Around 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.
Matt Gergyek
The University of Ottawa announced on Thursday that in-person spring 2020 convocation ceremonies — which are scheduled to take place from June 7-10 — have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down all but eight buildings on University of Ottawa campuses. The University Centre, Colonel By Hall, 100 Marie-Curie, SITE, the STEM Complex, Roger Guindon Hall, Vanier Hall, and the Social Sciences Building remain open as of Thursday.
Following similar measures from the U of O’s faculties of engineering, social sciences, and arts, the Telfer School of Management will allow both undergraduate and graduate students to choose between a satisfactory/not satisfactory mark or a typical alphanumeric grade for winter semester courses.
After the faculties of social sciences and engineering at the University of Ottawa both implemented similar measures, the faculty of arts will give undergraduate students the choice, after receiving their final course mark, of having ‘satisfactory’ or ‘not satisfactory’ appear on their transcript rather than an alphanumeric grade.
The faculty of engineering at the University of Ottawa will give students the choice, after receiving their final course mark, of having ‘satisfactory’ or ‘not satisfactory’ appear on their transcript rather than an alphanumeric grade, the vice-dean (governance) announced in an email to students on Monday afternoon.
A candidate looking to become the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s next advocacy commissioner and the sole student life commissioner candidate have both been disqualified from the general elections. Both candidates deny the allegations in the CEO’s ruling and are appealing the decision.
As concerns around the COVID-19 pandemic continue to grow and final exams approach, the University of Ottawa has launched a self-declaration form for students to request academic accommodations.
The executive committee of the University of Ottawa’s faculty of engineering is recommending students be given the option, after receiving their final course mark, of having ‘satisfactory’ or ‘not satisfactory’ appear on their transcript rather than an alphanumeric grade, pending approval from the faculty council.
The faculty of arts at the University of Ottawa is closing buildings to students by this Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with some already locked earlier this week. If necessary, staff and professors will be able to continue to access some of the buildings.
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