Referendum Questions

hack the hill

Reading Time: 14 minutesThis past UOSU election season, U of O-based club, Hack the Hill, proposed a referendum question by asking engineering students to fund their activities. Students voted overwhelmingly against the proposal — and previous grievances with the club were brought to light.

UOSU logo on a clear office window

Reading Time: 3 minutes2,482 undergraduate students voted in the elections; a turnout rate of 6.74 per cent. This is notably a point lower than the turnout for the most recent by-election which had 2,999 ballots cast for a 7.7 per cent turn out — the highest by-election turnout in UOSU’s brief history.

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis approaching by-election includes nine referendum questions, one being whether or not the Student Union should open a bar. Lukas Redmond shares his thoughts on the Pub Levy referendum question he brought.

Reading Time: 3 minutesVoting for the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO)’s fall 2017 by-election takes place Oct. 17-19 beginning at 9:30 a.m. Here’s everything you’ll need to know about the candidates and referendum questions on the ballots.