Eight years after her father was killed by the Taliban for advocating for her right to go to school, Roya Shams fulfilled her and her father’s dream when she graduated from the University of Ottawa on Nov. 1. The 23-year-old now has plans to pursue a master’s degree or enrol in law school.
With a proposed $3.76 billion in spending, the City of Ottawa’s 2020 draft budget looks to improve the city’s troubled transit system by putting $7.5 million toward increasing service reliability while reducing wait times. An additional $15 million has been set aside to build more affordable housing units.
A man in his 30s was injured in a hit-and-run that took place at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday at the intersection of Somerset Street East and King Edward Avenue. The man’s injuries are not considered life-threatening and the investigation is ongoing.
The Ottawa Police Service says a man has died after a stabbing in the ByWard Market on Thursday night.
Thirty-one parties are claiming about $1.86 million from the University of Ottawa’s former student union, but its court-appointed receiver PwC estimates the total value of valid claims will be less than $1 million. The creditors range from student organizations and former employees to a landlord and a union, court documents show.
“It is with great sadness that I must inform you of the death of a member of our uOttawa community,” reads a statement from the university president.
The Board of Directors of the University of Ottawa Students’ Union met on Sunday, where they passed a motion to take a pro-choice stance on abortion. The motion comes in the wake of controversy after an anti-abortion group regained the official club status they had lost under the school’s former student government.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union marked the official launch of its office space, website, and service centres on Tuesday morning with an event featuring speeches from the university president and the Rideau-Vanier city councillor, along with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Association of Part-Time Professors of the University of Ottawa held a two-day conference, branded “(in)visible: the Lived Realities of Contract Faculty,” this past Friday and Saturday. The conference looked to shed light on the lower wages, job insecurity, and stressful working conditions part-time professors can face.
The UOSU unanimously passed a motion on Sunday at their Board of Directors meeting to take a pro-choice stance on abortion, but they did not make any decisions on the anti-abortion club’s official status or how their pro-choice stance would impact that status.
“We want to send a strong message to Doug Ford and his government that some of his policies are not actually policies that are supported by students and workers on campus,” said Anne-Marie Roy, one of the organizers of the protest.
“It’s important to show that we’re here and that Indigenous students don’t have to hide their culture,” says Émilie Gauthier, vice-president internal affairs for the Indigenous Student Association.
A bullet tore through the window of a U of O highrise residence building in the early hours of Sunday morning, hurting no one but sending ripples of panic through the building and sparking confusion over a delayed public response from the university.
Inside the pros and cons of the new LRT and service changes to OC Transpo bus routes.
Liberal incumbent Mona Fortier was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier on Monday night in a decisive win, garnering support from about 50 per cent of the riding’s voters. The NDP’s Stephanie Mercier and the Conservative’s Joel Bernard came second and third respectively.
“It’s something that maybe they don’t feel like it’s a pressing issue in their lives, but to everyone, it should be,” says U of O student Demetre Kontos.
With an open letter to president Jacques Frémont, over 100 professors and librarians at the U of O have joined the chorus of voices demanding further action in the wake of the two carding incidents that have taken place on campus in the past four months.
The University of Ottawa Muslim Students’ Association is welcoming the third prayer space that was opened on Lees campus three weeks ago, but they say it lacks the accommodations and ease of access students require. They’re also still waiting on an ablution space they were told was in the works four years ago.
Calin and Elaine Rovinescu say the scholarship will support first-generation Canadians or children of immigrants to Canada who want to study at the U of O or the Université de Montréal. The $2-million in funding will be split equally between both institutions.
With a number of large parties taking place across the city on Saturday morning during Panda Game festivities, the Ottawa Police Service had their work cut out for them with thousands of inebriated students out in the streets.
We hit the streets of the U of O campus to ask students what key issues they’re focusing on ahead of the federal vote on Oct. 21. Some common topics included the climate crisis, affordable education, and boosting the Canadian economy.
Alex Trebek’s most recent funding boost to the university brings his total donations to $9.5 million. The money will be used to support the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue.
Student organizations from across campus held a press conference outside Tabaret Hall on Tuesday morning to push for more action from the university after two carding incidents took place on campus in the past four months.
The UOSU, BSLA, OPIRG, CUPE 2626, WISE and 16 student governments say the U of O ‘fails to address systemic racism in a meaningful way’ and calls on U of O president Jacques Frémont to implement eight demands for action.
We’re keeping tabs on the University of Ottawa’s response to the carding of a Black student by Protection Services in June, an incident an independent investigation found to be racial discrimination. Check back for updates as this story progresses.
