Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
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Reading Time: 4 minutesClapping, 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents set up camp March 18–20 to hold a mock refugee campus and raise awareness for the Student Refugee Program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCivil 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.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA 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.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesSeveral students were confused as to whether their votes were counted during the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCafé Nostalgica regained its liquor licence March 5 after a five-month dry run.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSecurity staff at Carleton University moved to strike early Monday, March 10 and have set up picket lines at Bronson and University Avenues.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSandy 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesComplaints about the lack of space on campus are a recurring issue, so the University of Ottawa administration has enlisted the help of Urban Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in campus design. The partnership, which began one year ago, aims to design and launch a comprehensive 2015 master plan for the university.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents at the University of Ottawa launched a campaign to have Sabra hummus banned from campus because of its alleged connection with the Israel Apartheid.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is now the proud owner of a $5-million accelerated mass spectrometer (AMS) located in the Advanced Research Complex (ARC). The AMS, the only one in Canada and one of a handful in North America, required specific technicians for its assembly and a crane to move its eight-ton magnet.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo student federation board members were accused of participating in a conversation that included comments about the sexual assault of their president in a motion presented at the end of reading week.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThings aren’t looking much better for the University of Ottawa’s journalism program.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Liberty Society erected a wall of free speech Feb. 5–6 in response to the U of O’s failing grade on a free expression index released in October. The wall was intended to be an exercise in free speech for all students, but was covered with remarks from the Revolutionary Student Movement (RSM), formerly called the Marxist Students’ Association.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) and the Carleton University Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) have joined together to lobby City Hall to bring a safe injection site to Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLocal organization Jer’s Vision hosted a panel discussion Feb. 7 at the Arts Court Theatre with the intent of opening up a dialogue about Russia’s gay propaganda laws with members of the local LGBTQ+ community. The event, titled “Speaking out on Sochi,” featured speakers to discuss the new anti-LGBTQ+ law within the context of the ongoing Winter Olympics.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) elections raised a number of talking points among candidates as one slate was penalized, another raised some concern about vacation use, and the General Assembly (GA) referendum took on more forceful opposition.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn arbitrator has ruled against former professor Denis Rancourt’s bid to reclaim his job at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa will offer a master’s in bilingualism studies program beginning in September 2014, in an effort to promote the bilingual and Francophone presence on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTabaret Hall’s construction was completed to reveal a new student lounge on Jan 20. Separated into three rooms on the first floor, the space seats close to 150 students and comes equipped with fireplaces, microwaves, sofas, chairs, and counters with plugs for laptops.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa Health Services has cut its two on-staff psychologists in what it has called a “reorganization” of mental health services offered by the university.
