Email to U of O community from the office of the registrar says the university is “on track to meet the goal, expressed by many, of returning to a campus.”
Bridget Coady
The ICUO met to discuss issues with bimodal learning and pitch changes and accommodations that might alleviate issues.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union held its Fall General Assembly virtually on Monday night. The meeting adjourned just before midnight, giving the FGA a run time of under five hours, a noted improvement from last year’s seven hour meeting.
The co-presidents of HanVoice’s University of Ottawa chapter, Jinee Lee and Matthew Min, sat down with the Fulcrum to discuss how the pilot project will steer the club’s work in the coming months.
“The salary adjustment would bring the executive salary from around $31,000 to about $34,000 on the condition executives complete several accountability goals throughout the year, like monthly reports and timesheets. This is not a drastic increase,” said the student union’s president Tim Gulliver.
Despite efforts, turnout remained low for this by-election, with Sana Almansour receiving just 1,278 votes out of a possible 36,855 voting members. Chloe Bergeron and Harneet Cheema were each only eligible to be voted in by members of the faculty they were vying to represent.
The University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute released false data which was quickly picked up by vaccine hesitant groups to validate false beliefs that the COVID-19 vaccines are highly deadly.
A lack of candidates means that the three candidates running in the UOSU by-election will seek a vote of approval from their peers… Harneet Cheema, Chloe Bergeron and Sana Almansour are running for University Senate, UOSU BOD and UOSU equity commissioner respectively.
The FGA is UOSU members’ (all undergraduate students) opportunity to have their say in the stances on policies that the union adopts. The event will be held over zoom, as was the case for last year’s FGA which lasted for 7 hours, adjourning at 2 a.m.
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its 2022 ranking of universities with the University of Ottawa in the 230th spot. The positioning is 49 positions above the university’s 2021 rankings of 279.
The UOSU called a by-election on Sept. 12 for an Oct. 12-14 voting period. The by-election will seek to fill vacant positions on the University Senate as well as UOSU’s Board of Directors (BOD) and Executive Committee. The seats remain vacant due to a lack of candidates in the general election held in March of 2021.
Despite a reputation for apathy towards elections, many young people have gotten involved in the upcoming federal election.
For the 2021 election cycle, the Fulcrum is interviewing the four major parties candidates in Ottawa-Vanier. Here is our interview with the NDP’s Lyse-Pascale Inamuco.
When I step into the voting booth to pick between the leaders I saw at the federal debate I will invoke some of the few words of the night that truly resonated with me. “Oh shoot,” by Marek McLeod.
Department is looking for teams and individuals to submit original ideas on how to redefine and modernize patients’ experience for the clinic of the future.
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I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to work with during the pandemic.
The University of Ottawa Student Union published its 2021 General Election results in the evening of March 27. Current advocacy commissioner, Tim Gulliver was elected the union’s second-ever president in an undisputed race.
With the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of social science seats on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
With the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of engineering seat on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
Ottawa city council’s approved boundary change is being criticized for not taking all factors into consideration.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) hosted a town hall on March 4 in part to address questions about the union’s upcoming election and encourage students to run for positions in student government.
At the faculty of engineering, out of 132 professors there are only 31 women — a mere 23.5 per cent of the faculty’s professors. The Fulcrum reached out to all of them to speak about their experience in one of the most male-dominated fields at the University of Ottawa.
With the exception of those in grey zones, many campuses in Ontario will have the opportunity to open more fully to their students and staff.
The University of Victoria (UVic) announced on Feb. 2 that it would be moving its capital fund into fossil free investments. The announcement is being heralded as a victory for the divestment movement.
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