international students Archives

U of O adjusting tuition fee exemption program for global Francophone students

2021/02/14, 7:53 pm

“The diversity that we’re given by the global Francophone community is integral and I think that we’re jeopardizing that by putting up more barriers to international students.” said Tim Gulliver, the UOSU’s advocacy commissioner.

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Rising debt, no food, and midnight classes: Reality for international students during COVID-19

Mayson Maharaj

2020/10/19, 12:50 am

After his parents lost their jobs, international student Ashwath Param was left on his own to pay his high tuition and rent fees. With little job experience, he struggled to make any sufficient income and for two months straight, the only meals he could afford were instant ramen noodles, which he could only eat once every other day.

COVID-19: U of O offering online summer courses, emergency fund for students

Aaron Hemens

2020/03/24, 7:21 pm

The University of Ottawa announced on Tuesday that 2020 spring and summer courses will still be offered, but will be carried out online via distance learning, due to the spread of COVID-19. They also revealed that a special emergency fund has been developed that students can access for financial support due to the pandemic.

We’re ‘the cash cows’: International students feel the sting of tuition hike

Matt Gergyek

2019/06/25, 2:14 pm

Tuition for international students at the University of Ottawa will rise by 12 per cent in the fall semester, meaning students could pay anywhere from $3,305 to $5,925 more a year

What to expect from the May Board of Governors meeting

Matt Gergyek

2019/05/25, 8:09 pm

The meeting will be held on May 27 in Tabaret Hall’s Senate Chamber

Are the current access to education programs for non-status immigrants effective?

Savannah Awde

2018/01/28, 8:08 pm

But if universities want to wear the badge of assisting non-status immigrants, they must consider the very real barriers that their advertised benefits may pose.

Canadian universities welcome international students with open wallets

Eric Davidson

2017/03/08, 2:10 pm

“Having students from all over the world means more diversity of thought, cultural exchange, and higher tuition f—I mean academic rigour.”—Jacques Frémont

SFUO reform needs to be more than just an international student seat

Nicholas Robinson

2017/01/24, 4:30 pm

Adding 10 extra faculty seats to the BOA would bring down our ratio to about 1,000 students per rep—not only giving students more representation, but giving students more chances to get involved.

Ready, set, whoa: A Gee-Gee’s guide to the U.K. (chapter five)

David Campion-Smith

2017/01/18, 5:28 pm

The hardest part about being back in Ottawa is just moving on. It feels like things were on pause here while I was gone and now I have to pick everything back up where I left off.

New double-degree program introduced with Belgian university

Zainab Al-Mehdar

2016/11/29, 2:00 pm

On Nov. 18 the University of Ottawa hosted a delegation from Belgium’s Université catholique de Louvain, where the two schools officially introduced a new master’s double-degree in criminology.