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.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Canadian Federation of Students and the York Federation of Students took to the halls of Queen’s Park on Friday to celebrate the court ruling quashing the provincial government’s controversial Student Choice Initiative, saying the decision marked “a historic day for students.”
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: 3 minutesTierney said it cost about $120 to degender the bathrooms in the visual arts building, and that was only because they outsourced the sign-making. The university could do it for less, Tierney said, because they can make their own signs on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario’s Divisional Court has unanimously sided with student groups in a legal challenge against the provincial government over the Student Choice Initiative, deeming the policy unlawful, according to the Canadian Federation of Students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe seven University of Ottawa students on exchange in Hong Kong are safe amid escalating violence between protesters and police, the university says. Meanwhile, several universities across the country are urging their students to leave the city.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe union representing support and administrative staff at the U of O says their bargaining unit met with the university administration after 84 per cent of their members voted in favour of a strike mandate last month, but a tentative collective agreement was not reached.
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: 7 minutesThe meeting in the University Centre Alumni Auditorium saw students fire criticism at the union for the recent re-approval of the official club status of an anti-abortion group on campus. The UOSU also made amendments to its constitution.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirefighters extinguished a fire in the U of O’s 90u residence building Sunday night, with no injuries reported. The fire was located in the garbage chute room of the building, said acting district chief Luc Marshall.
Reading Time: 4 minutesEight years after her father was killed by the Taliban for advocating for her right to go to school, Roya Shams fulfilled her and her father’s dream when she graduated from the University of Ottawa on Nov. 1. The 23-year-old now has plans to pursue a master’s degree or enrol in law school.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith a proposed $3.76 billion in spending, the City of Ottawa’s 2020 draft budget looks to improve the city’s troubled transit system by putting $7.5 million toward increasing service reliability while reducing wait times. An additional $15 million has been set aside to build more affordable housing units.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man in his 30s was injured in a hit-and-run that took place at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday at the intersection of Somerset Street East and King Edward Avenue. The man’s injuries are not considered life-threatening and the investigation is ongoing.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ottawa Police Service says a man has died after a stabbing in the ByWard Market on Thursday night.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThirty-one parties are claiming about $1.86 million from the University of Ottawa’s former student union, but its court-appointed receiver PwC estimates the total value of valid claims will be less than $1 million. The creditors range from student organizations and former employees to a landlord and a union, court documents show.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It is with great sadness that I must inform you of the death of a member of our uOttawa community,” reads a statement from the university president.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Board of Directors of the University of Ottawa Students’ Union met on Sunday, where they passed a motion to take a pro-choice stance on abortion. The motion comes in the wake of controversy after an anti-abortion group regained the official club status they had lost under the school’s former student government.
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 minutesThe Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa held a two-day conference, branded “(in)visible: the Lived Realities of Contract Faculty,” this past Friday and Saturday. The conference looked to shed light on the lower wages, job insecurity, and stressful working conditions part-time professors can face.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe UOSU unanimously passed a motion on Sunday at their Board of Directors meeting to take a pro-choice stance on abortion, but they did not make any decisions on the anti-abortion club’s official status or how their pro-choice stance would impact that status.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We want to send a strong message to Doug Ford and his government that some of his policies are not actually policies that are supported by students and workers on campus,” said Anne-Marie Roy, one of the organizers of the protest.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s important to show that we’re here and that Indigenous students don’t have to hide their culture,” says Émilie Gauthier, vice-president internal affairs for the Indigenous Student Association.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA bullet tore through the window of a U of O highrise residence building in the early hours of Sunday morning, hurting no one but sending ripples of panic through the building and sparking confusion over a delayed public response from the university.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInside the pros and cons of the new LRT and service changes to OC Transpo bus routes.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLiberal incumbent Mona Fortier was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier on Monday night in a decisive win, garnering support from about 50 per cent of the riding’s voters. The NDP’s Stephanie Mercier and the Conservative’s Joel Bernard came second and third respectively.
