Reading Time: 2 minutesCafé Alternatif (otherwise known as Café Alt) served as a popular study space for students on campus in the basement of Simard Hall.
Sam Schroeder
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s executive committee has responded to the resignation of advocacy commissioner Sam Schroeder, who cited concerns over the committee’s appointment of a former Student Federation of the University of Ottawa manager as director of services in his departure letter on Saturday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSam Schroeder has resigned from his role as the advocacy commissioner of the University of Ottawa Students’ Union, citing concerns over the executive committee’s appointment of a former Student Federation of the University of Ottawa manager as director of services.
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Students’ Union hosted a town hall engagement panel on Feb. 27 at the University Centre’s Agora, where the executive committee provided updates on the various initiatives they’ve undertaken and answered questions from students.
Reading Time: 5 minutesStudent life commissioner Jason Seguya highlighted a number of experiences he described as racial discrimination that he and operations commissioner Rony Fotsing have faced from their colleagues while members of the executive committee.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union plans to reopen Café Alt and Pivik in September 2020. The future of 1848 is still uncertain, while the union will not be bringing back the Agora Bookstore.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union considered changing the structure of their five-person executive committee, including adding a presidential position, at a Board of Directors meeting on Sunday, but after over three hours of debate a number of concerns were raised and the decision was pushed to January.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a General Assembly to decide whether an anti-abortion group will be able to access resources and support through the union quickly approaches, the UOSU’s BOD amended the union’s clubs code at their meeting on Sunday.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union has revealed the key dates of its fall byelection. Voting will run from Nov. 6-8, with one spot on the executive committee and nine seats on the Board of Directors up for grabs. An executive candidates debate is set for Nov. 4.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe union also set the date for fall General Assembly and supported promoting a climate crisis protest-strike to be held later this month, but less than five students were in attendance.
Reading Time: 9 minutesSam Schroeder sat down with the Fulcrum to discuss the challenges in establishing the new union, working to reduce student apathy, filling the role of equity commissioner, and whether the UOSU will join the Canadian Federation of Students.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe executive committee and board of directors for the new union were also elected.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe do not need a new student union to make student politics more democratic, transparent, and accountable.
Reading Time: 3 minutes We must resist the urge to scrap the whole organization. The SFUO can and should play a positive role in the lives of students. We can’t allow ourselves to become lazy and decide that the SFUO isn’t worth saving.
