Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the U-Pass and health plan being the two biggest budget lines under the purview of the SFUO, it’s worth asking: should the university administration step in and clean up the mess that their students have made?
Students
Reading Time: 2 minutes“While most institutions see the negative side of everything, we as a university embrace our flaws.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Having students from all over the world means more diversity of thought, cultural exchange, and higher tuition f—I mean academic rigour.”—Jacques Frémont
Reading Time: 2 minutes“My parents graduated summa cum laude from ByTowne Clown College. I guess I have some big shoes to fill.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf nothing else, reading the budget will give you a sense of the scope of the SFUO finances. They may be a student federation, but they are dealing with very significant sums of money.
Reading Time: 3 minutesRovinescu and Johnston both focused on the importance of disruption in the face of the changing working world, and Rovinescu identified the catalyst for the debate question itself—employers believe graduates are not ready for entry level positions, while educational institutions do.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstead of working slowly and piecemeal towards the end goal of free higher education, let’s just skip right to it and give more Canadians the chance to sharpen their minds. In the end, it will be more than worth it for our nation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Ontario provincial government has increased its minimum wage from $11.25 to $11.40, announced on March 18. However the new minimum wage won’t come into effect until Oct. 1.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew Liberal budget promises to make financing post-secondary education easier The Ontario provincial government unveiled their new budget on Feb. 25, and it spelled out some good news for students. One of the main features of the budget is the Ontario Student Grant, which looks to improve the process of financing students from different income …
Reading Time: 3 minutes24-hour dining hall limits access to non-meal plan students While the University of Ottawa isn’t asking students to wear pink on Wednesdays, it is restricting access to its new 24/7 dining hall for students who don’t have a meal plan. “Everyone is welcome—anyone can eat at the Dining Hall: students, professors, staff, even guests,” according …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents voice concerns about grading system online New Year’s has come and gone, and University of Ottawa students are slowly settling into the new year and new semester. However, many students are still waiting on thing from 2015—their grades. A number of U of O students have taken to Twitter to comment on how they …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteU of O students show off their favourite fall ensembles on campus.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“We have 600,000 Francophones in Ontario, and meeting their needs is important,” said Rock. “We’re a major part of responding to those needs, and we’re very proud of that.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesiPolitics (CUP)—With a dismal voter turnout rate, young Canadians get stereotyped as being apathetic towards politics, but new research from Samara Canada busts that myth. The report, released Sept. 9, found Canadians aged 18 to 29 were on average 11 per cent more likely than those 30 and older to be engaged in 18 different …
Reading Time: 2 minutes“It’s encouraging to see that many young Canadians are working hard to save their money, invest in their future, and become financially independent,” said Silvio Stroescu, Managing Director of Deposits and Investments at Tangerine.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe club’s mission is to introduce “a sense of what extra-curricular life is truly like at uOttawa.” said the club’s president, Justin Patrick.
Reading Time: 4 minutesOTTAWA (CUP) — According to Statistics Canada there are more than 2 million Canadians in post-secondary education programs across the country—just below six per cent of the population. The federal budget released on April 21 offered more funding to support students in a number of areas. “The total contributions are $419 million over four years. Students …
Reading Time: 7 minutesHow student media can give young journalists an edge Photo Courtesy: Connect Euranet (CC) Peter Mansbridge has the kind of career that isn’t supposed to exist anymore. In mid-January 2015, at the Canadian University Press’ annual conference, he stood in front of hundreds of student journalists speaking about highlights from his career. He told them …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents of all ages spend a lot of time unwinding after class by playing video games. Kelsey Schmitz, a PhD student at the University of Ottawa, believes these video games have a place inside the classroom as well.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa has announced plans to open their third new residence in 12 months, renovating the Quality Hotel at Rideau Street and King Edward Avenue into a 414-room residence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA study by a University of Ottawa professor suggests that new technological teaching tools can help increase student engagement and classroom focus in large lecture halls at the U of O.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHuawei Technologies, the world’s largest telecoms equipment company, has taken root in Canadian universities with a new program that will bring 20 Canadian students to tour its operations in China.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa police are likely going to be guarding the National War Memorial come spring, according to a police spokesperson.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith warmer temperatures comes melting snow, and University of Ottawa students fear that formerly hidden dog poop may start stinking up their campus and blighting the bottom of their shoes.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Faculty of Art’s Dean talks to the Fulcrum about the value of an arts degree and it’s worth after graduation.
