The University of Ottawa Students’ Union says it is developing a strategic plan, outlined in an upcoming report by the advocacy commissioner, for addressing the “mental health crisis” the school is facing in the wake of the fifth student death in the past 10 months.
The Office of the Ombudsperson is looking to increase its student levy in the upcoming University of Ottawa Students’ Union general elections through a referendum. If passed, semesterly fees for the ombudsperson would increase from $1.06 to $1.50 for both full-time and part-time undergraduate students.
Several University of Ottawa students pushed for immediate action on improving the school’s mental health system at a town hall discussion for the faculty of arts on Wednesday, with many asking president Jacques Frémont for concrete next steps on how he plans to address the situation.
Student representatives on the Board of Governors of both the University of Ottawa and Carleton University are seeking a $1 million investment to improve their school’s mental health systems in the wake of the fifth student death in the past 10 months at the U of O.
University of Ottawa president Jacques Frémont acknowledged on Tuesday that the school is facing a mental health ‘crisis’ while responding to the death of a student over the weekend, the fifth in the past 10 months.
Gatineau police are searching for a University of Ottawa student who has been missing since last week, the school confirmed on Tuesday.
“On behalf of the University of Ottawa, I offer my deepest condolences to the student’s family, friends and loved ones,” wrote U of O president Jacques Frémont in a media statement.
Police are still searching for the suspect in a voyeurism investigation in Sandy Hill, where the University of Ottawa is located, with another incident reported this week.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union has announced the details of its upcoming general elections, setting the voting period for March 25-27. Seven executive positions (up from five last election) and 22 seats on the union’s Board of Directors are up for grabs.
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President Jacques Frémont responded to thousands of petitioners demanding the school improve its mental health services after four student deaths last year, and also gave an update on the school’s anti-racism campaigns after two Black students were carded on campus last year.
The University of Ottawa announced on Friday that they will suspend all operations in China after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency due to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The president of the University of Ottawa said a Scientology linked anti-psychiatry exhibit on campus that has been widely condemned and protested by students is “outrageous” and “hurtful to many members of the community,” but ruled the school will not be removing the display.
“We can learn biology isolated in a classroom, but at the end of the day when we go out into the real world, which is so scary, all disciplines are going to be together, and we’re gonna have to figure it out from there.”
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union voted to shift its executive structure at a Board of Directors meeting on Sunday, resurrecting the president position and adding a student services commissioner to its leadership team.
The University of Ottawa has launched a scholarship fund to honour the three students who died in a plane crash near Tehran, Iran earlier this month. The scholarship fund is established in collaboration with the Canadian Science Policy Centre and the U of O will match all donations to the fund up to a maximum total of $100,000.
Most of the Rideau Canal Skateway opened on Wednesday morning, with seven kilometres of ice now stretching from Hartwell Locks at Carleton University to Somerset Street on the edge of the University of Ottawa campus.
The nation’s capital mourned the lives of 63 Canadians and several Ottawa residents who were killed in Wednesday’s plane crash by hosting a vigil at Parliament Hill on Thursday. Hundreds attended the event, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The U of O has given notice of a potential privacy breach impacting 188 people, including elementary and secondary school students who attended a summer program on campus. The breach stems from an incident in late November 2019 when a password-protected laptop was stolen from a university employee’s vehicle.
The University of Ottawa is making ancillary fees students could opt out of in the fall semester under the Student Choice Initiative mandatory again for the winter 2020 semester, following a court ruling last month quashing the provincial policy.
In the wake of four University of Ottawa student deaths in the past eight months, students are pushing the administration to implement concrete changes to its mental health services. A petition with close to 3,000 signatures is asking the university to hire more professionals and implement more training for staff and professors.
The provincial government is looking to appeal last month’s Divisional Court of Ontario ruling striking down the Student Choice Initiative and deeming it unlawful, according to the Globe and Mail.
