Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, who currently serves as chancellor of the University of Ottawa, has been named honorary chair of the summer university on francophone studies, hosted by the U of O.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTeams from various universities come together to build concrete toboggans and race them down a hill. While the event is centered around the race, it also includes thematic aspects and spirit points for peripheral feats such as safety videos, style and cheers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a growing interest among University of Ottawa students, a fourth-year engineering student Brett Parres and alumnus Jeremy Kearns have both headed a new Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) club that has been playing in the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) against other universities.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDay 2 of #NASH76 for the Fulcrum staff took them off course and into Vancouver. Arts & Culture editor, Sabrina Nemis, recounts the long and winding trip thus far.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the U of O faces pressure to build more residences, there are considerable financial restraints preventing on-campus developments.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA former University of Ottawa student was killed in a car accident at Bathgate Drive and Montreal Road on Nov. 17.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the University of Ottawa to receive a failing grade on freedom of speech—no matter the source—violates two principle notions of university life.
Reading Time: 3 minutesResearchers who are trying to pinpoint causes for rampant cheating in high schools and universities are wasting their time.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSFUO executive member Brad Lafortune handed in his resignation Sept. 23 to pursue a master’s program in physiotherapy.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has ranked the University of Ottawa among the worst in Canada in terms of freedom of expression.
Reading Time: 4 minutesPhotos courtesy of Mike Langlais (CUP) Schools from coast to coast can learn a thing or two about frosh from the University of Ottawa. About 200 students and professors gathered at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax, N.S. on Sept. 12 to rally against sexual violence in the wake of an offensive chant that …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ontario Civil Liberties Association is asking the University of Ottawa to stop funding a private defamation lawsuit filed by professor Joanne St. Lewis against former professor Denis Rancourt.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCafé Nostalgica reopened its doors Aug. 17, and even in its newness it was strangely familiar.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA geography professor at the University of Ottawa was acquitted Aug. 21 of threatening to kill the head of his department during “venting sessions” with colleagues in the summer of 2012.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU of O president aims to create ‘unmatched’ bilingual resource to contribute to public policy Photo by Mico Mazza CANADA WILL SEE its first school of government at the University of Ottawa as early as 2015, according to plans led by university president Allan Rock. The new school will aim to create a “national, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesReport calls program ‘deeply troubled,’ university halts admission of new students Photo by Adam Feibel The University of Ottawa has suspended admission of new students to its journalism program for the upcoming academic year. A university committee decided to suspend admission to the program at the earliest opportunity after an internal report to the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents can breathe easier now that the potential professors’ strike at the University of Ottawa has been avoided.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn increasing number of undergraduate students at the U of O has led to plans for a new 165-bed, $12-million residence that could be converted to condominiums in the future. The project, dubbed the “Henderson Residence,” is to be located at 206 Henderson Ave. and plans indicate that it will be a “suite-style residence” with …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa is the 14th most sustainable university in the world. Check out how RecycleMania is helping to keep us there
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Facebook page set up to promote the Peer Help Centre and Centre for Students with Disabilities’ (CSD) “Let’s Talk About Mental Health” conference from March 9–10 caused controversy after the location of the event was listed as being on “unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin territory” at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore she left on an academic exchange, Shubha Nijihawan wanted to get vaccinated; what she got was a headache.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents with ADD/ADHD will now have the chance to receive financial assistance as well as time-management mentoring while attending post-secondary institutions.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe average university student might believe that their degree will give them an advantage over their competition upon entering the working world. This was true at one point, but in many fields today, a university degree is no longer the advantage; it’s the requirement.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTake one glance at the Gothic architecture of Parliament Hill and it may seem like you have time-travelled back to 1867. The way in which the government conducts business—along with some “elder” members of Parliament (MPs)—may further convince you that this institution is a relic of the past.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) has set up a depression research centre to help alleviate the challenges faced by health-care practitioners while maintaining an emphasis on total care
