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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 minutesThe University of Ottawa recently announced that Ottawa has been chosen by the federal government to become the country’s leading authority in medical device commercialization.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA graduate student at the University of Ottawa has a proposal for all those who are afraid to propose.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the last 10 years, Ontario has increased funding to post-secondary education by 83 per cent, but student representatives point out that young people are still struggling to afford it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs students head back to classes this fall, some will be dividing their time between the laptop and the lecture hall in a new push for more blended learning at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOntario schools have selected five programs to specialize in for increased funding from the provincial government.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTeaching assistants have reached a deal with the University of Ottawa after two days of negotiations and almost a year without a collective agreement.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA former University of Ottawa student named John Maguire is under RCMP investigation for a suspected connection with the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), the National Post reports.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Board of Administration (BOA) for the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) met on Sunday, Sept. 24 for their second monthly meeting of this term. Our associate news editor Lindsay Macmillan was there; read below to find out what went down.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa recently announced plans to petition the provincial government to create a satellite campus in Woodstock, Ont.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPrompted by the prevalence of mental health-related issues on campuses, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) released a new report detailing the role of the federal government in treating young adults with mental illnesses.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOnly 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFormer University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt was convicted on June 5 of committing libel against another professor.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteExisting 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 …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 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.
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: 2 minutesTwo students have found the solution to ringing phones in the classroom thanks to the new app Elevate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversity of Ottawa president Allan Rock sat down with the Fulcrum on April 3 to provide updates on this year’s top news stories.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents hoping for a summer U-Pass option will have to wait another year and pay adult fares for public transit services this summer.
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: < 1 minuteThe union representing security staff at Carleton University voted in favour of a deal with the school on March 30.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn 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.
