Only 11 months after developing a project for an Ottawa entrepreneurship competition, a team of U of O students led by Kathleen Kemp are watching their business take over the city’s streets.
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Members of the University of Ottawa’s men’s hockey team will be allowed to play for another school while the Gee-Gees team is suspended, Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) has ruled.
Former University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt was convicted on June 5 of committing libel against another professor.
Existing building to become 400-space off-campus residence Photo by Sabrina Nemis The University of Ottawa is looking to turn an existing building at Rideau and Friel Streets into a space for 400 more student beds by September. The university is entering a lease on the eight-storey building at 240 Friel St. with the intention to …
The term’s last meeting of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) Board of Administration (BOA) was cut short when it lost quorum.
Three 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.
Two students have found the solution to ringing phones in the classroom thanks to the new app Elevate.
University of Ottawa student Mohammad Mohsen Badv and a group of eight other students came together to create the new website Croomer, a tool they hope will make the entrepreneurial experience a little bit easier, and a lot more successful.
University of Ottawa president Allan Rock sat down with the Fulcrum on April 3 to provide updates on this year’s top news stories.
Students hoping for a summer U-Pass option will have to wait another year and pay adult fares for public transit services this summer.
City 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.
The union representing security staff at Carleton University voted in favour of a deal with the school on March 30.
An international student and Senate representative at the University of Ottawa says a bus driver called him an “asshole” and accused him of “cheating” the OC Transpo system despite evidence of his U-Pass.
The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) will meet on April 10 and April 24 to determine whether accreditation from a B.C. law school, which prohibits the enrolment of LGBTQ+ students, will be accepted in Ontario.
Clapping, chanting, and a vuvuzela interrupted University of Ottawa professor Janice Fiamengo and her speech on “men’s issues and feminism’s double standards” on March 28, causing a loud feud between participants and protestors.
Students set up camp March 18–20 to hold a mock refugee campus and raise awareness for the Student Refugee Program.
Civil law students at the University of Ottawa held a funeral procession March 25 from Fauteux Hall to U of O president Allan Rock’s office to mourn the “death of the civil law program for the middle class.”
For two years, Alexandre Nanoff and Nathan Boivin have attempted to investigate the University of Ottawa’s private donation practices. Nanoff and Boivin, both undergraduate students at the U of O, filed a Freedom of Information request and subsequently wrote their own report on the difficulties they faced trying to obtain information about the university’s policies.
A 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.”
Several students were confused as to whether their votes were counted during the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections.
Café Nostalgica regained its liquor licence March 5 after a five-month dry run.
The shuttle bus service between Carleton University and the University of Ottawa will conclude by the end of April. The current program, managed by both schools, allows students and professors from either university to travel to and from using only university identification as fare.
The university administration and the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) have each created a task force to promote respect and equality on campus.
Security staff at Carleton University moved to strike early Monday, March 10 and have set up picket lines at Bronson and University Avenues.
Sandy 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.
