minister Reza Moridi announced Oct. 3.
Investing in our future might means divesting from fossil fuels, according to a student group that is gearing up to lobby the University of Ottawa to go fossil fuel-free.
The university unveiled the new $70-million facilities Sept. 30. The sense of pride amongst the crowd was palpable, said physics professor Paul Corkum.
With the City of Saskatoon’s lockout of transit workers now in its third week, it has brought with it mounting frustration and no sign that buses will be returning to the road anytime soon.
