Reading Time: 3 minutesWithout the archived minutes and streams publicly available online, those who are unable to attend are left unaware of what occurs during the meeting.
transparency
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe most important area that the administration has to improve on in terms of transparency is in their budgetary process, and how much input student representatives have on the Board of Governors.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s long past time to say it clearly and loudly: the SFUO needs radical reform, and it needs it now.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Jan. 26, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) held their third Board of Administration (BOA) meeting of the month, where Faculty of Social Sciences representative Tony Bui raised some “serious concerns” about the upcoming general election.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe comptroller’s position takes its strength from the idea of balance. If the problem is part of the board, then the comptroller can expose it. If the problem is the comptroller, then the board as a whole can see through it.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis statement comes in the wake of Steven Galloway’s first public statement since he was fired by the university, in which it is said that the only substantiated complaint of a sexual nature had to do with a two-year, extra-marital affair.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe BOA should pass the proposed motion and therefore approve that a review of the relationship between the SFUO and CFS is launched. This would ensure that we can gain information to see whether or not we are getting the best quality of services and resources from the CFS.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the most popular suggestions was to increase the student government’s transparency. To prove that the executives take all suggestions seriously, the federation has made it mandatory for all SFUO members to be physically transparent.
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: 4 minutesThe most recent Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) Board of Administration (BOA) meeting focused on the SFUO’s financial situation for the 2016-17 year.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe latest Board of Administration (BOA) meeting was held on Aug. 16, and saw discussion on 101 Week updates, the budget for the year, along with a report by the comptroller general.
Reading Time: 2 minutesErnest Côté, a World War Two veteran who helped plan the Normandy landing, has died at age 101.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA third-year political administration student at the University of Ottawa has generated a lot of buzz in her campaign to make federal budgets more transparent.
