Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is pushing back the deadline for students to drop a course without impacting their transcript (but with no financial reimbursement) by two weeks amid campus closures and the transition to an online semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeing apart from your partner amid the COVID-19 pandemic is going to be tough, there’s no way around it. But here are some things to do that might make it a bit easier.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWith only three days left until the Sunday deadline move out, University of Ottawa students living in residence have expressed concerns that the school’s measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has only added more strain to an already stressful situation.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the remainder of the semester to be completed online as of Wednesday, University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont is urging all students to practice social distancing to help prevent the COVID-19 virus from spreading throughout the community.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter previously only encouraging students to do so, the University of Ottawa says everyone living in residence except for international students and those with “exceptional circumstances” needs to move out by this Sunday at 4 p.m. due to mounting concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has closed all sports and recreational facilities on campus until further notice due to COVID-19 concerns. All sports, fitness, and wellness programs have also been cancelled.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the University of Ottawa prepares to move the semester online on Wednesday due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration hosted an information session for international students on Monday to answer questions during the period of uncertainty.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn an update to the University of Ottawa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday evening, the administration suspended clinical placements for medical and nursing students, effective immediately, and said counselling services will shift online starting Tuesday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a response to the growing concerns of the spread of COVID-19 in Ottawa, the University of Ottawa announced on Monday that all of their library locations would be closed for the day, while most food services on campus will close indefinitely.
Reading Time: 3 minutesEventually, every athlete who represents the University of Ottawa will wear the garnet and grey one bittersweet last time. Wyman, Amalou, Epistola, and Ribarich each reflect on their final game in a Gee-Gees jersey.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe annual Ottawa Women’s March swept through the streets of downtown Ottawa on March 7. Check out some of our favourite photos from the march.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBut the author tried to avoid this narrow viewpoint by weaving Radisson’s story into global histories — Bourrie describes it as his “renegade historian moment,” as he had “always wanted to write history differently” from the compartmentalized texts of other writers.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe candidates for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s general elections have been announced. Over half of the available seats on the Board of Directors will be vacant following the voting period from March 25-27, as well as the executive role of equity commissioner.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in the city continue to grow, the University of Ottawa is offering refunds and urging students in residence to move home early to reduce the strain on campus resources.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStarting Monday, the University of Ottawa Health Services is shifting all family medicine appointments to telephone calls for the next week or so amid growing concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in the city.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA University of Ottawa student was found dead in one of the school’s on-campus residences on Saturday. The death is not linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are tons of options out there for you to get yours without an unwanted *surprise.* How to know if going the route of IUDs is your best bet.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring a public forum promoting inclusion and anti-racism on campus on Thursday, University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont called the June 2019 carding incident of Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce, a Black U of O student, “a good crisis,” drawing backlash from the school community.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“If you are free, your job is to free someone else,” CBC anchor Adrian Harewood told the crowd on Wednesday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the school’s administration announced its decision to cancel classes this Monday and Tuesday and shift the semester online on Wednesday due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union is following suit and will shift its upcoming general elections completely online.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe U of O has cancelled classes and labs on Monday and Tuesday and will move the remainder of the semester to online or distance learning on Wednesday due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The campus remains open and there are still no confirmed cases of the virus in the U of O community
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter announcing the decision to move the rest of the semester online this coming Wednesday, the University of Ottawa is waiving fees for cancelled or postponed events on campus until the end of August if a 10 days’ written notice prior to the event is provided.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAneen Nicholas explained that Unity for Action is a philanthropic club that picks a different charity every year to donate to. The musical is an annual tradition and the club’s biggest fundraiser.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUSports has cancelled the men’s hockey national championships set to take place in Halifax this weekend, due to the spread of COVID-19. The men’s hockey team was scheduled to open their play in the tournament on Friday.
Reading Time: 7 minutes“If you see an opportunity to create something that can be a part of your community, and nobody else is stepping up to fill that role, don’t be afraid to do it yourself, even if you’re not as qualified … just do it as a project and see what happens.” —Manuel Reed, r/geegees moderator
