Reading Time: 3 minutesA Black student says he was carded and then handcuffed by campus security on a busy street for over two hours for not having identification, spurring widespread accusations of racism, racial profiling and harassment
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Reading Time: 5 minutesTwo new programs are on the horizon, while the senate will discuss a student satisfaction survey
Reading Time: 6 minutesLeslie Weir, the University of Ottawa’s former university librarian, has been appointed as the next librarian archivist of Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 44th U.S. president talked Canada-U.S. relations, digital tech, and science and facts over fear
Reading Time: 3 minutesA computer science student won an Apple scholarship to attend the company’s annual keynote conference expense free (save his flights)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe agreement will now be presented to group of OLBI part-time professors for ratification
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe CFS says the province lacked the authority to implement the policy and acted with improper purpose in doing so
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity will run a $17.4 million deficit while tuition will jump 12 per cent for international students.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNelson Street closed between Somerset and Templeton streets, OC Transpo Route 16 on detour.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe ceremony takes place at the Shaw Centre just off campus. Photo: Scott Robertson.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe meeting will be held on May 27 in Tabaret Hall’s Senate Chamber
Reading Time: 2 minutesGroup of part-time professors in the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute is asking for pay increases, job security and benefits.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe annual festival runs from Sept. 12-15 in Lansdowne Park
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the second student death to have occurred in less than a month
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStrike would impact part-time professors in the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA homecoming for Lucie Thibault, who graduated from the U of O and later taught at the university
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCannabis can only be consumed in tobacco smoking areas.
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe incidence rate for shingles has been increasing among many age groups, but experts aren’t exactly sure why.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMelissa Lyons, a graduate from the U of O’s teachers’ college and now a local teacher, pens an open letter to Premier Doug Ford in light of recent announcements of cuts to education.
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe sat down with the U of O president to reflect on the 2019-20 academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“This is why I wanted to develop software, to help people achieve something. It sounds cliché, it sounds like the Silicon Valley ‘Make the world a better place,’ but that’s true, that’s exactly what I wanted to do, which is make tools that help people live and work better.”—Jerry Fengwei Zhang, fourth-year software engineering student and Developer 30 Under 30 winner.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe fire started at around 11:30 a.m. at Vittoria Trattoria Restaurant on William Street.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe provincial government released the 2019 budget laying out Ford’s full spending plan on April 11, including significant changes to how post-secondary institutions are funded and affirming previously announced tuition cuts, changes to OSAP and the Student Choice Initiative (SCI).
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa administration has signed an official agreement with the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU), recognizing them as “the only student association authorized to represent all undergraduate students.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) sent out their final newsletter on April 10, alerting students that their doors have officially closed, and bidding students farewell.
