Reading Time: 2 minutesA fish available at your local pet store may hold the secret to how water-based vertebrates were able to climb onto land and evolve into the species—including humans—we know today.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the summer months workers have been busy revitalizing the iconic Grande-Allée in front of Tabaret Hall—until work was halted in late August following a striking discovery.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith an endless number of university clubs and organizations, and an overloaded engineering schedule, Elias Fares wanted a tool to know just what was going on.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal tech startups will have an opportunity to meet with global investors, advisors, and panellists at a business networking event to be held at Algonquin College.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa recently announced that Ottawa has been chosen by the federal government to become the country’s leading authority in medical device commercialization.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA graduate student at the University of Ottawa has a proposal for all those who are afraid to propose.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last 10 years, Ontario has increased funding to post-secondary education by 83 per cent, but student representatives point out that young people are still struggling to afford it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs students head back to classes this fall, some will be dividing their time between the laptop and the lecture hall in a new push for more blended learning at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario schools have selected five programs to specialize in for increased funding from the provincial government.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTeaching assistants have reached a deal with the University of Ottawa after two days of negotiations and almost a year without a collective agreement.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA former University of Ottawa student named John Maguire is under RCMP investigation for a suspected connection with the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), the National Post reports.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Board of Administration (BOA) for the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) met on Sunday, Sept. 24 for their second monthly meeting of this term. Our associate news editor Lindsay Macmillan was there; read below to find out what went down.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRock wrote that the suspension did not come solely because of the investigation and subsequent charges against the two players, but also in response to recommendations from an independent report.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa recently announced plans to petition the provincial government to create a satellite campus in Woodstock, Ont.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new frosh event organized by a private teen entertainment company in Ottawa has drawn the ire of university and student leaders for its racy promotional content.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe five year grant will allow the researchers to test the theory that there is an immunological link between Parkinson’s disease, Crohn’s disease and leprosy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrompted by the prevalence of mental health-related issues on campuses, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) released a new report detailing the role of the federal government in treating young adults with mental illnesses.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnly 11 months after developing a project for an Ottawa entrepreneurship competition, a team of U of O students led by Kathleen Kemp are watching their business take over the city’s streets.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers of the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team will be allowed to play for another school while the Gee-Gees team is suspended, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) has ruled.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInternal investigation finds that coach failed to report incident to university; some players engaged in unacceptable behaviour Photo by Sabrina Nemis UPDATED: The Ottawa Citizen reports that some of the hockey players have retained a lawyer in order to sue the university. “You’ve got a team of 24 players. My information is that, at the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesTroubled program will get fresh start in 2015, two years after admission freeze After nearly a year of uncertainty, the University of Ottawa’s suspended journalism program will return next year following a significant makeover. The university says its new digital journalism program will teach students the skills they need to break into a media industry …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents at the University of Ottawa and across the province engage in discussion of various issues and in political party campaigns leading up to the Ontario provincial election on June 12, 2014.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt was convicted on June 5 of committing libel against another professor.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStudents and executive members of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa and the Graduate Students’ Association gathered in front of Tabaret Hall on May 26 to protest tuition fee increases. The planned Board of Governors meeting took place via teleconference.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLetters have drawn backlash from Toronto students for ‘meddling’ in their student politics Photo by Julia Malowany/The Varsity Student unions across Ontario are urging the University of Toronto’s governing council to reject a new policy recommendation they say would sacrifice the autonomy of its student unions. Last month, the University of Toronto Student Societies Summit submitted …
