Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite efforts, turnout remained low for this by-election, with Sana Almansour receiving just 1,278 votes out of a possible 36,855 voting members. Chloe Bergeron and Harneet Cheema were each only eligible to be voted in by members of the faculty they were vying to represent.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn short, pseudoscience is presented like science, but lacks the same rigour that science undergoes. As a result, it makes the two extremely difficult to discern.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith rumours of a potential code of conduct in late 2014/early 2015, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) was gearing up for a fight.
Reading Time: 3 minutes “I had a project where I was working in northern Canada. Those areas had beautiful northern lights, where the green and red colours filled the entire sky,” said the U of O researcher in an interview.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversities are already riddled with institutional barriers given their entry price — textbooks only exacerbate this issue.
Reading Time: 9 minutes“We’re leading consultations with the student body and with different stakeholders and will relay those comments to HRO. And I would be surprised that this was the last UOSU has to say on this file, given the nature of the document that was presented,” said UOSU president Tim Gulliver.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Perfectionism is a maladaptive personality trait: it’s associated with anxiety and depression, and other things like academic burnout,” said U of O professor Tracy Vaillancourt.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute released false data which was quickly picked up by vaccine hesitant groups to validate false beliefs that the COVID-19 vaccines are highly deadly.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAfter helping the program grow from the Scholars League to a competitive RSEQ team, seniors reminisce on the program’s impact on them and what they are leaving behind
Reading Time: 5 minutesEmployees at the Garderie Bernadette Child Care Centre on campus have decided to begin unionization efforts after the centre’s Board of Directors failed to properly address their issues and concerns.
Reading Time: 2 minutesZoom, Adobe Connect, MS Teams, Skype — there are too many to count!
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month, the University of Ottawa made it mandatory for incoming students, faculty, and staff members to certify their vaccination status using the COVID-19 Vaccination Declaration online tool, whether they intend to come to campus or not.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe school in Kitigan Zibi has been in operation since 1980 and awarding high school diplomas since 1985.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents have not been able to access any public documents pertaining to the UOSU’s 2021-22 Board of Directors (BOD). This includes meeting minutes, subcommittee minutes and Executive Committee members’ reports which were public in the Union’s first two years of existence on its Google Drive. Why?
Reading Time: 3 minutes“What I actually found on Russell Ave was closer to a small riot,” said first-year student Greg Coleman.
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its 2022 ranking of universities with the University of Ottawa in the 230th spot. The positioning is 49 positions above the university’s 2021 rankings of 279.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“There are systemic issues to what these students face. So now is the time to address that,” said Sana Almansour, the University of Ottawa Students’ Union interim equity commissioner.
Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom a beer robbery, to a car crash, to a trip around town for a rental car, to arguments with different people in the U of O community — that’s how my life’s going.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDepartment is looking for teams and individuals to submit original ideas on how to redefine and modernize patients’ experience for the clinic of the future.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood science communication about the pandemic “gives people a reason to be hopeful while also being cautious,” said Cassidy Swanston, the creator of SciComm School Podcast.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis article explores a few of the myriad paths you could take after undergrad to explore your writing dreams and perhaps churn out funding for the occasional meal.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Exams are approaching, it’s easy to feel burnt out, exhausted, and deflated. So how can we recharge our batteries to feel prepared and refreshed? A deep spring clean.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Facebook and Google are not the only good tech companies to work for, there are tons of local tech companies that look for new talent, especially in Ottawa,” said Cameron Thompson, a junior software developer at Magnet Forensics.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Many students who complete UROP go on to secure research contracts in their fields of study. Or, their UROP research propels them into great co-ops or graduate programs,” said Julie Vaillancourt, a UROP coordinator.
Reading Time: 6 minutesYou’re excited for a version of undercurrents that’s either in-person or that finds other, creative ways to engage its audience outside the clutches of the Internet.
