Reading Time: 2 minutesSFUO executive member Brad Lafortune handed in his resignation Sept. 23 to pursue a master’s program in physiotherapy.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has ranked the University of Ottawa among the worst in Canada in terms of freedom of expression.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa students and professors have expressed opposing opinions regarding the new Parti Québécois (PQ) charter of values and its ban on religious garments and symbols.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTD Bank Group presented three quarters of a million dollars to the University of Ottawa on Sept. 10.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE OTTAWA NEIGHBOURHOOD Study (ONS), a program created to provide easy access to various statistics and information concerning Ottawa’s 108 neighbourhoods has overhauled its website in order to make it more accessible and interactive.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDOCTOR THIERRY MESANA will take over for Dr. Robert Roberts as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in April 2014.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt least six people were killed and more than 30 injured after an OC Transpo double-decker bus hit a VIA Rail train in Ottawa on Sept. 18.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHundreds of federal science employees, students, and supporters in Canada came together Sept. 16 in protest of the alleged muzzling of scientists by the Harper government that has occurred in recent years.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe ugly economic truth of youth employment THE PERIOD OF applying for jobs for next summer has already begun, and summer jobs are few and competitive. Those who waited until April to begin their quest for employment found nothing, or got stuck with low-paying and non-resume-building jobs. Economists and Statistics Canada have confirmed this. A …
Reading Time: 2 minutesDexter Jagula is one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have recently applied to join the first one-way trip to Mars.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA, in collaboration with the Ottawa Hospital, has broadened the scope of its “don’t be that guy” ad campaign, which seeks to tackle issues of sexual violence amongst young adults.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE UNION REPRESENTING support staff at the University of Ottawa will hold a strike mandate vote Sept. 16 and 17 following collective agreement negotiations with the university since June 2012.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMore than a dozen post-secondary institutions across Canada have begun a move to leave the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), according to a media release.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA UNIVERSITY OF Ottawa club is aiming to raise money and awareness for the Syrian people in light of the country’s ongoing crisis.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA administration has teamed up with the Student Academic Success Service (SASS), the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, and the vice president of academics in an attempt to help French-speaking students from predominantly English-speaking regions better adapt to university-level French courses.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCAMPUSGRIDS, A NEW social network created by four University of Ottawa students, aims to help students find clubs, events, and businesses.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA FIGHT BETWEEN police and bar patrons at Tequila Jacks in the ByWard Market resulted in charges against two 21-year-old men. Police responded to a disturbance on Clarence Street at about midnight on Sept. 6 to find a man assaulting security staff with a metal lineup pole, according to police.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo University of Ottawa students won $20,000 to further invest in their new company in a pitch competition for student entrepreneurs.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa students honoured for their achievements Daniel LeRoy | Fulcrum Staff UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA students Leah Stuart-Sheppard and Julia Koulik have received recognition in past months for their efforts and excellence in research. As per Allan Rock’s Vision 2020, his strategic plan for the university to be achieved by the year 2020, the …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 25-year-old University of Ottawa law graduate recently brought forward an application to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to change the rules of succession so that a potential heir’s religion would not be a factor.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the Univeristy of Ottawa (SFUO) Board of Administration (BOA) abolished its promotions committee at its monthly meeting Aug. 25.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA law professor Amir Attaran claimed that Minister of Justice and Attorney General Peter MacKay misled the Canadian public with his comments regarding Justin Trudeau’s recent admission to smoking marijuana as a sitting Member of Parliament (MP).
Reading Time: 2 minutesA MEMBER OF Provincial Parliament in southwestern Ontario is lobbying the University of Ottawa to put a new campus in his riding.
Reading Time: 2 minutes1848 has reopened after a summer of construction and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) is now looking to make improvements to one of its other businesses, Pivik.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA professors and academic librarians have reached a four-year labour deal that will create dozens of new tenure-track positions and salary increases.
