Reading Time: 2 minutes“We are in a stage of considerable uncertainty” Wilson commented.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article explores a few of the myriad paths you could take after undergrad to explore your writing dreams and perhaps churn out funding for the occasional meal.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe university discussed potential challenges posed by incoming changes to provincial funding. Under the new system, coming into effect next year, about $165 million in funding could be at risk in the 2024-25 academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity will run a $17.4 million deficit while tuition will jump 12 per cent for international students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNSERC’s vision is to provide financial support to students in the hopes of new discoveries and innovative ideas to help advance the fields of science and engineering.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you want to spend money to patch the hole in the ship, don’t simply hand the captain a bag of doubloons and expect the vessel to stay afloat.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow many great works of literature would never have been written because someone decreed that making faster computers was a more worthwhile endeavor?
Reading Time: 2 minutes “Lots of these memes have more policy meaning behind them than meets the eye.”—Good Guy Greg McDoge, meme interpreter.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWomen are affected by domestic violence, but it isn’t enough to support women in general. Targeted funding must be given to the groups of women in Ontario that face the highest barriers to overcoming abuse.
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ll be the first to say, communist radicals should continue to enjoy their right to speak about their ideas, no matter how baneful they are. However, their activities must be on their own dime.
Reading Time: 2 minutesClubs are an integral part of the university experience, and this is why the SFUO cannot settle for poorly managed clubs going forward.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year’s 101 Week will see a number of changes, both in the events themselves as well as the training provided to guides for the week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDue to austerity measures taken by the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) this year, the over 175 clubs on campus will not be receiving any funding from the federation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of working slowly and piecemeal towards the end goal of free higher education, let’s just skip right to it and give more Canadians the chance to sharpen their minds. In the end, it will be more than worth it for our nation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa police are likely going to be guarding the National War Memorial come spring, according to a police spokesperson.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) passed an emergency motion at the latest Board of Administration meeting to provide support for the Odawa homeless drop-in centre at 510 Rideau Street.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe women’s fastball club has struck out on national playoffs this year, not because they didn’t make the cut—but because they can’t afford it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s time to decide if we really belong in Allan Rock’s vision of the U of O—because apparently, I don’t.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Well, we’re paid to make good policy, and I’m happy to say we’re finally earning our salaries,” said Flipflop. “We did the math and realized that the average debt for a student with public and private loans has increased 460 per cent over the past 15 years. We asked ourselves, who is going to pay for boomers’ health care in 15 years?”
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal not-for-profit Old Crows Football Inc.which has doubled as the Carleton football alumni society since 1965, is funding the team. Since the Ravens’ football team disbanded, Old Crows have not just been working to get the team back onto the field, but to turn the Carleton football program into one of the best in the country.
Reading Time: 2 minutesReports show that this institution would cost $50 million to shut down. From an economic point of view, closing it down makes little sense. From a scientific standpoint, we would be losing an invaluable research facility that helped maintain freshwater in Canada and shaped the way the world protects its freshwater supply.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGARY GOODYEAR, MINISTER of state for science and technology, visited the University of Ottawa on March 13 to announce $124.5 million being invested in bringing leading researchers to Canada and building infrastructure for research to foster. This investment funds 136 Canada research chairs across the nation, including a renewal of five chairs at the U …
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlternative loan system would halt student debt crisis THERE IS A fundamental problem with the way our society values education. Canadians have long believed wholeheartedly that an investment in post-secondary education will inevitably lead to significant gains in future income and an improved standard of living. Simple concept, right? Wrong. This perception of the inherent …
Reading Time: 2 minutesGovernment of Ontario reallocates money to fund 30 per cent tuition rebate ELIGIBLE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS were able to receive a 30 per cent tuition rebate from the Government of Ontario on Jan. 5. Funds for the $432-million project were reallocated from other areas of post-secondary education, such as a $42-million funding cut from research grants …
