Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the economy has recovered significantly since the 2008 recession, the youth unemployment rate in Canada in January was 12.8 per cent, double that of the 6.6 per cent national average.
Ottawa entrepreneurs, Dylan Hunt and Nick Evans decided to take matters into their own hands, by creating a website that would show job hunters more opportunities and employers more applicants.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa man makes first court appearance on terrorism charges A 25-year-old Ottawa man appeared in court facing terrorism charges Feb. 4 after police put out arrest warrants for three local men accused of terrorism-related offences. Awso Peshdary is charged with conspiracy to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization and facilitating the activities of …
Reading Time: 2 minutesU-Pass fees will go up in September as the City of Ottawa approved the continuation of the universal transit program for the 2015–16 academic year and beyond. Students will pay $192.70 a semester starting in the fall, as opposed to the $188 they paid this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBoth the ABC and Here for Us slates running in the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) general elections are appealing the elections director’s decision to penalize them because of spelling issues on their campaign material.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers of various federated bodies are fuming after Ikram Hamoud, vice-president social of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO), skipped out on the latest social roundtable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Muslim Students Association (UOMSA) has won a small victory in a fight to acquire more religious space on campus.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCampus is plastered in posters and social media is buzzing with activity. It’s student election season at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPoliticians will have to hope for the best but expect the worst when it comes to voter turnout among post-secondary students in Canada, according to a panel of experts on Canadian politics.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Racialized Student Centre could become the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) 13th service—and the second new one this year—pending the result of a referendum during the SFUO general election.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWork on the recommendations from the Task Force on Respect and Equality will start before the end of this school year, the University of Ottawa announced Thursday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is refusing to release two investigative reports into the events surrounding the suspension of the men’s hockey team, admitting that the documents were prepared as part of a pre-emptive legal defence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDissatisfaction with the vice-president social of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa has snowballed following a lackluster Winter Challenge, and the cancellation of the annual snow fort building contest.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt might just be OK to cite Wikipedia in your next paper.
Former University of Ottawa professor was recently named the first honorary Wikipedian at the University of Victoria.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmerican stuntman “Mad” Mike Hughes is bringing his daredevil stunts to Canada as he seeks to propel himself in a homemade steam-powered rocket across the St. Lawrence River.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLogan Turner is escaping the ‘historic’ winter storms that are set to pound eastern North America, as he prepares for a trade mission in South America.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRumours of a potential code of conduct have sprung up this past year at the University of Ottawa, but the latest report from the university’s ombudsperson has revealed the university has already administered academic sanctions for non-academic offences.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa announced on Jan. 16 that the men’s hockey team will be suspended for the 2015–16 season.
Reading Time: 3 minutesBoth the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) and the Residents’ Association of the University of Ottawa (RAUO) have voiced their opposition to the mandatory meal plans as a means of paying for renovations.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers from the University of Ottawa have collaborated on a study published in the scientific journal Nature that looked at how an English breed of bird forms traditions, cultures, and interacts socially.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy analyzing tweets from six major Canadian cities—Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, and Halifax—researchers determined moods in each city relative to each other.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn response to the growing use of casual sex terminology in sexuality studies, a recent study from the University of Ottawa looks to identify strict definitions for the terms that are loosely used when we talk about hooking up.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUniversity of Ottawa professors Donald McRae and Caroline Andrew joined the ranks of the more than 6,000 people who have been inducted to the Order of Canada, when the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, announced 95 new appointees at the end of 2014.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA pro-ISIS Twitter account says John Maguire, a former University of Ottawa student who joined ISIS and appeared in a propaganda video in December, is dead.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe president of Dalhousie University announced Jan. 9 that the 13 dentistry students that were members of a Facebook group in which some posted misogynistic and sexually explicit comments have been barred from attending regular classes.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa police released video footage of 27-year-old Navid Nasir who has been missing since Dec. 4.
