Reading Time: 3 minutesA report by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) suggests that universities are doing a very poor job of assessing the most basic skills of their graduates.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ottawa municipal election candidates met for a public debate on Sept. 23. Here is a live-tweet play-by-play of what was said.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCarleton students and faculty are hosting a panel in response to the “Fuck Safe Space” Today from 12 to 2 pm. The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) and faculty members are hosting Building Safe(r) Spaces in the River Building Atrium at Carleton University.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStaff reporter Spencer Murdock was at the Sept. 21 BOA meeting where arts representative James Daniels resigned — here is his live-tweet of the meeting.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhil Chiasson encountered his first 3D printer while working at the University of Ottawa’s Bike Co-op. Not much later, his curiosity has led him to answer the environmental question of the modern machine.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) lost two court cases against the Rassemblement des associations étudiantes (RAE) and McGill PhD student Ge Sa on Sept. 5 and Sept. 9 respectively.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations (FNBFA) is likely to pursue court action against the University of New Brunswick, despite the university’s release of president Eddy Campbell’s 2009 and 2014 employment contracts.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers from the University of Ottawa have made an astounding discovery about your morning brew.
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: 3 minutesA recent proposal to implement landlord licensing in Ottawa has people torn on whether it will make it easier or harder to find affordable housing, especially for students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 15, the university unveiled a new branding campaign, with the mobilizing slogan “defy the conventional,” aimed at getting people screaming.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOf the more than 4,000 international students that will be studying at the U of O this year, more than 320 of them are registered in French programs. Last year, there were only 97.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter a CBC article uncovered that a former Thompson Rivers University student had apparently gone to fight with terror group ISIS, a professor is asking why it happened and what can be done to stop it from happening again.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute have made a major breakthrough in the study of heart attacks.
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 minutesAs frosh week draws to a close, officials from Carleton University are investigating T-shirts worn by some student leaders that have sent mixed messages and angered many in the Ottawa community.
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 minutesA City of Ottawa development committee has recommended that council approve plans for a new $100 million arts complex, part of which will be used by the University of Ottawa’s theatre department.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlexandre Touchette, a former member of the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team is reportedly playing in France in hopes of salvaging his career.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResidents of Sandy Hill were on high alert after a gunman was arrested in the 500 block of Chapel Street on Aug. 31.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLopez was arrested in the early morning hours of Aug. 29 as a result of a month-long undercover investigation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer men’s hockey coach Real Paiement has signed a two-year coaching contract in France.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) unanimously voted to boycott Israel at their latest general meeting following ongoing conflicts in the region.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fish available at your local pet store may hold the secret to how water-based vertebrates were able to climb onto land and evolve into the species—including humans—we know today.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the summer months workers have been busy revitalizing the iconic Grande-Allée in front of Tabaret Hall—until work was halted in late August following a striking discovery.
