Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile highlighting a number of different initiatives done on campus that support mental health and wellness, the recently published “Roadmap to Wellness at uOttawa” report states that the university’s direction towards a culture of wellness is unclear to the rest of the community.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring the second town hall on anti-Black racism to take place this academic year, several Black graduate students spoke of the discrimination that they have faced on campus. Similar to the first town hall, many students called on the school to hire more professors of colour.
Reading Time: 12 minutesPresident Jacques Frémont responded to thousands of petitioners demanding the school improve its mental health services after four student deaths last year, and also gave an update on the school’s anti-racism campaigns after two Black students were carded on campus last year.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe president of the University of Ottawa said a Scientology linked anti-psychiatry exhibit on campus that has been widely condemned and protested by students is “outrageous” and “hurtful to many members of the community,” but ruled the school will not be removing the display.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe provincial and federal governments announced on Wednesday that they reached an agreement to jointly fund a French-language university in Toronto, set to welcome students in 2021.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHundreds of people attended a memorial ceremony on Friday for three U of O students who were killed in last week’s plane crash in Iran. Several colleagues, faculty members and friends of the victims spoke before the crowd and honoured the lives of the students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDuring Monday’s Board of Governors meeting, several board members highlighted the school’s inefficiency in creating awareness around mental health resources and services on campus.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, hundreds attended the U of O’s vigil outside of the STEM Complex on Friday. The school was one of 14 in the country to shine a beam of light into the sky to remember the 14 victims, whose names were projected onto the exterior of the building.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“I am saddened to share the news of the death of a member of our student community,” reads an emailed statement from U of O president Jacques Frémont sent on Friday.
Reading Time: 6 minutesA town hall discussion on anti-Black racism on the U of O campus saw more than 30 Black students and staff share discriminatory incidents that they have experienced at the school. Speakers presented a number of different recommendations that the school implement, including hiring more Black professors and changing curriculum.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s administration is now meeting two of the eight student demands outlined in an open letter on campus racism released last month, according to University of Ottawa Students’ Union executives: representation and consultation.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe U of O Press is the university’s academic publishing arm, printing titles on a wide range of academic topics, by professors at the U of O and else
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa unveiled a new statue by David General, a member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, on Oct. 28, celebrating the long and continuing history of the Anishinaabe people on this land.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union marked the official launch of its office space, website, and service centres on Tuesday morning with an event featuring speeches from the university president and the Rideau-Vanier city councillor, along with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith an open letter to president Jacques Frémont, over 100 professors and librarians at the U of O have joined the chorus of voices demanding further action in the wake of the two carding incidents that have taken place on campus in the past four months.
Reading Time: 12 minutesWe’re keeping tabs on the University of Ottawa’s response to the carding of a Black student by Protection Services in June, an incident an independent investigation found to be racial discrimination. Check back for updates as this story progresses.
Reading Time: 5 minutes An independent investigation into the carding and handcuffing of a Black U of O student by Protection Services this summer has found both race and inadequate training played a role in the incident. A second investigation into the broader policies governing campus security is still ongoing.
Reading Time: < 1 minute“Today’s THE rankings clearly demonstrate that our efforts have paid off. Credit goes to our talented researchers, who constantly push the boundaries of knowledge, make breakthrough discoveries and bring forth innovative ideas. ”says president Jacques Frémont.
Reading Time: 13 minutesFrémont discusses the university’s response to allegations of racism and racial profiling levelled at Protection Services, the impacts of the Student Choice Initiative and what’s being done after a string of student deaths in residence last year.
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudents call for more inclusion in the process of developing these measures, widespread unconscious bias training and scrapping of the carding policy altogether.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSixteen student groups on campus signed the open letter to university president Jacques Frémont calling for change
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the second student death to have occurred in less than a month
Reading Time: 11 minutesWe sat down with the U of O president to reflect on the 2019-20 academic year.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo what exactly constitutes an emergency in the U of O’s eyes? Was an erratic driver not enough cause for concern to warrant a warning to students to stay away from the area where the driver was seen, causing pedestrians to run for their lives?
Reading Time: 2 minutesA recent study led by University of Ottawa researcher Dr. Jarius Cross led to a shocking discovery. There was, collectively, zero reading done by U of O students during the winter semester reading week.
