“Our history is who we are. And if you’re going to talk about academic freedom, you have to incorporate that history within your teachings,” said panellist Dr. Lashley during Friday’s event.
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“We owe it to future generations to do everything we can today to mitigate the effects of climate change while we can still have an impact,” said U of O president Jacques Frémont in a press release.
With the easing of Ontario’s COVID-19 restrictions on Jan. 31, some teams have been able to resume practice and competition, and gyms and recreational facilities are reopening at 50 per cent capacity.
A new integrated health care centre and the hiring of two additional counsellors are examples of the initiatives that have been taken since the President’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness published its report in 2020.
“For health and safety, I still have some misgivings. I am still a bit concerned,” said U of O associate professor Veldon Coburn on the return to campus plan.
“In this period of constant change, I greatly appreciated the generosity of those who took the time to share with us their problems and their experiences at the University,” wrote the U of O’s Ombudsperson in the office’s 11th annual report.
The Board of Directors at Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre “now has a legal obligation to bargain in good faith with the union,” explains press release after anticipated union certification.
A full return to campus life has been delayed until Jan. 31. It is possible it could be further delayed.
“We remain hopeful that the defendants will now engage us in meaningful settlement discussions,” said Sean Brown, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs and a senior partner at Flaherty McCarthy LLP, to the Fulcrum.
“It’ll be my first time living away from home on my own. But all of the exciting parts of that are taken away, because I’m worried about if I’ll find a place,” said second-year student Erin Peter.
“The University is still planning for an increased level of activities on campus coming January 2022, including a return of the vast majority of administrative and support staff,” says the University of Ottawa.
The University of Ottawa joins more than 40 other post-secondary institutions in Canada in the signing of the Scarborough Charter, a nationwide initiative to promote inclusivity in higher learning institutions.
The University of Ottawa’s Food Services has announced it will be ending the dining hall’s takeout program on Dec. 8.
What happened at FNS on Nov. 10, and why karaoke nights have been cancelled until 2022.
Email to U of O community from the office of the registrar says the university is “on track to meet the goal, expressed by many, of returning to a campus.”
The ICUO met to discuss issues with bimodal learning and pitch changes and accommodations that might alleviate issues.
The U of O required the plaintiffs’ counsel to withdraw their request to have notification posted on the University webpage and amend several common issues as conditions for their consent to the certification of the lawsuit.
Five U of O students teamed up to bring eco-friendly and accessible menstrual products to campus — and this is just the beginning.
“At the Centre, we do not want to work for the Black community, we want to work with the Black community,” says Dr. Jude Mary Cénat.
Students can now receive their flu shots at Minto Sports Complex from November through December.
“The Committee is therefore against the exclusion of words, works or ideas in the context of respectful academic presentations and discussions whose educational goal is to promote the dissemination of knowledge,” wrote the Committee on Academic Freedom in its report.
The clinic came to be when PBSC uOttawa reached out to Kind Space to create placements for students to volunteer, says Carling Miller, the executive director of Kind Space. Miller shared with the Fulcrum that the idea for the collaborative clinic “was great because we [Kind Space] didn’t have the capacity before to try and organize putting one together on our own.”
“We’re leading consultations with the student body and with different stakeholders and will relay those comments to HRO. And I would be surprised that this was the last UOSU has to say on this file, given the nature of the document that was presented,” said UOSU president Tim Gulliver.
Employees at the Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre on campus have decided to begin unionization efforts after the centre’s Board of Directors failed to properly address their issues and concerns.
The school in Kitigan Zibi has been in operation since 1980 and awarding high school diplomas since 1985.
