Reading Time: 2 minutesChildren from Sandy Hill got a special treat when they visited the new student residence at 240 Friel St. this Halloween.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes“The Learning Centre will provide much-needed state of the art classroom facilities and attractive study spaces to our growing and ever-evolving student population,” said Rachel Ouellette, chief of staff of the office of the vice-president academic and provost. The new study spaces will seat more than 800 students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA group of six University of Ottawa engineering students have returned from a prize-winning bout at the Valeo Innovation Challenge in Paris, where they showed off their designs for a hybrid vehicle.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGroups on campus hope an upcoming lecture by jes sachse, a Toronto-based disability artist and activist, will bring about a push for greater accessibility at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) first general assembly (GA) is slated for Nov. 17, after a year of campaigning.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe student-run emergency response team at the University of Ottawa has called for a referendum in hopes of becoming the next official service of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSFUO president Anne-Marie Roy had a Twitter conversation with Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, who is running for re-election in the upcoming Oct. 27 mayoral elections. Roy expressed her disappointment that student issues were not adequately discussed at mayoral debates, to which Watson responded by saying it was not his fault the SFUO did not organize a debate on campus, but that he did debate at Carleton University.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 2014 municipal election ballot will list eight names—a much smaller ballot than in 2010, when 20 candidates were vying for the post of Mayor of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMuslims across the world will soon be celebrating Eid-al-dha, one of the major holidays of the Islamic calendar, but Muslim students at the University of Ottawa are frustrated by a lack of prayer rooms on campus.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSolutions to the ongoing dearth of student housing on and near the U of O campus will be at the forefront of the election as several candidates intend to pursue a housing strategy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe launch of a new program within the Centre for Continuing Education has prompted a discussion about transparency at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 26-year-old Carleton student has been banned from all post-secondary campuses after being charged with three counts of sexual assault.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic plans to develop and provide family law services with the help of part of a $2-million provincial investment in university law clinics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal tech startups will have an opportunity to meet with global investors, advisors, and panellists at a business networking event to be held at Algonquin College.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario schools have selected five programs to specialize in for increased funding from the provincial government.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThree young Ottawa entrepreneurs have released a “geo-social playground” app that makes sharing people’s opinions and advice easier. The app is called Notewalk and uses the map program on the user’s device to allow anyone to leave digital notes that can be viewed by other users.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCity council rejected a proposal by developer Viner Assets to build a 180-unit student residence in Sandy Hill at the intersection of Laurier Avenue and Friel Street in a 14–9 vote on March 26.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents set up camp March 18–20 to hold a mock refugee campus and raise awareness for the Student Refugee Program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA former University of Ottawa student says she can trigger out-of-body experiences at will. The 24-year-old psychology grad approached her professor after a lecture on the phenomenon in 2012, claiming it was a regular experience for her and that she “thought everybody could do that.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCafé Nostalgica regained its liquor licence March 5 after a five-month dry run.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSandy Hill residents are worried about the influx of students and the removal of five heritage sites in the neighbourhood now that a proposal for a nine-storey development and future student residence was approved by the city’s planning committee on Feb. 25.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) has had difficulties replacing the volunteer coordinator and philanthropic coordinator after both members left their positions at the beginning of September.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA former University of Ottawa student was killed in a car accident at Bathgate Drive and Montreal Road on Nov. 17.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA professor at the University of Ottawa has made a presence in the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the interests of Francophone and Acadian communities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMontfort Hospital has appointed a new scientific director and received a Group A teaching designation, strengthening its ties with the University of Ottawa and springing it forward in its teaching and research possibilities.
