Inadequate negotiations between the University of Ottawa and their full-time professors led to a protest Wednesday, and the possibility of a late November strike.
Isabelle Jay
Two academic staff members of the University of Ottawa, professor Roland Paris, and director of the Information Integrity Lab, Jennifer Irish, reported attempted intimidation from the Chinese embassy in regards to their recent business trip to Taiwan.
Ottawa city councillor Jeff Leiper tabled a motion to bring LRT service from the current 10 minute wait, back to five minutes. This motion will be voted on at the city council meeting on Sept. 18.
Difficulties with certain student cards showing proof of payment on OC Transpo readers were resolved early this morning, reported per the transit systems’ Instagram 6 days after they acknowledged the issues.
For the University of Ottawa students, this adds three locations less than a five minute walk from campus: 210 Laurier Ave., 120 Osgood St., and 287A Somerset St., for their purchase of drinks.
On Friday night the union representing University of Ottawa’s 28 power plant operators concluded day one of their strike, as the university takes precautions for possible repercussions in the coming days- despite negotiations planned to continue Saturday morning.
