Reading Time: 2 minutes The University of Ottawa Students’ Union announced they will be collecting ancillary fees for the 2020 spring/summer semester. A portion of the fees will be used to create a hardship fund for students affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a meme about the LRT to get you over your case of the Mondays!
Reading Time: 2 minutesWork on 10 maintenance projects at the University of Ottawa is set to resume next week. This follows Friday’s announcement from the Government of Ontario that essential construction and maintenance projects on the province’s post-secondary campuses will be permitted to resume their activities starting Monday
Reading Time: 15 minutesIn a year riddled with crises, the attention of university administrations is understandably divided. But as the global COVID-19 pandemic has wracked the student population with isolation and grief, it’s now more important than ever that the university’s efforts to address the mental health crisis are not lost.
Reading Time: 4 minutesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $9 billion in financial support for post-secondary students and recent graduates on Wednesday after thousands across the country said gaps in existing COVID-19 emergency measures meant they were slipping through the cracks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Heart Institute is among the 19 hospitals, long-term care and retirement homes across the city that are reporting outbreaks of COVID-19, according to Ottawa Public Health. As of Monday, two patients at the heart institute had tested positive for the virus and one patient had died.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents taking classes at the U of O during the upcoming online spring/summer semesters will be met with a number of changes to fees and services due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The U-Pass is suspended for the term, while fees for Sports Services and the University Centre are waived.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity of Ottawa students who played in intramural leagues during the winter semester will be eligible for a 15 per cent refund on league fees following the cancellation of all campus sports and recreation on March 17 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Eunioa curatorial text describes the show as capturing “the unbridled talent of a new generation of artists” and that it “will be remembered as the beginning of bright artistic futures.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa’s Sports Services will be separated into three new entities, pending ratification from the administration. If the changes are ratified, the new bodies will be known as Varsity Athletics, Campus Wellness and Recreation, and Sports Facilities.
Reading Time: 4 minutesCampus unions at the University of Ottawa are calling on the administration to waive tuition fees for the upcoming spring and summer semesters after the global COVID-19 pandemic closed many of the school’s services indefinitely and shifted both semesters online, while also posing major financial challenges for students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesPrime Minister Justin Trudeau has temporarily expanded the Canada Summer Jobs Program to employ up to 70,000 more people, but some post-secondary students say that the measure doesn’t go far enough and are continuing to call on the federal government to better support them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThousands across the country are calling on the federal government to expand eligibility for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit after many post-secondary students and recent graduates said the COVID-19 pandemic relief fund leaves them behind.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAre you getting tired of endlessly scrolling through Netflix only to end up watching a movie you’ve already seen 10 times? Looking for something to watch while self isolating? Something to watch you can recommend to friends later? You’ve come to the right article.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs hospitals brace for an expected surge of COVID-19 patients and concerns around a shortage of personal protective equipment grow, University of Ottawa engineers are pumping out plastic face shields for frontline health-care workers at the Richard L’Abbé Makerspace lab on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe faculties of medicine, health sciences, engineering, and science at the University of Ottawa have shipped 252 boxes of donated supplies to local hospitals to help them treat COVID-19 patients. Over 110 small businesses and 70 organizations also pitched in.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Ottawa man is facing a voyeurism charge after he allegedly climbed a balcony and looked into the window of a Sandy Hill apartment near the University of Ottawa on Thursday morning.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe University of Ottawa and former players on the Gee-Gees men’s hockey team have settled a class-action lawsuit, the administration announced Monday evening. The settlement was approved by the Ontario Superior Court on Friday.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the U of O men’s hockey team, the 2019-20 season was about finishing what they started. The Gee-Gees fought through the playoffs, playing in a historic Queen’s Cup game before heading to Halifax for the USports national championship tournament. Unfortunately, the Gees were unable to hit the ice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAround 65 people will move into the building on King Edward Avenue on Monday after a request was made by the City of Ottawa. The building was not in use when the city made its request, according to the university.
Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery academic year, the Fulcrum hands out the Cavalry Awards for the best that the U of O’s Sports Services has to offer. This year saw some inspiring individual performances from a number of Gee-Gees. Here’s who collected the virtual hardware.
Reading Time: 8 minutesWe look back at the women’s soccer team’s historic win in China, the Tramayne Stephen touchdown that changed the Panda Game, the women’s hockey teams’ record-breaking win streak, and Calvin Epistola’s heroic free throws that helped win the Capital Hoops Classic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBabacar Faye will be the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s first president, according to the results of the union’s general elections released on Friday night. Eight students were also elected to the union’s Board of Directors, and the referendum to increase funding for the Office of the Ombudsperson failed to pass.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMany tenants say they cannot afford to pay April’s rent due to lay-offs and other financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why the Herongate Tenant Coalition is organizing a rent strike for the month of April.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCOVID-19 social distancing is important — but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your sex life (if you do so safely). Some humble suggestions on how to do both.
