Reading Time: 3 minutesOn March 29, the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering hosted its third annual Design Day at SITE, where students showcased their passion projects to faculty members, family and friends, and field professionals.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When people don’t see a water bottle in the vending machine, but they want water, they’ll maybe cave and get a pop just because they want the bottle. I think this is a great resource for people who actually just want water.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesStory downplays Winter’s graphic images, negative impact on civilians Last weekend, the Ottawa Citizen ran a story about a man who spent much of his time protesting outside the Morgentaler Clinic on Bank Street. The piece is somewhat framed as an obituary for the man who recently died of cardiac arrest, and shows far too …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis January, the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, common law section has implemented mandatory mandatory sexual assault prevention training for all first-year students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs conversations around sexual assault become more common, having these workshops can serve as a way to further educate and hopefully reduce cases of sexual assault.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is more than a little funny to imagine a grandmother shaking her fists at a bunch of kids, but this is more than just that.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe only way forward is to make zero waste be the universal standard. Make every business be like Nu Grocery. Make every business sustainable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving two official languages, and using them daily, is a skill, a resource that I believe makes our country and institutions stronger by being more open and accessible to all.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a lot to do, but setting up clear rules and structures within the SFUO will go a long way towards improving the organization in general, as well as its work environment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIngenium oversees three museums: the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and Canada Agricultural and Food Museum.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe study concluded that the best way to move forward in criminal justice reform is an appeal to fairness, labelling it a universal human concern.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe demonstrations took place outside 50 stores across the country, including one on Montreal road in Ottawa, to send a message to Restaurant Brands International (RBI), Tim Hortons’ parent company.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Monday, Nov. 27, Navdeep Bains, minister of innovation, science, and economic development announced a new initiative to provide paid internships for post graduate students.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sunday, Dec. 3, MTV aired the holiday special of their hit reality show Keeping Up with the Boardashians, following the antics of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO).
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe first motion detailed caps on SFUO executive salaries, which was met with applause by many in the room, and the second outlined the need for student involvement in course curriculums.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe BOA’s disciplinary committee found that Dorimain had a U-Pass despite not being qualified for one. However, the committee said it was obtained under special circumstances, taken from a group of passes that were not distributed due to errors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gee-Gees women’s soccer team took on the nationally tenth-ranked Queen’s University Golden Gaels on Oct. 8. The Gees held a record of 9–1–3 entering this past weekend, good for second in the Ontario University Athletics East division.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs our country becomes ever-more diverse, we need to pay special attention to how we schedule meetings and events, so that no one is forced to miss out on partaking in meaningful traditions with their loved ones.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThough the Gees lost in heartbreaking fashion, they can rest in the knowledge that they played hard in a gutsy game, and almost came out on top.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn initiative like Team Up Speak Up is a great way for the U of O to help raise awareness of concussions. Concussions are a dangerous health risk to athletes, and it’s important that when an athlete suffers a concussion, they are able to get help right away.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe festival was dominated by major indie folk acts like Father John Misty and Canada’s own Broken Social Scene, while more authentic folk acts included Rodriguez and Fred Penner, but most fell in-between—very coffee shop music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite the heavy rain, the Gee-Gees men’s football team delivered a win to their loyal fans in the team’s home opener on Sept. 4 against the Queen’s University Golden Gaels.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are big changes coming to the U of O’s sports program. As early as next year there should be a crop of new Gee-Gees teams in U Sports competition that students can get excited about.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAccording to la Rotonde editor-in-chief Frédérique Mazerolle, the SFUO members in attendance at their AGM included Hadi Wess, Rizki Rachiq, Axel Gaga, and Vanessa Dorimain.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa recently became the first Canadian university to design and build its own waffle plate, which was unveiled to students for the first time on Friday, March 10 in the University Centre.
