Reading Time: 2 minutesTension grew as debate surrounding the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) by-elections abounded at the Board of Administration (BOA) meeting Oct. 27.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has become the first university in the country to have a fully functioning courtroom on campus. The Ian G. Scott courtroom opened Oct. 23 and will give students the opportunity to watch real world legal proceedings without having to travel off campus.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Court of Appeal for Ontario has rejected the motion of three medical residents who were either denied advancement or dismissed from the neurosurgery program at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa police are investigating an attempted sexual assault that occurred on Chapel Street in Sandy Hill on Oct. 27.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa by-elections will take place Oct. 29–31 as two slates and a number of independents look to fill remaining positions on student and university government.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCafé Nostalgica has temporarily stopped selling alcohol due to a two-month elevator technician strike, causing a construction delay, which led to their liquor license expiring.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has drastically reduced tuition fees for international students studying mostly in French in an effort to increase the number of international students attending the U of O and even out the number of French and English students, as per Allan Rock’s Vision 2020.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents in Ontario and Quebec will have the opportunity to compete for the opportunity to shadow leaders of Twitter, Cineplex, Adidas, and more through a program that aims to put undergrads in the passenger seat to success.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Senate approved the creation of a new graduate program in contemplative theology and spiritual mentoring for U of O and Saint Paul University students at its Sept. 23 meeting.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs the movement to oppose shale fracking on indigenous land in New Brunswick became heated, crowds in Ottawa gathered on Parliament Hill on Oct. 17–18 to show support for protestors out east.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn activist group by the name of Anarcho Féministe Outaouais stole the Coca-Cola banner from Café Nostalgica on Sept. 25 and asked the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) to sever ties to the company.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA man has been charged in connection with two break-ins in the Sandy Hill area Sept. 29.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite the University of Ottawa’s third consecutive year as one of the top 200 schools on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it has slipped by 14 positions from 171st to 185th.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity of Ottawa professor of medicine Shawn Marshall along with the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF) recently released a set of guidelines that aim to help alleviate symptoms of concussions.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Telfer School of Management released its annual report setting ambitious goals to better internationalize the school, foster research, develop existing relationships with alumni, and build a stronger community involvement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is projecting a $4.8-million shortfall for the 2013–14 academic year. The Board of Governors (BOG) approved the new budget with a deficit despite a $54-million increase in financing.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTelfer School of Management professor Richard Clayman is set to host Unlocking the Leadership Door, his own show on Rogers TV.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Canadian Medical Hall of Fame will induct six new scientists including Ronald Worton and Adolfo de Bold who have both worked in close collaboration with the University Of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor and Telfer School of Management director Michael Miles said he’s lucky to be alive after crashing a small plane while on a fishing trip with his grandson.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professor Abdulmotaleb El Saddik is pushing the boundaries of haptics, the study of tactile feedback technology, by transmitting the sense of touch over the Internet.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN ORDER TO accommodate the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s upcoming expansion, the Civic Hospital is building a multi-level parking garage, to contain up to 700 new parking spaces, much to the frustration of its neighbours.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity of Ottawa associate psychology professor Daniel Coulombe is helping to bring accessibility to education in Cameroon by providing high schools in the village of Djohong with books, computers, and money.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCAFÉ ALT IS having its “best year so far” and plans are in place to improve its catering service, according to Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) vp finance Dave Eaton.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSupport staff at the University of Ottawa have given their bargaining unit a strike mandate, with 79 per cent in favour.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSFUO executive member Brad Lafortune handed in his resignation Sept. 23 to pursue a master’s program in physiotherapy.
