Reading Time: 4 minutesThe board saw a motion regarding just cause for absence of certain members at the Dec. 3 meeting that read: “Be it resolved, that the VP finance, president, and VP equity give the board of administration just cause for their absences at the December 3 meeting.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIngenium oversees three museums: the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and Canada Agricultural and Food Museum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe lab is a great opportunity for students to build their experience in the field of cognitive development, and, in a broader sense, communication.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are 13 candidates vying for the six executive positions, which have been restructured and renamed following a governance review motion at the Nov. 5 BOA meeting.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDiab was extradited from Canada three years ago and describes his time in France as “a series of waiting in cells.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Optune device is engineered to deliver electrical pulses to the brain with the intent of creating a quickly-alternating magnetic field to disrupt cancer cell mitosis.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe study concluded that the best way to move forward in criminal justice reform is an appeal to fairness, labelling it a universal human concern.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUOHS released a statement on Jan. 19, reassuring patients who were registered under Nadon that they will continue to receive access to timely medical care at the walk-in clinic located at 100 Marie-Curie Private.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Jan. 17, the University of Ottawa released a statement, as well as sent out an email, from the president of the university, Jacques Frémont, about the death of a student. It reads: “it is with profound sadness and deep regret that I must inform you that a student has passed away in one of …
Reading Time: 3 minutesTitled Breaking the Mould: The Next Generation of Political Engagement, the event was structured as a town hall session with the 2019 Prime Ministerial candidate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBlack is alleging that CNN’s article, and the sources interviewed for it, have cost him his reputation and impacted his ability to work by implying he treated his infant patients as “sacrificial lambs,” according to the Post.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn some cases these are incremental upgrades over what students have come to expect out of our facilities; dim projectors have been replaced with high definition video displays, and desks have been designed for laptop use with additional plugs and ports.
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven with sound research, publishing in a predatory journal is often expensive and discredits the validity of the researcher’s work. Predatory journals are often used to provide people lacking qualifications with perceived research credentials.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBorn in Winnipeg and raised in Ottawa, Kimmaliardjuk says that she has not forgotten her roots in Canada’s north. With extended family in Rankin Inlet and Chesterfield Inlet, her parents have always made it a priority for her and her brother to visit and talk about their Inuit culture.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs of Jan. 1, the surrounding grounds of Ontario hospitals, which includes the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, have been made 100 per cent smoke free, under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA).
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe board saw a motion to lobby to create a Dean’s honour list ceremony for students in the Faculty of Health Sciences. According to the motion, such a ceremony would give students in the faculty recognition, as well as a strong addition to their CV.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday, Nov. 27, Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science, and economic development announced a new initiative to provide paid internships for post graduate students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDraca says Soothe uses an algorithm to detect significant online harassment and block it from users’ browsers, using a process called sentiment analysis.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOrser combined her previous background in business school and began to apply it with feminist values, explaining,“When I was in school, we never discussed women in management and the issues surrounding it.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to Dawson, the plan is to have nursing classes run until Dec. 23 and resume on Jan. 2. Final exams for the fall semester will be pushed back to the first few weeks of 2018 and the new winter semester will begin on Jan. 16.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTrebek said that he will proudly display his Order of Canada medal along with other awards and trophies in his home. You can also find several of his awards on display in the Alex Trebek Alumni Hall at the U of O.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe first motion detailed caps on SFUO executive salaries, which was met with applause by many in the room, and the second outlined the need for student involvement in course curriculums.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBader said she wants to run in the upcoming election, though she did not say which executive position she was running for. She added that she was “blindsided” by the news that under current rules, she would not be allowed to run.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDeguise said that there will have to be more research into how this could affect humans, and that his lab is preparing to collaborate with clinicians to work with spinal muscular atrophy patients and study their spleens.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGrammond has taught at the U of O for 13 years and also served as dean of the university’s Faculty of Law from 2009 to 2014.
